ITC Limited
Sustainability Report 2012
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Social Performance
Social Investments - Mission Sunhera Kal
Building Skills and Social Infrastructure Around Our Factories
For the households around our units, the challenge is that of providing the necessary social infrastructure to enable a decent quality of life. Thus these projects aim at creating sustainable livelihoods through community development for our second group of stakeholders - communities in the command areas of our factories. Women’s EmpowermentMore than 39,000 women were gainfully employed either through micro-enterprises, or were assisted with loans to pursue income -generating activities
The Women’s Empowerment Programme covered over 16,000 women through 1,380 self-help groups (SHG) with total savings of Rs.285 lakhs. Cumulatively, more than 39,000 women were gainfully employed either through micro-enterprises, or were assisted with loans to pursue income-generating activities.
Agarbatti production through SHGs saw significant scale-up during the year. 349 metric tonnes of raw agarbatti for scenting was produced during the year from the units established in Munger (Bihar) and Hardoi (Uttar Pradesh). The scenting unit in Munger supplied 293 million sticks worth Rs.314 lakhs to the Agarbatti business. The activity provides supplementary incomes to more than 2,000 women. |