Impacting The Community

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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Month:

All of October, 2015 we focused organisation-wide on CSR – a whole month of continuous and sustained CSR and volunteering activity, with the slogan ‘Volunteering Is Fun, Fulfilling, and For Everyone’. The month saw 22 volunteering events completed & over 3600 volunteering hours clocked. Further, over 950 colleagues pledged their eyes over just 2 days in an eye-pledging drive, and a fun Carnival & a Talent Show were organised by colleagues to raise funds.Tesco Bengaluru has launched a unique Individual Social Responsibility (ISR) programme that seeks to support community causes colleagues are passionate about, over and above our CSR themes.

We believe that what we stand for and invest in as an organisation can pave the way for a sustainable business for the future – one that is positive for customers, stakeholders, as well as the community we are embedded in.

A Green CampusWe are serious about minimising our carbon footprint and have undertaken several initiatives on campus to help this, including rain water harvesting, bio-composting, and using solar energy.

Payroll Giving

Since 2011, our colleagues have been making donations from their salary to support NGOs of their choice and have contributed overINR 94 lakhs to Give India’s ‘Give As You Earn’ programme.

We regularly engage with our partner NGOs such as BOSCO, Association for People with Disability (APD), Say Trees, Akshaya Patra, and Akshara Foundation conducting activities such as skill-building workshops, afforestation drives, lake cleaning, facilitating learning, supporting mid-day meals, and more.

Partner NGOs

We are running a programme that supports education and infrastructure at local government schools in Bangalore. Our colleagues volunteer their time and effort to coach students in our adopted government schools in Computers and English language skills.

‘Adopt A School’ Project

Environment-focusedInitiatives:

Aligned to the Government of India’s Swachh Bharat initiative and in partnership with Whitefield Export Promotion Park Industrial Association (WEPPIA) and Whitefield Rising, Tesco Bengaluru has conducted monthly cleanliness drives near our campus, with colleagues taking the lead in cleaning the neighbourhood. We have also commenced an afforestation drive to improve the green cover in surrounding areas, with colleagues planting 2000 saplings in different sites in Whitefield. Towards more sustainable cleanliness, we are also setting up dustbins and toilets in public areas in Whitefield.

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Thank you for the great support that made this event so wonderful.”

VincentGandhipuram Village resident, on the cleaning drive organised byTesco Bengaluru in Gandhipuram, followed by a tree-planting drive.

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I am enjoying each and every moment when I participate in community events. By involving myself hands-on, I have come to understand exactly how it makes a difference to the community, especially when we achieve results!”

Mamatha GowdaColleague and Community Champion

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Your constant support is something that all of us at Karunashraya appreciate and are grateful for

Archana GaneshPR Team , Karunashraya

Our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives are focused around empowerment through skill-building, environment protection, and health and fitness.

Our colleagues are extremely passionate about supporting the community and causes which are close to their hearts through fundraising efforts and volunteering. All our CSR initiatives are driven and sustained with the enthusiasm of our strong base of volunteer colleagues.

Making Diversity and Inclusion Part of the Everyday

Over 38% of our colleagues are women and we encourage diversity across all levels.

A Leading Global In-House Centre In The Industry

Tesco Bengaluru is today a mature global in-house centre in the retail space and has been a benchmark for other global in-house centres setting up operations in India.

We are actively engaged with industry bodies, regularly joining the conversation at events and reinforcing what we stand for in our work and culture.

Dynamic Work At Tesco Bengaluru

A convenient, intuitive, personal, and faster mobile

grocery shopping experience!

INNOVATED AND LAUNCHED THE TESCO GROCERIES MOBILE APP

1 Available for iPhone and Android phones

2 It supports the 3.7 million customers who have down-loaded the current Tesco app generating £4 million in weekly grocery sales

This app was developed using a cross-platform development engine.

DESIGNED BANGALORE’S FIRST STAR EXTRA MALL

1 In 2014, Tesco formed an equal joint venture with Tata Group’s retail arm Trent Hypermarket Ltd (THL) which operates the Star Bazaar retail business in India.

2 The Star Extra is a complete mall offering a one-stop destination with a retail space of 81,464 sq. ft.

3Tesco Bengaluru’s Property Services was involved in the various stages like site and vendor co-ordination, preparation of retail plans, cost estimates, budgets, approvals and inspection. They also handled structural, architectural and engineering design.

