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Policy Advocacy
The Company interacts with Government/ Regulatory
Authorities on public policy frameworks through apex
industry institutions, like Confederation of Indian Industry,
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry,
Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India,
and various other forums including regional Chambers of
Commerce
The Company, for its social investment projects, organises
meetings with the local administration and state
governments to seek their participation and involvement.
Their expert advice and counsel is also sought and approvals
obtained, where required, for the planned interventions. The
Company also engages in public-private-partnerships (PPP)
with state governments for such projects.
The CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable
Development also interacts with Government and policy
makers to promote sustainable development and inclusive
growth through corporate action.
Supporting Inclusive
christened 'Mission Sunehra Kal'; has been in operation for
Growth and Equitable
more than a decade. This programme strives to empower
stakeholder communities to conserve and manage their
Development
natural resources, create sustainable on-farm and off-farm
livelihoods on a significant scale.
To ensure long-term sustainability of these investments
TC is committed to establishing competitive and sustainable
and to enable replication and scalability, these programmes
value chains linked to its businesses which create sustainable
are aligned and integrated with the business value chains
livelihoods, especially amongst the poor in rural India. Towards
of the Company.
this end, a comprehensive Social Investments Programme,
In all Social Investments Programmes of the Company,
interventions are undertaken through collective community
participation and Community Based Organisations (CBOs)
formed especially for the purpose. ITC's objective is to enable
these CBOs to function autonomously and play an active
role in the development process. All projects are planned
and implemented through CBOs. Village micro-plans are
formulated by the CBOs in consultation with the NGOs with
ITC providing technical and managerial inputs. All decisions
regarding interventions, rules/ regulations and monetary
transactions are collectively decided by CBO members with
NGOs and ITC's dedicated Social Investments Team available
for advice on all matters. The primary reason for making the
CBOs responsible for the governance of projects is to
empower them to function independently and thus become
active vehicles of development in the area.
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Source: https://www.industrydocuments.ucsf.edu/docs/snbx0223

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