Our CSR Programme Overview

Our initiative with the Bhansali Trust, has seen over 500 women trained in stitching and provided with an opportunity to create recycled fabric bags for the current market. These efforts have resulted in a 30% increase over their average monthly income. According to estimates of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), equal participation by women in the workforce will have a significant positive impact on India’s GDP. In an effort to augment employability and upgrade women’s’ entrepreneurship skills, The Kaarigar Clinic trains about 275 women in Sorting, Weaving and Creating beautiful products with recycled plastic bags in Awadhnagar village of Kutch district in Gujarat. These women artisans are also taught business skills like Branding and Packaging, Marketing, Financial Literacy, etc. These efforts have resulted in 40% increase over their average monthly incomes. We will be impacting the livelihoods of 1125 women in Kutch, Gujarat, while upcycling around 12 lakh plastic bags over the project period.

It is well known that vocational skills are invaluable to self-improvement and is now included in the National Education Policy 2020. In collaboration with the Salaam Bombay Foundation, we run the Skills@School Program for students of Class 9 in government and government aided schools, in order to prepare them with the necessary livelihood skills as they approach the legal age for employment. We have reached 1144 students in municipal schools in Mumbai and Pune. Trent was awarded with “Best Practices” award from TBExG at the TAAP convention 2024.

In keeping with our commitment to bringing access to world-class educational and employment opportunities for talented youth from low-income backgrounds, bringing significant and sustainable change to their lives, we have partnered with the Karta Initiative India Foundation for 4 years and sponsoring the supplementary expenses of 50 Trent Scholars who belong to economically challenged families of Affirmative Action communities. The Trent Scholars are typically from tribal or backward classes but are extremely driven, talented and committed to better education and life for themselves, families and communities. The initiative guides these students on their academic career, college applications, choices and integration into their new environments, whilst building and leveraging collaborations with premier universities, in India and abroad, like Flame University, Ashoka University, Ahmedabad University, KREA, McGill and Huron Universities, Canada and University College London, UK.

Partnering with the K. C. Mahindra Educational Trust, we support 300 young girls of Project Nanhi Kali, via a digital learning platform, to stay in school and further their education to Class 10. They are given extra coaching in Maths, English and Science so that they are at par with the learnings levels of their grade. Along with their education, we also focused on their health and wellbeing through their participation in track and field events and distribution of hygiene kits.

Hop Bears, available at Westside stores, are soft toys made from recycled and safe-to-use kidswear fabric. The objective of this initiative is two-fold: one, reuse of fabrics that would otherwise be waste, and two, aid in social impact as every purchase of a HOP Bear covers the cost of 25 meals for an under-nourished child. It aims to help young children to sustainably improve their nutrition, health and learning capabilities. We are able to make a difference to 1,600 school children with the help of The Akshay Patra Foundation in Silvasa, Gujarat.

Villages in India are dependent on ground water which gets scarce and more saline during summers. It is open to contamination, causing health issues. There are limited household taps forcing women to walk upto 5 kms a day to fetch water. Tata Trusts and its associate organisation CInI has collaborated with Central & State Govt. to scale up implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) programme to ensure safe water provision, with Trent Ltd’s support.

This partnership has impacted the lives of 1.7 lakh people in 37,000 households across 160 villages in 3 districts of Gujarat - Amreli, Bhavnagar & Dahod by bringing taps to their homes and form over 100 Village Water and Sanitation Committees (VWC) and a Village Action Plan, to develop Social Behavioral Change, training and capacity building of more than 1,500 VWC members on water quality monitoring & surveillance, operation and maintenance, records-keeping, ensuring timely supply of water, water tariff collection and water-saving. We have taken the program further to develop Water Resources through creating Water Security Plans, recharging water sources, enhancing the capacity of water storage and conservation of water. This is being carried out in the aspirational, tribal district of Dahod, benefiting 20 villages and approximately 7600 families.

Many abandoned and disadvantaged children in India face severe health challenges, including trauma and disabilities. In response, Trent Ltd, in partnership with Children of the World Trust, provides essential nursing care and emotional support to improve their well-being. This program has impacted over 20 children in Navi Mumbai, offering medical assistance and trauma-informed care in a safe environment. We support caregivers in pediatric nursing and emotional support, ensuring that these children receive the comprehensive care they need to recover.

Trent stores – Westside and Zudio, contribute to Tata Volunteering Week’s program either through CSR initiatives or by supporting local causes. The objective of encouraging volunteering at Trent is to provide an opportunity to employees to invest their time, utilize their talent and make a difference to society at large. We believe this will lead to increased personal commitment to social change and empowerment of underserved communities.