CSR Jubilant Life Science
CSR Jubilant Life Science
CSR Jubilant Life Science
ANALYSIS:
Global pharmaceutical company Jubilant Life Sciences has spent Rs 4.4
Crore on its various Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives in the financial
year 2019-20.
The company which made record profit with improvement in margins
led by growth in the Pharmaceuticals and Drug Discovery & Development
Solutions segments in the year 2019-20, spent 16 % more on its CSR activities
as compared to the previous year. The company’s total profit for the year was
Rs 3,21.10 Crore.
The average net profit of the company for the last three financial years
was Rs 221.88 Crore. Accordingly, the prescribed CSR budget for the company,
calculated as 2% of the amount, was Rs 4.4 crore. Thus, the company spent
100% of the prescribed CSR amount on activities related to the social sector.
The company officials say that the "Jubilant as a responsible corporate
works in the line of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with a strong focus
on social performance indicated in the CSR project of the organisation."
Last year also, the company had met 100% CSR obligation by spending
around Rs 3.8 Crore.
JUBILANT LIFE SCIENCES CSR: WHERE THE CSR MONEY WAS SPENT?
As per the company’s financial report it successfully executed all the planned
CSR projects by spending the money outlay for each of the CSR projects.
CSR Project Sectors covered Amount Spent
(in Rs Crore)
Health (Arogya and Eradicating hunger, poverty and malnutrition, 1.16
Swasthya Prahari) promoting health care including preventive
health care and sanitation and making available
safe drinking water
Education (Muskaan) Promoting education, including special 1.06
education and employment enhancing
vocational skills especially among children,
women, elderly and the differently-abled and
livelihood enhancement projects
Livelihood (Nayee Promoting education, including special 1.44
Disha) education and employment enhancing
vocational skills especially among children,
women, elderly and the differently-abled and
livelihood enhancement projects
Rural Development Rural Development (Local Area Development) 0.78
FINDINGS & CONCLUSION:
Jubilant Life Sciences Limited is an integrated global pharmaceutical and
life sciences company engaged in Pharmaceuticals, Life Science Ingredients and
Other businesses including Drug Discovery Solutions and India Branded
Pharmaceuticals.
The CSR activities at Jubilant Life Sciences are led by non-executive
independent director Ashok Misra who is designated as the Chairman -
Sustainability & CSR Committee at the company.
JBF’s activities are driven towards channelizing resources for bringing
measurable social change in society and indicative of our ‘Caring, Sharing,
Growing’ promise. The projects implemented by JBF have a thrust on primary
education, basic healthcare and skill development for employability and self-
sustenance.
CSR Financial Details of Last 3 years are as following:
REFERENCES:
INTERNET:
• https://www.jubilantbiosys.com/about-us/sustainability-csr/
• https://csrbox.org/India_Company_Jubilant-Life-Sciences-Limited-Uttar-Pradesh_5839
• https://thecsruniverse.com/articles/jubilant-life-sciences-spends-rs-4-4-cr-on-csr-in-2019-
20-focuses-on-livelihood-health-education