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RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS
The vision of Infosys (‘the Company’) to be a audit, corporate social responsibility, nomination
globally-respected corporation continues to be the and remuneration, risk and strategy, stakeholders
cornerstone of our governance. This principle also relationship and finance and investment committees.
guides our continuous efforts to earn the respect of For more details, refer to the Corporate governance
all our stakeholders. It is, therefore, our responsibility section of the Annual Report.
to respect and adhere to ethical practices in all
aspects of our business. The Infosys Code of Conduct Corporate policies
and Ethics Policy helps maintain the standards of
Our corporate governance practices apply across
business conduct across the Group and applies to
the Infosys Group and extend to our suppliers
employees, suppliers, vendors, agents, contractors,
and partners too. Our code of conduct and ethics
representatives, consultants or any other third-party
complies with the legal requirements of applicable
agent working on behalf of the Company.
laws and regulations, including anti‑bribery and
Our values articulate the behavior expected from all anti‑corruption, the ethical handling of conflicts of
employees, contractors and suppliers and are the interest, and the fair, accurate and timely disclosure
foundation for all processes and practices. of reports and documents that are filed with the
• Client value : To surpass client expectations required regulatory bodies. Every employee
attends a session on Company values during his
consistently
or her induction, and agrees to follow our code
• Leadership by example : To set high standards
of conduct and ethics. Additional policies, such
in our business and transactions, and be an
as the Whistleblower Policy and Gift Policy, and
exemplar for the industry
the presence of a strong grievance redressal body
• Integrity and transparency : To be ethical, sincere help us maintain an uncompromising stand on
and open in all our transactions value transgressions.
• Fairness : To be objective and transaction‑oriented,
and thereby earn trust and respect Enterprise risk management (ERM)
• Excellence : To strive relentlessly and constantly Our ERM framework encompasses practices relating
improve ourselves, our teams, services and to the identification, assessment, monitoring and
products, and become the best mitigation of strategic, operational, and external
Ethical conduct : Structures and practices environment risks to achieve our key business
objectives. This is done through periodic review
In line with our core value of ‘integrity and meetings of the risk management committee and
transparency’, we ensure we satisfy the spirit and the the risk council.
letter of the law. The key dimensions of our corporate
governance framework are as follows : For more details, refer to the Risk management
section of the Annual Report.
Board governance
Focus on sustainability
The Infosys Board of Directors (‘the Board’) has
developed a robust corporate governance framework Our sustainability strategy includes economic,
to ensure we conduct our business responsibly. environmental and social imperatives, while paying
The nomination and remuneration committee of the attention to the needs and expectations of our
Board is responsible for appointments to the Board. internal and external stakeholders. Our leaders have
For this, the committee follows a set of criteria based been championing sustainability initiatives through
on the belief that an active, diverse, well‑informed and global forums and bodies. Regular discussions and
independent Board will ensure the highest standards reviews with the Board and its committees, senior
of corporate governance. In line with our principles management and other stakeholders help us work
of corporate governance, the Board oversees how consistently towards fulfilling the expectations of our
the Management serves and protects the long‑term direct and indirect stakeholders.
interests of our stakeholders. As on March 31, 2016, A sustainability council, headed by our
the majority of our Board members — seven out of Chief Operating Officer (COO), U. B. Pravin Rao,
nine — are independent members. We follow the reviews progress on sustainability actions at
practice of nominating an independent director regular intervals.
as the chairperson of our committees, namely, the
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) we have arrived at the following list of stakeholders
Two trusts, the Infosys Foundation and the Infosys who are important to us :
Foundation USA, have been created to take our • Clients
CSR efforts forward. Our CSR committee comprises • Employees
R. Seshasayee, (Chairperson), Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw • Investors
and Dr. Vishal Sikka. A comprehensive CSR Policy • Vendors / Alliance partners
articulates our focus on economic development • Governments / Regulatory bodies
that positively impacts our society with minimal • Local communities
resource footprint.
We have various mechanisms to receive and address
For more information on our CSR Policy, visit
complaints from stakeholders related to compliance,
www.infosys.com.
corruption or bribery. As of March 31, 2016, no
Stakeholder engagement and stakeholder has filed any case against the Company,
grievance redressal nor are any cases pending regarding unfair trade
Based on discussions and deliberations with the practices, irresponsible advertising and / or
Board, the Management and various committees, anti‑competitive behavior.
