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SUSTAINABILITYREPORT

2011-12

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Section I Our Business, People & Governance

Section II Our Approach to Corporate Sustainability

Section III Contribution to Social and Economic Sphere

Section IV Health, Safety, Climate & Environment

Section V Employee Volunteering

Section VI The Journey Ahead

Table of Contents

Transplanting of trees at Mulund

03 Sustainability Report 2011-12

In the recent years Tata Housing has grown

exponentially establishing itself as the

fastest growing real estate developers in

India, with 46 million sq.ft under various

stages of planning and execution and an

additional 19 million sq.ft in the pipeline.

Tata Housing has stood out in the industry

with quality construction, ethical and

transparent business practices, rapidly

acquiring an image as a Quality Conscious

and Reliable Developer. Today, Tata

Housing is developing large townships and

differentiated theme based projects in

major and mini metros. As a comprehensive

real estate developer of choice, Tata

Housing straddles across all consumer

segments from value to luxury housing. All

projects developed by Tata Housing are

certified sustainable green developments,

designed by top internationally renowned

a r c h i t e c t s . W h i l e Ta t a H o u s i n g

Development Company Ltd (THDCL)

focuses on premium and luxury houses its

fully owned subsidiary Smart Value Homes

Ltd(SVHL) focuses on value and affordable

housing segments.

Business

Mission of Tata Housing Group of Companies

“To delight our customer by providing quality

life spaces through continuous innovation

“With presence in Mumbai, Lonavala,

Talegaon, Pune, Ahmedabad, Goa,

Gurgaon, Chandigarh, Bengaluru, Chennai,

Kolkata and Bhubaneswar; the company is

now in the process of expanding its

footprints to other parts of India across tier I

and II cities. The company has also

ventured into foreign markets such as

Maldives and is actively exploring other

markets including Sri Lanka and other

South Asian countries.

Our Business, People & Governance

People

Values

GovernanceThe highest standard of integrity and

transparency at the leadership level has

helped Company grow 28 times in terms of

turnover from 2006-07 to 2011-12. The

impeccable commitment to ethics and

transparent corporate governance

practices has helped company gaining

confidence of all its stakeholders. The

seven member board comprises of three

independent directors and three non-

executive directors. The Audit Committee of

the board, the Internal Audit process, Ethics

Counsellors as a part of Management of

Business Ethics structure and adherence to

Whistle-blower policy provide a strong

mechanism ensuring transparent financial

d isc ip l ine, eth ica l behaviour and

managerial accountability.

With a young, vibrant and diverse workforce of more than

500 employees the Company is on a fast track of growth.

Its supportive, learning oriented, employee friendly

policies have helped retaining talents in the organisation

and have contributed to enhanced productivity and

increased turnover per employee. The company is an

equal opportunity employer and promotes diversity and

equality in the workplace; it ensures compliance with all

local labour laws while encouraging adoption of best

practices from the industry. A fulfilled engaging

environment encourages employees to perform their best.

Company participates in the Great Place to Work (GPTW)

survey to find out its workforce engagement and

satisfaction levels. Engagement survey for contract

workmen is conducted in-house based on factors of

engagement.

Customer Focus

Innovation

Agility

Integrity

Leadership

Quality

04Sustainability Report 2011-12

Ÿ 10.6 % of employees are women

Ÿ 62.6 % of employees are below

35 years of age

Ÿ 19.9 % of employees belong to

SC, ST & OBC category

Employee’s Birthday Celebrations

Regulatory & Legal compliance

Nature of compliance Targets Fy08 Fy09 Fy10 Fy11 Fy12 FY12

Company Law Submission of 60/30 day from the Submission of returns/Records 50 /30 37 /20 35 /18

returns/forms date of event made within the statuary/ days days days

Up-dation of statutory 15 days from the regulatory time frame. 15 days 15 days 15 days

register of regulation date of event There is no violation

during the above-mentioned

period resulting from adequate

corporate governance.

