Tata Group | Corporate sustainability

Code of honour

The term 'corporate social responsibility' or sustainability is of relatively recent vintage. Not so the philosophy of social responsibility that underlines the Tata way of conducting its businesses, and the manner of its interactions with all the constituents that come under the canopy of corporate social responsibility. The multitude of initiatives the Group has nurtured from its earliest days flows from a wellspring of voluntary, as opposed to obligatory commitment.

	Corporate sustainability initiatives by Tata Group companies

corporate governance | employee relations | environment | community initiatives

Corporate governance The Tata template on ethical business practices and good governance.
	Overview A summary of the Group's corporate governance policies and processes.
	Values and purpose An enumeration of the principles and ideals at the core of the Group.
	The Tata code of conduct A comprehensive document that serves as the ethical road map for Tata Group employees and companies.
	Fair practices Specific processes and instruments that ensure principled governance.
	Business excellence The quality movement in the Tata Group and its drivers.
		TBEM and TQMS Tata Business Excellence Model and Tata Quality Management Services.
		JRD QV Award The reward for Tata Group companies reaching new heights of business excellence.
		Articles on business excellence
	Articles on corporate governance

Employee relations The Tata Group's interactions with its huge and diverse family of employees.
	Overview A summary of the Group's relationship with its people.
	Tata townships Article on the cities created by the Group around its facilities.
		Articles on Tata townships
	Learning The training and knowledge development programmes that the Group runs for its people.
		Knowledge plus An overview of the learning initiatives at the Group level.
		TAS The Group's managerial development programme for young professionals.
		TMTC The Tata Management Training Centre helps Group professionals add to their knowledge bank.
		Articles on knowledge development
	Articles on employee relations

Environment The Tata Group's policies and record on the environment and on ecology issues.
	Overview A summary of the Group's environmental endeavours.
	Policies Tata Group guidelines on environmental and ecological matters.
	Addressing climate change
	Articles on the Group's environmental efforts

Community initiatives The panoply of Tata endeavours to improve the communities in which Group companies function.
	Overview A summary of the social development efforts being undertaken by the Group.
	TCCI The Tata Council for Community Initiatives, the umbrella agency that guides Tata Group companies in their community development work.
	Company initiatives The various social development organisations set up by different Tata enterprises.
	Articles on community initiatives by Tata companies
	The Tata Trusts The philanthropic spread of the many Tata trusts.
		Overview A profile of the Tata trusts.
		Sir Dorabji Tata and Allied Trusts The premier trust of the Tatas.
			Articles on the Sir Dorabji Tata and Allied Trusts
		Sir Ratan Tata Trust The second largest of the Tata trusts.
			Articles on the Sir Ratan Tata Trust
		JN Tata Endowment Provides funding for scholars.
	Building India The national institutes of learning and health that the Group helped to establish.
		The Indian Institute of Science
		The Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
		The Tata Institute of Social Sciences
		The Tata Memorial Centre
		The JRD Tata Ecotechnology Centre
	Sports and arts A summary of Tata efforts in support of sports and the arts in India.
		The good sport An overview of Tata endeavours to encourage sports.
		NCPA A profile and current programmes of the National Centre for the Performing Arts, which the Group helped set up.
		Marg A magazine of culture and the arts, supported by the Group.
		Articles on the Tatas in sports
		Media releases on the Tatas in sports
		Media reports on the Tatas in sports
		Articles on the Tatas in art and culture