Fuelling the nation’s economic advancement automation have helped 100% of applications to
We continue to work on large transformational be processed within a day, compared to seven to
projects that significantly impact the socio‑economic 10 days before the initiative was launched.
progress of the country. Including the visually‑challenged
• The Income Tax Returns Central Processing Centre, Of the 285 million visually‑challenged people in the
established by Infosys, helps Indian taxpayers file world, nearly 90% is from the developing world. For
their returns and the government to save millions the visually‑challenged, Braille helps drive literacy,
through improved efficiency. Today, the centre which in turn ensures intellectual freedom, personal
processes about 40 million returns every year, with security, employment, and financial independence.
a radically reduced processing time of 60 days At Infosys, we studied the existing tools that are
compared to 360 days earlier. widely used in schools to generate Braille. After
• Infosys’ core banking and insurance solutions extensive research and feedback from users, we
concluded that conventional tools often lead to
have enabled the Department of Post in India to
physical strain and discomfort, is time consuming,
provide easy and effective banking and insurance
not portable, thus hampering the overall learning
services to rural and semi-rural regions of India.
experience of the individual.
21,961 post offices provide banking solutions.
Over 557 million accounts have been migrated to Infosys conceptualized, designed and developed
the system till date. Around 858 ATMs have also a new product called Drushti (meaning ‘sight’).
been enabled to service India Post customers. Drushti is a high-performance, reliable, low‑cost,
25,448 post offices have been enabled to provide low‑maintenance electronic notes maker specially
designed to address the problems of traditional
insurance policies, and 29 million policies have
Braille devices. Drushti can be used for reading,
been migrated to the new system till date.
writing and storing data. It enables users to
• Our multi-pronged solution covering metering,
navigate, manage, edit and print data using an
billing, collections and customer servicing,
audio feedback mechanism. Drushti can interface
has helped reduce the Aggregate Technical
with external devices like computers, keyboards,
and Commercial (AT&C) losses in electricity
printers, speakers, headphones and flash drives and
transmission in Karnataka, India.
has the potential to revolutionize the inclusion and
• The eBiz portal developed by Infosys is one of
integration of the visually‑challenged into society.
the 31 Mission Mode Projects (MMPs) under the
National eGovernance Plan (NeGP). An initiative by Supply chain : Sustainable practices
the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion,
To strengthen responsible business practices in our
eBiz is a one‑of‑its‑kind portal conceived to bring
supply chain, a four‑stage integrated framework
about a radical shift in the government’s service
called Visioning, Inculcating, Valuing, and Assessing
delivery approach in order to improve ‘Ease of
(VIVA), was conceptualized in 2013 and is in the
Doing Business’ in India. Another milestone was
early stages of deployment. A comprehensive
reached this year with the launch of composite
engagement model, called 3I – Involve, Influence
application form (CAF) covering 14 state services
and Inform allows us to meaningfully engage with
for Odisha, India. Currently, the portal hosts over
our suppliers on material aspects. The proportion
50 services, including 21 central services and 30
of spending for domestic suppliers at significant
state services (14 each for Andhra Pradesh and
locations was about 79% in fiscal 2016.
Odisha, and two for Delhi).
• Infosys is the System Integrator for MCA21 project, For more information on responsible supply chain,
another MMP of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs visit our website www.infosys.com.
(MCA) under NeGP. The MCA portal maintained Although recycling of products is not directly
by Infosys provides stakeholders with easy, secure applicable to us, Infosys has a robust Environment
and speedy access of all MCA services with Policy focusing on energy, emissions, water
transparency and efficiency. and waste.
• In January 2016, MCA in partnership with Infosys,
For more details, refer to the Environment section of
launched the Central Registration Centre (CRC),
this report.
a Government Process Re-engineering (GPR)
initiative set up with the objective of providing
speedy incorporation services for businesses and
start-ups in line with the best global practices.
Restructured solutions / processes and enhanced
Our employee distribution across region and gender over the last three years is as follows :
Region As on March 31, 2016 As on March 31, 2015 As on March 31, 2014
Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women Total
India 1,11,468 61,173 1,72,641 1,03,541 55,106 1,58,647 95,267 48,854 1,44,121
APAC 4,228 3,143 7,371 3,374 2,765 6,139 2,879 2,633 5,512
Americas 5,900 2,412 8,312 4,431 1,737 6,168 4,177 1,594 5,771
EMEA 3,332 2,388 5,720 3,017 2,216 5,233 2,910 2,091 5,001
Total 1,24,928 69,116 1,94,044 1,14,363 61,824 1,76,187 1,05,233 55,172 1,60,405
Note : Permanent and fixed-term employees as per the base location
Our HR‑personnel‑to‑employee ratio is guided The details of concerns and grievances raised by
by global standards and benchmarks. Most of employees in fiscal 2016 are as follows :
our employees work as full-time, permanent
employees. We have a de minimis number of Employee grievances No. of grievances
employees working on a part-time / fixed-term Workplace harassment (1) 85
contract. All employee benefits are provided Workplace concerns (2) 408
based on the requirements mandated by the Other issues (3) –
laws in the countries where we operate and the Disciplinary issues – major (4) 354
locations where we recruit. Disciplinary issues – minor (5) 814
Total 1,661
Creating a fair and equitable Closure statistics
environment Internal arbitration 381
Disciplinary action 1,280
Our anti-discrimination and anti‑harassment
Total 1,661
policies apply to everyone involved in the
operations of the Company, as well as vendors Scope : Infosys Group
and clients. (1)
Refers to all kinds of sexual harassment issues heard and
resolved at the workplace.
