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b) If answer to Sr. No. 1 against any principle, is ‘No’, please explain why: (Tick up to 2 options)
Sr.
No. Question P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9
1. The Company has not understood the Principles
2. The Company is not at a stage where it finds itself in a
position to formulate and implement the policies on
specified Principles
3. The Company does not have financial or manpower NA
resources available for the task
4. It is planned to be done within next six months
5. It is planned to be done within next one year
6. Any other reason (please specify)

3. Governance related to BR: abide the Tata Code of Conduct. The Company has a
• Indicate the frequency with which the Board of Principal Ethics Counsellor at the corporate office with
Directors, Committee of the Board or CEO assesses Location Ethics Counsellor at each major site. Various
the BR performance of the Company. Within mechanisms including third-party helpline are made
3 months, 3-6 months, annually, more than 1 year: available to internal and external stakeholders to raise
actual/potential concerns.
Within 3 months
b) The Tata Code of Conduct is sent to all suppliers with
• Does the Company publish a BR or a Sustainability the contract, for their perusal in respect of relevant
Report? What is the hyperlink for viewing this report? clauses. Awareness programmes are conducted on Tata
How frequently it is published? Code of Conduct for all employees across the locations,
Yes, the Company publishes BR and Sustainability corporate and marketing offices. It is reinforced during
performance, both, as a part of its Annual Report annual national sales conferences, distributor meets,
on annual basis. The organisation has adopted IIRC ethics month celebrations, etc.
framework and published first such annual report for
FY 2015-16. 3. How many stakeholder complaints have been received
in the past financial year and what percentage was
This year, the Company produced Comprehensive satisfactorily resolved by the management? If so, provide
Advanced level United Nations global Compact details thereof, in about 50 words or so.
Communication on Progress (UNgC – CoP) and A total of 33 ethics-related concerns were received from
Investor Carbon disclosure Project (CdP) reports. stakeholders. of these, 31 were satisfactorily resolved by
March 31, 2020. Balance concerns are under investigation
The link to view this report is: and will be closed shortly.
http://sustainability.tatachemicals.com/SR.htm
Principle 2: Businesses should provide goods and
Section E: Principle-wise Performance services that are safe and contribute to sustainability
Principle 1: Businesses should conduct and govern throughout their life cycle
themselves with Ethics, Transparency and Accountability
1. List up to 3 of your products or services whose design
1. Does the policy relating to ethics, bribery and corruption has incorporated social or environmental concerns, risks
cover only the Company? and/or opportunities.
No (i) Sodium Bicarbonate: Sodium Bicarbonate is a versatile
product having a myriad of applications such as a
2. Does it extend to the Group/Joint Ventures/Suppliers/ livening agent in food, feed manufacturing and several
Contractors/NGOs/Others? industrial applications. one segment where it is still in
a) Yes, Tata Code of Conduct defines the commitment on the early stage of use in India is as a sorbent in treating
ethical behaviour by the Company. Tata Chemicals has flue gases emitted from power plants which use coal
structured systems and processes for management of as fuels. Flue gases are obnoxious in nature containing
business ethics. All employees and suppliers sign to Nox and Sox which cause environmental degradation.

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