Other regulations Submission/Payment Within due date 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

(Income tax

compliance to

payments and

returns

Water, air pollution Compliance to 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

& environment act provisions, MOEF

Clearance for projects

Legal Compliances Title Scrutiny 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Pending cases Against management NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL

Any news paper Against company Zero NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL

adverse report


Overall GPTW Score

81

9188

86

FY10 FY11 FY12

%

TH TheTataGroup TopIndia50 Top5 Real Estate

40

60

80

100

87

65 73 71

The overall GPTW score had shown improvement in FY11 and has been consitint in the last year also

Equal Opportunity Employer - No of Women Employees

The ratio of women employees has also increased over the years

Junior (below Sr. Manager)

Middle (GM to Sr. Manager)

Senior (AVP and above)

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

27

40

52

26 7

1 1 1

FY10 FY11 FY12

Turnover per employee

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

0.52

0.78

1.52

1.862.05

FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12

The turnover per employee has seen a constant growth in the past few years

Managing Director & CEO speaksCommunity is

central to our

existence. We

believe in giving

back to the

society, from

where we source

our wealth, in

whatever best

possible manner we can. As our business

grows and we generate more wealth, all of

us, especially in the senior team must

think how we as an organization are using

our wealth to benefit others. I don't want

this to be superficial. I genuinely care that

we all should not only be remembered for

what we did by way of market share,

brand equity or profits but how sustainable

we were, what we did for the community,

what we did to benefit our planet? We

must make a difference. We must ensure

we make a difference, only donating

monies to charities and NGO's will not do.

We have to ensure that each rupee we

invest actually reaches the intended

beneficiary and make his or her life better.

We must ask ourselves how we can both

in our professional and personal capacity

contribute to benefit others, not only

ourselves, family and friends.

We have set up an apex CS committee for

driving our sustainability initiatives and we

are putting in serious amounts of monies

behind it and will continue to do so. We

must ensure that all of us actually make us

do more. We must be passionate about

things beyond ourselves. We must make

our products environmentally sustainable,

even at the cost of short term pain or loss.

We must invest time, energy and monies

to reduce our carbon footprint. We all

know that real estate and construction

industry is one of the highest emitter of

greenhouse gases and whatever initiative

we take is too little in my opinion. Hence

our company not only mandatorily does all

its projects under the Indian Green

Building Norms and most of our projects

are in the top two tier of sustainable

development; while this is much better

than others, we must do more. We must

invest in uplifting the communities where

we operate and make them more

sustainable. We should contribute to make

weaker sections of society like abandoned

children and women make their lives

better. Time as we all know, never stands

still. We must make a difference and soon.

I think we all believe in this, our ways and

ideas may vary but the cause of making a

genuine difference hopefully resonates in

each one of us.

Can we take a few initiatives to show quick

results like reducing our electricity bill and

personal consumption? Can we reduce

our travel and rely more on Video

Conferencing and the net to make

meetings equally productive and efficient

as a face to face meeting? Even in our

personal life we can do a few simple

things to contribute in some measure to

make our world a more sustainable place.

These are easy to measure and can be

done by individuals, teams, offices and

the Company at large. In this report we

have tried capturing a few initiatives of the

last year-that was a tiny little step; a lot

more to be done with dedication and

sincerity in the days ahead.

- Brotin Banerjee

Our Approach toCorporate Sustainability


Tata Group Corporate Sustainability PolicyWe continue to encourage our Companies to:

Demonstrate responsibility and sensitivity

to biodiversity and the environment in which

they operate by being proactive to

conse rve , res to re and en r i ch i t

systematically and continuously.

Comply with regulations relating to

env i ronment , constant ly upgrade

technology and apply state of the art

processes and practices with institutional

arrangements that will comprehensively

address larger issues and goals on climate

change and global warming.

Continually illustrate performance in

preventing pollution, ensure the optimum

use of resources and minimize harmful

impacts of products and production

processes, materials movement and its

delivery throughout its supply chain.

Create sustainable livelihoods and build

community through social outreach

programmes in health, education,

empowerment of women & youth,

employee volunteering; that can be

measured in terms of their having more

lasting benefits, serving a larger national or

regional purpose and also making it more

meaningful to all involved in the endeavor.

