ACC, through ACC DISHA, is identifying and training young people with employment, under the CSR & social development wing of ACC Ayushman Trust. ACC’s DISHA aims to provide alternate livelihoods around plant locations to unemployed youth either through training & placement or through self-employment initiatives.
Out of the 17 sustainable development goals established by ACC trust, DISHA is ACC’s flag ship initiative to create sustainable livelihoods by eliminating unemployment among people in host communities. DISHA’s efforts in sustainable livelihood has so far touched 14,304 lives wherein it has benefited 1,737 young individuals through employability-linked skill training, empowered 7,695 women through Self Help Groups (SHGs), mobilised savings and bank loans worth 4.52 crore through SHGs and have also made two Farmer Producer Organisation (FPOs) operational.
ACC is one of India’s leading producers of cement and ready mix concrete.
