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Neha Pal (10202146) Shrabani Panigrahi (10202141) Shalini Chingtham (10202142) ( Group -1 ) Alokita

Road Map
Company Profile CSR activities Comparison with other IT sectors MDG TBL Risk Management Our Strategy

A - Call
Infosys - Beyond Business- The Davos Debates- Infosys CEO comments.flv

Mission-To achieve our objectives in

an environment of fairness, honesty, and courtesy towards our clients, employees, vendors and society at large."

Vision - "To be responsible, leading

global organization working towards the greater common good by setting global benchmark for a sustainable tomorrow.

Way Back
 Established in 1981 by seven visionaries with US$250 the CSR activities (Infosys Foundation) 1996.  Company Type : Indian Multi National.  Industry Sector : Information Technology.  Operate globally from 72 cities spread across 30 countries  Infosys and its subsidiaries have 113,796employees  Company's Slogan : Building Tomorrow's Enterprise  The Infosys Foundation contributes up to 1%PAT every year.

The employees across development centers(DCs) in India make a difference through CSR initiatives. Trust/Foundation for CSR activities 1. 2. 3. 4. Learning & Education Healthcare Rural Development and Social Upliftment Art and Culture

Development Centers(DCs)

Bhubaneswar DC:  In 2007, (IAAP) Infosys Affirmative Action Program started with the state government.  Till date 515 professors have been trained towards teaching method with modern education, and  Also prepares students for a carrier in business process outsourcing industries. Chandigarh DC: ( The team is known as Prayaas ) 60 children from the Panchkula slum were imparted training in social etiquette. Cleanliness drive towards Malaria , A free camp for Eye & General Medical check up .

Development Centers(DCs)

Chennai DC(Team known as Sneham) Help employees support the Education of their children . Provide facilities for Rural Schools. Helping the Visually challenged . Hyderabad DC(Mamata) Donated more than 105 Pcs , that undertake non commercial & Public activities . Every Wednesday , a drop box is placed to involve everyone in the contribution towards social welfare .

Development Centers(DCs)
Mysore DC(Soften) Distributed 57,000 books and geometry to under privileged students from various students.  Basic computer education was imparted to the security and housekeeping of the DC.

Same were initiated in DCs of Thiruvannathapuram, Bengaluru and Pune.

News LetterInfosys calls back all employees based in Japan. AGENCIES, Mar 15, 2011, 12.32pm IST Tags: Japan earthquake| Infosys Technologies Ltd. NEW DELHI: Infosys on Tuesday called back all its employees based in Japan. Infosys has around 350 employees working in various projects in Japan.

Infosys gifts shares to employees on 30th birthday Bangalore, Jul 1: Infosys, has come up with an unprecedented and innovative way of celebrating the company's 30th birthday-by gifting its employees shares of the company.

Source: http://news.oneindia.in

Mahindra Satyam

The education program of government school. Livelihood program-enabling individual capacities. Empowering persons with disability. Blood donation drives.

Tata consultancy services

Environment friendly business. Respect health, safety and environment issues of employees. Energy conservation, waste recycling, and paper reduction. Tata Consultancy Services to power the future of Child Genius.

Wipro ltd.
Learning enhancement programs at school. Volunteers work with students of the Olcott Memorial School in Besantnagar. Wipro Cares volunteers devote 2 hours every Saturday with the ultimate desire to make learning fun for these children. Summer Camp for Children. Providing Basic Infrastructure at the School. Provides livelihood to disaster affected people.

MDG - Millennium Development Goal

An United Nation approach towards development of Eight(8) Goals -

Adopted/Started by 189 member Nations of UN in the year 2000 to achieve its 8 Goals by 2015

ObjectiveProvide concrete, numerical benchmarks for tackling extreme poverty in many dimensions.

