Award has been presented under 2 categories - Platinum Award under Best Country Award for Overall CSR Performance and Silver Award under Best Community Programme
Tata Power Delhi Distribution (Tata Power-DDL), a leading power distribution company serving a populace of 7 million in the national capital, has won two prominent awards — Platinum Award under the ‘Best Country Award for Overall CSR Performance’ category and Silver Award for ‘Best Community Programme’ categories at the prestigious 13th Global CSR Awards. The awards were announced during a virtual award ceremony.
The company’s CSR initiatives are run under the mother brand Saathi (a companion) in order to effectively reach out to over 1 million underprivileged people, and the company’s consumers residing in 220+ JJ clusters in North Delhi. Saathi focuses on four main pillars – Women Literacy (Unnati), Youth Empowerment (Ujjwal), Better Health (Sanjeevani), and Energy Conservation (Club Enerji) and aims to positively impact society and bring about lasting development. All the initiatives are aligned with UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
During the pandemic, the company not only made necessary arrangements to ensure uninterrupted power supply but also came forward with a slew of initiatives, under the theme ‘Powering Fight Against Corona’ to efficiently manage the crisis and mitigate its impact on its stakeholders. The company reached out to the community to create awareness about the pandemic, provided them masks, educated them about the protocols and digital payments, sponsored cooked meals, deployed medical dispensaries in the communities and sensitised them about safety and preventive measures against Covid-19.
Commenting on the recognition, Ganesh Srinivasan, CEO, Tata Power-DDL, said, “At Tata Power-DDL, community development is an important part of our DNA. We are undertaking focussed initiatives to ensure lasting and sustainable development to improve the lives of underprivileged people. This award bears testimony to our commitment and efforts to create an organisation committed to social welfare.”
