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1 ACCENTURE INDIA CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP OVERVIEW

2 THE FIVE KEY PILLARS OF OUR GLOBAL CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP STRATEGY Ethics & Governance Skills to Succeed Environment Our People Supplier Chain REPORTING Public Reporting :Our Global Annual Corporate Citizenship Report, details the impact we make every year against our goals across each of the five pillars. Our Environmental Responsibility Policy was established in 2007 and is reviewed annually. A c c o u n t a b i l i t y Responsibility and management of Corporate Citizenship Performance globally: Chairman and CEO Accenture Businesses Dedicated subcommittee of our Global Management Committee (senior leaders from multiple corporate functions and geographies ) meets one to three times each year to consider policy Corporate Citizenship Council (senior executives from multiple disciplines and geographies) implements policies and supporting programs Environment Steering Group (leaders from across Accenture) determines our processes for providing guidance around carbon-emissions disclosure. Copyright 2017 Accenture. All rights reserved. 2 Guides

3 SKILLS TO SUCCEED (S2S) IS THE KEY THEME OF CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP By the end of fiscal 2020, together with our strategic partners, Accenture globally we will pursue the following three goals Demand-led Skilling Equip more than 3 million people with the skills to get a job or build a business Employment & Entrepreneurship Outcomes Increase our focus on the successful transition from skillbuilding programs to sustainable jobs and businesses, and improve our collective ability to measure and report on these outcomes Collaboration for Durable, Systemic Change Bring together organizations across sectors to create largescale, lasting solutions aimed at closing global employment gaps Copyright 2017 Accenture. All rights reserved. 3

4 EMPOWERING INDIA THROUGH SKILLS TO SUCCEED 14 credible partners 24 states 214 districts Copyright 2017 Accenture. All rights reserved. 4

5 SKILLS TO SUCCEED AT ACCENTURE IN INDIA Governance and reporting in India: CSR Committee (3 Directors) S2S focus areas : Employability, Entrepreneurship and Direct Livelihoods Priority focus: Employability training Build skills in high growth industry verticals with high potential for employment - Post a market scan we chose four industries: IT/BPO, Construction, Hospitality and Retail. Credible NGO partners with training expertise to be the lead NGO for each industry vertical, responsible for transferring expertise in content and assessments through a Train the Trainer model to other NGO partners in the ecosystem Accenture provides funding, content, technology solutions, guest lectures, placement and capacity building support Demographic segments: Youth, years, 10th/12th students from low income homes. Special focus on PwD, girls. Reports to Entrepreneurship training Helping potential entrepreneurs translate their ideas into micro-enterprises. Training in business planning and financial management Demographic segments: Semi urban/rural, years Direct Livelihoods Direct support by providing entrepreneurship training as well as building a value chain thus increasing incomes for the target segment within their local contexts Demographic segments : Rural, women groups BPO Dr. Reddy s Foundation Accenture Solutions Private Limited (ASOL) board Public Reporting : The Annual Accenture Solutions Private Limited CSR Disclosure Directors Report is publicly published every year. Our partners NGO Retail Quest Alliance Hospitality Don Bosco Tech Construction Labournet Copyright 2017 Accenture. All rights reserved. 5

6 WHAT DIFFERENTIATES ACCENTURE INDIA'S CSR PROGRAM? Single CSR Initiative - Skills to Succeed Partnerships with the established players helped to scale-up quickly and drive sustained impact outcomes The impact of the cash grant programs are enhanced with employee engagement Capacity building of the non-profit ecosystem with Pro-bono engagements and Employee Volunteering Compliance to letter and spirit of the CSR mandate Clear separation of CSR and what is business as usual Copyright 2017 Accenture. All rights reserved. 6

7 SKILLS TO SUCCEED IMPACT IS MEASURED THROUGH BENEFICIARIES EITHER GETTING EMPLOYMENT OR STARTING THEIR OWN BUSINESS Employability Beneficiary Group: Unemployed youth in cities (primarily around Accenture office locations) Key Trades: IT/BPO, hospitality and facilities management, retail, construction Partnerships with Dr. Reddy s foundation, Don Bosco, Quest Alliance, Anudip etc. Entrepreneurship Beneficiary Group: Rural population (primary focus on women) Key Trades: Micro-enterprise Partnerships with Mann Deshi (business school for rural women) and SEWA (Rehabilitating women waste pickers); READ (Rural livelihoods) Example Initiative: Accenture Anudip Foundation Digital Inclusion for Young Aspirants Program Metiabruz, Kolkata Example Initiative: Accenture-READ India Rural community development center Bagepalli, Karnataka Copyright 2017 Accenture. All rights reserved. 7

8 OUR CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP EFFORTS ARE DELIVERED THROUGH A MIX OF CHANNELS Giving of Money The cash grant programs drive the Skills to Succeed Impact outcomes. Employee giving program supports local city-based NGOs. Giving of Time Employees volunteer their time to enhance the impact of our programs and make a difference to end beneficiaries. Giving of Skills Pro bono projects provide world class business and technology expertise to nonprofit partners to build organizational capacity to scale impact. Environment Carbon footprint reduction in internal operations Promoting awareness and implementing Eco friendly office practices (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle). Opportunities to partner in our Corporate citizenship program 1. Providing employment 1 opportunities to our Knowledge S2S beneficiaries 2 Co-volunteering 3 partnerships 2. Support entrepreneurship 4 Co-funding through purchase of products Copyright 2017 Accenture. All rights reserved. 8

