Re: CSR: What can power companies do to reduce global warming?

On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 5:35 PM, <info@karmayog.org> wrote:

Q1. How can power producing and distribution companies behave responsibly -- towards the environment and towards customers?

 

Q2. As a consumer, what measures have you taken to reduce the consumption of power in the places at home or at work?

 

Q3. As an architect, what design recommendations do you incorporate to reduce global warming?

 

Responses will be included in an article in the journal of the Indian Electrical and Electronics Manufacturers Association as well as displayed in our site as usual.

 

The Karmayog Corporate Social Responsibility Ratings of the 1000 largest Indian companies in 2008 includes a sector-wise analysis of CSR activities.
See www.karmayog.org/csr2008  for details of the study and all sectors.

Following are the observations on the CSR activities of the Power sector:
 - 46 out of 1000 companies are in the Power sector. These include companies generating, transmitting, distributing power, and companies manufacturing electrical equipment gensets, cables, lights, etc.
 - 54% are doing no CSR
 - 96% of the companies are at Level 2 and lower
 - There are only 2 companies at Level 3: Suzlon Energy Ltd. and Tata Power Company Ltd.
 - Total Sales of 46 companies is Rs.140,000 crores
 - If 0.2% of sales is spent on CSR (as per Karmayog's recommendation then annual CSR expenditure would amount to Rs. 275 crores

Karmayog CSR Rating 2008 -- Number of Power companies (Total 46)

    - Level 5 --  0
    - Level 4 --  0
    - Level 3 --  2
    - Level 2 -- 11
    - Level 1 --  8
    - Level 0 -- 25

 

Details of CSR activities of 46 companies in the Power sector are at http://www.karmayog.org/redirect/strred.asp?docId=23504

 

Thanks

Vinay

www.karmayog.org -- emPowering India

 

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