It has reaffirmed its commitment by supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by demonstrating its alignment to the chief 14 sustainability goals out of the 17, set by the United Nations.
With an overarching theme to popularise the UNSDG goals and demonstrate its support, Tata Power launched a social media campaign to communicate the impact of the company's accomplishment for the 14 UNSDGs. The campaign reached over 1.7 million people through various social media touchpoints and achieved an overwhelming response.
Some of the key UNSDGs that Tata Power support include:
- Adhikaar, a social-economic and governance based initiative by Tata Power has tapped in to 14 national and state initiatives which has benefitted over 3.5 lakh community members in 15 states across the country;
- Built 13,402 household toilets under its Mamta and Sammaan initiatives benefitting 4.7 lakh people across 4 states;
- Over 16 lakh school children benefitted from Vidyasagar, a remedial and technology-based coaching for school children from 16 location in the country;
- Dhaaga initiative that has created an ecosystem of garment and handicraft-based micro enterprises that supports 1050 women artisans in 13 states.
- Act of Mahseer, a 4-decade long initiative to conserve fresh water fish while also creating livelihood for local communities.
"Tata Power has a long tradition of working closely with and for the benefit of the local communities. Broadly, this is done by ensuring that the pursuit of economic objectives is also linked to larger social and sustainability concerns like climate impact, poverty, education, gender equality and others. We have aligned our sustainability initiatives to the UNSDG framework, to demonstrate our support, thereby achieving our goals on a regional and global level", said Shalini Singh, Chief-Corporate Communications & Sustainability, Tata Power
The campaign was launched earlier this month, to showcase of its participation in the COP 25 -UN Climate Change Conference held on 2nd - 13th December 2019 in Madrid, Spain.
The UNSDGs, also known as the Global Goals, were adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015 as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030. The 17 SDGs are integrated - that is, they recognise that action in one area will affect outcomes in others, and that development must balance social, economic and environmental sustainability.
Additional Links for reference :
- https://www.tatapower.com/sustainability/UNSDG.aspx
- Link of the campaign video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcK7Nx8rcJk
About Tata Power:
Tata Power is India's largest integrated power company and, together with its subsidiaries & jointly controlled entities, has an installed capacity of 10,763 MW. A pioneer in the field, it has a presence across the entire power value chain: Generation of renewable as well as conventional power including hydro and thermal energy; transmission & distribution, trading and coal & freight logistics. With renewable energy assets in solar and wind accounting for 30% of the company's portfolio, Tata Power is a leader in clean energy generation. In line with the company's view on sustainable and clean energy development, Tata Power is steering the transformation of utilities to integrated solutions by looking at new business growth in EV charging & storage, distributed generation & rooftops, microgrids and home automation & smart meters.
It has successful public-private partnerships in generation, transmission & distribution in India namely: 'Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd.' with Delhi Vidyut Board for distribution in North Delhi; 'Tata Power Ajmer Distribution Ltd.' with Ajmer Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd. for distribution in Ajmer; 'Powerlinks Transmission Ltd.' with Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. for evacuation of Power from Tala hydro plant in Bhutan to Delhi; 'Maithon Power Ltd.' with Damodar Valley Corporation for a 1050 MW Mega Power Project at Jharkhand. Tata Power is serving more than 2.6 million distribution consumers in India and has developed the country's first 4000 MW Ultra Mega Power Project at Mundra (Gujarat) based on super-critical technology.
With growing international focus, Tata Power's global presence includes strategic investments in Indonesia through a 30% s take in the coal company PT Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC); 26% stake in mines at PT Baramulti Suksessarana Tbk (BSSR); in Singapore through Trust Energy Resources; in South Africa through a joint venture called 'Cennergi' to develop projects in sub-Sahara Africa; in Zambia through a 50:50 joint venture with ZESCO for 120 MW Hydro project; in Georgia through AGL which is a joint venture with Clean Energy, Norway & IFC for development of 187 MW hydro project; in Bhutan through a hydro project in partnership with The Royal Government of Bhutan. With its 103 years track record of technology leadership, project execution excellence, world-class safety processes, customer care and driving green initiatives, Tata Power is poised for multi-fold growth and committed to 'lighting up lives' for generations to come. Visit us at: www.tatapower.com
