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Our Guiding Force Shri Shadi Lal Minda 1930-2010 Shri. S.L. Minda is an eminence, who sought philanthropy, as the best humanitarian value. He devoted most of his life serving the needy and the vulnerable. Standing by five pillars in his life: Discipline, Dedication, Determination, Devotion, and Desire, he lived with integrity. He established the Moga Devi Minda Minda Charitable Trust in 2001, wherein a Children’s home was set up initially, marking a take-off in the community development practices of Spark Minda. Inspired with his values, the Foundation embarked on the journey of giving back to society and is proud to carry the legacy. CSR Annual Report 2021-22 3

Chairperson’s Message Sarika Minda Each new day, gives us a new opportunity to do something new. The outbreak of the Chairperson and Director, SMF Covid-19 virus, and its implications have left us throttled. It triggered lives and peace in Community Development the world. This was the time when the profit practice is a legacy we and non-profit oriented organizations came have at Spark Minda Group. together to serve the vulnerable and fight the Our flagship programmes pandemic. Keeping in mind the 3Ps-People, are Aakarshan – for Planet and Profit; of community development, imparting Skill training and we try our best to empower and uplift the facilitation of employability lesser privileged sections of the society with and also Saksham- for the idea to attain sustainability in various the Persons with Disability, areas. Corporate social responsibility is an where we facilitate aspect through which one can contribute limb fitments and UDID towards the development of India. registration. Guided by the UNDP’s Sustainable Development Goals, we have curated impactful interventions. Our initiatives are executed in the states of Haryana, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. Our CSR initiatives include education and livelihood programmes, community development projects, women healthcare and empowerment, empowering persons with disability programmes and business integrated projects. These programmes and projects are planned and executed by the team of Spark Minda 4 CSR Annual Report 2021-22

Foundation.  The projects are aimed at We strongly believe that CSR should focus empowering the vulnerable and marginalized on the 2nd P-Planet. We have made much communities. This is done by either effort to reduce our carbon footprint and providing our beneficiaries with employment become a “Responsible Business”. Through assistance and facilitation or by imparting the continued support of our manufacturing entrepreneurial skills. facilities, Our Foundation has made headway in the sustainability domain, by focusing ‘Sustainability is no longer about doing upon the principles of reducing, reusing less harm. It’s about doing more good.’ and recycling the products and materials Through our projects we aim to ensure that wherever it is possible. Through several of our the marginalized become self-sustainable. sustainability initiatives, including paperless Community Development practice is a legacy drives, slowly transitioning to solar energy, we have at Spark Minda Group. Our flagship recycling water and plantation of trees we aim programmes are Aakarshan – for imparting to incorporate sustainability in our business Skill training and facilitation of employability practices.  and also Saksham- for the Persons with Disability, where we facilitate limb fitments In the coming time, the most successful and UDID registration. We believe that companies will be those that integrate empowerment of every individual is the sustainability and community development foundation stone for the future sustainability into their core business. Therefore, good of our society.  Empowering women is one partnerships and collaborations and of the crucial objectives of our CSR policy. stakeholders are always embraced by the It is said that women are the pillars of world foundation. The Spark Minda Foundation will economy. Several women empowerment continue to work to uplift the less privileged initiatives have been undertaken across areas sections of the society. of our operation. These initiatives aim to improve literacy as well as provide training to Sarika Minda enhance livelihood generation opportunities for them. CSR Annual Report 2021-22 5

GCO & Chairperson’s Message Symbiosis of corporates and community development is what we believe in, at the Spark Minda Group. It is our legacy and responsibility to give back to the society. Here, we follow the triple bottom line approach- People, Planet & Profit. Our CSR practices come from a spectrum, inclusive of pure philanthropy and environment sustainability. To foster changes around us and impact people’s lives simultaneously, we have committed to multiples developmental programmes. To seek paradigm shift, we have set milestones and we are taking small steps each day to strengthen individuals and safeguard the environment. Businesses are special integral parts of the community which tend to have a great impact on the society. CSR is vital `for any business company. It is a value driven concept at our organization and has been our policy since inception. The policy comprises of multiple short term and long term intervention, spread out both at ground and business level. Our constant efforts are laid out to serve people and conserve environment at our best. Ashok Mindia 6 CSR Annual Report 2021-22

