Founder's Day serves as a powerful reminder of the Tata Group's enduring legacy and its commitment to the values set forth by its founder.
It is day of pride, reflection, and community spirit, celebrated by Tata employees around the world
This year is the 187th anniversary of the birth of the company's Founder Jamsetji Tata. It is a day on which the company celebrates his vision and his achievements and pay particular attention to the Tatas’ commitment to the communities in which it works.
It is a day filled with pride and an opportunity to emphasise the values established by Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata over a century ago, which continue to guide the Tata Group's operations, ethics, and values today.
Events are taking place across Tata Steel UK's sites with teams coming together to celebrate and give back to the communities in which it operates.
There are cake sales, rugby matches, raffles, live music events, and coffee mornings. Plus, many sites and areas are marking the occasion with a ‘Wear It Blue’ day.
“Founder's Day is a day filled with pride and an opportunity to emphasise the values established by the founder Jamsetji Tata over a century ago, which continue to guide the Tata Group's operations, ethics and values today."
This year, CEO Rajesh Nair has encouraged Tata Steel UK employees to also play their part.
In his message to employees he said: "Tuesday 3 March is the day when people across the Tata Group of companies celebrate the anniversary of the birth of our Group’s founder Jamsetji Tata, and the history of ethics and values that have laid such a firm foundation for our company, not least in the importance of our surrounding communities.
“This year, I am asking people across every part of Tata Steel UK to plan your own local celebrations – to come up with ideas about how you and your teams can bring people together, support your local communities or raise funds for good causes.”
The annual commemoration takes place at Brookwood Cemetery.
Revisit CEO Rajesh Nair talking about Founders Day HERE
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About Tata Steel UK
- The Tata Steel Group has been named one of the most ethical companies in the world, and is among the top producing global steel companies with an annual crude steel capacity of 34 million tonnes.
- Tata Steel in the UK has the ambition to produce net-zero steel by 2045 at the latest, and to have reduced 30% of its CO2 emissions by 2030.
- In October 2024, Tata Steel ceased ironmaking at its Port Talbot site and temporarily paused steelmaking pending the construction of a 3.2Mtpa Electric Arc Furnace, due to be commissioned late in 2027 / early 2028. For that period, the business will import slab and hot rolled coil to support manufacturing and distribution operations at sites across Wales, England and Northern Ireland as well as Norway, Sweden, France, Germany and UAE. It also benefits from a network of sales offices around the world.
- Throughout 2024 Tata Steel UK has been undergoing a restructuring that will reduce the size of its workforce to around 5000 direct employees, supplying high-quality steel products to demanding markets, including construction and infrastructure, automotive, packaging and engineering.
- Tata Steel Group is one of the world's most geographically-diversified steel producers, with operations and a commercial presence across the world.
- The group recorded a consolidated turnover of around US$26 billion in the financial year ending March 31, 2025.
- The joint £1.25 billion investment by Tata Steel and the UK Government in green steelmaking at Port Talbot is the biggest in a generation and will not only secure 5000 jobs across Tata Steel UK, but will also reduce the site’s CO2 emissions by 50 million tonnes over the next ten years.
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