Performance by Capitals

Social and Relationship Capitals

Nurturing Our Relationships with All Our Stakeholders

At JSW Energy, we believe that as a responsible corporate, we must create shared economic and social value for our stakeholders. As we prepare to step up our business for nextlevel growth, value creation for key stakeholders remains our priority.

We maintain strong, healthy and mutually beneficial relationships with all our stakeholders. In our endeavour to become a leading corporate citizen, we undertake significant steps to build rapport and partnership with the local communities, suppliers, customers, employees, regulators, financial and research institutions, civil society and other stakeholders identified in our business operations.

We have been able to create value for our key stakeholders and our efforts have led us to achieve a strong, healthy and mutually beneficial relationship with them.

Towards Inclusive Growth
JSW Energy contributes at least 2% of its average net profits for designing, executing and monitoring programmes for community welfare. We implement our CSR initiatives either directly through JSW Foundation or in partnership, as per the suitability of the initiative.

We adopt a collaborative approach to add value in the lives of the people residing in our Direct Influence Zone (DIZ) and Indirect Influence Zone (IIZ). Our CSR policy enables plants to define their own DIZs with the provisions of expanding them as per the operations.

All our programmes are formulated on the basis of need assessment. These need assessment studies comprise quantitative and qualitative indicators, which provide measurable impact. We engage with the Government and civil societies to successfully undertake various social initiatives to benefit the community. We also execute and monitor interventions independently in the community on the basis of concurrent evaluation, knowledge management and documentation. The areas of intervention include water, sanitation, environment, health, nutrition, education, skills, livelihood development, sports and art and culture and heritage. We monitor the initiatives at all our manufacturing sites on a regular basis to constantly improve our performance.

CSR Policy
JSW Energy is committed to nationbuilding. It operates on the philosophy of working closely with communities living contiguous to the Company’s operations and beyond. We have a Board-level CSR Committee, which is responsible for approving and reviewing all the interventions on a periodic basis. Apart from the Foundation, the Board of JSW Energy has also constituted a Company-level CSR Committee which comprises Business- and Plant-level leadership, to supervise the implementation and assess the impact of all our interventions.

During FY2019, we undertook various CSR interventions based on concurrent evaluation and knowledge management through process documentation.

Key Initiatives
In our pursuit to empower the communities, we spent `25.17 Crore for CSR during FY2019. Through various social initiatives, we committed to:

  • Improve the living conditions of people
  • Promote social development
  • Address social inequality
  • Address environmental issues
  • Preserve national heritage
  • Promote sports
  • Carry out rural development projects
  • Contribute to Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

An overview of our interventions under various categories are mentioned in the table below:

Sr.
No.
Category as per the Companies Act JSWEL Consolidated
(` Crore)
1 Improving Living Conditions 7.83
2 Promoting Social Development 6.68
3 Addressing Social Inequalities 0.78
4 Addressing Environmental Issues 0.95
5 Preserving National Heritage 1.05
6 Promotion of Sports 2.48
7 Rural Development 3.64
8 Swachh Bharat Abhiyan 0.54
9 Administration and Overhead Expenses 0.86
10 Project Management Cost 0.36
  Total 25.17

We have undertaken the following flagship programmes during FY2019:

Health, Nutrition and Sanitation
We are focusing on improving the health, nutrition and sanitation levels of the communities residing near our plant locations. Some of our key interventions pertaining to health and nutrition development include complementing Government schemes such as Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) and National Rural Health Mission (NRHM); eradicating malnutrition; improving the infrastructure of Primary Health Centres (PHCs) as per Indian Public Health Standards (IPHS) to ensure safe motherhood and childhood; eradicating anemia; facilitating access to Government’s schemes; tracking pregnancy and child birth; screening women for diseases such as cancer, hypothyroidism, bone density, etc.; spreading awareness about health, hygiene and nutrition; establishing Voluntary Counselling and Testing Centre (VCTC); providing trauma care service; facilitating preventive measures to reduce the incidence of disease; building cadre of para medical workers; emergency preparedness for vector-borne diseases; and improving personal hygiene and sanitation.