Find ways to enhance human, social natural

capital as complimenting financial growth of

the enterprise with explicit goals and

processes to sustain the effort.

For this purpose the Companies shall

adhere to our core values, deploy

appropriate approaches; demonstrate

l e a d e r s h i p , t r a i n , p o s i t i o n k e y

professionals; and, create consciousness

among employees, suppliers, contractors,

customers and the community at large

through a process of continuous dialogue,

initiatives and collaboration.

Our purpose in Tata is to improve the

communities we serve. We do this

through leadership in sectors of national

economic significance to which we

bring a unique set of capabilities. This

requires us to grow aggressively in

focused areas of business. Our heritage

of returning to society what we earn

evokes trust among, consumers,

employees, shareholders and the

community. This heritage will be

continuously enriched by formalizing the

high standards of behavior expected

from employees and companies.

The TATA name is an unique asset

representing leadership with Trust.

Leveraging this asset to enhance group

synergy and become globally

competitive is the route to sustained

growth and long term success.

Tata Group Purpose Statement


Concretization of road at Boisar

Tata Housing Climate Change Policy

Tata Housing Corporate Sustainability Policy

Tata Housing believes that the primary

purpose of business is to improve the

quality of life of people in the community in

which we serve. This is also a part of the

larger TATA Group purpose. We believe in

integrating our corporate values and

business needs to meet the expectations of

our customers, employees, partners,

investors, communities and public at large.

Tata Housing will volunteer its resources to

the extent it can reasonably afford, to

sustain the environment and to improve the

quality of life of the people of the area in

which it operates. We will comply with

regulations relating to environment,

constantly upgrade technology and apply

state-of-the-art processes and practices

that will comprehensively address issues

related to climate change and global

warming. We will continually endeavour to

prevent pollution, ensure optimum use of

resources and minimize harmful impacts of

products and production processes,

materials movement and its delivery

throughout our supply chain. We will

encourage our partners and service

providers to adopt responsible business

policies, business ethics and abide by our

code of conduct. We will continue to serve

our communities by:

• Constant ly pro tect ing eco logy

demonstrating our responsibility

t o w a r d s a n d s e n s i t i v i t y t o

biodiversity and the environment in

which we operate by conserving,

restoring and enriching it systematically.

• Creating sustainable livelihoods and

build community through social

out reach programs in Hea l th ,

Education, Empowerment of Women &

Youth that can be measured in terms of

their benefits.

• Striving to help communities affected by

natural calamities

The Management will commit all the

necessary resources required to meet

the goals of Corporate Sustainability.

Tata Housing will play a leadership role in

climate change by being knowledgeable,

responsive and trustworthy and by

adopting environment friendly

technologies, business practices and

innovation, while pursuing its own

aspirations and the enhancement of

shareholder value.

Tata Housing will measure its carbon

footprint and will strive to:

Ÿ Be the benchmark in its segment of

industry on the carbon footprint, for its

plants and operations

Ÿ Engage actively in climate change

advocacy and the shaping of

regulations in different business

sectors

Ÿ Incorporate 'green' perspective in all

key organizational processes


One of the Tube Wells done for the villagers of Pathoreghata

Tata Housing Affirmative Action PolicyTHDC Limited believes in social equity. The Company adheres to the principle of equal opportunity,

irrespective of caste, whether in recruitment or career advancement within the organization.

The Company is also committed to directly conducting or supporting initiatives to ensure an equal footing

for socially and economically disadvantaged sections of the country at large and specifically the

Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities.

Towards the ultimate goal of enhancing their employability and entrepreneurship abilities, THDC Limited is

committed to creating and promoting access to quality education and technical skills and competencies

for members of the SC/ST communities. Further, to speedily enable these communities overcome the

social discrimination that has prevented them from realizing their true potential as productive members of

the society, THDC Limited will assist members from these communities for employment opportunities and

as business associates, provided everything (merit for employment cost and quality for business

associates) is equal.


Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) PolicyThis policy confirms the commitment of

TATA HOUSING DEVELOPMENT COMPANY

LTD to carry out its health and safety

responsibilities and duties in a manner

designed to achieve and maintain a high

standard of protection for our employees,

the environment, property, equipment and

the public in the conduct of our business.