The forums to deal with issues and concerns raised (2)
Refers to grievances employees raise at the workplace.
by our employees are as follows : (3)
Refers to queries, clarifications and concerns
that do not get channelized as per the Company
• Hearing Employees and Resolving (HEAR) grievance mechanism.
• Anti-Sexual Harassment Initiative (ASHI) (4)
Major cases involve reputation risk to the
Company / employees, fraud or other ethical misconduct.
• Whistleblower Policy
This year, we are reporting the disciplinary action taken
against individuals on account of incorrect data provided
at the time of joining.
(5)
Minor cases refer to misdemeanors or mistakes that can
be corrected.
The details of workplace sexual harassment Some of the flexible work options that are provided
complaints in India, reported as per the Sexual to our employees are :
Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention,
• Nine days of work-from-home option every month
Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, and the Ministry
for family care
of Women and Child Development notification
• Paid maternity leave
dated December 9, 2013 are as follows :
• Sabbatical for personal reasons (1)
Complaints received Fiscal 2016 • Paternity leave
Number of cases filed 62 • Adoption leave
Disposal by conciliation 1 • Part-time, flexi-hours and selective telecommuting
Disposal by disciplinary action(s) 61
• Sabbatical for community service
Employee resource groups and associations • Sabbatical for higher education
• Work options from satellite offices
Employee resource groups representing diverse
Scope : Infosys Limited, India.
backgrounds, affinities and skills facilitate
community participation, networking, cultural Personal reasons could include leave taken by new
(1)
Audits and assessments : Periodic reviews and audits Promoting employee morale, skill
of the HSEMS are conducted for evaluating the HSE upgradation and career development
performance as well as suitability and effectiveness
All our employees are covered under competency
of processes and programs in achieving objectives
development programs that are relevant to their role
and targets in line with the HSE Policy and standards.
in the organization. Our Competency Development
Incident reporting and investigation : Incidents Program 3.1 (CDP 3.1) brings relevance and flexibility
can be reported by employees through an internal to competency development for a role along multiple
application and an email reporting mechanism. competency dimensions. Our continuous education
Incidents reported are investigated, analyzed and programs span technology, domain, business,
corrective actions and preventive measures are taken process and behavior. We also have specialized
to reduce future injury and losses. The investigations programs for senior leadership.
focus on root causes and system failures. The OH&S
We provide training to all employees without
committee conducts the investigations.
differentiating on grounds of gender or physical
Health, assessment and lifestyle ability. Our Education, Training and Assessment
(ETA) group offers industry‑benchmarked learning
enrichment (HALE)
programs to ensure talent enablement. ETA has over
HALE focuses on an employee’s health, safety, 2,000 learning offerings and interventions including
emotional wellness, quality of life and work training on technical, managerial and process skills,
environment. Striving to improve organizational industry domain knowledge and leadership skills for
productivity through healthy employees, the employees and our strategic clients. New offerings
HALE team has held several health interventions, such as, Design Thinking (dT) workshops have been
leisure interventions and innumerable awareness added to meet the strategic needs of the Company.
and information campaigns. HALE aims to build ETA focuses on talent development, and facilitates
a workforce that is healthy, productive and able to the foundation, continuous education and outreach
balance work and life. programs, along with dT sessions.
The average training effort across all employee categories over the last three years is as follows :
Role-wise Fiscal 2016 Fiscal 2015 Fiscal 2014
distribution Employee Training Average Employee Training Average Employee Training Average
count days training count days training count days training
days days days
Associate 92,119 18,89,390 20.51 84,219 31,21,664 37.06 80,593 20,14,424 25
Middle 73,687 1,89,434 2.57 67,451 1,98,140 2.94 57,709 2,54,015 4.4
Senior 24,153 42,227 1.75 24,015 39,374 1.64 21,635 59,295 2.74
Title holders 572 666 1.16 502 921 1.83 468 229 0.49
Others (1) 3,513 601 0.17
Total 1,94,044 1,76,187 1,60,405
Scope : The senior leadership has specialized enabling programs, such as, coaching, mentoring and one-on-one development,
which are not included in the above table.