Ashok Minda Chairperson GCEO and Director, SMF Businesses are special integral parts of the community which tend to have a great impact on the society. CSR is vital `for any business company. CSR Annual Report 2021-22 7

Our Shri Shadi Lal Minda 1930-2010 Guiding Force Shri. S.L. Minda is an eminence, who sought philanthropy, as the best humanitarian value. He devoted most of his life serving the needy and the vulnerable. Standing by five pillars in his life: Discipline, Dedication, Determination, Devotion, and Desire, he lived with integrity. He established the Moga Devi Minda Minda Charitable Trust in 2001, wherein a Children’s home was set up initially, marking a take-off in the community development practices of Spark Minda. Inspired with his values, the Foundation embarked on the journey of giving back to society and is proud to carry the legacy.

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Chairperson’s Message Sarika Minda Each new day, gives us a new opportunity to do something new. The outbreak of Chairperson and Director, SMF the Covid-19 virus, and its implications have left us throttled. It triggered lives and peace in the world. This was the time when the profit and non-profit oriented organizations came together to serve the vulnerable and fight the pandemic. Keeping in mind the 3Ps-People, Planet and Profit; of community development, we try our best to empower and uplift the lesser privileged sections of the society with the idea to attain sustainability in various areas. Corporate social responsibility is an aspect through which one can contribute towards the development of India. Guided by the UNDP’s Sustainable Development Goals, we have curated impactful interventions. Our initiatives are executed in the states of Haryana, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. Our CSR initiatives include education and livelihood programmes, community development projects, women healthcare and empowerment, empowering persons with disability programmes and business integrated projects. These programmes and projects are planned and executed by the team of Spark Minda Foundation.  The projects are aimed at empowering the vulnerable and 10 CSR Annual Report 2021-22

marginalized communities. This is done footprint and become a “Responsible by either providing our beneficiaries with Business”. Through the continued employment assistance and facilitation support of our manufacturing facilities, or by imparting entrepreneurial skills. Our Foundation has made headway in the sustainability domain, by focusing ‘Sustainability is no longer about doing less upon the principles of reducing, reusing harm. It’s about doing more good.’ Through and recycling the products and materials our projects we aim to ensure that the wherever it is possible. Through several marginalized become self-sustainable. of our sustainability initiatives, including Community Development practice is a paperless drives, slowly transitioning legacy we have at Spark Minda Group. Our to solar energy, recycling water and flagship programmes are Aakarshan – for plantation of trees we aim to incorporate imparting Skill training and facilitation of sustainability in our business practices.  employability and also Saksham- for the Persons with Disability, where we facilitate In the coming time, the most successful limb fitments and UDID registration. companies will be those that integrate We believe that empowerment of every sustainability and community individual is the foundation stone for development into their core business. the future sustainability of our society.  Therefore, good partnerships and Empowering women is one of the collaborations and stakeholders are crucial objectives of our CSR policy. It is always embraced by the foundation. The said that women are the pillars of world Spark Minda Foundation will continue to economy. Several women empowerment work to uplift the less privileged sections initiatives have been undertaken across of the society. areas of our operation. These initiatives aim to improve literacy as well as provide Sarika Minda training to enhance livelihood generation opportunities for them. We strongly believe that CSR should focus on the 2nd P-Planet. We have made much effort to reduce our carbon CSR Annual Report 2021-22 11

GCO & Chairperson’s Symbiosis of corporates and community development is what we believe in, at the Spark Message Minda Group. It is our legacy and responsibility to give back to the society. Here, we follow the triple bottom line approach- People, Planet & Profit. Our CSR practices come from a spectrum, inclusive of pure philanthropy and environment sustainability. To foster changes around us and impact people’s lives simultaneously, we have committed to multiples developmental programmes. To seek paradigm shift, we have set milestones and we are taking small steps each day to strengthen individuals and safeguard the environment. Businesses are special integral parts of the community which tend to have a great impact on the society. CSR is vital `for any business company. It is a value driven concept at our organization and has been our policy since inception. The policy comprises of multiple short term and long term intervention, spread out both at ground and business level. Our constant efforts are laid out to serve people and conserve environment at our best. Ashok Mindia

Businesses are Ashok Minda special integral parts of the Chairperson GCEO and Director, SMF community which tend to have a CSR Annual Report 2021-22 13 great impact on the society. CSR is vital `for any business company.