We will apply this policy and continually

strive to enhance these standards in all of

our operations, from the initial planning and

design stage through construction, final

turnover and start-up, and continuous

operations.

All THDCL management, supervisors and

employees along with our direct

contractors/sub-

contractors/consultants/commissioning

agents and their employees are charged

with the responsibility of providing and

maintaining the highest degree of health

and safety performance, and the protection

of our environment as well as the safety of

others affected by our work.

It is this commitment to excellence that

motivates THDCL to be diligent in the

placement of supervisors and the selection

of contractors and suppliers. Through our

established programmes, as well as relevant

training and open communication, we

nurture the employees' desire to excel in the

areas of Environment, Health and Safety

performance of the project work.

While complying with the Governments'

Environment, Health and Safety regulatory

requirements, we will also meet or exceed

recognized standards as an integral part of

this policy.

Saptagirinagar layout road asphalted by TATA Housing Bengaluru

Safety Park in a construction site

Tata Housing Sustainability Vision

We would build sustainability into everything we

do so that our profitable growth helps reduce

inequality and rejuvenates the environment.““


Contribution to Social and Economic SphereTata Housing believes in adding value to

the communities where it operates and it

lays great importance in being

accountable to all its stakeholders

including customers, employees, partners,

communities and public at large.

Company's principles of corporate

sustainability are based on the premises

of creating sustainable value for

enhancing, human, social, natural and

economic capital by various modes of

intervention such as infrastructure

development, education, employability,

health, environment and others. Company

also believes in the social equity and has

adopted its Affirmative Action Policy aimed

at the overall development of scheduled

castes and scheduled tribes.

TAAP InitiativesAcademic Excellence & Access (FAEA), we

have been supporting the complete higher

technical education of two SC/ST students

every year. Through our partnership with

Don-Bosco Tech Society, during 2011-12,

we have trained 90 youths in construction

related trades. Keeping in mind our

commitment to the development of

scheduled caste and scheduled tribe

communities as outlined in our Affirmative

Action Policy (TAAP), we have ensured that

50 % of the vocational trainees of 2011-12

were from SC/ST communities.

Company has made a modest beginning in

Tata Affirmative Action Programme(TAAP)

initiatives. Under Employment category, it

has started capturing data on number of SC

& ST employees under direct employment.

We have a lso s ta r ted captu r ing

representative data of number of SC & ST

workers working under contractors at

different sites. We believe in positive

discrimination of SC & ST candidates and is

trying to increase their number in

employment. As a part of educational

initiatives, in partnership with Foundation for


SC ST OBC Don’t Know

General0

5

15

25

35

% of SC/ST among contractors' workmen in 2011-12

30

60

90

0

% of SC/ST in Employment

% of SC & ST in Direct Employment

% Direct Employment

of OBC in % of others (including not wishing to declare) in Direct Employment

Value Housing-Shubh Griha project at Boisar Another view of Value Housing at Boisar

While key communities for us are limited

to a radius of five kilometers from our

project sites, we consciously do not

restrict our sustainability interventions to

that specific limit. So our interventions are

at two levels-at project level for the key

communities and at corporate level for

communities across India. We have

captured a few of our initiatives here.


Overall CS Expenditure in 2011-12

Initiatives Rs in Lakhs

Infrastructure 30.75

Education 19.02

Employability 18.52

Health 17.05

Others 08.61

House for the bottom of the 1978 lakhs

pyramid(Lost opportunity)

Total 2071.95

Infrastructure

Our support has been quite diverse in

nature. We have supported Oval Maidan

Trust last year in up-keeping and

maintaining Mumbai's famous heritage

ground Oval Maidan, which measures

approximately 22 acres and hundreds of

children and adults use the ground every

day free of cost. The people of Lonavla-the

hill station near Mumbai, where we do also

have an on-going project were in need of a

veterinary hospital building and Tata

Housing came forward and constructed the

same for the Lonavla Municipality. The

Saptagirinagar layout road near our

Promont site at Banashankari in Bangalore

was a narrow, congested and unpaved

road. Our intervention by asphalting the

road has eased the inconvenience of the

local residents. Fazilpur village is in a short

distance from our Primanti Project in

Gurgaon. During rainy season villagers

were facing difficulty in commuting on the

kachha revenue road there. There used to

be water logging and puddles all around. ,

especially in the rainy season, we helped

them overcome the difficulty by making rigid

pavement on the existing road. We also

supported Wavel gram panchayat in

Talegaon in one of their water projects.