Employee role mapping is in progress for entities acquired in fiscal 2016.
(1)
This year, we revamped our performance employees to create a personalized and humanized
management system by moving from a ‘forced profile, access opportunities and leverage
ranking’ model to an ‘open ranking’ model. Under this organizational resources to find the right expertise,
system, we provided more flexibility to managers to self-directed learning opportunities and projects.
appraise employees based on clearly‑defined tasks Through Compass, we aim to empower employees
with a pronounced focus on rewards for performance. to design their own journey within the organization
We also launched ‘Compass’, a digital platform to by enabling them with the right information, support
mobilize opportunities on careers, learning and structure and access.
networks. It is a self-service portal which allows
Gold winners
Sustainability / Social Client Experience ‘Work study’ Initiative and Savings through
Consciousness Service Line – Engineering Services (Eng) Extreme Automation
Sudip Singh Sushil Kumar Goyal
First Campus in India Running on 100%
Sumeet Kumar
Renewable Energy
Collaboration Srinivas Vinjamuri
Ramesh Rame Gowda
Zero Bench for Maximizing our Potential Pranava Kumar Jha
Rakesh Bohra
Vidya Lakshmi Hariharan Deepak Mahesha
Mani Radha Krishnan
Sudhanshu Madhaorao Hate Ashish Bansal
Pawan Kumar Chaudhary
Shalini A. Nair Aashish Gupta
Pavan Agrawal
Ganesh Babu Talari Saraswathi Chandrasekharan Discovery of E2E Scenarios and
Deepan Prakash Devadoss Radhakrishna S. Implementation of Iterative Critical Path
Balasubramaniam P. Neha Kothari Testing
Manisha Sanjay Saboo Sibarpita Chandan Mohapatra
Systems and Processes John Philip R. Nikhil Vijay Munot
Acceleration of Application and Business Gururaj B. Deshpande Manoj Kumar Panda
Performance with Deployment of Ajay M. A. Malaya Basanta Upadhyaya
In‑Memory Technology SAP HANA Lalatendu Mahapatra
Srikanth Srikantaiah Project Execution Excellence Binoy Kumar Singh
Rama Krishna Reddy Banda Delivery Excellence via Distributed Agile Amee Hasmukh Karnavat
Priya Jacob Operating Model Abhishek Bagchi
Narendra Murari Sonawane Tamilarasan Subramanian
Suma Kumar Technology Excellence
Muthukumaran Ganesan
Kiran Shrinivas Gole Sabarish Ayyappan Pillai Wi-Fi Proximity / Location-based Solution
Kasivindhkumar Shanmuganathan Rupinder Singh Ghai Vijayalakshmi Mallenahalli Siddaiah
Jitendra Sangharajka D. Paramendra Tiwary Vagish Honnali Vasudev
Anita Nilesh Dange Mary Margaret Francis Poovala Saravanan Kolandha Gounder
Akhilesh Kumar Maurya Kapil Mogha Roshan Raghav Hegde
Ashok Sesu Ramakrishnan Ramamoorthy Makkithaya
Development Center Relentless 3I Framework and Automation Priya Sharma
Management – Large Vijaysingh Dharamsingh Nirwan Mohit Gupta
Chennai Satya Ranjan Nanda Anjan Babu Etha
Thothathri V. Ranbir Pattnaik Loyalty Earn Manager (Bonus Reversal)
Muthuvel G. Jyotirmaya Rath Vaibhav Singhal
Ipsit Misra Surya Prakash Pandey
Development Center Devidutta Rabindra Nath Mohanty Saurabh Nayar
Management – Small Arindam Sadhu Saravana Tharmalingam
Thiruvananthapuram Anupam Maiti Renu Shyam Agarwal
Sunil Jose Amit Kumar Ghorai Prashanth Reddy M.
