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PRESS RELEASE ICICI Foundation for Inclusive Growth, the CSR arm of the ICICI Group, today contributed an ambulance to the Government Medical College (GMC) in Thiruvananthapuram. Smt. K.K. Shailaja Teacher, Hon’ble Minister for Heath, Social Justice and Woman and Child Development, Government of Kerala flagged off the ambulance in the presence of Mr. Rajish Kalapurayil, Zonal Head –Retail, Kerala at ICICI Bank and other officials of the Bank. The ambulance is equipped with state-of-the-art medical facilities and technology, and will be stationed at the GMC campus. It will be available for patients seeking admission and getting discharged from the GMC. It will also be used by the college authorities for moving patients between different blocks and specialty wings within the

CSR NEWS Bangalore,16, February 2021: Global Technology giant, Lenovo announces its third annual Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) Report, highlighting its annual snapshot of workforce demographics, hiring and attrition data, and a recap of the diversity and inclusion highlights of the past year. Lenovo has always recognized the importance of diversity in competing in a diverse world. As a unique global business, diversity is one of Lenovo’s greatest strengths. Last year, over 1 million people worldwide were impacted by the Lenovo Foundation.  The report under the theme “Smarter for all” details Lenovo’s Diversity & Inclusion journey over the last three years to further embed the diversity and inclusion practices across its global operations.  Lenovo’s Milestone achievements:  The third annual report celebrates Lenovo’s achievement of reaching

CSR NEWS Udaipur, 15 February, 2021: Safety is an ingrained approach in the work culture at Hindustan Zinc. Taking this approach a step further, HZL’s Rampura Agucha Mine has developed India’s first underground First Aid & Ambulance centre. The underground first aid station and ambulance centre is equipped with a fresh airbase dedicatedly for underground mine, where a rescue team along with a medical practitioner has been appointed under charge of a qualified Medical Professional & Rescue Head. This first-of-its-kind below the ground rescue and aid system is functional 24 hours at the underground station along with its dedicated rescue and paramedical staff. The underground mine station also has a dedicated emergency vehicle, equipped with AED, ECG and Reviving Apparatus. The

CSR NEWS INDIA, 11TH FEBRUARY 2021 : Poets, author, writers and artists around the world including the Indian author, Ruskin Bond, and British spoken-word artist George the Poet – widely known for kicking off the Royal Wedding of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry with his poem – are among the six prominent authors and poets who have created these stories, as a part of this campaign to help spread love and optimism in challenging times. Fifteen original and favourite positive stories of love, friendship, community, work, hope and family were commissioned on behalf of Nokia phones and have been created and designed to be shared with loved ones as Short Moving Stories – short, text-able messages of hope. This collaboration comes after a

PRESS RELEASE New Delhi – February 08, 2021: Tech Mahindra, a leading provider of digital transformation, consulting and business re-engineering services and solutions, today announced that it has been included in 2021 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI) for the second consecutive year. Tech Mahindra is amongst the 7 Indian companies to be included in Bloomberg’s Gender-Equality Index (GEI). The 2021 Index comprises of 380 countries with a combined market capitalization of 14 USD trillion headquartered in 44 countries and regions across 11 sectors.  The Bloomberg GEI measures gender equality across five pillars including female leadership and talent pipeline, equal pay and gender pay parity, inclusive culture, sexual harassment policies, and pro-women brand.  The framework is comprised of 59 questions and a company’s GEI Score is

PRESS RELEASE 4-5 February 2021 , 2018: Global Compact Network India (GCNI), a local Network of the United Nations Global Compact, New York hosted 15th edition of its annual flagship event “National Convention” verutally . The overlying theme for the convention focused on ‘Raising the SDGs ambition-Pathways and Growth”. The convention was graced by Mr. Sudhanshu Pandey, Secretary, Department of Food and Public Distribution (DFPD), Ministry of Consumer Affair, Govt of India , Mr. Shashi Shanker, CMD ONGC groups of companies and President, GCNI and Ms. Sanda Ojiambo, CEO & Executive Director, United Nations Global Compact (New York) .  The convention was attended by the eminent personalities including CEOs. CXOs, and Heads from the PSUs, Coprorates , Academia, Civil Society

PRESS RELEASE New York/Mumbai, 04 February 2021 – Bloomberg LP today announced its commitment to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2025. The pledge underscores Bloomberg’s long-standing commitment to sustainability and climate action and complements the company’s existing RE100 target to reach 100% renewable energy by 2025. Bloomberg aims to reach net zero by continuing to aggressively pursue emissions reductions and efficiencies in its operations to meet its existing and proposed public mitigation and reduction targets. Whereas emissions reductions through these efforts are a priority, Bloomberg will also invest in projects that generate carbon credits to offset annual emissions where reductions are not possible. Starting in 2021, Bloomberg will pursue projects with established partners to offset any business travel. Longer-term, the

PRESS RELEASE New Delhi, 1 February,2021:UN Global Compact Network India (GCNI), a local Network of the United Nations Global Compact, New York is hosting its annual flagship event 15th National Convention first time in the Virtual mode on 4-5 February 2021. The theme of the convention is ‘Raising the SDG ambition- Pathways for Sustainable Recovery and Growth”. The convention will see an unparalleled confluence of decision-makers and thought leaders from diverse fields including Business, Government, Civil Society Organizations, Academic Institutions, UN Agencies, Think Tanks from across the globe. The Sustainable Development Goals were laid out to provide a comprehensive “blueprint to achieve a better and sustainable future for all”. As we approach agenda 2030, and with ten years to achieve the United Nations

PRESS RELEASE Mumbai – January 23, 2021: Country’s largest lender, State Bank of India (SBI), conducted nation-wide Blood Donation Camps. This initiative, led by Stressed Assets Resolution Group (SARG) – a vertical of SBI – was virtually inaugurated by Shri Dinesh Kumar Khara, Chairman. The camps setup pan-India at 40 centres in association with Indian Red Cross Society, collected 2360 units of blood. The camps witnessed employees of the bank along with their families and people at large, voluntarily donating blood for a noble cause of saving lives. The Circle Management Committee members of all Circles extended full co-operation to the SARG at their respective Centres. Shri Ashwani Bhatia, MD (GB&S, CCG, IT & Risk), Shri S. Salee, DMD (SARG),

PRESS RELEASE New Delhi, January 22nd , 2021: In an effort to create awareness among its employees, customers, dealers and suppliers on safer driving habits and responsible road behavior, Yamaha Motor India group of companies today announced about its road safety awareness activations that are in line with the theme of the National Road Safety Month 2021. With the commitment towards road safety for all, the company will be participating in Road Safety Promotional campaign between 20th January to 10th February 2021 at all Yamaha plant locations and selected dealerships & supplier locations. The initiative planned under the brand campaign ‘The Call of The Blue’ was kicked off from January 20th at Shri Ram Piston, company’s supplier located in Greater