Scarcity of drinking water was an acute

problem for the villagers of Pathoreghata

near our Eden Court project in Kolkata. Six

tube wells dug by us have considerably

eased their problem.

Fazilpur School road developed by TATA Housing

Veterinary hospital building at Lonavala


EducationWe have crèche for workers' children in all our

project sites wherever there are sufficient

children available for the purpose. Nutritious

food and other amenities are provided to

children in these crèches. Company has

supported educational development in diverse

ways across its project sites and nearly 1100

children have been benefited in this process

during the year 2011-12. The assistance

provided include remedial coaching, computer

education, books & stationaries, repair and

renovation of school buildings, supply of chairs

and tables etc. Our effort in providing

supplementary education to the children of

Serepananchery School at Oragadam, in

partnership with an NGO called Bhumi has been

well appreciated by the concerned community.

Refurbishing of classrooms and other support to

Ittamadu School near Promont site at

Bengaluru, various educational support to

school children at Betagaon village in Boisar,

supporting with computers and computer

teacher to a School near our Auila Heights

project site at Bengaluru are just a few cases of

our educational interventions. The three

hundred plus students of government primary

School at Tigri village in Gurgaon are a happy lot

as we have constructed a boundary wall for the

school making them safer; and we have also

constructed separate toilets for boys and girls

there. We have also developed a long stretch of

road within the government primary School

Fazilpur and paved the ways leading to toilets

and other areas of the School in Gurgaon. In

partnership with an NGO called Pratham, we

have been conducting supplementary learning

for the poor students of the said School too. The

computers provided to Pathoreghata Higher

Secondary School and Madrasa School near

Rajarhat at Kolkata has immensely helped to

poor children studying in the schools. These are

a few glimpses of our educational initiatives

aimed at the socio-economically backward.

Children playing at a creche in Undri, Pune

Books, stationeries and school bags being distributed to children at Rajarhat in Kolkata

Pratham Delhi: Supplementary education class in progress in Gurgaon


EmployabilityAs a part of our employability

enhancement initiatives we had

partnered with Don Bosco Tech Society

and trained 90 unemployed youth in

construction related trades such as

Plumbing, Electrical and Masonry near

our project site at Vasind. It was a great

success as 65% of the trainees got

employed post completion of the three

month long skill development training.

Serving the Bottom of the Pyramid (BOP)

Catering to the bottom of the pyramid to

fulfill their basic need by providing low cost

value housing in the price range of Rs 4 to

Rs 10 lakh as a part of sustainable and

integrated township development has been

an important cornerstone of our

Sustainability initiatives. We have branded

the initiative as Shubh Griha. Shubh Griha'

moves beyond merely providing a home

with its concept of the 'Neighborhood and

2009-10 2010-11 2011-12

No of Units 1478 1459 1212

Opportunity lost in 18.6 120.78 19.78

serving BOP in

Rs Crores

Low Cost Value House for the poor

Community,' giving its customers a sense of

place and community life. 'Shubh Griha'

offers unparalleled range of amenities and

experiences such as a balanced mix of

buildings and open spaces, best quality

lighting and ventilation for all apartments,

large, centralized and accessible open

spaces, recreational facilities, a hospital,

school and a community hall amongst

others; all at a very low affordable price.

Participants of Vocational Training Programme at Vasind, Mumbai

Serving The Bottom Of The Pyramid


Health, Safety, Climate & Environment

Community HealthHelping communities to be self-sufficient

and healthy has been one of our focus areas

too. In this regard, a number of sustainable

initiatives have been taken during 2011-12.

