wipro sustainability initiatives an update nov 2012

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Wipro's Sustainability

Initiatives –

An Update Nov-2012


We do not inherit the

earth from our

ancestors. We merely

borrow it from our

children.

- Native Indian Saying

People In a world of finite resources

Business

Environment

are all

interconnected

People Business

Environment


A world facing

Ecological imbalance

• Climate change crisis looming

water disaster

• Unsustainable cities

Social inequity

• Diversity, inclusivity and

human rights

• Universal education

transparency

Economic disparity • Food security poverty

Requires a balance in growth and

development for the benefit of all

Sustainability is about balancing without compromising

development that

meets the needs

of the present

the ability of future

generations to meet

their needs

100 largest entities…

Of the world’s

51

are now corporations

For a sustainable future

large organizations

MUST

LEAD

THE WAY


Minimize

Wipro’s

internal

footprint on

energy,

water and

waste

Ecological

Promote

employee

diversity,

empowerment

& continuous

learning

Workplace

Work jointly

with

education

and civil

society

networks on

sustainability

programs

Education &

community

Collaborate

with

suppliers to

help them

become

more

sustainable

Supplier

Shape

policies by

engaging

with

government,

NGOs and

industry

networks

Public

regulation &

policies

Wipro’s sustainability initiatives

Wipro’s sustainability framework

Provide

products and

solutions that

enable

customers to

become

greener

Customer

stewardship


Ecological Sustainability


Businesses will have to rapidly redesign value chains to increase

efficiency / reduce consumption and dependence on

‘constrained resources’

Ecological sustainability

32% of the total water consumed

in 19 of our major

locations is recycled

using sewage treatment

plants for landscaping

and sanitation

Biodiversity

programs

launched at two large

campuses to convert

them into biodiversity

zones

20,000 KL of rainwater is harvested

in our campuses. 25% of

this is used within the

facility and

75% is recharged

to the ground


Energy


19 facilities are

LEED certified –

the largest number

for an organization

in India. Our

objective is to have

all new facilities

LEED compliant

Our aim is to

reduce our GHG

intensity by half in 2014-15

(2.5 tons per

employee) from the

base figure in

2008-09

(4.6 tons per

employee)

100%

use of CFLs

and Ji-lumen tubes.

Solar-powered LED

For open and

common areas

Use of energy

efficient

measures –

desktop power

management, printer

management, data

center virtualization

and encouraging

teleconferencing and

internet enabled

meetings



83% of our waste

is recycled.

Our target is to recycle

and reuse 95% by 2013

(not more than 5% of

the balance going to

landfills)

Technically competent

disposal agencies process

degradable & non-

degradable waste

segregated by us

Canteen food waste is

converted into

bio gas and used as a source of

cooking fuel, helping avoid

100 tons of greenhouse

gases annually.

Waste


Workplace Sustainability


Employee diversity

Workplace sustainability

29% women

in the workforce

48% local hires in overseas offices

260 people with disabilities

in the workforce,

up from 56 in the previous year.


Health & safety

Workplace sustainability

Improved

accessibility

at 11 of our large

campuses for people

with disabilities

21 facilities ISO

140001

(EMS) certified and

15 facilities OHSAS

18001 certified. New

buildings constructed

with adherence to the

National Building

Code

Fit for Life

Program

Health and

wellbeing program

has 34000

registered users –

covers aspects like

expert advice and

nutrition counseling

Mitr – A unique

Employee

Assistance

Program

24X7 accessible

support program for

counseling

completes 8 years


Education & Community


Education & community

Comprises

Wipro Applying

Thought in Schools

(WATIS)

Through a network of

partners, reaches

2000+ schools across

the country

Mission 10X

a not-for-

profit trust

Works with 1229*

engineering colleges

across 20 states,

reaching 22900 faculty

Wipro Cares

a not-for-profit

trust

Works with

proximate

communities

through partners

Education

Issues of deep systemic reform in

India’s education ecosystem

Community care

Long term disaster rehabilitation and issues

of health, education and environment


Wipro Cares

Wipro Cares is a trust which supports the developmental needs of

communities in Wipro’s proximate location. Its areas of focus are

education, health and environment. Its a trust funded by employee

monetary contributions matched equally by Wipro. Wipro Cares is

currently:

• Providing primary health care to more than 50,000 people in three

states of India

• Reaching out to more than 10500 children in Pune, NCR, Bangalore,

Kolkata, Midnapore and Hyderabad

• Engaged in social forestry in rural Tamil Nadu

• Supported the victims of Tamilnadu Tsunami, Karnataka & Bihar Floods


Phase II will create 250

academic leaders,

facilitate deployment of

2500 Unified Learning

Kits, and empower 25000

more engineering faculty

Mission 10X

A not-for-profit Trust with the objective of

increasing the employability of

graduate engineers ten fold

Mission10X Learning Approach (MxLA)

successfully empowered 22,900 faculty

across 20 states so that students are better

prepared


WATIS Wipro Applying Thought in Schools

Wipro Applying Thought in

Schools (WATIS) - an initiative for

creating capacity on the ground for systemic

reform in Primary and Elementary School

education.

