Social & Relationship Capital
Every step taken is towards happiness. Yours.
We understand our responsibility towards the internal and external stakeholders, their prosperity and happiness quotient that are integral to our robust operations. Corporate social responsibility is an opportunity for us to contribute to the society and drive development within the communities that we operate in. We have a formal CSR policy and framework, which helps us to undertake targeted community and social development initiatives. Knowledge, skills and infrastructure are the building blocks that help us work beyond addressing poverty and energize the community to become self-sustainable.
Empower a woman to empower the society.
Financial independence is considered to have a large impact in boosting a woman’s confidence and decision-making ability. By year 2019, Ambuja Cement Foundation (ACF) established 7 women federations. A critical focus is also on initiating enterprises for livelihood among women, and by 2019, we have 4,049 women engaged in entrepreneurial activities. As part of the women empowerment program, ACF has till date facilitated formation of 2,697 Self Help Groups (SHGs) with total 30,683 women members and a total corpus of INR 11.51 Crore. SHGs at various locations are coming together to federate, and further help women achieve financial independence, whilst mobilizing them to tackle various social issues, including alcoholism, domestic violence, sanitation and widow discrimination. Integration and higher engagement of programs is emphasized and has resulted in having about 17,000 women members actively involved across all our programs.