  • During the year, we conducted eight health camps at our Ratnagiri plant, in which 673 patients were checked.
  • In the camps, angiography, angioplasty and bypass surgery was done for 91, 25 and three patients, respectively, at the Loltlikar Hospital of Ratnagiri under the Mahatama Jotiba Phule health scheme.
  • In Sholtu, we undertook 10 Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan drives in which local communities participated.

Promoting Education and Skill Development
We understand the need of quality education for the future of the nation. We have designed educational programmes specifically for early childhood, formal education, vocational skill development and special education needs. We undertake these programmes independently and also in partnership with the local Government and civil societies. Some of our key interventions in the areas of promoting education and skill development include creating an attractive ambience to enhance the quality of education, which leads to zero dropouts and 100% attendance throughout the year to complete secondary and higher-secondary education with distinction; improving the infrastructure of local schools; improving the training of teachers; complementing the mid-day meal programme; facilitating remedial classes for children with slow learning; facilitating institution-based learning for differently abled children; and providing access to higher education through JSW Skill School.

To facilitate better education opportunities to establish a better future for India, we undertook the following initiatives in FY2019:

  • Conducted science exhibition at eight schools in Ratnagiri, in which more than 50 students participated
  • Organised career guidance programmes and Yoga Day celebrations at our Ratnagiri plant
  • Organised a felicitation programme for students of 10th and 12th standards of Ratnagiri schools
  • Organised mathematics competition at 13 schools of DIZ, in which 246 students participated
  • Provided projector/LED screen and e-learning content to 27 schools in Sindhudurga district
  • Offered infrastructure support by constructing primary Government schools at Panvi and Punang and arranged for mid-day meal kitchen in Punang
  • Carried out wall beautification and six model Aanganwadi constructions out of 78 Aanganwadis
  • Provided life skills and adolescents’ education programmes in 27 Government schools, which benefitted 1,000 girl students
  • As part of our skill development programme, we trained 60 students in the textile sector and in hospitality assistance at Barmer
  • Provided skill-based training to 33 students who were then successfully placed in job with an average monthly salary of `10,000- 15,000 in Barmer
  • At Sholtu, we started two vocational handloom training centres for 40 women

Livelihood Development With an intention to improve livelihood opportunities for the marginalised sections of the society, especially women, we have initiated programmes to bring them into the socio-economic mainstream of the nation. We have collectivised women into Self-Help Groups (SHGs) to educate them in financial management and harness their entrepreneurial skills. Initiatives undertaken in FY2019 to promote livelihood includes establishment of resource centres in partnership with the Horticulture department to enhance agriculture and horticulture, promoting agribusiness and enhancement of crop productivity and crop diversification, livestock management, tourism development, facilitating linkages for destitute women and widows and promoting market-driven enterprises.

Agricultural Development
Agriculture is a crucial source of livelihood for the people residing in rural areas. It therefore needs focused intervention. We have therefore undertaken a number of activities for improving farming practices for the communities residing near our plant locations. We undertook the following initiatives at Ratnagiri:

  • Provided training in organic farming and bush pepper to 93 beneficiaries and medicinal plantation to 45 farmers
  • Undertook the construction of four biogas and five vermi-compost plants
  • Five farmers earned `2,91,858 from the sale of Gir cow milk. Gir cow milk is high in nutritive value and is good for health. This is a pilot intervention which will be scaled up in coming years
  • Initiated organic vegetable stall at Khandla

We undertook the following initiatives in Barmer:

  • Silvopasture development to ensure animal food security and promote livestock management
  • Planted Sevan and Dhaman grass (local species), along with other trees
  • We are technical partners for KBK and implementing partner for Panchayat & GRAVIS NGO

In Sholtu, we commenced the drip irrigation scheme at the Community Apple Orchard for 350 apple plants.

Women Empowerment
At JSW Energy, we strongly believe that a community will prosper only if its women are educated and independent. We have therefore planned and executed the following programmes that are focused on women empowerment:

  • In Barmer, 190 women from 14 SHGs got trained in applique, mukka work and pottery item making
  • Through handicraft production trainings, the women in the community were able to make `150-200 per day for 4-5 hours of daily work
  • In Ratnagiri, we organised the production of coconut shell art involving women. The women in Ratnagiri benefitted by `90,000 from sale of these items
  • The betel nut processing unit of Ratnagiri had a yearly sale of `60,000
  • The women working in mango pulp processing in Ratnagiri earned `1.89 Lakh through the sale of 1,200 kg mango pulp