Partnering with over 30 social

organizations across India in various forms.

Reaching out to over 10,000 educators

in 2000 schools across 17 states in India.

http://www.wiproapplyingthoughtinschools.com


Wipro – Season Watch

What is

Season

Watch?

No of

schools

reached

out to

1800

250 individuals

observing

750 trees

Updates

•Workshops by Centre for Science & Environment(CSE) now also

includes SeasonWatch module

•SeasonWatch Tree Handbook for CSE schools developed – being

printed

•Mathrubhumi has made SW an integral part of SEED program

•Nizar, our Kerala coordinator has by now visited around 100 schools to

explain SW and promote higher participation

SeasonWatch

Citizen Volunteer Network to monitor and study tree phenophases

(flowering, fruiting and leaving) with active school & student

participation. A lateral way of infusing climate change consciousness in

people.


Wipro – Educational Initiatives

No of

Schools

89

No of

Students

23000

No of

Teachers

800

Aspects of the Study • Student performance in Class 4,6,8 in Science, Social

Sciences, Mathematics and English

• Student attitudes and values

• Learning environments & organizational aspects of the school

– structure, decision making, leadership's vision and thinking,

classroom practices etc

• co-scholastic areas - perspective and facilities provided

Issues with “best” schools in India • Fall in student performance compared to a similar study 5 years back and

the best schools in India performed below the global averages

• Matters of concern on student attitudes and values level that could over

time grow into biases and prejudices that could affect society

• At the learning environment level:

• Significant gap in the what leadership wanted and actual practice

• Teachers do not get to participate in important decisions

• Strict disciplining, including through physical means, is sanctioned by

teachers and principals

• Constructivist methods are not practiced in the classroom

• Difference in how principals and teachers view co-scholastic areas (art,

sport etc) and the facility and time they actually provide in their schools

Wipro partnered with Educational studies to conduct a

Quality Education Study in India’s leading private schools.


Wipro’s earthian Program

earthian is Wipro’s sustainability program for educational institutions across the globe

Vision of the Program- • The vision of earthian is rooted in the challenging task that humanity faces of finding

solutions to several sustainability issues:

Climate change, Water scarcity, Rapid Urbanization, Biodiversity loss etc.

Motivation behind earthian- • The future generation will have responsibility of finding solutions for sustainability issues to

ensure balanced and inclusive economic growth

• Students in schools and colleges today will be our future policy makers, technocrats,

administrators & educationists who will lead this change

Step towards ‘Active Engagement’ with educational institutes and employees-

Students from schools & colleges are expected to write papers on one of

the themes of sustainability. Wipro Employees act as mentors and

provide guidance to the participating themes


earthian 2012 Program – Highlights

Winners

selected

from

Schools and

Colleges

20

No of

Papers

Received

850

No

of Institutes

Registered

1800+

earthian 2012 is the second edition, introduced in early 2012. In the first phase, teams

submitted papers on 16 sustainability related themes. After a rigorous selection process, the

top 20 winning institutes will be felicitated by our Chairman, Mr. Azim Premji.

Wipro will engage with selected institutes in the continuous engagement phase - by setting

up a green campus , introducing aspects of sustainability in the curriculum or working with

their community.


Customer Stewardship


Wipro IT climate solutions portfolio

A study by McKinsey published in October 2008 suggests that in just five sectors of Manufacturing, Transportation, Buildings, Power and

Dematerialization, innovative IT solutions can contribute to as much as 35% of the potential GHG reductions by 2020. This reduction far exceeds the

almost doubling of emissions of the IT sector itself during this period - from 0.86 gigatons in 2007 to 1.54 gigatons in 2020, the latter in spite of the

steady increases in the energy efficiency of IT infrastructure.

Process Optimization

Includes supply chain,

dematerialization and inventory

efficiency

Smart Grids

IT solution for enabling smart grid

infrastructure

Green Computing

Energy Star 5 desktops and laptops

Green Computing

Energy Star 5 desktops and laptops

Green Data Centres

Deliver 10-15% more energy

efficiency

Managed Energy Services

IT platform-based remote energy

management services

Products

Solar PV, biogas and solar thermal

Projects

Green buildings, utility scale solar,

cooling and lighting efficiency

IT for green Products and services that enable

GHG reductions for the balance 98%

Green IT infrastructure Products and Services that target IT’s

own footprint

Clean energy Products and Services in Energy

Efficiency and Renewable Energy


IT for Green solutions from Wipro

Paperless

office

Smart

sensors

Smart grid and

smart metering

Supply chain

sustainability

Green

discovery

Integrated sub

daily planning

system

Water

management

Managed

services for

energy

management

Sustainability

advisory

Productized

solutions


Green IT - solutions from Wipro

Green IT

infrastructure Green Data

centers

Green

Computing

Committed to Green

Computing since 2006

built green PC based

on three pillars

•100% RoHS

•Energy Efficiency

and

•Responsible E-waste

Management

Deliver 10-15% more

energy efficiency

Deliver 10-15% more

energy efficiency


Green IT – Our Green Computing Journey

Wipro’s

Greenware

Initiative is

completely

voluntary for

there are no

mandatory

regulations

for green

products in

India.

