Tata Steel Foundation dedicates Community Resource Centre to the residents of Banspani
Joda, September 14, 2021: Tata Steel Foundation dedicated a Community Resource Centre to the residents of Das Hutting, Banspani village under Ward Number 13 of Joda block in Keonjhar district of Odisha on Tuesday.
The community centre was inaugurated by Mr Bichitrananda Nayak, OAS(SB), Executive Officer, Joda Municipality in the presence ofMr Rajesh Kumar, Chief Joda, Tata Steel, Mr Tarini Naik, President, Joda East Iron Mine Mazdoor Union, Mr Ambika Nanda, Head, CSR (Odisha), Tata Steel, Mr Ranjit Bhanjadeo, Ex-Counsellor, Ward No 12 and Mr Churchil Mahakud, local youth leader.
The Community Resource Centre has three rooms including an office room, common room and a bathroom. Apart from this, arrangement for water supply through overhead tank structure along with a soak pit has also been done.
The community centre will benefit more than400people in the region by enabling them to organise cultural, religious and other community driven events. The centre will also serve as a platform for hosting academic and awareness sessions for youngsters in the villages.
It may be noted here that a similar Community Resource Centre was inaugurated last month at Behera Hutting, Banspani on August 31, 2021.
Tata Steel group is among the top global steel companies with an annual crude steel capacity of 34 million tonnes per annum. It is one of the world’s most geographically diversified steel producers, with operations and commercial presence across the world. The group recorded a consolidated turnover of US $21.06 billion in the financial year ending March 31, 2021.
A Great Place to Work-CertifiedTM organisation, Tata Steel Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, associates, and joint ventures, is spread across five continents with an employee base of over 65,000.
Tata Steel has been a part of the DJSI Emerging Markets Index since 2012 and has been consistently ranked amongst top 5 steel companies in the DJSI Corporate Sustainability Assessment since 2016. Besides being a member of ResponsibleSteelTM and worldsteel’s Climate Action Programme, Tata Steel has won several awards and recognitions including the World Economic Forum’s Global Lighthouse recognition for its Jamshedpur, Kalinganagar and IJmuiden Plants, and Prime Minister’s Trophy for the best performing integrated steel plant for 2016-17. The Company, ranked as India’s most valuable Metals & Mining brand by Brand Finance, featured amongst CII Top 25 innovative Indian Companies in 2020, received rating of ‘A-‘ (leadership band) from CDP for its Climate Change disclosure and Supply Chain disclosure, Steel Sustainability Champion 2020 recognition from worldsteel, ‘Most Ethical Company’ award 2021 from Ethisphere Institute, Best Risk Management Framework & Systems Award (2020) from CNBC TV-18, and Award for Excellence in Financial Reporting FY20 from ICAI, among several others.