4 The store’s highlights are energy-efficient lighting consisting of LED fixtures, north glazing for optimum utilisation of sunlight, and adherence to the latest safety and ergonomic standards.

Thanks to Tesco Bengaluru for a fantastic visit and insight into your global operations run from Bangalore – a great company.

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British Deputy High Commissioner,Bengaluru

It was wonderful touring your centre and very insightful listening. Our delegates were delighted by your hospitality.

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Advanced Engineering Sector Adviser, Ukibc,After A Visit To Tesco Bangalore By Ukibc

DEVELOPED THE TESCO ENTERPRISE PRICE SERVICE

1 The first version of the Tesco Enterprise Price Service developed by Tesco Bengaluru’s Technology team provides the day’s regular and promotional retail price of any Tesco product, in any location.

2 It is service-oriented, and uses big data technology.

3This can be used by Tesco’s technology products that deliver a better shopping experience for our customers or make things simpler for our staff in stores.

KPI STANDARDISATION ACROSS COUNTRIES YIELDS BENEFITS

1 Tesco Bengaluru’s Product and Supply Chain team worked with the business across Europe and standardised business key performance indicators (KPIs) for the supply chain.

2 This initiative consisted of common dashboards leading to sharing of best practices between countries, bench-marking, and helping track overall regional trends.

Award-winning Operations:

‘Best Loyalty Solution Provider’ award at Indian eRetail Congress, 2014

‘Best Ornamental Garden’ award by Mysore Horticultural Society, 2014

STPI Karnataka IT Export Award (2011-12): ‘Best Performance in Highest Percentage of Women Employer – IT sector’

-A Supportive Work EnvironmentWe are constantly listening to the cross-section of our colleagues – through engagement surveys, colleague campaigns, and interactive communications.

Market-leading policies for Extended Maternity Leave, Sabbatical, and Health Insurance.

Colleagues are encouraged to lead healthy and more active lives through various health and wellness initiatives that we organise through the year, such as on-site health check-ups, dental camps, aerobics sessions, dance classes, and sports events.

Facilities on-campus:

Library Two on-site crèche facilities run through tie-ups with certified childcare providers

A state-of-the-art in-house gymnasium

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Tesco Bengaluru is the technology and operations centre for Tesco worldwide – we make the Tesco experience better for our millions of customers and simpler for over 4,80,000 colleagues.

As one of the world’s largest retailers, with over 6,814 stores, and a large online business, Tesco has a strong global presence and is dedicated to bringing the best value, choice, and service to millions of customers each week. At Tesco Bengaluru, we enableTesco’s global operations to help provide the best shopping experience to customers worldwide, every day.

Established in 2004, Tesco Bengaluru is an integral part of Tesco, and we enable its business through its three pillars of People, Channel, and Customer, with our expertise in technology, business operations, property, finance, and commercial services.

Offering Seamless Retail & Technology Operations

At Tesco Bengaluru, we have developed convenient shopping platforms and pioneered world-class products and services that have added immense value to customers across the globe. We are guided in our goals and processes by our core purpose of ‘Serving Tesco shoppers a little better, every day.’

New products and services: We have a centre for Mobile Application Development. Our innovations include creating mobile apps for shopping in UK that attract over 40,000 unique visitors every day

Live store support across geographies: Launched in 2007, our Retail Lab is one of the foremost centres of its kind in the country to test system upgrades in a live retail environment

A front-runner in retail expertise: Tesco Bengaluru is one of the few organisations to launch a specialised Retail Certification Programme to upgrade and enhance the knowledge and skills of our colleagues

New products and services: We have a centre for Mobile Application

Live store support across geographies: Launched in 2007, our Retail Lab is one of the

Tesco Bengaluru has consistently valued its colleagues and recognised the importance of diversity within the workplace. Over 38% of our colleagues are women and we encourage diversity across all levels.

We conduct several continuing diversity initiatives. We have impacted close to 2000 women through Women In Network events (such as ‘Building Your Career’ & ‘Being At Your Best’) and continue to develop high potential women leaders through our ‘Women In Leadership Development’ programme. At these events, we have hosted talks by successful women across industries – Kiran Bedi, Lakshmi Pratury, Vaishali Kasture, and Asha Rao.

Tesco Bengaluru is also a supportive work environment for several differently-abled colleagues, who add value to our business through diverse roles ranging from property space planning to enabling services.