Apart from regular health checkup of

workers and their families, nearby

communities have also been benefited

through our health checkup programmes.

Creating awareness about HIV/AIDs and

other diseases through camps and street-

plays were also taken up. We have provided

with an ambulance and its running

expenditures for the benefit of the poor

people of the nearby communities of our

project site at Rajarhat, in Kolkata, it has

been of great help to them. Considering the

health & welfare of masses we have

contributed generously to a Neurology

Foundation too.

Occupational Health & SafetyFor Tata Housing, Financial Year 2011-12

has been a successful year on occupational

health and safety front. The organization

was conferred with the prestigious Golden

Peacock Occupational Health and Safety

Award (Construction Sector). The Company

has been BS OHSAS 18001: 2007 certified

too. A number of initiatives taken at

organization and project level have paid rich

Woolen blankets being provided to old and needy in Kolkata

Health check-up of children being doneat a creche in Gurgaon

Volunteers providing emotional supportto a destitute in an old age home

Safety Park in a construction site

c. OHSAS 18001 ce r t i f i ca t i on o f

Corporate Function and four projects

d. Annual Safety Rating of 7.5 out of 10

achieved across organization

e. Strengthen safety governance and

safety organization at HO & projects

f. Safety Performance Evaluation of all

primary contractors

Attributes UOM FY 10 FY 11 FY 12 FY (13 T)

No of projects Nos 8 10 14 14 NA

Running in the year

Total no. of Nos 3071 4707 9833 9833 NA

personnel employed

Total man-hours Hrs. 8134315 11296200 23351961 23351961 NA

recorded

Number Nos 0 0 0 0 0

of Fatalities

Lost Time Injury Ratio 1.11 0.44 0.43 0.40 0.3 - 0.4

Frequency Rate (LTIFR) (LTI/MMH)

Number of First Aid Ratio 67.09 40.15 69.66 54.91 5 - 10

Cases / 1000 employees (FAC /1000)

Number of Near Nos 0.1 0.4 0.5 8 2 - 5

Misses /1000

employees/month

Safety Observations Ratio 23.12 264.71 380.04 549 NA

Gathered/1000 (SOG /1000)

employees

Medical Ratio 0 0.53 0.43 0.35 0.25 - 0.45

Treatment Injury

Frequency (MTI /MMH)

Rate (MTIFR)

AIFR( Excluding FAC) Ratio 1.11 0.97 0.86 0.75 <1

(AI /MMH)

Training of project man - hrs/ 7.45 11.27 57.74 60 NA

site personnel man/year

Training of project man - hrs/ 1.00 4.36 7.38 9 NA

site contract workmen man/year

Safety training % 70 100 100 100 NA

compliance to

employee & workmen

Training on emergency Nos 0 11 34 43 NA

preparedness

(Mock Drills)

BM

Table 1: Comparative Safety Score Card for last 3 years


dividend as all leading and lagging

indicators suggest credible improvement

approaching benchmarks (refer Table 1).

The highlights of health & safety

performance are:

a. No fatal accident

b. No negative marking in External TBEM

Assessment 2011-12

Environmental Sustainability

Company has adopted Climate Change

Policy and lays great importance in being

environment friendly. It is committed to

minimizing the environmental impact of its

operations by adopting sustainable

construction practices and creating

continuous awareness on climate change

issues among its employees and other

stakeholders.

Green Products & Serv ices and

Sustainability: The initiatives in Climate

Change taken by the Company include

design & development of Green products

certified by Indian Green Building Council.

In its efforts to be a trustworthy 'green

housing solution provider' Company has

also ensured that all its projects are at least

LEED-GOLD certified. Company believes in

optimum utilization of Materials & Energy. In

this context, as a matter of principle it has

endeavored to use optimum quantities of

cement, water, steel and energy while

developing the properties, by adopting

newer technologies and energy efficient

equipments. Rainwater harvesting and low

flow sanitary and bathing features in all our

housing projects are some of the examples

of our environment friendly initiatives.

