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TATA Steel's CSR head to speak at The Best Corporate Citizen Award 2012

India's corporate giant TATA Steel's Head of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Biren Bhuta, is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the upcoming Best Corporate Citizen Award 2012 organized by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce.

Biren Bhuta

The Best Corporate Citizen Award would be held for the 9th consecutive year on November 12, 2012, at the Cinnamon Grand, Colombo. Commenced in 2004 as an award scheme to recognize Corporate Social Responsibility over the years, the award has grown, adding a number of new categories and promoting Corporate Social Responsibility activities and sustainable business practices amongst the local businesses.

According to Jamsetji Tata, Founder of Tata Steel, "In a free enterprise, the community is not just another stakeholder, but is, in fact, the very purpose of its existence." Founded on this philosophy, Tata Steel's CSR policy focuses on social sustainability, healthcare initiatives, environmental sustainability and inclusive growth.

According to the company's Vice Chairman B. Muthuraman, the company "believes that the primary purpose of a business was to improve the quality of life of people. Tata Steel will volunteer its resources, to the extent, that it could reasonably afford, to sustain and improve a healthy and prosperous environment and to improve the quality of life of the people of the areas in which it operates."

As such, Tata Steel spends 5-7% of its profit after tax on CSR initiatives, such as environmental sustainability and social development.

Leading TATA Steel's CSR, the company's CSR head, Biren Bhuta holds vast experience and valuable insights on Corporate Social Responsibility.The company works in partnership with the Government, national and international development organisations, local NGOs and the community to ensure sustainable development. His experiences and thoughts would provide inspiration and insight to local corporate leaders on sustainable business and CSR.

Some of the main interventions he has made, include sustainable livelihood, health, education, environment and ethnicity. Bhuta started that his career as a corporate banker with Standard Chartered Bank and moved on to television journalism. He was a reporter and a presenter with NDTV.

 

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