ITC focuses on achieving high performance in economic, environmental, and social dimensions of its business. Economically, ITC is a large Indian company with a market capitalization over $22 billion. Socially, ITC employs over 26,000 people and supports livelihoods for 5 million people through initiatives like e-Choupal. Environmentally, ITC has been carbon positive for 5 years, water positive for 8 years, and solid waste recycling positive by reusing more than it generates through extensive plantation programs and other sustainability efforts.

1. ITC's Triple Bottomline <br />Enduring Value. For the nation. For the Shareholder. right0 ITC has always believed in creating enduring value through its businesses, and as such, focused on creating sustainable businesses and livelihood opportunities.Our efforts are to constantly achieve higher levels of Triple Bottomline performance - measured on our performance in economic, environmental and social terms. <br /> <br />Economic:ITC is one of India's foremost private sector companies with a market capitalisation of over US $ 22 billion and a turnover of US $ 6 billion. ITC is rated among the quot;
World's Best Big Companiesquot;
, Asia's 'Fab 50' and the quot;
World's Most Reputable Companiesquot;
by Forbes magazine, among India's quot;
Most Respected Companiesquot;
by BusinessWorld and among India's quot;
Most Valuable Companiesquot;
by Business Today. ITC ranks among India's quot;
10 Most Valuable (Company) Brandsquot;
, in a study conducted by Brand Finance and published by the Economic Times. ITC also ranks among Asia's 50 best performing companies compiled by Business Week.ITC has a diversified presence in Cigarettes, Hotels, Paperboards & Specialty Papers, Packaging, Agri-Business, Packaged Foods & Confectionery, Information Technology, Branded Apparel, Personal Care, Stationery, Safety Matches and other FMCG products. While ITC is an outstanding market leader in its traditional businesses of Cigarettes, Hotels, Paperboards, Packaging and Agri-Exports, it is rapidly gaining market share even in its nascent businesses of Packaged Foods & Confectionery, Branded Apparel, Personal Care and Stationery.<br />510,68,78,669 Ordinary Shares of the Company, representing 66.00% of the Company's paid up capital, as on 20th May, 2011 are in dematerialised form. The paid-up share capital of the Company, as on 20th May, 2011, is Rs. 773,81,44,280 (Rs.773.81 crores) divided into 773,81,44,280 Ordinary Shares of the face value of Re 1/- each. <br /> <br /> <br />Total No. of Shareholders as on 20th May, 2011:4,05,955No. of shareholders in dematerialised form :3,62,384No. of shareholders in physical form :43,571<br />Social:ITC employs over 26,000 people at more than 60 locations across India. The Company continuously endeavors to enhance its wealth generating capabilities in a globalising environment to consistently reward more than 3,50,000 shareholders, fulfill the aspirations of its stakeholders and meet societal expectations. This over-arching vision of the company is expressively captured in its corporate positioning statement: quot;
Enduring Valuequot;
. ITC's businesses generate livelihoods for over 5 million people, and its globally recognized e-Choupal initiative is the world's largest rural digital infrastructure benefiting over 4 million farmers.ITC's Watershed Development initiative brings precious water to over 46,000 hectares of drylands and moisture-stressed areas.Environmental:left0In this relentless pursuit to create enduring value, ITC has achieved many milestones - it is the only company of its size and diversity to be:Carbon Positive 5 years in a row - Sequestering twice as much carbon as it emits.Water Positive for 8 consecutive years - Creating more rainwater harvesting potential than its net consumption.Solid Waste Recycling Positive - Reusing/Recycling more solid waste than generated.The extensive plantations programme - now covering more than a 107, 000 hectares of land, helps ITC to sequester carbon, while providing millions of person days of employment to marginal farmers.To read more about ITC's businesses, please log on to www.itcportal.com To read our GRI G3 complaint Sustainability Report, please click here right0* as on 31st March 2010<br /> <br />