CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

ITC Limited• ITC Ltd is an Indian conglomerate headquartered

in Kolkata, West Bengal.• 1910- established as the Imperial Tobacco Company

of India Limited. • 1970- it diversified into non-tobacco businesses.• 1975- acquired a hotel in Chennai, and renamed as

the 'ITC-Welcomgroup Hotel Chola' (now known MyFortune, Chennai).

• 1985- Set up Surya Tobacco Co. in Nepal as an Indo-Nepali and British Joint Venture.

• 2000- Launched the Expressions range , Wills Sport and ITC InfoTech India Limited.

• 2001- Introduced ready-to-eat Gourmet Indian recipes.• 2002- ITC entered the confectionery and staples

segments, acquired Bhadrachalam Paperboards Division and

WIMCO Ltd.• 2003- Entered the incense sticks business with

Mangaldeep brand.• 2005- Diversified into body care products.• 2010- Launched handrolled cigar Armenteros .• 2014- Began online sales

Core Activities• Its diversified business includes five segments: - Fast-Moving Consumer Goods(FMCG)- Foods,

Education & Stationary, Personal Care, Safety Matches & Incense Sticks, Lifestyles Retailing and Ciggrattes.

- Hotels- ITC Grand Bharat, ITC Maurya, WelcomeGroup, Fortune Park Hotels and WelcomHeritage Hotels.

- Paperboards & Packaging- Classmate, Paperkraft, Saathi.

- Agri Business- Karnataka Green Leaf Threshing Plant, Bhadrachalam and Kovai Unit

- Information Technology- ITC InfoTech India Limited

Social Outreach• E-Choupal• Social & Farm Forestry• Watershed Development• Women's Empowerment• Livestock Development• Primary Education

e-Choupal• A knowledge portal providing farmers with a range

of information and services.• Bargaining as virtual buyers' co-operatives,

adopting best practices, matching up to food safety norms.

• 6,500 e-Choupal centres spread across 40,000 villages and 4 million farmers empowered.

Social & Farm Forestry

• To source effective pulp wood from sustainable sources to enhance its competitiveness.

• A large green cover contributing significantly to groundwater recharge, soil conservation and carbon sequestration.

• 114,428 hectares greened, generating 51.48 million person - days of employment.

Integrated Watershed Development

• Facilitates building, reviving and maintaining water harvesting structures.

• Management of water resources to reverse land degradation, provide critical irrigation and increase agricultural productivity.

• 56,951 hectares brought under soil and moisture conservation

Women's Empowerment• Sustainable economic opportunities to poor

women in rural areas• Assisting to form self help groups. • The extra income is largely invested in

children's education, health and nutrition.• 15,378 women members

1183 self - help groups

Primary Education

• Provides infrastructure support to government run primary schools and coaching through Supplementary Learning Centers.

• Poor children receive school uniforms and text/exercise books.

• A network of rural libraries and resource centers.• An innovative roaming laptop programme provided to

government schools in rural areas.• 252,329 children covered through 2,334

Supplementary Learning Centres.

Relationship Between Core and CSR Activity

• The business of ITC is diversified into five segments: Fast-Moving Consumer Goods(FMCG), Hotels, Paperboards & Packaging, Agri Business & Information Technology.

• The CSR activities is connected to the core business of ITC. Its linkage with farmers for maintaing the quality of their products through their agricultural farm and other social works.

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