The elusive goal of sustainable development, or 'sustainability' as it is also called, is to make decisions and carry out programs and projects in a manner that maximises benefits to the natural environment and humans and their cultures and communities, while maintaining or enhancing financial viability.

Its basic principles include the following:

• Concern for the well-being of future generations.
• Awareness of the multi-dimensional impacts of any decision (broadly categorised as economic, environmental, social).
• The need for balance among the different dimensions across sectors (e.g. mining, manufacturing, transportation), themes (climate change, community cohesion, natural resource management) and scale (local, regional, national, international).
  

In short, sustainability is related to the quality of life in a community - whether the economic, social and environmental systems that make up the community are providing a healthy, productive, meaningful life for all community residents, present and future.

Thus, the "Triple Bottom Line" concept

Corporate Sustainability is a business approach that creates long-term shareholder value by embracing opportunities and managing risks derived from economic, environmental and social developments.

• The Economic Element - This essentially takes into account the financial part of the corporate entity.
  
  
• The Social Element - A socially responsible approach to business would involve sensitivity to social, environmental and ethical issues by corporate entities.
  
  
• The Environmental Element - This entails whether the operations of the corporate entities are impacting positively or negatively on the environment and resources (bio-diversity, human and ecological health, global warming, resource endowments etc.).
  

 Environmental Bottom Line:

In order to determine the impact of our products, services, and operations the company had got an "Environmental Impact Assessment Study" conducted by a recognised agency. The recommendations indicated in the report have been implemented in totality. The impact of products / operations on society is considered at the project feasibility stage itself for new projects so that correct technology is chosen to address the issues of safety, effluent treatment, etc.

We have our Health & Safety Policy, put in place in the year 2001, which is as follows:

"Tata Steel Processing and Distribution Limited is committed to a caring and prevention based approach
towards health, safety and well-being of all its employees."

Corporate Citizenship:

"TSPDL shall identify the key communities in which it operates and shall strive to undertake practices
as a responsible corporate citizen to support and strengthen such groups
in order to bring about harmony between people and industry".

Site Inspection of the Lonavala Project With Mr. Rob Muir, Ryerson Inc.	TSPDL people with Jim Carter

Standing tall to the call of the society, TSPDL has extended its hand to the societal causes. It has joined hands with other Tata companies to promote primary education in the country through the Tata Council for Community Initiatives (TCCI).

	Nabodisha, a police initiative supported by TCCI and CRY, a leading NGO, imparted basic education (through five schools) to over 250 street children in Kolkata. The aim is to get the children off the streets and then mainstream them into regular schools. The company also provides continued support to Udbhas, a social welfare organisation wholly dedicated to support health & educational upliftment of underprivileged children, by providing warm clothes & educational tools, encouraging them to attain better livelihood through vocational training, support during their annual cultural programmes, etc.
Also, Tata Steel Processing and Distribution Limited holds a Football Tournament for the Under-15 children, in association with the Veterans’ Football Club, Kolkata. The company takes full charge of a the Veterans’ Football Club, Kolkata. The company takes full charge of a team comprising of talented, underprivileged children, grooms them and even prepares them for participation in national-level tournaments and thereafter try and pursue football as a means for their long-term sustenance.

Mr. Abhijit Sen, our VP (Fin) & CSR-Head is seen with Mr. B.K.Ghosh of Udbhas	Mr. Sandipan Chakravorty, MD, with the Under-15 team members

Such activities have also been conducted in Jamshedpur and Pune. Blood donation camps are regularly conducted in these units, as also afforestation drives to ensure a healthy workplace environment. At Jamshedpur, regular support is provided to a school for underprivileged children of Bagun Hatu Basti, which is adjacent to the Bara unit.

TSPDL considers fulfillment of its Corporate Sustainability as an opportunity to serve society and for going well beyond the compliance of regulatory and legal norms. It has partnered with DISHA, LIFELINE, TISWOMEN, SINGHBHUM MAHILA VIKAS MANCH, and BAL GYAN PEETH etc. TSPDL provides constant support and assistance to these organisations.

