Sustainable Development Goals - L&T Sustainability Report 2016

Alignment with Sustainability Development Goals

At L&T, we believe in the values behind Sustainable Development Goals and they represent an unprecedented opportunity for business to contribute towards putting the world on a sustainable path. Our practices are aligned to Sustainable Development Goals in the following ways:

End poverty in all its forms, everywhere

Vocational and life-skills training.

Income generation for underprivileged youth, and differently-abled.
End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture

Nutritional support in pre-primary & primary schools.

Creating livelihood opportunities for women.
Ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages

Welfare teams at the workplace.

Providing access to maternal, paediatric and general healthcare.

Regular health check-ups in schools and pre-schools.

Pre- and post-natal care.

Health education.

Access to family planning methods.

Integration with national health programmes.
Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

Skill development and vocational training programme.

Formation of women self help groups.

Creating livelihood opportunities for women.
Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

Skill development and vocational training programme.

Formation of women self help groups.

Creating livelihood opportunities for women.
Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

Integrated Community Development Programmes – Water & Sanitation projects through watershed development in rural areas.

Supporting Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.

Creating water bodies for communities.
Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all

Increasing renewable energy use within campuses and project sites.

Executing off-grid solar power projects for communities.

Green Products and Services Portfolio for customers.
Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

Empowering the workforce through learning, development and welfare initiatives.

Construction Skills Training Institutes – skilling youth.
Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

Creating resilient infrastructure and sustainable industrialization for our clients, through our product offerings – Green Products and Services Portfolio.

Encourage automation and focus on applying for patents / Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) to encourage innovation.

‘Make in India’ initiatives, instead of importing, to create employment opportunities.
Reduce inequality within and among countries

Equal Opportunity Employer Policies and practices for empowering employees irrespective of age, gender, disability, race and religion.
Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

L&T creates comprehensive smart technology solutions for critical infrastructure, covering airports, power plants, metro rails and IT parks.

L&T offers specialized turnkey GIS-based network management solutions for city surveillance, traffic monitoring and analysis .

Integrated Community Development Programme for water stressed rural settlements.
Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

L&T proactively sets measurable targets through Sustainability Roadmap, since 2009.

Material conservation, energy efficiency and sustainable production practices are key material aspects.
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

Climate Change Mitigation Initiatives: promoting use of renewable energy, green buildings and energy efficiency.

Aligning efforts with National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC), Government of India.
Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development

Risk Review of business process to ensure that no negative impacts are created.
Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss

This year, we have planted more than 295,000 saplings across locations and over 150,000 fully-grown trees are being nurtured across major campuses.

In house guidelines on scientific tree plantation and maintenance.

Felicitation of guests with a Tree Plantation Certificate, instead of a welcome floral bouquet.
Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.

Not applicable.
Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development

Collaboration and partnership with State Governments, NGOs and ITIs.

Skill building programmes in the Middle East.

Sharing best practices with stakeholders.

End poverty in all its forms, everywhere

Vocational and life-skills training.

Income generation for underprivileged youth, and differently-abled.

End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture

Nutritional support in pre-primary & primary schools.

Creating livelihood opportunities for women.

Ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages

Welfare teams at the workplace.

Providing access to maternal, paediatric and general healthcare.

Regular health check-ups in schools and pre-schools.

Pre- and post-natal care.

Health education.

Access to family planning methods.

Integration with national health programmes.

Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

Skill development and vocational training programme.

Formation of women self help groups.

Creating livelihood opportunities for women.

Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

Skill development and vocational training programme.

Formation of women self help groups.

Creating livelihood opportunities for women.

Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

Integrated Community Development Programmes – Water & Sanitation projects through watershed development in rural areas.

Supporting Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.

Creating water bodies for communities.

Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all

Increasing renewable energy use within campuses and project sites.

Executing off-grid solar power projects for communities.

Green Products and Services Portfolio for customers.

Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

Empowering the workforce through learning, development and welfare initiatives.

Construction Skills Training Institutes – skilling youth.

Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

Creating resilient infrastructure and sustainable industrialization for our clients, through our product offerings – Green Products and Services Portfolio.

Encourage automation and focus on applying for patents / Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) to encourage innovation.

‘Make in India’ initiatives, instead of importing, to create employment opportunities.

Reduce inequality within and among countries

Equal Opportunity Employer Policies and practices for empowering employees irrespective of age, gender, disability, race and religion.

Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

L&T creates comprehensive smart technology solutions for critical infrastructure, covering airports, power plants, metro rails and IT parks.

L&T offers specialized turnkey GIS-based network management solutions for city surveillance, traffic monitoring and analysis .

Integrated Community Development Programme for water stressed rural settlements.

Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

L&T proactively sets measurable targets through Sustainability Roadmap, since 2009.

Material conservation, energy efficiency and sustainable production practices are key material aspects.

Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

Climate Change Mitigation Initiatives: promoting use of renewable energy, green buildings and energy efficiency.

Aligning efforts with National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC), Government of India.

Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development

Risk Review of business process to ensure that no negative impacts are created.

Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss

This year, we have planted more than 295,000 saplings across locations and over 150,000 fully-grown trees are being nurtured across major campuses.

In house guidelines on scientific tree plantation and maintenance.

Felicitation of guests with a Tree Plantation Certificate, instead of a welcome floral bouquet.

Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.

Not applicable.

Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development

Collaboration and partnership with State Governments, NGOs and ITIs.

Skill building programmes in the Middle East.

Sharing best practices with stakeholders.

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