Our CSR Mission
At the Group level and SG GSC level, our Corporate Citizenship mission also aims to embed a culture of social responsibility by capitalizing on our employees’ commitment to social causes. We work together as a team to showcase not just social commitment but also Team Spirit, which is one of SG GSC’s core values.
CSR PROGRAMME AREAS
Promotion of education
Promoting High Quality Education among underprivileged youth and children through scholarship programs and teaching interventions.
Livelihood Creation
Empowering Youth from economically weaker sections by investing in livelihood enhancing skill-based and vocational training with specific focus on Women empowerment.
Environmental sustainability
Minimizing our environmental footprint by investing in programs that conserve & protect natural resources & inspire others to do the same.
LIST OF CSR PROGRAMS APPROVED BY CSR BOARD FOR FY 2026-27
| CSR Implementing Partners | PROGRAM FOR FY 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Technology Informatics Design Endeavor (TIDE) | Green Oasis Program: An ongoing CSR initiative focused on developing rain gardens to mitigate flood risks in Chennai and its surrounding suburban areas. Net Zero Village: An ongoing CSR program aimed at progressively transforming villages into Net Zero communities through efficient water, energy, and waste management practices, including the adoption of clean and renewable energy solutions. The program encompasses resource-efficiency measures and infrastructure interventions across communities, institutions, and households, while strengthening community governance and laying the foundation for large-scale adoption in the coming years. |
| Vidya Integrated Development for Youth & Adults (VIDYA) | Education and Empowerment Program: Ongoing CSR program for a comprehensive initiative focused on the education and empowerment of children, youth, and adults, along with women’s skill development and livelihood creation. |
| Foundation For Excellence India Trust (FFE) | Merit-cum-Means Talent Scholarship Program: Ongoing CSR Program to award merit-cum-means based scholarships for deserving students to pursue higher education in Engineering, Medicine, and Law. The program supports 554 student beneficiaries and includes dedicated DEI-focused cohorts, promoting gender diversity and inclusion of persons with disabilities (PwDs). |
| SGBS Unnati Foundation (SUF) | Youth Skilling Program: A skill development initiative benefiting 3,500 youth through the UNNATI and UNXT programs, enhancing employability and livelihood opportunities. |
| SUKRUPA | Education Support Program: Ongoing CSR program providing educational support to 150 children from marginalized communities studying at the SUKRUPA School in Bengaluru. |
| Youth For Seva (YFS) | Enhanced E-Learning Enablement: Ongoing CSR program focused on classroom digitization in schools across rural and peri-urban regions of Karnataka, enhancing access to quality digital learning. |
| Children Of India Foundation (CIF) | Education Continuity and Livelihood Creation Program: Ongoing CSR program supporting continued access to education for children from vulnerable backgrounds while creating livelihood opportunities for selected beneficiaries and their families. |
| SAAHAS | Solid Waste Management Program: Ongoing CSR program for a comprehensive waste management initiative implemented across three locations in Bengaluru and Chennai, promoting responsible waste handling and sustainable environmental practices. |
| BHAGEERATH | Project LIFE (Lake Improvement in Forest Ecosystems): Ongoing CSR Program for lake restoration and ecological conservation initiative focused on improving water quality in lakes feeding into the Swarnamukhi Reservoir through scientifically proven interventions. The project aims to enhance water quality, strengthen biodiversity, and improve ecosystem health and long-term environmental sustainability. |
| SANKALPTARU FOUNDATION | Community Land Transformation Program: A landscape restoration initiative involving large-scale tree plantation, geo-tagging of planted saplings, and dedicated maintenance support for three years to ensure sustained ecological impact and community benefit. Maintenance of plantation done in 2023-24, 2024-25 and 2025-26. |
Our CSR Implementation Partners
TIDE (Technology Informatics Design Endeavour) was founded in 1993 with the purpose of identifying concepts, prototypes and technologies that have been developed in various laboratories, adapt them where required and disseminate them to communities. Gradually, their work has evolved into holistic programs that included themes such as Women and Livelihood, Water & environment, energy efficiency and energy conservation and cookstoves.
VIDYA (Integrated Development for Youth and Adults) is a non-profit NGO started in 1985. They are a charitable organization that specializes in the education and empowerment of less-privileged children, youth and women through working with them at an individual level. They help communities by designing programs in a way that empowering one empowers the other.
FFE was founded in 1994 with a mission to provide college scholarships to students who, although financially constrained, show great promise in the technological, engineering and medical fields. This project seeks to transform the lives of academically gifted and financially needy students by supporting them through their professional Engineering education by awarding scholarships.
SGBS Unnati Foundation (SUF), a not-for-profit organization was incorporated in 2011. The UNNATI program by SUF was conceived and run by SGBS Trust in Bangalore and is being conducted pan India. In the initial years from 2003-2008, SGBS Trust trained around 320 youths.
Youth for Seva started its activities in the year 2007 in Bengaluru. Over the years, volunteers have involved themselves in various activities. Be it in regular volunteering or in one day events, the chapter has witnessed an overwhelming response from its volunteers. YFS has also partnered with various organizations in the city and has provided with volunteers for various events. Many corporates have also been engaged with corporate volunteering program.
The journey of Saahas began in 2001 with registration as a non-profit under the Karnataka Societies Registration Act 1960. Wilma Rodrigues, a former journalist, founded Saahas to promote waste management practices in alignment with the very progressive Municipal Solid Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 2000. In 2001, having the courage to found a non-profit organization to work on solid waste management with focus on resource recovery was indeed an act of courage, and hence the name ‘Saahas’.
Sukrupa's mission is to enable every child to have access to good education, train with life skills, bridge the crucial gap between schooling and college, and empower women socially and economically through entrepreneurship.
Children of India Foundation is a registered NPO based in Tamil Nadu. It was founded in the year 2002 as a non profit organization and engages in activities related to child protection, health, livelihood, and education.
CSR Project on the "Environmental Sustainability" pillar with Bhageerath aimed at :Water Quality Improvement in lakes and ponds leading to Suvarnamukhi reservoir:
- Water Quality Improvement | Bio-Diversity Improvements | Ecosystem Health & Stability
SankalpTaru Foundation is India’s first IT-enabled NGO, planting trees from the heights of Leh–Ladakh to the coasts of Tamil Nadu. Active across 25 states and 35 cities, it has planted and sustained over 30,00,000 trees. The Foundation focuses on sustainable development, supporting rural livelihoods, women empowerment, and greener schools.