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Integrated Annual Report 2020-21

In line with its commitment to increase diversity in the There is an unwavering commitment to the continuous
workforce, the Company has increased the hiring of women improvement of the organisation’s safety performance.
across its plants at Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, Mambattu,
Andhra Pradesh and Mithapur, Gujarat. The new batch of The Company is committed to continuously employing
Graduate Engineer Trainees (GETs) that was absorbed during world-class Safety, Health and Environment (‘SHE’) practices
the year on completion of their training stint had the largest through benchmarking with the companies that are best in
proportion of women engineers ever in any batch so far. the business. The Company has a Board level Safety, Health,
Environment and Sustainability (‘SHES’) Committee, chaired
Covid-19 has not only reinforced the importance of by a Non-Executive Director. This Committee provides
up-skilling and reskilling, but it has also accelerated the valuable direction and guidance to the Management to
adoption of digital learning solutions to make this happen. ensure that Safety and Sustainability implications are duly
Plants continued their functional capability programmes addressed in all-new strategic initiatives, budgets, audit
supplemented with the centrally-run virtual training on actions and improvement plans.
POSH, ABAC, Ethics, D&I, etc. The pandemic reprioritised the
drivers of employee engagement in FY 2020-21. Employee The Company’s Corporate SHE policy is the overarching
well-being, employee connect & communication attained policy, with the subsidiaries fine-tuning it to align with the
high importance. Frequent communication by leaders and local regulatory and safety directorates, as per their location
team meetings, advisories and policy/process changes were and legal jurisdiction. To ensure steady improvement in
in place to overcome the operational issues. the SHE performance, the Company is adopting voluntary
standards such as Process Safety and Risk Management
In July 2020, the Company launched ‘We Care’, an umbrella (PSRM), ISO 45001, Responsible Care and the British Safety
of wellness programmes providing psychological, physical, Council guidelines. The Company’s commitment towards
emotional and financial wellness to help employees cope its safety management programmes follows a top-down
with these stressful times. The well-being of every employee approach, with the senior management persistently
was monitored with assistance provided as necessary. working towards establishing, demonstrating, sustaining
At Mithapur, the Workmen Union provided support and and improving the safety culture and incorporating the
worked closely with the Management in implementing steps Company’s core value of safety in their daily responsibilities.
necessary to combat the virus and help deploy control and The employees are specially trained to tackle any potential
relief measures on the ground. hazards that may arise in the course of their work. Additionally,
tailored periodic medical check-ups are administered to the
Its digital transformation journey continues under the Company’s employees, based on the risk profile of their work
OTON (One Tata One Network) program as a part of its area, to identify risks to human health. Adequate medical
migration to a new cloud-based portal to be completed in facilities are present at all manufacturing sites and specialised
CY 2021. The migration will increase the efficiency of the medical facilities are provided through tie-ups with other
people processes that are being designed keeping the hospitals, nursing homes, etc.
needs and aspirations of our emerging multigenerational
workforce in mind. The Progressive Safety Index ('PSI') was launched in
FY 2020-21 to provide a renewed focus on health and safety
The details of number of employees as on March 31, 2021 are performance by tracking a group of identified lead indicators.
given on page no. 41 of this Integrated Annual Report.
It is designed to help in the sustenance of the identified
strategies, initiatives and processes to control safety risks and
11. Safety and Health overall performance. The elements of PSI have been selected
Driven by ‘Target Zero Harm’ – Zero Harm to People, Zero through prevalent legislative requirements of the respective
Harm to Asset and Zero Harm to Environment – Health locations as well as the world-class frameworks for Safety
and Safety, forms one of the core values at the Company. Management Systems like ISO 45001, HSG 65, etc.

In July 2020, the Company launched 'We Care', an umbrella of wellness programmes
providing psychological, physical, emotional and financial wellness to help employees
cope with these stressful times

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