Integrated Annual Report 2025-26
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Shared progress across our ecosystem
We engage with the community with a commitment to long-term and inclusive development. Our initiatives are shaped through need assessments, stakeholder engagement and Board-level oversight, ensuring alignment with local priorities, national goals and sustainability principles. Alongside community development, we continue to strengthen customer trust and responsible sourcing practices, reinforcing our license to operate and grow responsibly.
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Risks Linked
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UN SDGs Linked
Community focus
Village Development
Our village development approach focuses on building self-sustaining and resilient rural communities. We support interventions that improve basic infrastructure, strengthen water security, promote sanitation, enhance connectivity and enable better access to essential services. These efforts are planned in consultation with local stakeholders and implemented in partnership with Gram Panchayats, government bodies and community institutions. Through this integrated approach, we aim to improve quality of life, support local livelihoods and create long-term social value.
130
Developing villages from income support as well as environmental sustainability perspective
Education
Education remains a key pillar of our community development agenda. Our initiatives are designed to expand access to learning, support academic continuity and encourage holistic growth among children and youth from underserved communities. We work with partner organizations to strengthen foundational learning, support higher education, enable creative and practical exposure and improve student engagement. Our focus is to build confidence, curiosity and capability, helping young learners stay connected to education and prepare for future opportunities.
500
Underprivileged children in Pune provided with nonformal education
Sports
We recognize sports as a powerful platform for building discipline, resilience, confidence and leadership. Our sports-focused initiatives support promising talent by creating access to structured training, mentoring and development support. Through this focus, we aim to help young athletes strengthen their capabilities and pursue excellence with greater confidence. These efforts also reflect our belief that community development must nurture both opportunity and aspiration.
Health
Our health initiatives focus on improving access to preventive and primary healthcare for communities in remote and underserved regions. We work with healthcare partners to support early diagnosis, timely consultations and greater awareness around critical health concerns. These interventions help bridge access gaps and encourage communities to adopt more informed health practices. Through this approach, we aim to strengthen community wellbeing and contribute to a healthier social ecosystem.
8
Telemedicine centres
15,000
Benefited people from remote areas
Skill development
Skill development is central to our commitment to youth empowerment and employability. We support training ecosystems that provide practical exposure to industry-relevant and emerging technologies. Our partnerships with technical institutes and Centres of Excellence are designed to help young people build capabilities aligned with evolving manufacturing, mobility and digital requirements. These programs enhance confidence, improve employability and create a stronger bridge between education and industry needs.
Incubation centre
At Baramati for imparting entrepreneurial skills to rural youth
Customer focus
Customer engagement
We see ourselves as a solutions-driven engineering partner to our customers. Our engagement model is anchored in continuous dialogue, and a understanding of evolving requirements. This helps us identify unmet needs, support new product development and deliver tailored, first-time-right solutions. Bharat Forge successfully navigated tariff-related uncertainties in North America through proactive and sustained customer engagement, reflecting the depth and resilience of our long-standing partnerships. Sustained engagement through digital platforms, business interactions and technical collaboration enables us to build trust, improve delivery and create long-term value for customers.
Responsible sourcing
Responsible sourcing is an important extension of our sustainability commitment. We are embedding ESG considerations into procurement through supplier policies, due diligence, sustainability assessments, human rights checks and a strong code of conduct. Our approach encourages transparency, ethical conduct, environmental responsibility and social compliance across the value chain. We also engage with suppliers on decarbonization, local procurement, responsible material uses and ESG capability-building, helping create a more resilient, inclusive and future-ready supply chain. We continuously increasing the use of recycled raw material in our mix. In FY2026 secondary raw material constituted 36% of the total Raw material used.
36%
Secondary raw material used in Bharat Forge Standalone operations