Framework to Support Data Setup and Ananth Kumar Yeleswarapu
Best Performing Industry Manage Testing Automation based on RFT Amala Lam
Vertical Vineet Bhasin Client Delight
Financial Services (FS) Vedvyas Mohapatra
Swarup Dutta New Products Launch Program for an
Mohit Joshi
Suchit Mohanty American Diversified Financial Services
Best Performing Service Line Srikrishnan M. S. Company
Rajdeep Das Suraj Panwar
Independent Validation Services (IVS)
Kiran Srinivas Janapareddi Sai Sujan Angadi
Narsimha Rao Mannepalli
Haimabati Nandan Das Manu Juneja
Best Performing Business Manikandan Harikrishnan
Development of Single Admin UI Lokesh Gangadhar
Enabling Function Yaju Shukla Henry He
Infosys IT Susmita Mukherjee Jaydeep Satpathy
Dheeshjith V. G. Sushant Rajendra Ghotgalkar Chandrasekar Rangarajan
Siddharth Govind Karkun
Client Value Survey Ruchika Dhawan
Unit (Industry Vertical) – Energy & utilities, Pratiksha Saxena
Communications and Services (ECS) Panchanand Jha
Rajesh K. Murthy Krishnakant Ramakant Rawle
Kirti Pradeep Ramdurgekar
Indu Sharma
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
Infosys’ stakeholders include our clients, employees, investors, vendors / partners, government and
local communities. Our vision to earn the respect of our stakeholders informs and guides our actions. A robust
engagement process ensures our attention to stakeholder requirements and feeds into the materiality exercise.
Defined communication channels ensure focused engagement through the year.
Governments / Vendors /
Investors Regulatory bodies Alliance partners
Stakeholder engagement
• Requests for proposals (7) • Site visits (6) (7) • Employee satisfaction survey (1)
• Client visits and meetings (7) • Interviews with local NGOs and • Voice of Youth forum (4) (6) (7)
• Sustainability portal on our community representatives (6) (7) • Employee affinity networks (4) (6) (7)
website, www.infosys.com (1) • Sustainability portal on our • Grievance redressal board (4)
• Mailers (3) (5) (6 ) (7) website, www.infosys.com (1) • Communication blogs: HRD
• Newsletters (2) (3) (6) • Meetings with associations / Blog, CEO Forum, Leaders'
• Brochures (7) NGOs (6) (7) Blog (2)
• Social media (7) • Local community meetings (6) (7) • Inclusivity survey (1)
• Customer satisfaction surveys (1) • Press releases (2) (7) • Development centers'
• Annual customer leadership • Social media (6) (7) engagement initiatives (7)
meets (1) • Our website, www.infosys.com (7) • Bulletin boards (6) (7)
• Discussions with • Our corporate television
academic institutions (7) channel, InfyTV (4) (6) (7)
• Participation in events • Our corporate radio
channel, InfyRadio (4) (6) (7)
involving academia (7)
• Our intranet, Sparsh (4) (6) (7)
• Curriculum enhancement
• Sustainability portal on our
programs (1) (7)
website, www.infosys.com (2)
• Case studies (7)
• Mailers (4) (5) (6) (7)
• Global internship program
• Eco clubs (7)
(InStep) (1) (7)
• Employee committees (6) (7)
• Fellowships (4) (7)
• Mplus, our internal brand
• White papers (6) (7) communication portal (6) (7)
• Joint R&D projects (7)
Frequency of communication :
(1)
Annual (2)
Quarterly (3)
Monthly (4)
Trigger-based (5)
Regulatory compliance-based (6)
Targeted (7)
Need-based communication
Integrating stakeholder feedback The highlights of this year’s projects are as follows :
The Infosys Command Center in Bangalore manages about 45 million sq. ft. of area across our campuses
Earth 360, our virtual reality experience zone at WEF 2016, Davos, Switzerland
Economic advocacy
We challenged ourselves to ‘Be More’ at the Mohit Joshi, and Rajesh K. Murthy. Together we had
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2016 in three main objectives :
Davos. Our program, entitled Amplifying Human
• Articulate our vision of creating a better future for
Potential, closely aligned with the WEF headline
humanity through technology and education
theme of ‘The Fourth Industrial Revolution’ and
• Share highlights from our research programme
we amplified our views via insights and debate
on technology, education and skills. The Infosys entitled ‘Amplifying Human Potential : Education
delegation was led by Dr. Vishal Sikka and included and Skills for the Fourth Industrial Revolution’
Vandana Sikka, Chairperson, Infosys Foundation • Enable meaningful engagement and rich
USA, and global segment leads Sandeep Dadlani, discussion with customers and influencers
INCLUSIVE GROWTH
Infosys has always given high importance to The Foundation has robust processes to select,
community development through four major monitor and assess impacts of various projects.
dimensions of community engagement — monetary The highlights of the work done by the Foundation is
support, organization-led projects, employee-driven available on our website, : https://www.infosys.com/
initiatives and community sabbaticals. For details infosys-foundation/.
on our CSR spending during fiscal 2016, refer to With the U.S. being our largest market, setting up
Annexure 7 to the Board’s report. the Infosys Foundation USA was imperative to focus
on supporting causes and initiatives in the areas of
Monetary support education and technology inclusivity in that region.
The Infosys Foundation (‘the Foundation’) was The Infosys Foundation USA supports several leading
established in 1996 to encourage and support Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
programs and organizations devoted to uplifting the (STEM) and community‑building initiatives,
economically disadvantaged sections of the society. particularly for the under‑represented communities.
