Osa Conservation
Winner
Osa Conservation’s mission is to conserve the globally significant terrestrial and marine biological diversity of…
Daily Acts Organization
Runner-up
Daily Acts helps transform communities by teaching practical skills and building models that highlight…
Ocean Wise
Runner-up
Ocean Wise is on a mission to build communities that take meaningful action to protect and restore our ocean…
Osa Conservation
Winner
Osa Conservation’s mission is to conserve the globally significant terrestrial and marine biological diversity of the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica by implementing ecosystem stewardship, enhancing scientific understanding, providing education and training, and creating sustainable economic opportunities.
Daily Acts Organization
Runner-up
Daily Acts helps transform communities by teaching practical skills and building models that highlight sustainable, cost-effective solutions for saving water, developing community resilience, and slowing the impacts of climate change through the power of our daily actions. Daily Acts will use its grant for its community-powered climate resilience initiative. The project blends government strategy with grassroots action to advance water management, stormwater mitigation and social infrastructure across neighborhoods in Petaluma, California and beyond.
Ocean Wise
Runner-up
Ocean Wise is on a mission to build communities that take meaningful action to protect and restore our ocean. They will dedicate its grant to its kelp forest restoration project on the Pacific coast. By managing urchin overpopulation and combining advanced technology and ecological research, the project aims to strengthen marine biodiversity and support coastal communities.
We’re investing $5 million over 5 years on big ideas for climate action. Will yours be one of them?
A history of scalable impact
Nearly a decade ago, HCLTech Grant was launched by the HCLFoundation to enable cross-sector collaboration and empower non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to play a decisive role in building a stronger, future-ready India. Today, HCLTech Grant has invested nearly $18 million in groundbreaking projects and is recognized as one of the largest grant programs in India—impacting over 27,000+ villages across 22 states and 2 UT's
The future of cross-sector climate collaboration
We’re proud to bring our learnings and innovations from India to the Americas. As part of our global CSR strategy, we’ll start by investing $5 million over five years to impact-focused, Americas-based NGOs to supercharge their replicable, scalable and sustainable climate action projects. As a $13.7 billion technology company with over 218,000 people worldwide, our mission is to bring together the best of technology and people to supercharge progress for our clients, our people, our communities and our planet.
Progress by the numbers
- 46% reduction in our Scope 1 and 2 emissions from our baseline of FY20
- 22% reduction in Scope 3 emissions from FY20
- 83% increase in renewable energy consumption from FY20
- Achieved 98% ‘Platinum’ rating for owned buildings by Green Building Councils
- 1,896,799 saplings planted
- Developed 358 water structures, rejuvenated 265 water bodies, replenishing 31 times the water we consume across India
