BUSINESS RESPONSIBILITY
Making Every Step Matter
At MBL, our responsibility extends beyond commercial success. We are committed to creating positive social and environmental impact, ensuring that every stride we take contributes meaningfully to people, communities and the planet.
Processing discarded footwear responsibly
Footwear recycling lies at the heart of our sustainability efforts, as demonstrated by Project Vatavaran. Through a structured process, we collect, sort and process old and discarded footwear (ODF) in an eco-friendly manner. Rubber and plastic components are recycled, while unusable parts are co-processed in cement kilns or power generation units as a coal substitute, reducing costs and GHG emissions and demonstrating our commitment to sustainability.
Empowering education in underserved communities
As part of Project Shiksha, we are promoting the education of underprivileged children through multiple initiatives to empower their future.
We are supporting eight rural schools in Satara and Sindhudurg districts of Maharashtra by introducing digitised smart classrooms and funding infrastructure upgrades to improve learning environments.
We are also enhancing English language skills for over 450 underprivileged students in 13 hostels, aiming for 100% to show at least one level of improvement in reading, writing, speaking and listening.
In addition, we are sponsoring school fees and counselling support for 67 children from disadvantaged families in Maharashtra and Gujarat and funding the construction of a new classroom to provide a more comfortable learning environment.
Promoting livelihoods and employability
As part of Project Kaushalya, we provided practical, on-the-job training at our retail showrooms, helping over 400 unemployed youth build essential retail skills and transition into meaningful employment.
Advancing health awareness and care
Under Project Swasthya, we are working to improve health outcomes for vulnerable communities in partnership with Prince Aly Khan Hospital. Health screenings were conducted for hypertension, diabetes and oral cancer for over 1,300 cobblers and other individuals in at-risk groups.