9 1. CO-FUNDING Examples of opportunities for co-funding in Corporate Citizenship initiatives An example of entrepreneurship support through purchase of products SEWA Gitanjali NGO Partner Procuring office stationery produced by former women waste-pickers who have been skilled to make high quality notepads etc. from recycled paper Examples of Co-funding Rural Community Development Initiatives Holistic Rural community development at our Rural BPO location near Bangalore; Options to fund programs related to integrated development of children. READ India works on skill development programs for women focusing on livelihood skills such as sewing/stitching and local handicraft products Copyright 2017 Accenture. All rights reserved. 9

10 2. CO-VOLUNTEERING SOME INITIATIVES UNDERTAKEN WITH CLIENT TEAMS IN 2016 Global Industrial MNC - Delhi More than 100+ employees participated in various activities anchored during weekends by a team of dedicated volunteers. Other people engagement activities include raising funds, donation drives for Kashmir floods, collecting warm clothes for housekeeping staff during winter. Special eco-watch activities are conducted to create awareness to adopt and promote adoption of eco-smart work practices. Global Petrochemical Major - Bangalore More than 500+ employees from a project conducted two big fund raising drives which in turn helped support children/students. IT MNC - Hyderabad employees of a team started a campaign - Bring your own bottles. This aims The aim was to save water. They also volunteer during weekends with our local nonprofit partners Chord which rehabilitates children and Devnar which imparts computer education to the blind. Global Automobile MNC - Hyderabad A team of 300+ is engaged in teaching students on weekends for a year. 3. Knowledge partnership on content Co-creation of new job training or entrepreneurship programs to better outcomes and impact Copyright 2017 Accenture. All rights reserved. 10

11 4. PROVIDING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO OUR S2S BENEFICIARIES Persons with Disabilities Sector Varied sectors The Jobability Portal is a one-stop job portal to connect employers and PWD (with different skill sets) who are looking for a job BPO training for Persons with Disabilities Partner Leonard Cheshire Disability (A Global Grant partner of Accenture) Dr. Reddy s Foundation Beneficiary Testimonial Other Urban Employability Opportunities Sector Partner BPO Anudip Foundation, DRF Retail, ITeS, Digital Quest Alliance, Aid-et-Action Sector Partner Construction, Migrant workforce Sambhav Foundation Hospitality Don Bosco Tech Jugri Bai, Chhattisgarh When her father passed away, the onus of sustaining the family of five fell solely on Jugri s mother, a daily wage laborer. Jugri found an anchor in Dr. Reddy s Foundation s Livelihood Advancement Business School center in her city where she completed the Customer Relations & Sales/Retail skills training course. Today, Jugri is working as a customer sales associate at a renowned fashion brand store in Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh and is able to contribute to the family s income. Copyright 2017 Accenture. All rights reserved. 11

12 INCLUSIVE SKILLING PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH, WOMEN AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (PwD) ENABLE THEM TO CREATE ENVIRONMENTS THAT NURTURE THEIR SKILLS AND PROGRESS THEIR LIVELIHOODS IN URBAN AREAS. Ranjitha, Andhra Pradesh Ruksana Begum, Chhattisgarh Arasu Mari, Tamil Nadu When I dropped out of college I felt pretty hopeless. But DB Tech helped me get a job and support my family. Today, I look forward to making a career in the hospitality industry. The Counselling session at LABS helped give my life a new direction. I am now much more confident of myself and am happy that I can support my family and chase my dreams as well. The Learning Resource Centre helped me realize my potential and acquire the skills and training I needed to get a job. Through the training I also learned about interview preparation, communications skills, workplace culture and personal development. Copyright 2017 Accenture. All rights reserved. 12

13 INCLUSIVE SKILLING PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH, WOMEN AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (PwD) ENABLE THEM TO CREATE ENVIRONMENTS THAT NURTURE THEIR SKILLS AND PROGRESS THEIR LIVELIHOODS IN RURAL INDIA. 80 year old READ Center user, Taufa Devi, is the oldest yet most active Skills to Succeed participant. She is a Master trainer for Basketary Skills in Rajasthan. The Unique Green Skilling Program trains PwDs to work with flower discards to make safe holi, rangoli and cloth dye colors Delhi/Varanasi, Bangalore Copyright 2017 Accenture. All rights reserved. 13

14 AWARDS AND RECOGNITION 2015 Golden Peacock Award for CSR - selected among 391 nominated organizations. Only global MNC to be featured by IICA as a exemplary CSR case study at BSE event in Panel Discussions and presentations with Deshpande Foundation (IIMB), IICA and Sattva (BSE), NHRD, Workability Asia. Winning the Golden Peacock CSR Award Training session for Coal India CSR team at IICA, Manesar. Spring board Consulting: Asia Pacific Disability Matters Award 2014 External media coverage of S2S program in reputed magazines and newspapers Rural Community Centre Bagepalli Leveraging our Rural BPO footprint to expand S2S initiatives Copyright 2017 Accenture. All rights reserved. 14

15 REFERENCE LINKS About Accenture Corporate Citizenship at Accenture Skills to Succeed India Corporate Citizenship at Accenture in India Fiscal 2015 review Jobability Portal (For hiring persons with disabilities) Copyright 2017 Accenture. All rights reserved. 15

16 Thank you Copyright 2017 Accenture. All rights reserved. 16

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