This study entails detailed analysis of energy efficient measures adopted by a large IT firm(s) in India and identifies the significance of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in leading the nation to sustainable development. The fundamentals of CSR rest on the fact that not only public policy but even corporates should be responsible enough to address social issues especially in developing countries like India where Information Communication Technology (ICT) forms the backbone for country’s GDP & importantly most of the countrymen’s role models are corporate leader. It’s worth highlighting that buildings share a huge portion of any corporate infrastructure globally as well as in India. And in Indian context it matters a lot as real-estate is such a hot commodity, forget not at this juncture that India’s infrastructure development happened along side growth in IT sector. Many CSR policies are now initiating energy efficient building design and operation for employee’s well-being, environmental harmony over the moral obligation to pay back the mother earth by adopting sustainable practices. The benefits of such measures include cost savings, increased productivity, employee attraction and retention as well as earned media.
CSR is not a new concept in India but with current day context they have taken a new centre stage in sharing & shaping country’s contribution to adopt & mitigate climate change. Ever since their inception, corporates like the Tata Group, the Aditya Birla Group, Bharati Airtel, IOCL etc. have been involved in serving the community & safe guarding nature. Today, almost every large corporation in the Indian market place is engaged in some form of environmental & sustainable programs although this is not well documented. CSR role in India is relatively high with over eighty percent corporate administering some kind of