Infosys Prize 2015 winners with the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee, and Infosys founders, N. R. Narayana Murthy and S. D. Shibulal
to encourage students from rural India to pursue Physical Sciences Prof. G. Ravindra Kumar, Senior
Professor, Department of Nuclear
higher education, we provide scholarships, fund and Atomic Physics, Tata Institute of
infrastructure for government schools and train the Fundamental Research, Mumbai
teachers of schools and colleges. Social Sciences Dr. Srinath Raghavan, Senior
Fellow, Centre for Policy Research, New
Delhi
Infosys Science Foundation
The Infosys Science Foundation (ISF) was set up Jurors and winners of the Infosys Prize give public
by Infosys and some of its management in 2009 to talks about their work under the ISF Lecture Series
encourage the pursuit and practice of the sciences. initiative. The ISF also piloted Gnanadeepa, a
The Infosys Prize, governed by the ISF, recognizes program to train educators on how to impart science
some of the finest research connected to India. and math concepts so students will grasp them better.
The prize winners, who go on to serve as role models The ISF also hosts public contests, school events
for young researchers and scholars, are awarded a and media debates to promote a healthy discussion
purse of ` 65 lakh (tax-free in India) and a citation by a around science and research in the country.
globally‑renowned jury across six fields. The winners For more details, visit
for 2015 were felicitated by the President of India, www.infosys-science-foundation.com.
Pranab Mukherjee. They are :
Campus Connect
Infosys Prize 2015 Winner
category Campus Connect (CC), launched in May 2004, is
Engineering and Prof. Umesh Waghmare, a first-of-its-kind industry-academia partnership
Computer Science Professor, Theoretical Sciences Unit, program that aims at raising the employability of
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced
Scientific Research, Bangalore
India’s engineering students. Through CC, we seek
Humanities Prof. Jonardan Ganeri, Global to share some of our best practices with engineering
Network Professor of Philosophy, New colleges, thus aligning the needs of institutions,
York University, New York, and Visiting
Professor, Department of Philosophy,
faculty and students with those of the IT industry.
King’s College, London
We also work with autonomous engineering Rural Reach Program (RRP)
institutions across the country to co‑create industry This one-day program builds awareness about
electives in foundational computer science, soft computers and the power of IT among students
skills and advanced topics, such as business in rural India. Personal computers are donated
intelligence and enterprise architecture. Many of to government schools within a 50 km to 150 km
these have already been included in the curricula of radius of our campuses. Based on the end‑of‑use
these institutions. earmarked for these computers, the schools are
Apart from classroom sessions, the program also provided the necessary guidance for the safe
organizes conclaves, road shows at institutions, disposal of e-waste.
faculty enablement programs, industrial visits for
students and faculty, seminars and workshops, Catch Them Young (CTY)
programming contests for students, sabbaticals, This 10-day summer vacation program held on our
technical events, research paper sponsorships and campuses, opens up the world of IT to the bright
soft-skills training for students and faculty members. urban youth. Meritorious students from the ninth
Over the last 12 years, a total of 3,71,639 students grade are selected through a test and trained by
and 13,111 faculty have been covered as part of the members of our ETA department.
CC initiatives. Out of 317 CC partner colleges, at
SPARK – Guru
least 122 engineering colleges have introduced the
program as an elective for their students, thereby This program focuses on augmenting the knowledge
integrating software engineering concepts and of teachers from government schools along with
practices into the engineering curriculum. enhancing their teaching skills in keeping with the
current industry needs.
Here is a quick snapshot of some of our efforts :
Employee-driven initiatives
Inspire : The CC faculty partnership
Building responsible citizens, we believe is the
model
best gift we can give the world. Consequently, we
Faculty members play a vital role in CC engagement provide platforms at all our development centers to
and hence, it is imperative for us to strengthen the encourage employees to become involved with and
partnership with them. Inspire is a platform to boost work on social and environmental projects of their
the partnership between Infosys and faculty members choice. This platform also allows employees to come
of CC partnering institutions. It is also a celebration together to reaffirm their commitment to carrying
of excellence where faculty members get recognized out their civic responsibilities.
and rewarded for their outstanding contribution to
this program and events. It provides an opportunity When Chennai experienced unprecedented rainfall
for the faculty to visualize and accomplish a growth in December 2015 causing severe floods, volunteers
path with Infosys in terms of contributions to CC, from our Chennai development center supported
strengthening the mutual relationship and in the over 60 villages by sending relief materials to the
process availing more competency development affected areas and attended to the needs of people,
offerings from us. who had lost their homes. Joining hands with the
Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), we provided
Inspire partnerships 2015-16 high-capacity pumps to the state government to
drain out flood water.