Environmental Protection
We understand our responsibility towards the environment and undertake measures to contribute to its protection and enhancement. Our major interventions for nurturing nature includes solid waste management, watershed management, afforestation, rainwater harvesting, harnessing science and technology, fostering local innovation and biogas plant. In addition, we undertook the following two initiatives:

  • During FY2019, we constructed one cement bandhara, which has a water storage capacity of 2,200 m3 at Chaferi village of Ratnagiri
  • At Sholtu, we developed irrigation schemes for three gram panchayats and a drinking water scheme, which benefited 3,000 and 800 people, respectively

Preserving National Heritage
We focus on the preservation and promotion of art, craft, culture, heritage and monuments. The thematic areas of our interventions include promotion of traditional art and culture and formation of local tourism corporation development by engaging women SHGs and youth clubs with the help of the respective state Government tourism departments.

Sports Development
We take keen interest in promoting and strengthening sports in India. The JSW Foundation provides support in this area through infrastructural development; nutritional support to sports persons; training sessions for players for district, state, national and international level competitions; and establishment of a sports academy.

Rural Development
We also support the rural communities by providing required infrastructure to them. Under our Provide Urban Amenities in Rural Areas (PURA), we constructed roads, toilets and community centres in the villages.

Long-term Partnerships
Supplier satisfaction: Our suppliers and vendors play a crucial role in our business operations. We encourage maintaining an ethical and transparent working relationship with our suppliers. We work with only those suppliers who comply with the Company’s code of conduct, pertaining to ethical, social and environmental business practices. While we depend on domestic and international suppliers to meet our raw material needs, priority is given to local suppliers in our procurement practice. We ensure that all our suppliers and vendors are working as per the Company’s code of conduct, which ensures ethical ways of working, meeting the environmental and social compliances. We maintain strong relationships with our suppliers by ensuring timely payments and enhanced capabilities.

Customer satisfaction: Our business model includes power generation, transmission and trading. We serve the state electricity distribution companies of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Punjab. We always try to provide uninterrupted power supply to these DISCOMs. Even in a B2B business model, we strive to maintain a high level of customer satisfaction.

Trade and chamber associations:
JSW Energy is member of various trade and association chambers. The major ones we are associated with are Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industries (FICCI), the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) and Association of Power Producers (APP). We work closely with trade/industry associations in evolving policies that govern the functioning and regulations of the power sector. The Company participates in stakeholder consultation with industry players and support the Government in framing policies in the following areas:

  • Governance and administration
  • Economic reforms
  • Sustainable business principles
  • Energy, water and other natural resources
  • Social and community development
  • Coal mining and auction
  • Transparency in public disclosure
  • Non-conventional energy

Our Company was not subjected to any penalty and no complaints were filed against us by any stakeholder pertaining to unfair trade practices, irresponsible advertising or anticompetitive behaviour.

As a corporate citizen, we leave no stone unturned when it comes to complying with the regulatory and legal requirements. We keep ourselves updated with the new laws and amendments to ensure 100% compliance at all times.

Key Performance (Consolidated) Highlights and Outcomes

Health Camps

We conducted eight health camps at Ratnagiri with checkup facilities for 673 patients. Based on the diagnosis, angiography, angioplasty and bypass surgeries were facilitated for 91, 25 and three patients, respectively at the Loltlikar Hospital, Ratnagiri under the Mahatama Jotiba Phule Health Scheme.

Animal Food Security

We ensured animal food security and promoted livestock management and silvopasture development in 200 bighas of Government land, with technical support from Krishi Vikas Kendra.

Community Welfare

Our CSR spend for FY2019 was beyond the statutory norms of spending 2% of our average net profits for designing, executing and monitoring programmes for community welfare.

During FY2019, ~54,000 beneficiaries were benefited through our various CSR interventions.

Irrigation schemes were developed for three gram panchayats benefitting 3,000 people and a drinking water scheme was implemented benefitting 800 people in Sholtu, Himachal Pradesh.

Skill Development

Projector/LED screen and e-software were provided to 27 schools in Sindhudurga district to promote school digitisation activity.

190 women from 14 SHGs were trained in applique, mukka work and pottery item making. They are now able to earn `40/hour of work.