Company's Research & Development

function has been trying to explore as much

low carbon technologies and energy

efficient appliances as possible for

adapting in all housing projects. Through

continuous innovation the Company is

using, wherever possible, environment

friendly alternate materials, recycled

materials and renewal source of energy in

line with its intention to be a green housing

solution provider. It is putting significant

efforts in Research & Development for use


Transplanting of trees at Mulund


of waste as a substitute of building

materials; use of fly-ash in concrete is one of

the examples.

Carbon footprint mapping and abatement:

Carbon footprint mapping and its

abatement plans have been initiated at all

project sites under scope-1, scope-2 and

scope-3 activities. As a part of our

environment friendly initiatives and carbon

abatement exercise, solar panels, solar

water heaters, rainwater harvesting, organic

water converter, fly-ash and ferroconcrete

panels for acoustic sound barrier are being

used extensively. Use of diamond wire

cutter for excavation, TerraZyme as soil

stabil izer, Graviloft technology for

minimizing design load, Pervious concrete

for ground water recharge & protecting

water quality, Geopolymer cement which

reduces carbon dioxide emission up to 90

% during manufacture of cement, bio-

enzyme and other sustainable faster

construction technologies which consume

less material, water and fuel shows our

commitment to engrain sustainability in all

our business operations. Company is also

trying to neutralize carbon footprint by

planting trees and creating green zones in

and around its business operations.

5

10

15

20

17

14

12

FY10 FY11 FY12

Co2 emissions at offices

Many initiatives are taken such as lights off during lunch hours & at1930 hrs and meeeting through VC resulting to reduction of power consumption & air travel distance, thereby,reduction of emmision achieved YOY .

2

4

6

8

10

FY10 FY11 FY12

Green Building Certificates/Pre Certification

No. of projects undertaken

Tata Housing is a pioneer and constructd the first green IT building in Bengaluru as a developer. All our projects since FY 07-08 are designed as per green building norms. This helps us to mitigate the impact of climate change.

Green Building Certificates/Pre Certification

Transplanting of trees at MulundChannelisation of Rainwater at Vasind project site using Geo Green Blanket technology


Employee Volunteering

There are huge value creation

opportunities in unlocking the synergies

a m o n g c o r p o r a t e e n d e a v o r s ' ,

employees' efforts and NGOs activities. Company recognizes this

and in this context has encouraged and promoted a culture of

volunteerism among its employees. During the year 2011-12, 170

volunteers, branded as Synergizers, have contributed 1292 man-

hours of volunteering service to the communities. We are

repositioning our volunteering programme with adequate branding

and would expect to have much more number of volunteers and

volunteering man-hours in 2012-13. In order to have an emotional

connect between volunteers and the shared social objective of our

Company recently a logo for Synergizers has been developed with

a tagline “Supporting Communities-Spreading Smiles”. The

objective is to take employee volunteering in Tata Housing to new

heights through consistent internal branding and motivation.

Yearlong volunteering calendars for Mumbai and all other locations

for the year 2012-13 has been prepared and the days ahead will

buzz with huge volunteering activities.

Support to the students of Samvadshala, Lonavla

Volunteers of a Tree plantation event pose for a group photo

Volunteering by the Senior Management-CFO Mr. Govinder Singhwith the children in a Blind School

The Journey ahead

We have realigned our Corporate

Sustainability strategy and revisited our

funding pattern and enhanced our CS kitty

substantially. From the year 2012-13

onwards, in addition to 1 % of the net profit

of the Company Rs 4 per square feet of the

saleable area of SVHL projects and Rs 6 per

square feet of the saleable area of THDC

projects will be spent for CS activities during

the time span of the projects. We have also

prioritized our sustainability interventions

with a mandatory 25 % expenditure towards

the benefit of scheduled caste (SC) and

scheduled tribe communities (ST) under

Tata Affirmative Action Programme(TAAP).

Environmental Sustainability, Vocational

Skill Development & up-gradation of

Schools and Project Area Infrastructure

Development would be the other thrust

areas, apart from Employee Volunteering.

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CEO donating blood in an employee volunteering event

TATA Housing wins prestigious Golden Peacock Occupational Health Safety Award

A volunteer with a Blind Kid-spreading smiles

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