8
Education Health People Dec 2019 - May 2020 (H1) Issue 3 p Supported Masoom (night school) students by distributing groceries and hygiene kits to 22 families p Identied 3 charitable organisations - Concern India Foundation, Save the Children and Indian Women and Child Welfare Trust for employee donations to eligible causes through the Do Good – Benevity site, https://dogood.benevity.org/news/1612 In the light of the novel COVID-19 Pandemic, CSR is most likely to advance in 2020, though it may be a little bit different than anticipated. We have been in regular touch with our Non-Prot partners to understand where we can contribute to help our beneciaries. We are happy to let you know that we have succeeded to extend some support in the following causes: Please nd some key highlights from the last six months: p Supported Door Step School with food grains for 85 families of the children studying in the Dun & Bradstreet sponsored “School on Wheel” bus at the Subhash Nagar (JVLR) center in Mumbai nd p Launched the Dun & Bradstreet Saksham Scholarship Program for the 2 consecutive year with 51 scholarships to deserving women students for their higher education p Participated for the second time in the mega event of endurance, dedication, joy of giving, and teamwork challenge - “Oxfam India Trail Walker”. 20 Participants from across D&B India achieved the mark of 100 KM in 48 hours and were assisted by 30+ fabulous support crew members. Together we have raised Rs. 456,355 in support of women empowerment and equality. p Organised a special learning-aid session at the Bengaluru branch by Isha Vidhya. D&B volunteers came forward to make story books for the students from rural schools, we are supporting in the state of Tamil Nadu We have had a very satisfactory CSR journey and a lot was possible because of the constant engagement and support from our volunteers. Our CSR engagement programs will take a different shape this year. We are condent that with the aid of technology along with the commitment and the enthusiasm of you volunteers, we will have yet again a successful journey. p Supported the night school students in Mumbai and fortunate to have 8 team members who have stepped forward to mentor these students with English and Hindi languages Preface Editor in Chief: Nayna Banerjee [email protected] Editor: Shilpa Chandolikar [email protected] Contributor: Kaustav Bhattacharya [email protected] Yours Sincerely, Nayna Banerjee Leader - Marketing Communications Dun & Bradstreet, India DNB CARES We rise by lifting others... CSR Team

CSR Newsletter Issue 3 - H1 2019-2020 · 2020-06-24 · People Education Health Dec 2019 - May 2020 (H1) Issue 3 p Supported Masoom (night school) students by distributing groceries

  • Upload
    others

  • View
    1

  • Download
    0

Embed Size (px)

Citation preview

Page 1: CSR Newsletter Issue 3 - H1 2019-2020 · 2020-06-24 · People Education Health Dec 2019 - May 2020 (H1) Issue 3 p Supported Masoom (night school) students by distributing groceries

Education HealthPeople

Dec 2019 - May 2020 (H1)Issue 3

p Supported Masoom (night school) students by distributing groceries and hygiene kits to 22 families

p Identi�ed 3 charitable organisations - Concern India Foundation, Save the Children and Indian Women and Child Welfare Trust for employee donations to eligible causes through the Do Good – Benevity site, https://dogood.benevity.org/news/1612

In the light of the novel COVID-19 Pandemic, CSR is most likely to advance in 2020, though it may be a little bit different than anticipated. We have been in regular touch with our Non-Pro�t partners to understand where we can contribute to help our bene�ciaries. We are happy to let you know that we have succeeded to extend some support in the following causes:

Please �nd some key highlights from the last six months:

p Supported Door Step School with food grains for 85 families of the children studying in the Dun & Bradstreet sponsored “School on Wheel” bus at the Subhash Nagar (JVLR) center in Mumbai

ndp Launched the Dun & Bradstreet Saksham Scholarship Program for the 2 consecutive year with 51 scholarships

to deserving women students for their higher educationp Participated for the second time in the mega event of endurance, dedication, joy of giving, and teamwork

challenge - “Oxfam India Trail Walker”. 20 Participants from across D&B India achieved the mark of 100 KM in 48 hours and were assisted by 30+ fabulous support crew members. Together we have raised Rs. 456,355 in support of women empowerment and equality.