Faculty members identified at Bronze level 269
Faculty members identified at Silver level 119 Community sabbatical
Faculty members identified at Gold level 9 Our employees are encouraged to take a break
from work to participate in and lead community
SPARK development projects through the Sabbatical policy
SPARK is a one-day program to raise aspirations of for community service launched in October 2008.
students across India. Launched in 2008, the SPARK During this time, they receive half their salary and
portfolio includes three programs – the Rural Reach are given the choice to return to normal work, after
Program, Catch Them Young and SPARK – Guru. completion of the project, within six months to
As part of SPARK, we engaged with over 12,654 one year. Till date, 56 employees have availed of the
students during fiscal 2016. Since its launch in 2008, community sabbatical option.
the program has reached over 9,29,114 students.
The data gathered is analyzed statistically to classify Engagement level feedback (ELF)
clients into core, moderate and breakaway groups. ELF is a periodic survey, and is done multiple times
The account teams are then facilitated to review during the course of a project. It covers 14 different
their relationships with individual clients and to parameters and includes areas such as, service
design interventions that create a positive and visible delivery management, the quality of products or
impact on our clients. Various members across levels services delivered, and behavioral competencies of
engage with clients to seek their feedback and team members involved in the engagement.
inputs on service delivery, product expectations and
Our delivery and quality teams collaborate to
technology requirements. study and evaluate a set of parameters during an
Overall, the client experience has remained at engagement with an aim to improve the quality of
similar levels as last year. There has been a notable deliverables and obtain client satisfaction. ELF is
improvement in experience among the CXOs when also treated as the lead indicator in our annual CVS.
compared to the previous year. Based on the account-level ELF, the client partner
and the delivery anchor drive improvement programs
for the account.
INDEX
Section A : General information about the Company
1. Corporate Identity Number (CIN) of the Company L 8 5 1 1 0 K A 1 9 8 1 P L C 0 1 3 1 1 5
3. Registered address Electronics City, Hosur Road, Bangalore 560 100, India
4. Website www.infosys.com
5. Email ID sustainability@infosys.com
7. Sector(s) that the Company is engaged in (industrial activity Name and description of main products / services : Computer programming,
code-wise) consultancy and related activities
NIC code of the product / service : 620
4. Total spending on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as 2% of average net profits of the Company made during the three
percentage of profit after tax (%) immediately preceding financial years. Refer to the Board's report in our
Annual Report, page 17, and Inclusive growth, page 174
2. Do the subsidiary company / companies participate in the BR : Yes. Refer to Consolidated financial statements, page 125
initiatives of the parent Company? If yes, then indicate the
number of such subsidiary company(s).
3. Do any other entity / entities (e.g. suppliers, distributors, : Yes. Less than 30%. Refer to Sustainable services and solutions, page 161,
etc.) that the Company does business with participate in and Respecting human rights, page 170, in this report.
the BR initiatives of the Company? If yes, then indicate the
percentage of such entity / entities (Less than 30%, 30%, 60%,
More than 60%).
2. Principle-wise (as per NVGs) BR policy / policies (reply with Yes / No)
S.No. Questions P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9
1. Do you have a policy /
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
policies for...
S.No. Questions P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9
8. Does the Company
have an in-house
structure to implement Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
the policy / policies?
2a. If answer to S. No. 1 against any principle is ‘No’, please explain why (tick up to two options) – Not
applicable
S.No. Questions P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9
1. The Company has not understood the Principles.
3. Governance related to BR
Indicate the frequency with which the Board of Directors, Committee of : Refer to the Corporate governance report, page 74
the Board or CEO assesses the BR performance of the Company – Within
3 months, 3-6 months, Annually, More than 1 year.
Does the Company publish a BR or a Sustainability Report? What is the : Yes, Annual;
hyperlink for viewing this report? How frequently is it published? www.infosys.com
1.1 Does the policy relating to ethics, bribery and corruption cover only the Company? Yes /
No. Does it extend to the Group / Joint Ventures / Suppliers / Contractors / NGOs / Others?
Yes. Refer to Responsible business,
1.2 How many stakeholder complaints have been received in the past financial year, and what page 160
percentage was satisfactorily resolved by the Management? If so, provide the details
thereof, in about 50 words or so.
2.1 List up to three of your products or services whose design has incorporated social or
environmental concerns, risks and / or opportunities.
