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Community development and our social responsibilities are incorporated into the company's Articles of Association and in the Tata Code of Conduct document that every Tata International employee signs. The company's Vision Statement endorses this role, "Become a proactive, integral and responsible member of our environment and communities."

Tata International is a signatory to the UN Global Compact. It has also submitted a Corporate Sustainability Report for 2002-03 as per the Global Reporting Initiative Guidelines of 2002, which has been verified by PricewaterhouseCoopers

Some of our developmental activities

• Co-operatives to generate leather industry-related employment for women at Indore and Mhow.
• Maintenance of a public children's park in Dewas town.
• Public library in Dewas supervised by workers as a volunteer activity.
• Marketing consultancy and computer classes for NGOs as a volunteer activity.
• Tata Public School in Dewas.
• Provides training to women in the manufacture of leather articles at a Vocational Training Centre, the Leather & Jute Training Centre at Indore, in collaboration with the Madhya Pradesh Handicraft Development Board (Hasta Shilp Vikas Nigam).
• Donation of finished leather to a leprosy hospital every year for making shoes for patients.
• Tata International is also a member of the Tata Council for Community Initiatives and participates in regional programmes.

Environment protection

• 200 000 trees planted at the leather factory at Dewas.
• Deer park at the leather factory at Dewas.
• Reforestation of Tekri hillock in Dewas town.
• Sophisticated effluent treatment plant at the leather factory.
• Reverse Osmosis plant for liquid waste.
• Biomethanation pilot plant.
• R&D projects like processes for chrome free leather, process changes study for eco labelling of leather products.

Energy conservation

• One of India's largest solar thermal water heating systems at the leather factory.

Financial assistance to NGOs in the fields of

• Education.
• Environmental consciousness.
• Healthcare.
• Medical research.
• Social welfare.

• Our Commitment to UN Global Compact "Communication on Progress" 2006
  
• UN Global Compact COP - Statement from the President

Human Rights

1. Businesses should support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights.
2. Make sure they are not complicit in human rights abuses.

Labour Standards

3. Businesses should uphold the freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining.
4. The elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labour.
5. The effective abolition of child labour.
6. Eliminate discrimination in respect of employment and occupation.

Environment

7. Businesses should support a precautionary approach to environmental challenges.
8. Undertake initiatives to promote greater environmental responsibility.
9. Encourage the development and diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies.

Anti-Corruption

10. Businesses should work against all forms of corruption, including extortion and bibery