Social Performance
Aligning to Sustainable 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.
    Farm Field Schools
    Check dams and farm bunds for better water availability
  • End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
    Nutritional support in pre-primary & primary schools.
    Kitchen Gardens.
  • 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.
    Access to family planning methods.
    Integration with national health programmes.
  • Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
    Improving quality of education
    Promoting girl child education
    Nurturing talent
    School infrastructure development and providing learning aids, enhancing curriculum and impacting classroom learning
  • Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
    Skill development and vocational training programme.
    Formation of women’s Self-help Groups (SHGs).
    Creating livelihood opportunities for women.
    Toilets facilities in schools.
  • 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.
    Toilets facilities in schools
  • 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.
    Empowering women for self-employment
    Better resource availability for economic growth
  • 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 Roadmaps, 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 processes 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.
    Optimising use of natural resources.
  • Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.
    Collaboration with industry associations and Government bodies for promoting sustainable development.
  • 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.
Farm Field Schools
Check dams and farm bunds for better water availability
End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
Nutritional support in pre-primary & primary schools.
Kitchen Gardens.
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.
Access to family planning methods.
Integration with national health programmes.
Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
Improving quality of education
Promoting girl child education
Nurturing talent
School infrastructure development and providing learning aids, enhancing curriculum and impacting classroom learning
Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
Skill development and vocational training programme.
Formation of women’s Self-help Groups (SHGs).
Creating livelihood opportunities for women.
Toilets facilities in schools.
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.
Toilets facilities in schools
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.
Empowering women for self-employment
Better resource availability for economic growth
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 Roadmaps, 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 processes 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.
Optimising use of natural resources.
Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.
Collaboration with industry associations and Government bodies for promoting sustainable development.
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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Improving Attendance Through Attention
   
Water Positive Campuses
   
L&T Creates History in Nuclear Construction
   
Cream of The Crop
   
Safer Project Execution Also Reduces Costs
Safety First
   
Soil for Water –
A Winner All Round
   
Re-powering Fallow Lands
   
Digitally Driven Schooling
   
Keeping an Eye on
Mumbai - The L&T Way
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