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Embracing our Communities at Dun & Bradstreet

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

We look at responsibility from a number of dimensions – how we support and empower our employees, the way we focus on helping our customers and the way we manage our corporation – all aligned with our core value of inherent generosity.

  • We empower our employees to bring corporate citizenship and social responsibility into everything we do
  • 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
CSR Policy
CSR Committee

01-Oct-19

CSR Newsletter Edition 3

Issue 3 Issue 2 Issue 1

Do Good Week

For 177 years, Dun & Bradstreet has anchored its business and brand on one question: How can we help companies build valuable relationships? Helping us realize this mission are 5,000 team members across the globe who bring our corporate values of being data inspired, relentlessly curious and inherently generous to life every day.

Generosity is woven into the fabric of our company’s forward-leaning culture, extending to the communities where we work and live. Our flagship program, Do Good, encourages team members to give back to the community.

Do Good Week is a Global CSR initiative that encourages employees to take some time out and give back to the community. In a week-long celebration of humanity, D&B employees from across the globe participate in various activities. The zeal and enthusiasm with which the employees participate, shows how much they believe in the value of being “Inherently Generous”. From blood donation drives to spending quality time with underprivileged children, Do Good Week has several such activities where our employees wholeheartedly volunteer.

Current Associations

Neuroaid & Research Foundation (NRF)

The Neuroaid & Research Foundation (NRF) is an NGO that was born with the earnest resolve to make a significant difference in the rehabilitation of people who are affected by a neuro disability but do not have access or means to proper long-term rehabilitation.

With funding support from Dun & Bradstreet India, NRF executed the below activities -

  • Economically Weaker Section (EWS) patients’ treatment costs
  • Free medical camp at Deshbandhu Chittranjan Memorial Society (DCMS), CR Park New Delhi
  • Walking aids distributed under the auspices of world disability day at Rajdhani Hospital, Qutab Road, Paharganj, New Delhi
  • Faridabad Wheelchair Cricket Premier Tournament was held under the aegis of the Divyang Cricket Control Board of India
  • Tri-origin smile workshop for parents of special needs children

Responsible Netism

Project - Being Responsible Netizens

Responsible Netism (RN) is a social purpose initiative committed to the cause of child online protection. The movement advocates for cyber – wellness to ensure mental well-being in cyberspace.

The project involved Cyber Wellness Sessions in 24 Mumbai schools for students, parents, and teachers of V-X standard. This was an intensive project that helped groom 10,553 children and 5,800 adults toward cyber hygiene to ensure their mental-wellbeing in cyber space and to make the school eco-system cyber safe.

Tata Strive

Project - Skill Training Youth from Underprivileged Backgrounds

Tata Community Initiatives Trust (TCIT) is a charitable trust set up by Tata Sons in 2014. Tata STRIVE, an initiative under TCIT, address the pressing need of skilling India's youth for employment, entrepreneurship, and community enterprise.

Tata STRIVE in partnership with D&B India trained 40 youth in the course titled, Retails Sales Associate over a one- year-period in Tata STRIVE Skill Development Centre, Hyderabad. With the support from Dun & Bradstreet India under this project –

  • 40 youth directly impacted under the project
  • Considering 70% of the youth taking up employment with a minimum average salary of INR 10,000, the annual income to be generated is INR 0.33 Million
  • The total number of lives to be impacted indirectly considering a family size of 4 members are 84.
  • Industry to benefit through availability of skilled manpower.

United Way of India

Project - Sampann

United Way India works for the health, education, and financial stability of every person in every community which is the foundation of a good life and a strong community. United Way India’s (UWI) women empowerment initiative - SAMPANN aims to empower women from vulnerable backgrounds like victims of trafficking, domestic violence, abuse, divorced, widowed, etc. and make them more independent, by focusing on Employability Enhancement (Skill Development) and inculcating entrepreneurial attitude among them.

Under this project 40 underprivileged women had an opportunity to acquire basic computer skills in:

  • ITES (Information Technology Enabled Services)
  • E-commerce & Logistics
  • Spoken english & personality development

Isha Vidhya

Project - Scholarship Program

Isha Vidhya is a pioneering education initiative that seeks to transform the lives of India’s rural poor. It was established in 2006 (under the umbrella of Isha Education trust) towards building an India where high-quality school education is accessible and affordable to all, especially for rural underprivileged children.

With the support from Dun & Bradstreet India, 55 underprivileged rural children received the scholarships which enabled them to access high-quality school education who cannot otherwise access or afford it.

JASCAP

Project - Financial assistance to cancer patients for meeting investigation & treatment expenses

JASCAP Foundation is a 27-year-old not-for-profit organisation that works with Tata Memorial Centre to alleviate the financial burden of cancer patients. Dun & Bradstreet India has partnered with JASCAP Foundation to help cancer patients with investigation and treatment expenses.

Yuva Unstoppable

Project - School transformation Project

Yuva Unstoppable is a youth-led and youth-driven organisation with an aim to positively change the lives of children and youth in need. Dun & Bradstreet India, in partnership with Yuva Unstoppable, has embarked on the transformation of Sadhana Vidyalaya in Sion, Mumbai. This project aims to transform the lives of less privileged children and youth by maximising impact in the education sector by focusing on core fundamentals, the project include –

  • Renovation of toilets, handwash and drinking water area
  • Development of smart classrooms for campus
  • Teacher training for the operation and maintenance of smart classrooms

Raah Foundation

Project - Ecological restoration of the landscape

Raah Foundation aims to improve the quality of life and well-being of marginalised communities through sustainable livelihoods while addressing the issues of climate change. This project aims to conserve the landscape through ecological restoration. The Ecological Restoration of landscape is being executed around Dari village in Nashik district, on about 80 acres of land.

The impact of the project includes -

  • Plantation of saplings
  • 29 loose boulder structures
  • 100,000 vetiver slips
  • Livelihood for 100 people

Dun & Bradstreet India supported the project with the partial payment to purchase 83,000 saplings from the nursery.

Tata Trusts (Parag Initiative)

Parag is a one of its kind pan India initiative that has developed an eco-system of children’s literature in multiple Indian languages for promoting reading for joy. It has made a notable contribution to strengthen holistic development of India’s disadvantaged children through reading.

  • 33 districts of Rajasthan
  • 666 school Libraries
  • Each library is accessed by about 150-200 children
  • 1-1.3 Lac children will benefit in total
Tata Strive

Tata STRIVE is an initiative of the Tata Community Initiatives Trust, aimed at actively bridging the gap between vocational education and industry needs. Tata STRIVE is skilling youth from underprivileged backgrounds through innovations in technology, pedagogy, and methodology.

  • 200 youth to be directly impacted under the proposed project
  • Expected annual income to be generated: INR1.68 crores
  • The total number of lives to be impacted indirectly considering a family size of 4 members are 420
  • 200 youth trained on life skills in addition to domain skills, thereby ensuring holistic development
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