98.38% RoHS compliant

100% of our import suppliers

and 87% of local suppliers

are RoHS compliant

100% desktops and 26%

laptops sold are Energy

Star 5 compliant

Total GHG savings

from green PCs

900

260 tons of e-waste

gathered through our

collection centers


Green IT – Our Green Computing Journey

Chemicals

management

100% RoHS compliant

phase out of PVC and BFRs

Multi-Computing PC and servers with ultra

low footprint, 100% Energy Star compliant Product

innovation

30% Energy Star within product range Energy

efficiency

17 e-waste collection centers

for customers across India E-waste

management

Regular communication programs

dedicated website – www.wiprogreentech.com Customer

awareness


Supplier Sustainability


Supplier sustainability

Ecological We expect

suppliers to

supply products

and services that

exceed

environmental

standards and to

establish a

program of

ecological

sustainability in

their own

operations

Ethical Wipro expects its

suppliers to

adhere to similar

standards of

ethics and

integrity as itself

Local We encourage

sourcing from the

local economy.

50% of

construction

materials are

sourced locally.

88% of our

supplier base,

accounting for

73% by

procurement

value is from

India

Responsible Wipro expects

its suppliers to

adhere to

principles of

human rights,

employee

welfare, health

and safety,

minimum

wages and

maximum

working hours


Public Regulations & Policies


Wipro’s engagements

Budget inputs

provided every year,

Papers on ‘Inclusive

Growth’ and ‘Green

IT’

Public forums

World Economic Forum (Davos), India Economic

Forum

Industry networks

Confederation of Indian Industrry (CII) Mission for

Sustainable Growth, CII Climate Change Council

Wipro

Sustainability

Reports,

CDP, Annual Report Wipro’s actions on political advocacy on

and around climate change involve


Wipro adheres to strict regulatory compliance in

all countries of operations.


• Environmental

Impact Assessment

and clearance from

Pollution Control

Board prior to start of

new facility

Environmental

regulations • Maximum work hours

per week

• Minimum days for

casual and sick leave

• Minimum wages act

compliance

• Freedom to form trade

unions and employee

associations

Labor regulations Financial regulations

• Taxation compliance

• Mandatory publication

of results

• SEBI and SEC

guidelines compliance

• Sarbanes-Oxley Act

compliance


Awards & Accolades


Wipro Sustainability | Awards & Accolades

4 editions of sustainability

reports have been published.

Our report has been rated A+ for the

fourth successive instance based on a

rigorous external audit by DNV AS,

the globally renowned provider of

sustainability assurance services. The

rating represents the maximum level

of disclosure.

A+

Passionate about

transparency in

disclosures



Wipro is listed in

the Dow Jones

Sustainability

Index 2012-13 for

the Third year

in a row

Recognized as

World Sector

Leader for the

‘Computer

Services and

Internet’ sector

Wipro ranked No.2 in Newsweek

Ranking 2012 of Global 500 Green

Companies Ranked No.1 in IT sector

Globally

Wipro is one of the 7 companies

from the IT sector globally and the

only one from India in CDLI 2012

Wipro Ranked No.1 in the 18th edition of the

Greenpeace "Guide to Greener Electronics"

rankings in its first appearance in the list



NASSCOM Corporate

Award

for Excellence in

Gender Inclusivity 2010

Part of the NASDAQ

Global Sustainability

Index, a list of 100

global sustainability

leaders

Helen Keller Award for

providing equal opportunity

efforts for people with

disabilities

Wipro figures in the Global Top 10, for

the second consecutive year in the

Greenpeace Cool IT Leaderboard

Version 5 rankings – Feb 2012.

Asian Human Capital Award Special Commendation

Prize 2010 for ‘eco-eye’ - development &

implementation of an impactful & sustainable people

practice


19 LEED rated

facilities

100% Desktops

energy Star 5

certified

17 E-waste

collection centres

83% Waste

recycled

20,000KL

Rainwater harvested

Externally Rated

Sustainability Reports

A+

30% Reduction in

electricity

consumption

intensity over last 5

years

32% Water

recycled

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Sustainability at Wipro


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