MDG Millennium Development Goal

8 Goals 1) Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger. 2) Achieve universal Primary Education. 3) Promote Gender equality and empower women . 4) Reduce child morality . 5) Improve maternal health . 6) Combat HIV / AIDS , malaria and other diseases . 7) Ensure Environmental Sustainability . 8) Develop a global partnership for development . Infosys

Education- Setting up of Libraries, Youth centre, High tech computer lab- Teach training program.

Gender Equality/Women Empowerment- Jnanavikasa trains rural women Hygiene, Heath, nutrition, Infant care, Literacy & vocational skills. Dignified and Sustainable Livelihood.

Health Care - Provide equipment, Medicines, Financial help to Govt. hospitals, medical centre - Free medicines and healthcare to economically needy patients . -Health Assessment & lifestyle Enrichment ( HALE ) , health checks -and stress relief intervention .

Environment sustainability- Project Ozone, Reduction of energy consumption, reduce usage of fresh water, Use of recycle paper/zero print day, reduction carbon emission, waste management.

Global partnership toward development - Partner of forum of Young Global Leaders Global Growth Companies. Engage in identifying, operating in a sustainable manner.

Newsletter Friday, January 28, 13:00 - 14:50 (CET) 28 Jan 2011 ... Infosys participates in sessions where global leaders discuss shaping of the new ... including the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). ...

A panel of industry leaders sat together, to review the United Nations Global Compact Blueprint for Corporate Sustainability Leadership and its relevance in driving value for companies and the United Nations (UN). It provided recommendations on operating the blueprint and implementing it at companies, and leadership initiatives in support of broader UN goals, including the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Source - www.infosys.com

Triple Bottom Line

Sustainability Imperative (Profit, People, Planet)

An Overview
Sustainable Development- Meeting the needs of the present, without compromising on the future needs. Doing well, by doing good . Keeping in mind the Economic, Social and Environment viability . Sustainability > Philanthropy . Sustainability and Profitability- Studies / forgoing presentation shows -companies committed to Sustainability reap -good dividends ( good revenue ), -employee morale , productivity and satisfaction.

Infosys Believes in --Sustainability.docx

Social Contract

Resource Efficiency

Green Innovation

Their Sustainable Goals for 200910

Operational Level

(Source )- www.infosys.com

2009 10

(Source ) - Company website

iSmart, an innovative energy management solution: Technology Review (India) by Infosys It measures- Carbon emission level Improves energy efficiency -minimizes carbon footprint & reduces energy consumption by 10%

A stationary drive to support children at a government-funded school- pooled in money and resources to take this movement to the rural areas of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa, and Tamil Nadu. -In 2011 more than 4,000 Info scions worldwideinvolved in organizing donation campaigns, purchasing notebooks, managing the logistics, and overseeing the distribution of school kits.

Infosys convenes a working group at the G-20 Business Summit .

The working group recommended joint action by Govt. and companies to train youth for available jobs through public-private academic partnerships, create welfare and social protection systems, foster entrepreneurship, and identify high-growth sectors.

A global campaign for environment conservation

They help energy companies manage smart grids-design turbines to reduce power consumption. Providing 'intelligence' to reduce -cost of global supply chains, logistics, and minimize impact on the environment.

The Infosys Bangalore Development Center (DC) hosts rare species of butterflies as the world celebrates the International Year of Biodiversity.

Rebuilding lives, brick by brick

The employees of Infosys joined hands to rebuild villages & contributed 30 Crore s. -Relief, Rehabilitation, Rebuilding. In October 2009 Karnataka-severely affected by floods.

Source -www.infosys.com/sustainability

News letter
HR policy: Is Infosys losing employee-friendly status? Mini Joseph Tejaswi & Sujit John, TNN, Mar 12, 2010, 04.19am IST iRace- Infosys Role and Career enhancement idea of mapping positions with Experience & skill levels. Many employees were demoted on the ground that they did not meet iRace's experience standards. So, senior project managers went down to project managers, project managers to technical leads, some even went down two levels. 5,000 being impacted, especially the ones at the lower level . Question raised - if the management found somebody good enough for a certain position earlier, how can they now say that he is not?

