To Recycle / Co-process old, discarded footwear in an Eco-Friendly manner
Implementing partner – The Shakti Plastic Industries – TSPI
SDG covered: 12 – Responsible Production and Consumption & 13 – Climate Action.
Background – TSPI is a 50-year-old Mumbai based company that recycles all types of plastic waste, and one of the leading recyclers of polymer waste in India. They are Producer Responsibility Organization PRO authorized by CPCB / SPCB.
Project objective – To run a project for collection, sorting, transportation, processing (Recycling & Pyrolysis) and co-processing of old, discarded, footwear – ODF in an eco-friendly manner
Project status – Implemented
To provide on the job training to youth under NAP scheme launched by MSDE, GOI
Implementing partner – Direct implementation of NAPS by Metro Brands Ltd under the Apprentices Act, 1961. TeamLease Skills University – TLSU is supporting us to comply as per Apprentices Act.
SDG covered: 4 – Quality Education and 2 – Zero Hunger.
Background – TeamLease is on a mission to enable all individuals to acquire skills and capabilities, prepare them to get appropriate employment and ensure their competitiveness in National and International work environment.
Project objective – To increase the employability quotient of trainees (unemployed youth) by providing them with practical exposure through on-the-job training at Metro Brands Ltd, thus enhancing their skills and making them employable.
Project status – Implemented
To enroll beneficiaries from cobbler community in various GOI sponsored benefit schemes
Implementing partner – Renovate India
SDG covered: 1 – No Poverty
Background – Renovate India is a Social Enterprise which works mainly for grassroots Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) and community-based organizations (CBOs) helping in their capacity building, documentation, research service, CSR project development & management service.
Project objective – To create awareness, educate, convince, handhold and enroll beneficiaries from the cobbler community spread across Mumbai Metropolitan Region and their family members in various GOI sponsored benefit schemes.
Project status – Project implemented
Footwear donation initiative for the underprivileged people
Implementing partner – Renovate India
SDG covered: 3 – Good Health and Well Being
Background – Renovate India is a Social Enterprise which works mainly for grassroots Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) and community-based organizations (CBOs) helping in their capacity building, documentation, research service, CSR project development & management service.
Project objective – Footwear pairs were distributed to 2386 kids across Mumbai and Palghar districts of underprivileged background through 5 organizations supported by Renovate India.
Project status – Implemented
To provide quality education to underprivileged children
Implementing partner – Fidai Girls Education Institute – FGEI
SDG covered: 4 – Quality Education
Background – Since 1953, FGEI has been supporting the education cause of the children from the economically weaker section families of Maharashtra and Gujarat. Few of their students after completing their education are now settled in countries like USA, UK, and Canada. They do come forward to help the institution in their individual capacity.
Project objective – To fund the education and uniform cost of under privileged families from Maharashtra and Gujarat region.
Project status – Implemented
To construct a new classroom
Implementing partner – Sabrahad Educational Society
SDG covered: 4 – Quality Education
Background – Sabrahad Educational Society, Jaunpur U.P was established in 1981 with the intention of providing education to underprivileged children at reasonable cost. At Sir Sayyed Ahmed Inter College, they have 1894 students, for whom they have only 20 classrooms + 5 labs and hence they are requesting CSR donors to support them to construct five new classrooms in their existing educational institutes.
Project objective – To construct a new classroom to decongest the existing ones, so that school children can study in a comfortable environment.
Project status – Implemented
To Recycle / Co-process old, discarded footwear in an Eco-Friendly manner
Implementing partner – Swachh Sustainable Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (ReCircle)
SDG covered: 12 – Responsible Production and Consumption & 13 – Climate Action
Background – ReCircle is a resource recovery enterprise that works to divert waste away from landfills and oceans, to bring it back into the economy to be reused, recycled, or repurposed, thereby promoting responsible and sustainable consumption of resources.
Project objective – To collect, pre-process, warehouse, transport & then recycle and co-process old, discarded footwear in an eco-friendly manner
Project status – Phase I and Phase II implemented
To Recycle / Co-process old, discarded footwear in an Eco-Friendly manner
Implementing partner – Participatory Learning and Action Network (PLAN)
SDG covered: 12 – Responsible Production and Consumption & 13 – Climate Action
Background – Established in 2018, PLAN is an impact-focused organization working to establish socially restorative circular economy of waste. With its presence in multiple cities across India, PLAN is dedicated to reducing the climate change and carbon footprint impact with its innovative solutions for the future generations
Project objective – To run a pilot CSR project to divert old and discarded footwear from being dumped in the landfills and oceans and process them in an eco-friendly manner
Project status – Implemented
To arrange Health-camps for the cobblers as well as other vulnerable communities
Implementing partner – Prince Aly Khan Hospital
SDG covered: 3 – Good Health and Well Being
Background – As the hospital building was in a dilapidated state, it had to be closed. However, the community health department is fully functional. The hospital through its community health department is working in communities around Mazgaon with about 30 schools approximately (10000 children) in Mumbai
Project objective – To create awareness and early detection of hypertension, diabetes & oral cancer through screening in cobbler as well as other vulnerable communities and to leverage government services / schemes towards treatment costs (if any) wherever possible
Status – Implemented.
To install smart-class and provide infrastructure support in rural schools
Implementing partner – Studeasy Bharat Foundation
SDG covered: 4 – Quality Education
NGO Partner background – It has developed CSR programs that leverage low-cost, hyper-scalable technologies that make quality education accessible to students in Govt. schools and at home as well. Till date they have impacted over 450,000 public school students across 10 states in India.
Objective / Purpose – To introduce digitized smart class program and infrastructure creation / refurbishments in two rural schools of Satara and Sindhudurg districts of Maharashtra.
Project Status – Since Implemented
To support construction of a Cancer Hospital
Implementing partner – Cancare Trust
SDG covered: 3 – Good Health and Well Being
NGO Partner background – The Head & Neck Cancer Institute of India, an endeavor of the CanCare Trust, is committed to address the problems of Head & Neck Cancer in India – its high incidence and the lack of human and material resources.
Objective / Purpose – To provide state of the art treatment for Head & Neck Cancer to needy Patients at affordable rates.
Project Status – Hospital commissioned in Aug – 2023
To Recycle / Co-process old, discarded footwear in an Eco-Friendly manner
Implementing partner – India Cares Foundation
SDG covered: 12 – Responsible Production and Consumption & 13 – Climate Action
Background – India Cares Foundation supports, encourages the Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and empowers them through training and providing fundraising opportunities. They also specialize in facilitating and implementing impactful projects in areas such as water conservation, education, waste management and the environment.
Project objective – Recycling, repurposing, co-processing, of old discarded footwear in an eco-friendly manner, which may otherwise go to the landfills and causes pollution
Project status – Implemented
Footwear donation initiative for the underprivileged people
Implementing partner – Catalysts for social action
SDG covered: 3 – Good Health and Well Being
Background – They meticulously try to enhance every aspect of underprivileged children’s lives, like health, nutrition, education, life-skills, emotional well-being, sports and extracurriculars, to equip them to lead a fulfilling life.
Project objective – Footwear pairs were distributed to 1298 children residing in CSA’s 41 childcare institutions spread across 16 districts in 4 states
Project status – Implemented