2.2 For each such product, provide the following details in respect of resource use (energy, water,
raw material, etc.) per unit of product (optional) : Reduction during sourcing / production /
distribution achieved since the previous year throughout the value chain Reduction during
usage by consumers (energy, water) that has been achieved since the previous year
2.3 Does the Company have procedures in place for sustainable sourcing (including
Refer to Sustainable services and
transportation)? If yes, what percentage of your inputs was sourced sustainably? Also,
solutions, page 161
provide details thereof, in about 50 words or so.
2.4 Has the Company taken any steps to procure goods and services from local and small
producers, including communities surrounding their place of work? If yes, what steps have
been taken to improve their capacity and capability of local and small vendors?
2.5 Does the Company have a mechanism to recycle products and waste? If yes, what is the
perc entage of recycling of products and waste (separately as <5%, 5-10%, >10%)? Also,
provide details thereof, in about 50 words or so.
3.2 Please indicate the total number of employees hired on a temporary / contractual / casual
basis.
3.6 What percentage of your permanent employees are members of this recognized employee
association? Refer to Enhancing employee value,
page 163
3.7 Please indicate the number of complaints relating to child labor, forced labor, involuntary
labor and sexual harassment, in the last financial year, and those that are pending, as on
the end of the financial year.
3.8 What percentage of your under-mentioned employees were given safety and skill
up‑gradation training in the last year?
Permanent employees
Permanent women employees
Casual / temporary / contractual employees
Employees with disabilities
4.1 Has the Company mapped its internal and external stakeholders?
4.2 Out of the above, has the Company identified the disadvantaged, vulnerable and
marginalized stakeholders? Refer to Stakeholder engagement, page
168, and Inclusive growth, page 174
4.3 Are there any special initiatives undertaken by the Company to engage with the
disadvantaged, vulnerable and marginalized stakeholders? If so, provide the details thereof,
in about 50 words or so.
5.1 Does the policy of the Company on human rights cover only the Company or extend to the
Group / Joint Ventures / Suppliers / Contractors / NGOs / Others?
Refer to Respecting human rights,
page 170
5.2 How many stakeholder complaints have been received in the past financial year, and what
percentage was satisfactorily resolved by the Management?
6.1 Does the policy related to Principle 6 cover only the Company, or does it extend to the
Group / Joint Ventures / Suppliers / Contractors / NGOs / Others?
6.2 Does the Company have strategies / initiatives to address global environmental issues
such as, climate change, global warming, etc? Yes / No. If yes, please give the hyperlink
for the web page, etc.
6.3 Does the Company identify and assess potential environmental risks?
6.4 Does the Company have any project related to the Clean Development Mechanism?
Refer to Being more environment
If so, provide details thereof, in about 50 words or so. Also, if yes, has any environmental
conscious, page 171
compliance report been filed?
6.5 Has the Company undertaken any other initiatives on clean technology, energy efficiency,
renewable energy, etc.? Yes / No. If yes, please give the hyperlink for the web page, etc.
6.6 Are the emissions / waste generated by the Company within the permissible limits given
by CPCB / SPCB for the financial year being reported?
6.7 Number of show cause / legal notices received from CPCB / SPCB which are pending (i.e.,
not resolved to satisfaction) as on the end of the financial year.
7.1 Is your Company a member of any trade and chamber or association? If yes, name only
those major ones that your business deals with.
Refer to Advocating change for a better
7.2 Have you advocated / lobbied through the above associations for the advancement or
tomorrow, page 173
improvement of public good? Yes / No. If yes, specify the broad areas (Governance and
Administration, Economic Reforms, Inclusive Development Policies, Energy Security, Water,
Food Security, Sustainable Business Principles, Others).
8.1 Does the Company have specified programs / initiatives / projects in pursuit of the policy
related to Principle 8? If yes, provide the details thereof.
8.2 Are the programs / projects undertaken through an in-house team / own foundation /
external NGO / government structures / any other organization?
8.3 Have you done any impact assessment of your initiative? Refer to Inclusive growth, page 174
8.4 What is your Company's direct contribution to community development projects – amount
in ` and the details of the projects undertaken.
8.5 Have you taken steps to ensure that this community development initiative is successfully
adopted by the community? Please explain in 50 words or so.
9.1 What percentage of client complaints / consumer cases are pending as on the end of the
financial year?
9.2 Does the Company display product information on the product label, over and above what
is mandated as per local laws? Yes / No / NA / Remarks (additional information).
Refer to Adding value to clients,
9.3 Is there any case filed by any stakeholder against the Company regarding unfair trade page 177
practices, irresponsible advertising, and / or anti-competitive behavior during the last five
years and pending as on the end of the financial year? If so, provide the details thereof, in
about 50 words or so.
9.4 Did your Company carry out any consumer survey / measure consumer satisfaction trends?
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