( Source ) http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com

Infosys changes iRace norms; to promote 8500 employees Published on Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 11:42 | Updated at Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 17:12|Source: CNBC-TV18 Infosys is approaching the entire backlash from the employees in different levels. iRace had set up sub-committees at different level comprising of managers to address the grievances of the employees. As per the new norm, Infosys will re-evaluate the cuts of 4500 employees who had not been revaluated of their roles last October. In addition, it has also promoted 8500 employees this year and has already announced a pay hike of total USD 134 million.

Source- www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/

What is the Global Compact?

A strategic policy initiative for businesses- committed to aligningoperations and strategies-Ten universally accepted principles . Infosys, meets the requirements of the Global Reporting Initiatives(GRI) At A category. They meet the GRI index onEnvironment Human rights Labor practices and decent work Anti Corruption

Business and peace Financial Markets Business Development Supply chain sustainability UN - Business partnership
1)Participant info. 2) Participant since 3 ) Status 4 ) Country 5 ) Employees 6) Organization Type 7 ) Non Financial Info. Infosys Technologies 2001/09/10 Active India 80501 Fortune 500 Cmpy. Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

Source--Unglobalcompact.org

Progress & Disclosure

 Ten principles- their business strategies and their day-to-day operations.  Issuing of an annual Communication on Progress(COP )- public disclosure stakeholders, investors, consumers, civil society, governments- progress towards ten principles of the UN Global Compact & supporting broad UN development goals. Tools towards implementing and improving Performance  Global Compact Self-Assessment tool .  the Global Compact Management Model .  the Blueprint for Corporate Sustainability Leadership and  Implementation guides specific to each Global Compact issue area (Environment, Health, Labor, anti corruption etc . )

Analyzing Progress
The COP policy- analyze progress maintain- transparency  To ensure- commitment to the Global Compact principles are met.  Provide material information- Stakeholders to be informed about the companies they interact with.

(Source ) - Cop@unglobalcompact.org

Next Communication on Progress (COP) of Infosys is due on 2011/06/01.

Communication 2010 Communication on Progress CEO Statement Issue Areas Covered 4/4 Measurement of Outcome

COP Elements: 1) Statement of continued support for the Global Compact by the CEO or other senior executive . 2) Description of practical actions taken to implement the Global Compact principles . 3) Measurement of outcomes or expected outcomes .
( Source) - Unglobalcompact.org

Risk Management/Reputation Development

HSE - Philosophy
(A Risk Management- Disaster Recovery- Business Continuity) Manage the risks- Prevent- Reduce the impact of potential accidents. (By identifying hazardous and risks in activities) The Philosophy- under the name PHOENIX . Activities include- Periodic drills, exercises test plan, preparedness to handle potential disaster. HELPS- to observe, analyze the loopholes, Lessons learnt previous incidents, to update plans and training programs. To Safe Guard the lives . Their risk models ensure better predictability, sustainability and robustness in extreme scenarios.

Introduction of Employee Stock Option Plan back in the year

1998. Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP) .

Our

Ideal

Strategy

IN LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN AND ALSO BE PART OF THE ACTIVITIES FOR THEIR DEVELOPMENT
Its only fair that we do something for underprivileged children too, when we talk of underprivileged children, we mean socially and economically weaker sections... which includes government school kids, village kids etc Adopting 5 govt schools at start 1) A unique 1 yr Leadership Program, Integrated into the school curriculum.  For kids aged 6-16 years.  Interactive life skill-based teaching.  Innovative training methodologies.  A fantastic journey of self-discovery.  A highly stimulating and totally fun Learning.

2) In providing free eye camps

3) Though believing in renewal products, discovering a concept of- Greening Opportunity concentrating in areas . Towards cutting costs and Wastage Training of employees at the time of Economic slowdown & Recession Opening Old age Homes  Car Pooling: Encourage group travel among the employees. This will reduce the traffic and also the carbon-emission and also saves the non-renewable resources. Such practice will give a clean environment