p Organised a special learning-aid session at the Bengaluru branch by Isha Vidhya. D&B volunteers came forward to make story books for the students from rural schools, we are supporting in the state of Tamil Nadu

We have had a very satisfactory CSR journey and a lot was possible because of the constant engagement and support from our volunteers. Our CSR engagement programs will take a different shape this year. We are con�dent that with the aid of technology along with the commitment and the enthusiasm of you volunteers, we will have yet again a successful journey.

p Supported the night school students in Mumbai and fortunate to have 8 team members who have stepped forward to mentor these students with English and Hindi languages

Preface

Editor in Chief:Nayna [email protected]

Editor:Shilpa [email protected]

Contributor:Kaustav [email protected]

Yours Sincerely,

Nayna BanerjeeLeader - Marketing CommunicationsDun & Bradstreet, India

DNBCARES

We rise by lifting others...

CSR Team

Page 2: CSR Newsletter Issue 3 - H1 2019-2020 · 2020-06-24 · People Education Health Dec 2019 - May 2020 (H1) Issue 3 p Supported Masoom (night school) students by distributing groceries

Education HealthPeople

What CSR means to Dun & Bradstreet?

Embracing our Communities...At Dun & Bradstreet, responsibility is aligned with our objective to Lead, Develop and Support our People. Our culture provides a foundation that lets us commit to fostering social and economic development and contributing to the sustainability of communities in which we all live and operate.

We look at responsibility from a number of dimensions aligned to our objective:

support and empower our employees

focus on helping our customers

manage our

corporation

The way we...

¢ For our customers, we are focused on adapting to changing market environments to bring innovation and insight that allows them to protect, grow and empower their businesses

¢ For our shareholders, we are committed to delivering on our commitments and operating with transparency and integrity

¢ We empower our employees to bring corporate citizenship and social responsibility into every aspect of our company

D&B India CSR Updates Dec19 - May20 (H1)

DNBCARES

No. of Volunteers 104

No. of Scholarships 51

No. of Loca�ons 7

No. of Ac�vi�es 9

No. of Ac�vity Hours 62

No. ofLives Touched 736

Employee Volunteering Hours

2580

Page 3: CSR Newsletter Issue 3 - H1 2019-2020 · 2020-06-24 · People Education Health Dec 2019 - May 2020 (H1) Issue 3 p Supported Masoom (night school) students by distributing groceries

Education HealthPeople

At Dun & Bradstreet, CSR is a way of life! Our team members across branches, came forward with incredible enthusiasm making each and every initiative a meaningful one.

Our Present Associations

DNBCARES

CSR Initiatives

8 volunteers from the Mumbai of�ce stepped forward as Mentors for the Grade VIII students of Masoom. Mentors focused on teaching them English and Hindi to improve their language skills

Masoom (Night School) Mentorship Program

D&B Mentors conducted an informative session on Time Management for the Grade X students of Masoom. The mentors shared their mantras to help students prepare better for their upcoming board exams

Page 4: CSR Newsletter Issue 3 - H1 2019-2020 · 2020-06-24 · People Education Health Dec 2019 - May 2020 (H1) Issue 3 p Supported Masoom (night school) students by distributing groceries

Education HealthPeople

DNBCARES

Door Step School (School on Wheels)

We celebrated Christmas with the kids of Door Step School. We also held a Drawing Competition for these kids in the Mumbai of�ce. The image drawn by the winner of the competition was used as the Season’s Greeting Card that was sent to our customers, vendors and other stakeholders

Season’s Greetings

Wish you Happy Holidays

and a New Year filled with Prosperity & Success!

