Stakeholder engagement
Investing in relationships
to deepen trust

We interact with our stakeholders through robust engagement processes and listening mechanisms to learn about and respond to their concerns, to keep them informed of our activities and create mutually supportive opportunities and results. Our efforts towards building a strategic and proactive dialogue with our key stakeholders help us gain deeper insights into our business drivers

and the needs of society. This enables us to improve our internal processes, capitalize on business opportunities, reduce our operational risk and remain ahead of competition while creating greater value for all stakeholders

Stakeholder group Why they are important Their interests Mode and frequency of engagement Topics of engagement Outcomes
Employees

Our employees are at the center of all our operations. Their collaborative skill and expertise are essential for our growth

  • Creating an inclusive culture
  • Innovate with unique set of markets and customers
  • Provide enriching career and development opportunities

Periodic (at certain frequency)

  • CEO Connect (Quarterly)
  • Business level All Minds Meet (employees-senior management interactions)
  • Crest Awards (Quarterly
  • Pinnacle Awards (Annual)
  • PACE (Performance management system)

Ongoing (throughout the year)

  • PeopleHub (intranet)
  • Genie (online issue resolution)
  • Global Call Center for support
  • Direct communication with senior leaders
  • MindSpeak (Grievance mechanism)
  • Whistleblower (integrity cases)
  • Virtual engagement initiatives
  • Health initiatives – physical and mental
  • Yammer engagement portals
  • Project- linked engagement surveys
  • Recognition through R&R portal
  • Local employment generation
  • Happy and productive employees
  • Employee growth and development
  • Human rights
  • Safety
  • Diversity and equal opportunity
  • Community initiatives
  • INR 63,278 Million- employee benefit expense
  • INR 366 Million - invested in employees’ training, learning and development
  • World-class performance management and career development programs for employees
Partners and suppliers

Our operations are closely linked with the timely availability and services that we source. These, in turn, have a material impact on the efficiency of our service delivery

  • Open, transparent and consistent process
  • Willingness to adopt supplier-driven innovation

Periodic

  • Vendor meets

Ongoing

  • Operational reviews
  • S360 - Supplier portal
  • Brand
  • Supplier engagement and development
  • Compliance with regulatory/statutory requirements
  • 16,000+ PO’s shared over S360 portal
  • 687 suppliers are with Mindtree for over four years
  • Regular supplier engagement to ensure quality and compliance
Investors and shareholders

As providers of capital, they are key to our growth and expansion plans

  • Safe, strong and sustainable financial performance
  • Progress on environment, social and governance matters

Periodic

  • Integrated Annual Report
  • Annual Sustainability Report
  • Annual General Meeting
  • Quarterly stakeholder reports, financials
  • Quarterly earnings call
  • Investor/ analysts meets

Ongoing

  • Stakeholders' Relationship Committee
  • Dedicated investor relations contact, email-id
  • Corporate announcements
  • Credit rating
  • Sustainable business model
  • Governance
  • Return on Net Worth/ Earnings Per Share
  • Communication with investors
  • Full year declared dividend of INR 37 per share, the highest in our history
  • Market capitalization up by 106.6% over the previous year
Regulators and policymakers

Key for ensuring compliance, interpretation of regulations and uninterrupted operations

  • Strong capital base and liquidity position
  • Robust standard of conduct
  • Positive sustainable development, both environment and social

Periodic

  • Steering Committees

Ongoing

  • Workshops
  • Panel discussions
  • Industry events
  • Credit rating
  • Governance
  • Transparency and disclosures
  • Investor security
  • Representation with regulators
  • ESG aspects
  • Timely tax payment
  • High compliances with regulations
  • Support government initiatives
Customers

Customer feedback, or as we call it, the Voice of Customer, is key to process improvements, quality enhancement, service performance and cost optimization

  • Differentiated service offering
  • Digitally enabled and positive experience

Periodic (at certain frequency)

  • Project Feedback Survey (Quarterly)
  • Customer Experience Survey (Annual)

Ongoing (throughout the year)

  • Steering Committee meetings
  • Delivery Governance
  • Project status review meetings
  • Senior management interactions
  • Customer touchpoints (appreciations and escalations)
  • Request for proposals
  • Mindtree website
  • Digital disruption
  • Customer need identification and satisfaction
  • Brand
  • Customer privacy
  • Product portfolio
  • Customer satisfaction rating – 5.78/7
  • Focus on delivering superior customer experiences
Communities and NGOs

A harmonious relationship with the communities where we operate is key to our social license to operate; they are our partners in progress

  • Positive, social and economic contribution
  • Support for the long term
  • Climate change and environmental issues

Periodic

  • Social programs

Ongoing

  • Interaction with communities and NGOs through Mindtree Foundation
  • CSR projects
  • Field visits
  • Mindtree Foundation website and social media
  • Local employment generation
  • Gender equality
  • GHG emissions
  • Waste management
  • Community initiatives
  • Incurred INR 171 Million toward various CSR initiatives
  • Supported 957 livelihoods of the under-served communities through our CSR programs and partnership