At the core of TCI’s vision to be the world’s first choice as a travel and destination management Services Company, is the imperative for sustainable growth. To TCI, Corporate Responsibility is an integral part of its core business activity and the moral attitude that it brings to its activities. We have endeavored to integrate Corporate Responsibility as a cornerstone in our corporate strategy.
TCI aims at minimizing the adverse impacts of tourist travel and maximizing its positive effects.
At the core of TCI’s vision to be the world’s first choice as a travel and destination management Services Company, is the imperative for sustainable growth. To TCI, Corporate Responsibility is an integral part of its core business activity and the moral attitude that it brings to its activities. We have endeavored to integrate Corporate Responsibility as a cornerstone in our corporate strategy.
TCI aims at minimizing the adverse impacts of tourist travel and maximizing its positive effects.
Eradicating hunger, poverty and malnutrition, promoting healthcare including preventive healthcare and sanitation including contribution to the Swatch Bharat Kosh set up by the Central Government for the promotion of sanitation and making available safe drinking water.
Promoting education, including special education and employment-enhancing vocational skills especially among children, women, elderly and the differently abled, and livelihood enhancement projects.
Promoting gender equality and empowering women, setting up homes and hostels for women and orphans, setting up old age homes and day care centers and such other facilities for senior citizens, and measures for reducing inequalities faced by socially and economically backward groups.
Ensuring environmental sustainability, ecological balance, protection of flora and fauna, animal welfare, agro-forestry, conservation of natural resources and maintaining the quality of soil, air and water including contribution to the Clean Ganga Fund set up by the Central Government for rejuvenation of river Ganga and conducting of environment protection awareness programs.
The UN Sustainable Development Goals provide a framework for collective action to tackle global issues such as poverty, gender equality and climate change.
Sita’s Sustainable Tourism Policy focuses on 6 of these 17 goals.
Protecting national heritage, art and culture including restoration of buildings and sites of historical importance and works of art, setting up public libraries, promoting and developing traditional arts and handicrafts:
TCI’s CSR Policy intends to either by itself or through the Fairfax India Charitable Foundation:
TCI Signs up to the ‘Women’s Empowerment Principles’ – A UN Women Initiative
Travel Corporation India has become a signatory to The ‘Women’s Empowerment Principles’ – A UN Women Initiative. The Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) are a primary vehicle for corporate delivery on gender equality dimensions of the 2030 agenda and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
As an extension of its Corporate Responsibility, Travel Corporation India (TCI) has signed up to the ‘Women’s Empowerment Principles’ – A UN Women initiative to support gender equality in the workplace, marketplace and the community. Women Empowerment remains one of TCI’s core Corporate Responsibility initiatives.
The Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) are a set of Principles offering guidance to business on how to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment in the workplace, marketplace and community. Established by UN Global Compact and UN Women, the WEPs are informed by international labour and human rights standards and grounded in the recognition that businesses have a stake in, and a responsibility for, gender equality and women’s empowerment.
To achieve the most efficient, effective and sustainable implementation of the Principles by a signatory company, 7 Principles have been highlighted:
In an effort to align with the global sustainability efforts the company joined the Beat Plastic Pollution drive. As a first step towards this good cause, plastic in the form of water bottles has been banned within the organisation. An Aluminium Water Tumbler has been designed as a special handout for all employees to place on their work stations and use for consuming water. This move is part of the company’s continuous effort to conserve the environment and encourage a sustainable lifestyle.
Literacy India also helps produce Jute bags for TCI. The Bag is a multi-utility product that can be used for both official and personal use and is backed by a sustainability story. This year Beat Plastic Pollution is the theme for World Environment Day and this bag is in line with the theme and it negates the use of plastic.
The materials used to make the bag are Jute and Denim. Jute is an organic, eco-friendly, bio- degradable material which is completely recyclable. The denim used in the bag is cotton based, thus is bio-degradable and eco-friendly as well.
3 women gain their livelihood at Literacy India by making a single bag; 1 makes the denim flap, 1 makes the strap and the third one assembles it as one final product. These women earn their daily wages after being gainfully employed through this sustainable livelihood project.