Page 20 - CRISIL ESG Report 2023

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SDG elaboration
Description
Metrics and Achievements
Initiatives
SDG 9 Industry, innovation and infrastructure
SDG 10 Reduce inequality
Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialisation, and foster innovation
Reduce inequality within and among countries
• Increase integration of small-scale industrial and other enterprises into value chains
• Empower and promote social, economic and political inclusion of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status
• Ensure equal opportunity and reduce inequalities by eliminating discriminatory laws, policies and practices and promoting appropriate legislation, policies and action in this regard
• Integrate climate change measures into policies, strategies and planning
• Halt deforestation, restore degraded forests, and substantially increase afforestation
• Restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods
• 790+ small businesses# rated/assessed by CRISIL
• Number of MSME vendors@: 354
• Percentage spend on MSME suppliers^ (in value terms):
18.43%
• Gender diversity: 39%
• Differently abled employees: 9
• Employee diversity: Employees
belonging to 40+ nationalities
• Employee engagement score
for DE&I: 88%*
• CRISIL Policy on equal
opportunities at the workplace
• GHG emissions (scope 1, 2): 2276.65 MtCO2e
• Scope 1 & 2 GHG emissions have reduced by 64% over 2019
• Water conservation efforts positively impacted three villages
• Trees planted: 54,000
• Trees maintained: 66,950
• Employee tree ratio: 1:24
• Recycled 91.8% of waste
generated pan India
• 71% of paper used for office
printing used in India offices is eco-friendly
CRISIL supports a wide array of MSMEs and small-scale enterprises by helping them gain access to credit.
In line with our supplier diversity policy, our universe of suppliers includes those belonging to the marginalised communities
To read more about our endeavours in these areas, refer to ‘Sustainable supply chain’ on page 53 of this report
We promote a work culture of inclusivity and safety, where all employees are treated equally
To read more about our efforts in these areas, refer to ‘social capital’ from page 37 to 46 of this report
SDG 13 Climate action
SDG 15
Life on land
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
Protect, restore
and promote sustainable use
of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, and halt biodiversity loss
Being in the financial services sector, our environment footprint is relatively limited. However, we are making dedicated efforts towards reducing our GHG emissions
For more details, refer to ‘Expanding the green footprint’ on page 33 and ‘Reduced GHG emissions’ on page 32 of this report
CRISIL Re, the flagship programme of CRISIL Foundation, undertakes dedicated efforts for increasing afforestation through plantation and maintenance of trees
For more details, refer to ‘Expanding the green footprint’ on page 33 and ‘Waste management’ on page 36 of this report
# Having turnover of less than C 5 crore amongst Indian businesses
@ Number of MSME vendors cover only India operations
^ The aforesaid % covers only India-based suppliers and India-based spend.
* EmployeeengagementscoreDEI(Diversity,Equityand,Inclusion):Average%favourableresponseinemployeeengagementsurveyforDE&Ispecificquestions
** The training hours include both on-roll and off-roll employees
18 ESG Report 2023
Introduction