Drawing by Master Jay - Student of the School on Wheels

Isha Vidhya

Special learning-aid session was facilitated at the Bengaluru branch by Isha Vidhya. D&B volunteers came forward to make story books for students of the rural schools that we are supporting in the state of Tamil Nadu

Page 5: CSR Newsletter Issue 3 - H1 2019-2020 · 2020-06-24 · People Education Health Dec 2019 - May 2020 (H1) Issue 3 p Supported Masoom (night school) students by distributing groceries

Education HealthPeople

DNBCARES

ndDun & Bradstreet Saksham Scholarship Program for the 2 consecutive year. 51 scholarships were granted to deserving women students for their higher education, of which 25 are renewal students from last year and 26 are new applicants

TISS - D&B Saksham Scholarship Program

Received students' testimonials from several parts of India

“With the help of the Dun & Bradstreet Saksham Scholarship, I will now be able to focus on gaining some more skills while I am pursuing 2nd year MBA in Finance and Business Analytics. I am also very happy to say that I got ‘Best outgoing student's award’ for all round progress" from my institution.”

MS. SUPRABHA SAMPIGETHAYA

Belthangady, Mangalore

MS. YASHODA Y. RAJOLI

Laxmeshwar Gadag District, Karnataka

“I am pursuing my 5 year BBA-LLB and currently in my 2nd year. I thank Dun and Bradstreet Saksham Scholarship Program for awarding me this scholarship. The purpose of my life is to become an advocate. I come from a very poor family and as a student, this scholarship will help me to pay my college fees and other educational expenses.”

Page 6: CSR Newsletter Issue 3 - H1 2019-2020 · 2020-06-24 · People Education Health Dec 2019 - May 2020 (H1) Issue 3 p Supported Masoom (night school) students by distributing groceries

Education HealthPeople

Glimpses of OXFAM India Trailwalker 2019

Oxfam india Trailwalker 2019

DNBCARES

p 20 Participants

p 30+ Support Crew

p Team members from across the globe generously contributed in raising funds, towards girl child education supported by OXFAM India

p Amount raised USD 6,845

p Participants along with their support crew completed an overnight walk of 50 KMs a month before to prepare themselves for the main event

p The crew was also accompanied by family members to support the participants

p 2 team members from Hyderabad, 1 from Chennai, 16 from Mumbai and Julian Prower from the UK were the 20 participants (Julian was supported by Kelly Harrison from UK)

p 5 women participants and 12 women support crew members

p Participants started training and practicing 4 months before the event

p All 20 Participants completed 100 KM in 48 Hrs

Quick Facts

Page 7: CSR Newsletter Issue 3 - H1 2019-2020 · 2020-06-24 · People Education Health Dec 2019 - May 2020 (H1) Issue 3 p Supported Masoom (night school) students by distributing groceries

Education HealthPeople

Video of the Oxfam India Trailwalker 2019

DNBCARES

Watch the VIDEO

Page 8: CSR Newsletter Issue 3 - H1 2019-2020 · 2020-06-24 · People Education Health Dec 2019 - May 2020 (H1) Issue 3 p Supported Masoom (night school) students by distributing groceries

Education HealthPeople

DNBCARES

We supported Door Step School with food grains for 85 families of the children who study in the “School on Wheel” bus at the Subhash Nagar (JVLR) centre in Mumbai

COVID-19RELIEF FUND

`

We supported Masoom with groceries and hygiene kits for 22 families of the night school students from Gurunarayan School in Santacruz (E), Mumbai

COVID-19RELIEF FUND

`

COVID-19RELIEF FUND

`

RELIEF FUND

`COVID-19CORONAVIRUS

Appeal to donate for COVID-19 crisis through our Do Good - Benevity site.Employee donations to eligible causes through the Do Good site were matched by Dun & Bradstreet.

Charitable organisations identi�ed for India are below:

• Concern India Foundation • Save the Children India • Indian Women and Child Welfare Trust

For more information pertaining to CSR, please get in touch with

Shilpa or Kaustav at or [email protected] [email protected]