The various corporate social initiatives that we have planned at all units during the year 2007-08 are listed below:

Kolkata

• The company is involved with TCCI (Tata Council of Community Initiatives), which runs a number of projects including Nabodisha, which, with the active support of Kolkata Police, CRY, Vikramshila and Tata Companies, takes responsibility of running six schools for street children. These are kind of half way homes where children are taken off the streets and taught so that they could join a mainstream school within a few months or a year. TCCI also supports the school going children.
  
  
• TSPDL is also actively involved with Udbhas, which provides educational support to underprivileged children.
  
  
• The company also supports the Veterans Football Club by organising U-16 Football Tournament. It nurtures a team comprising of talented underprivileged children, who have also won matches internationally.

Jamshedpur

• Organising free medical camps at Bagun Hatu Basti.
  
  
• Sarna Prathamik Vidyalaya School supported with Tubewells, writing sets, furniture, fans, lighting, sports items, etc.
  
  
• Self-employment kits like sewing machines & scooter repair sets given to the handicapped.
  
  
• Installation of a tubewell and a low cost toilet at Tilaknagar located at the adjacent Bagun Hatu Basti.
  
  
• Reimbursement of two years school fees for handicapped and meritorious children along with a study allowance for two years.
  
  
• Sharing of cost was done in the construction of a railway over-bridge at Tata Nagar station.
  
  
• Employees contributed blood to the Jamshedpur Blood Bank.
  
  
• Tata Steel Processing and Distribution Limited Cup Football Tournament organized at Bagun Hatu Basti.
  

Pune

• Cyber Training.
  
  
• Computer awareness programme for 150 students and teachers of Lok Sanghvi Panchayat School.
  
  
• Tree Plantation programme at Ranjangaon and Lok Sanghvi villages.
  
  
• The employees of the company have volunteered along with a NGO, Habitat for Humanity, in building low cost housing projects at Lonavala, Maharashtra.

Ethics in our Blood

Ethics is borne out of our thoughts, deeds & actions. Our Code of Conduct (CoC) enshrines the values cherished and practised by us and for which we are credited as a distinguished community. We embellish these principles and continue to display the degree of conduct that has earned us the credibility for which we are intrinsically recognised. We also celebrate Ethics Week by display of banners, posters, etc., conducting Ethics quizzes, competitions, cultural programmes and rewarding the winners. TSPDL promotes ethical behavior through sub-process Management of Business Ethics (MBE) and monitors measures for ethical behavior under Corporate Citizenship and Governance process, a Key Management process. The process includes training of employees on CoC, all employees signing the CoC, communication through posters, facility to voice concerns by various stakeholders to Ethics Counsellor. Apart from correcting systems based on concerns, disciplinary action for violating the CoC is taken.

Internal Commitments:

• The waste coming out of the plants is disposed by Evaporation and is not drained out to any water body.
  
  
• The ecology around the plant is lush green with plantation around which aids in purifying the air and projecting a conducive work environment.
  
  
• Inside the Plant, the sound emitted is maintained under the permitted sound limit.
  
  
• Sanitation, drainage, water availability, lightning and ventilation are the issues that are subjected to special attention.
  
  
• The associates operate under the permitted work hours and are encouraged to spent time with their family.
  
  
• Their safety and our safety is the Primary call of the organisation and this is what we are very successfully meeting upto.
  
  
• Family meets are also arranged where our MD and Top management people meet the associates and management along with their families and have a close interaction and enjoyment.

Towards Promoting Sustainable Practices

The Company has signed the United Nations Global Compact forum in the year 2005. In compliance with the requirements envisaged in the Global Reporting Initiatives (GRI - G3 version), the company submitted its first Communications of Progress (COP) to the United Nations Global Compact forum in 2007. This requires the company to report on the compliance of the Ten Guiding Principles covering four important areas, viz. Human Rights, Labour Standards, Environment & Anti-Corruption.

Apart from this, TSPDL voluntarily initiates, partners and accepts efforts to make businesses more responsible, which include SA 8000, ISO 14001, etc.