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Balmer Lawrie’s CSR initiatives are driven by two Flagship The Company has financed installation of five PSA
Programs – Balmer Lawrie Initiative for Self-Sustenance oxygen plants in government hospitals in Karnataka. Also,
[BLISS] and Samaj Mein Balmer Lawrie [SAMBAL]. While the Company has funded procurement of oxygen
the first Program is directed at providing and improving the cylinders and concentrators during the second wave of
long-term economic sustenance of the underprivileged, COVID-19. The Company has also partnered with
the second Program aims at improving the living HelpAge India, Manolayam Senior Citizen Home among
standards and quality of life of the population in and many others to assist the elderly and often neglected
around the Company work centres. The Company section of the society.
implements its CSR activities in partnership with a local
authorities / NGOs. The major projects and partners of the Balmer Lawrie in partnership with Friends of Tribal Society
Company in these initiatives are: has been running an educational project called EKAL
Vidyalayas or One Teacher School for the betterment of
• Installation of PSA Oxygen Plants in 5 Govt. Hospitals the tribal children. The project imparts tribal children
(Karnataka) informal education. The Company has also been funding
education of meritorious students of Indian Institute of
• Procurement of Oxygen Cylinders and Concentrators Cerebral Palsy.
for underprivilidge communities
• Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy (IICP)-Kolkata, West For women empowerment, Balmer Lawrie has partnered
Bengal with Saksham Foundation and is providing livelihood
trainings to marginalized women which helps them to get
• Ekal Vidyalayas, One Teacher Schools (OTS) by employment in various sectors.
Friends of Tribal society- Kolkata, West Bengal
• Calcutta Rescue- Kolkata, West Bengal Sensitization and Capacity building on Health, Hygiene
and Education is one of the impactful activities that can be
• Saksham Foundation- Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra a gamechanger in overall upliftment of the society. Balmer
Lawrie has taken up a project with Swadeep Shikshan
• SDI- Bhubaneswar, Vishakhapatnam, Raebareli, Vikas Sanstha to sensitize school children about
Ahmedabad, Kochi and Guwahati
awareness of personal health and hygiene practices. The
• HelpAge India - Chennai, Tamil Nadu activities of the project have enabled students and the
community to adopt healthy lifestyle. The Company is
• Swadeep Shikshan Vikash Sanstha - Silvassa, Dadra also regularly funding Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in line with
& Nagar Haveli its mandate for cleaner communities.
• Manolayam Senior Citizens Home- Chennai, Tamil
Nadu Fund Contribution to the Skill Development Institutes: Skill
Development Institutes (SDI) are being set up at various
• Fund Contribution to the CM Relief Fund, Assam places in the country by the member companies of the
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MOPNG), Govt. of
Balmer Lawrie knows that for inclusive growth of all India. As a member Company, this year Balmer Lawrie
sections of the society, healthcare & sanitation, education, contributed Rs 210 Lakhs for the institutes at Ahmedabad,
and skill development are the key focus areas where Raebareli, Guwahati, Visakhapatnam, Kochi and
awareness, sensitization and on field execution is Bhubaneswar as per the funding module set by the
paramount. The Company is working on pan-India basis MOPNG.
along with various organisations / NGOs for upliftment of
the society and has contributed ` 1048.16 Lakhs during FY Fund Contribution to the CM Relief Fund, Assam: In
2021-22 under various CSR activities. 2021-22 BL has donated Rs. 10 Lakhs to the CM relief
fund, Government of Assam for the rehabilitation program
Balmer Lawrie through its Street Medicine Program- undertaken for the flood affected families.
Calcutta Rescue (Taratala, Kolkata) has extended its
support for running a street medicine program in Paharpur In pursuance of these programs, the Company has
slum area, Kolkata. Doctors and healthcare providers undertaken several community development projects,
regularly visited the slum area even during the pandemic partnering with various agencies. The focus areas for the
so that the community was not deprived of health care schemes under the programs, amongst others, have been
services. The mobile clinics under this initiative ensured education, healthcare, sanitation, integrated village
services to the community in dire times of 2nd wave of development and environmental protection. CSR efforts
COVID-19. are channelized on the above-mentioned thematic focus
areas and target groups like children, women, youth, the
Balmer Lawrie has been one of the first corporate elderly, and people with disabilities.
responders to the threat of second wave of COVID-19.

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