Maruti Suzuki India (MSIL) on Tuesday said it spent ₹23.28 crore towards corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities in 2013-14, compared with ₹18.94 crore in 2012-13. The amount includes salary of staff directly working in CSR, the company said in the sixth edition of its sustainability report.
Adopting the theme, ‘Making it Matter’, the report outlines the company’s focus of taking action in the social, environment and economic spheres. “Our CSR activities will be primarily in the areas of village development, skill development and road safety. The village development will include construction of household toilets, upgrading Government schools, separate toilets for girl students,” RC Bhargava, Chairman (non-executive), MSIL, said. He said MSIL would focus on skill development initiatives to make students from Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) industry-ready.
“The company now partners with 29 ITIs. This programme benefitted over 11,000 students in the last year,” Kenichi Ayukawa, Managing Director and CEO, MSIL, said.
The sustainability report also highlighted important initiatives to bring down stress on natural resources. To name a few, the company said it had brought down its energy costs by over five per cent.
MSIL has also established a board committee on CSR, which has approved the company’s CSR policy.