3. • Social Innovation – Concerns itself with technical education of students (especially
low income and minority), lack of access to quality healthcare and domestic violence
prevention.
• Internet of Things – Developing devices and applications for smart power grids,
vehicles, cities. It leverages IoT products such as Telecommuting (Travel substitution),
Telematics (Transport efficiency solutions), Intelligent Building Management ( 4.7-7.3
Metric tonne CO2 emission avoidance in 2015) .
• Environment – Responsible reporting and emission reduction by data center
improvements, copper-to-fiber migrations, green energy investments, building
improvements and changes in fleet operations.
• Supply Chain - Verizon’s supplier code of conduct concerns itself with issues such as
child labour, forced labour, discrimination, freedom of association, use of conflicted
materials etc.
• Also focuses on product responsibility, employee welfare and ethical corporate
governance
4. • Connect Communication – Aims to narrow the digital divide due to unbalanced
information infrastructure. Provide stable network connection for natural disasters
and major events.
• Connect Innovation - Promoted use of IoT and cloud computing and built innovation
platforms for their partners in order to support entrepreneurship and innovation.
Provided network infrastructure in strategic areas to help Chinese enterprises operate
globally
• Connect Green - Undertook implementation of the Green Action Plan to promote
energy-saving measures throughout all operational processes. In 2015 they reduced
overall energy consumption per unit of information flow by 17.5% compared to 2014
• Connect Prospect - Provided targeted aid to counties in poverty.They focused on
solving transportation, water and power problems for them, in order to improve local
infrastructure, production and living conditions.
• Connect Growth –This is focused on employee care activities and employee career
development
7. Sustainable practices
• Each one teach one day:This initiative drives internet literacy in India by initiating first time internet
users to the world of internet.
• OneTouch Internet’Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) is an application with tutorials on how to
use the internet, targeting first time internet users.
• e-Shakti:A digital literacy mission for the women of Madhya Pradesh. A similar initiative earlier
benefitted the women of Andhra Pradesh. More than 1 lakh aspirants have been benefitted
through each mission.
• Airtel money: An initiative aimed at bringing unbanked citizens into mainstream through financial
inclusion.
• Collaboration with Swadhar Finserve:This initiative aimed to serve economically active, urban poor
women to enable them to repay their monthly loan installments usingAirtel money.
• IFFCO Kisan Sanchar Limited (IKSL):Through this initiative farmers are provided with crucial
information on weather, commodity prices, agronomy,horticulture, government schemes, etc.This
information helps them make timely, informed decisions.
8. Overview of results achieved
• Over 20% reduction in CO2 emissions per terabyte in its network infrastructure in Financial
Year (FY) 14-15 as against FY 13-14, representing over 60% reduction since year 2011.
• Over 4% reduction in CO2 from energy per rack in its data center operations in FY 13-14 as
compared to FY 12-13, representing 8.7% reduction since year 2011-12.
• Conducted quality education programs which have successfully impacted over 51,000 rural
children through 254 Satya Bharti Schools, 334 learning centres and the quality support
program. In addition over 4,000 children have been mainstreamed in the Government
schools.
• 94% of Indian suppliers have over 71% local procurement (in terms of value) [driving local
procurement]
• Touched the lives of over 85% subscribers in India spread across 5121 census towns and
464,045 non-census towns and villages.
• Over 10% reduction in physical paper bills from FY 13-14 and reduction of over 700 Mn sheets
of paper since FY 11-12, making progress towards their target of zero paper wastage from
their operations.
9. Starhub’s practises
• My StarHub e-Bill: Initiative to encourage customers to switch from
receiving printed bills to electronic statements, saved an estimated
2,306kg of paper.
• Board Portal:The Board Portal, implemented in 2013, completely
replaces all hard copy Board papers with electronic versions
continues to save paper (2000 sheets annually).
• Sustainable Paper:The company uses sustainably sourced Forest
Stewardship Council (FSC) Certified paper for internal use to reduce
impact on forests.They have reduced their FSC paper usage from
53,230kg (2014) to 40,065kg (2015).
10.
11. WomenEmpowerment
• Connect 50 million
women in emerging
markets
• Improve Livelihood
of women by 2025
• 30% senior roles
given to women
EnergyInnovation
• Optimized energy
efficiency and
reduced Greenhouse
Gases
• Annual GHG
emissions lower by
40%
• Customer saves 1.74
tonnes GHG
emission
YouthSkillsandJobs
• Training to youth of
the age group of 15-
24 who are
unemployed
• 2000 people offered
places on their
graduate,
internships and
apprenticeships
scheme
12. Network infrastructure Initiatives to collaborate for shared
telecom infrastructure for energy saving
Use of large customer base for campaigns like “Use Mobile
Save Paper”,Walk andTalk etc.
Minimal documentation in HR practices and smart ICT
technologies for meetings and other purposes
13. Smart Energy: Managing energy demands based on Big Data through energy and ICT convergence Providing the
environment for efficient energy development/trade
Integrated Safety: Providing an integrated ICT-based system with communications, security, building control, etc. beyond
simple security. Establishing a response system for national disasters as well as safety for individuals and industrial sites.
Internet of Things (IoT): Providing various IoT services, such as GiGA IoT Home Fitness that can track your physical
exercise on TV, GiGA IoT Home Cam for monitoring home safely, and GiGA IoT Home Manager that can control major
home terminals from a distance
Life-enhancing Care: Providing customized care services by collecting and managing health-related information by
utilizing capability for IoT, Big Data. Developing customized treatment for characteristics of the human genome.
Networked Transportation: Providing a safe and convenient transportation environment through real-time based data
analysis with vehicles and road infrastructure and contributing to advanced logistics transportation and reduction of
expenses for transportation congestion
Carbon Management Strategy: In order to accomplish the vision of 'Green KT, Green KOREA' and contribute to the
achievement of the national GHG reduction target, KT Corp is actively executing the carbon management strategy with an
aim to reduce the GHG emissions by 35% compared to the emissions of 2007
14. • Celebrating June as ‘Tata Sustainability Month’ to promote sustainable business practices
across its offices
• social responsibility and sustainability are core considerations, in keeping with the code of
conduct of theTata Group by following a responsible business growth model.
• Educate – the employees are made aware about the company’s initiatives on sustainability ,
Engage – invites employees and their families to come up and share their sustainable practices
Embrace – small and regular actions, generate habits around these best practices that are
beneficial for society
• Conducting sustainability awareness sessions for the students associated with their NGO
partners.
• For safe disposal of e-waste, an employee e-waste collection drive has been initiated,
employees are encouraged to take up a SMART21 challenge.
1. Developing a view point as to howTATA measures itself on the scale of sustainability.
2. Impact on both business as well as individuals by development of sustainable practices.
3. Inspire people to adopt sustainable practices in their lives.
15. • Technology implementation at all the data centres to improve the
power usage efficiency
• Noise pollution and Radiation are within the Limited 6 permissible limit
of Reliance Communications, however the company is closely
monitoring the pollution level.
• Reliance vendors providing goods/ services need to obey the local laws.
Selection of a product will include efforts to be put on environment
friendliness, less consumption of power.
• Currently around 60% of reliance’s inputs are sourced sustainably.
16. Conclusion
• Telecom going green
– Indian companies catching up
• Sustainable growth possible, profitably
• Top Management commitment
