Sustainability Report 2008-09

Engaging stakeholders

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S. Gopalakrishnan - Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director

"Transparent and up to date communication is key to winning and keeping the trust of our stakeholders. Our willingness to listen to feedback - both good and bad - and act on it helps us improve performance in all areas."

Ashok Vemuri
Senior Vice President and Member - Executive Council

Recent global events have shown that sincere two-way dialog is vital for any business organization to win and keep the trust of its stakeholders. We have always ensured that our communication channels with customers, employees, investors, vendors and society are open and collaborative. Their valuable feedback influences the business decisions we take and the sustainability strategies that we implement.


In 2008-09 we engaged with our key stakeholders through various programs and communication initiatives :


Intensive customer interaction
As an IT services company, our commitment to exceed customer expectations is one of our defined values. CSAT, our annual Customer Satisfaction Survey, is an important tool through which we gauge the satisfaction of our customers globally. This survey rates us on key parameters, including comparison with other global IT service companies. We analyze the feedback and identify important areas for improvement - business strategy, delivered solutions and services, people capabilities and innovation. In 2008-09, we sustained high levels of customer satisfaction. Around 81% of our global customers were satisfied with our services. Approximately 82% of our global customers said that they would engage us for providing services and developing products and solutions in the future.


Confluence, our annual customer leadership summit, was held in September 2008 for customers in Europe and the Middle East, and in November 2008 for customers in the Americas. Select senior executives from global organizations shared their ideas and best practices in the areas of business, innovation, leadership and other sustainability aspects.


Facilitating employee - employer dialog
We regard our employees as our greatest asset and value their opinion and feedback to improve our performance as an employer. We believe that constant and transparent communication with our employees is critical in propagating employee satisfaction.

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