Mumbai: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a global leader in IT services, consulting, and business solutions, has entered a five-year partnership with Tata Motors to accelerate the automaker’s sustainability journey.
Under this collaboration, Tata Motors’ sustainability platform, Prakriti, powered by the AI-driven TCS Intelligent Urban Exchange (IUX), will digitise ESG data, enable real-time monitoring, automate ESG compliance reporting and deliver data-driven sustainability insights across all Tata Motors plants.
Expertise and domain input from Tata Motors played a pivotal role in configuring IUX for sustainability and co-developing the Prakriti solution tailored to the company’s operational and sustainability needs. Tata Motors aims to achieve net-zero emissions by 2040 for passenger vehicles and by 2045 for commercial vehicles, while promoting circular economies and biodiversity preservation.
SJR Kutty, Chief Sustainability Officer, Tata Motors, said: “Our commitment to the Tata Group’s approach to planet resilience, as outlined in Project Aalingana, anchored on three interconnected pillars: driving decarbonisation across our businesses and value chain, adopting a systemic circular economy approach, and restoring nature and biodiversity, together with our focus on all aspects of ESG, underscores our dedication to building a sustainable future. Partnering with technology leaders like TCS enables us to embed intelligence and automation into our sustainability journey, ensuring that our operations and value chain remain not only compliant but also resilient and future-ready.”
The AI-powered IUX platform will help establish sustainable digitisation across Tata Motors’ value chain, ensuring regulatory compliance, efficient ESG tracking, and supplier engagement.
Rajesh Kannan, CEO, Tata Motors Digital.AI Labs Ltd., said: “Strategically partnering with TCS empowers Tata Motors to set new benchmarks in managing and streamlining sustainability initiatives, aligned with BRSR standards.”
Anupam Singhal, President – Manufacturing, TCS, added, “Our partnership with Tata Motors is anchored in this belief, leveraging AI-powered platforms like IUX to embed intelligence, transparency, and accountability across the manufacturing value chain.”
Ashvini Saxena, VP and Head, Digital Software & Solutions, TCS, said: “IUX for sustainability is anchored in its use of AI/GenAI to drive 3 key sustainability transformation domains for smart enterprises, accelerating net zero journey and regulatory compliance, optimizing and maintaining integrity of carbon value chains and reducing climate risk through biodiversity and ‘Carbon for Good’ programs.”
