A REVIEW ON

SUSTAINABILITY
REPORT OF ADITYA
BIRLA GROUP

S u b m i t t e d t o : D r. M e e n a l J a i n

Submitted by: Srishti Mishra

M . S c . R e s o u r c e M a n a g e m e n t & D e s i g n Ap p l i c a t i o n
THE CONTENT OF SUSTAINABILITY REPORT

 Introduction of the group: History,

Network of the group, Business Details,
Chairperson’s statement.
 About sustainable goals and progress of
the group
 Responsible Stewardship- Case studies
 Engagement of Stakeholders
 Future goals and plans
 HISTORY
 1857: In the small village Pilani, Rajasthan, Seth Shiv Narayan Birla started trading in cotton, laying
the foundation for the House of Birla.
 1 9 1 9 : F o u n d i n g f a t h e r, M r. G h a n s h y a m d a s B i r l a , s e t u p i n d u s t r i e s i n c r i t i c a l s e c t o r s s u c h a s t e x t i l e s a n d
fibre, aluminium, cement, and chemicals. Rapid business expansion followed.
 1 9 6 9 : M r. A d i t y a Vi k r a m B i r l a , t h e G r o u p ’s l e a d e r a n d g r a n d s o n o f G h a n s h y a m d a s B i r l a b e g i n s
aspirations of a global business empire and at the age of 24, sets up the Indo Thai Synthetics Co. Ltd –
t h e G r o u p ’s f i r s t o v e r s e a s v e n t u r e .
 1 9 9 6 : A l l G r o u p c o m p a n i e s a r e c o n s o l i d a t e d u n d e r t h e u m b r e l l a o f t h e A d i t y a B i r l a G r o u p , l e d b y M r.
Kumar Mangalam Birla.
 2 0 0 3 : A d i t y a B i r l a G r o u p i s r a n k e d 1 6 t h i n I n d i a ’s f i r s t e v e r ‘ G r e a t P l a c e s t o Wo r k ’ s u r v e y p u b l i s h e d i n
Businessworld magazine.
 2 0 1 2 : A d i t y a B i r l a N u v o L i m i t e d ( A B N L ) , l a rg e s t m a n u f a c t u r e r o f l i n e n f a b r i c i n I n d i a , a c q u i r e s F u t u r e
G r o u p ’s P a n t a l o o n f o r m a t , a p a r t o f P a n t a l o o n R e t a i l ( I n d i a ) L i m i t e d ( P R I L ) . T h e a c q u i s i t i o n i s i n l i n e
w i t h t h e G r o u p ’s s t r a t e g i c i n t e n t t o c r e a t e t h e l a rg e s t i n t e g r a t e d b r a n d e d f a s h i o n p l a y e r i n t h e c o u n t r y
 2 0 1 7 : T h e G r o u p ’s t w o m a j o r h o l d i n g c o m p a n i e s G r a s i m a n d A B N u v o m e rg e a n d s p i n o f f v i a a n I P O , t h e
f i n a n c i a l s e r v i c e s b u s i n e s s , B i r l a C a p i t a l . A m e rg e r o f I d e a w i t h Vo d a f o n e I n d i a i s a g r e e d t o c r e a t e t h e
l a rg e s t t e l e c o m c o m p a n y i n I n d i a a n d t h e s e c o n d l a r g e s t i n t h e w o r l d b e h i n d C h i n a Te l e c o m .
GLOBAL LEADERSHIP
 In the initial pages, content covered: history and details of the group
businesses, about their global presence and its involvement in diverse
industries & market(metal, cement, carbon black, fibre, textile, chemicals,
financial services, agri business, renewable energy, mining, insulation, trading
solution, telecom, fashion).
 In second topic of their sustainability report, they have mentioned: how
sustainability is important for their business and their group’s inputs and
approach in creating their business sustainable.
 They have mentioned about their CSR focus areas which include Health care,
Education, Girl Child, Sustainable livelihood, Women Empowerment,
Infrastructure and espousing social cause.
 THEIR MODEL FOR SUSTAINABLE
BUSINESS
 Responsible Stewardship: Create a framework to move us towards
international standards and mitigate our impact on ‘Externalities’.
 Strategic Stakeholder Engagement: Gain knowledge to understand how and
when ‘External Factors’ will change and when disruptions to our businesses
may occur.
 Future Proofing: Including adaptation to external factors in our business
strategic plans.

By 2050, for a sustainable planet the necessary legal constraints on business will
require many to completely transform their value chains to remain sustainable
 GOVERNANCE
Governance structures engage senior management as well as those
on the ground. This ensures that all colleagues are driving change
in a uniform way.

 At Group Level: Group Apex Sustainability Committee, Business

Review Councils, Group Sustainability Cell.
 At Business Level: Business Sustainability Committees
 At Site Level: Site Manager led Sustainability & Safety
Committee
 CSR INITIATIVES
Education Healthcare Sustainable Livelihood Infrastructure Social Change
-Formal schools -Our hospitals -Formation of Self Help Development -We advocate and support
-Balwadis for elementary -Primary healthcare centres -Groups for women -Basic infrastructure Dowryless marriage
education empowerment facilities -Widow remarriage
-Mother and Child care
-Quality primary education projects -Vocational training -Housing facilities -Awareness programmes
-Aditya Bal Vidya Mandirs -Immunisation through Aditya Birla Rural -Safe drinking water on anti-social issues
programmes with a thrust Technology Parks -Sanitation & hygiene -De-addiction campaigns
-Girl child education
on polio eradication -Agriculture development -Renewable sources of and programmes
-Adult education and better farmer focus
programmes -Healthcare for visually energy -Espousing basic moral
impaired, and physically -Watershed development values
challenged -Partnership with Industrial
-Preventive health through Training Institutes
awareness programmes
 CSR AT MACRO LEVEL
 To embed CSR as a way of life for organization set us FICCI-
Aditya Birla CSR Group for Excellence, Delhi.
 Ongoing education, healthcare and sustainable livelihood,
housing projects in North America, Philippines, Thailand,
Indonesia, Egypt, Korea and Brazil, to lift people out of poverty .
 REFERENCES
 https://sustainability.adityabirla.com/group-sustainable-business-report/G
roup-Sustainable-Business-report.pdf