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Integrated Report   Statutory Reports  Financial Statements
 Integrated Annual Report 2020-21  Material Issues Impacting Value   60-146  147-300
              Creation

 Material Issues Impacting Value Creation  Material topics

             Highly Critical Areas        Medium Critical Areas                         Low Critical Areas
 We analyse various environmental, social and governance issues impacting our businesses, value creation   M1   Circular Economy (water & waste)  M6   Customer Engagement   M10  Spills  M14   Logistics
 and stakeholders. These help us define strategic priorities, mitigate actions and better understand our   M2   Biodiversity   M7   Community Engagement  M11  Diversity  M15   Employee Benefits
 effect on the environment and the stakeholders’ impact on our value-creation.   M3   Climate Change   M8   Product Stewardship   M12  Ethics and Governance
             M4   Health & Safety         M9     Performance Standards for    M13  Employee Engagement
 Materiality analysis   M5   Energy          Contractors / Suppliers
 We conduct a thorough analysis of the external and internal   In FY 2020-21, we conducted product value chain analysis for TCL
 environment through a quadrennial materiality exercise involving   India and Rallis operations in a phase-wise manner which includes
 all internal and external stakeholders. The position of material issues   extraction, inbound logistics, production, outbound logistics and   Importance of material issues in business context and how we address them
 are updated in the materiality matrix basis these findings along with   customer. Each part of this value chain was assessed on multiple   Highly Critical Material Aspects
 continuous status analysis by the Management Review Committee   parameters with the relevant team members. Based on this,
 (MRC). A structured roadmap and increased engagement with   criticality screening was conducted to understand the degree   Material aspects and its context  Impact on our value creation  Mitigating actions
 respective stakeholders helps address critical aspects.  (high, medium, low) of economic, environment, social impact and
 identify actionables to strengthen the value chain.  M1     Inefficient production      Emphasis on continuously enhancing
                                                          processes can increase   recycling of water and waste
                                                          our costs and carbon     materials
 Identifying   Circular economy
 Identifying   evaluating   Mapping                       footprint, diminishing our      Soda Ash transported in bulker to
 material issues   current status   ambitions   critical and key   A valuable economical   competitive advantages  reduce plastic packaging
 action areas   model to maximise
            natural materials usage                                                  Using plastic waste as fuel in Cement
   Study of internal and     Engaging with internal     Prioritising actionable     Prioritising the key areas   by recycling them   Kiln
 external factors  cross function team  themes for now and   into short, medium and   during the value chain      Watershed management and
   Product value chain     Evaluating the long-term   for 2030  long-term needs as per   processes  rainwater harvesting
 and SWOT (all group   strategy plan for SBTi    Revamping the   internal and external
 companies) analysis     Progressing to net Zero   strategy to align with   stakeholders’ relevance
 Carbon emission  all geographies  M2                       Biodiversity loss may      Biodiversity policy launched
                                                          lead to irregular water   in June 2020 to strengthen
 Approach to finalise material matters  Low Critical Areas  Medium Critical Areas  Highly Critical Areas  Biodiversity   supply, food availability,   commitment and link it across the
            Biodiversity                                  reduced natural resources,   value chain
    Internal Strategy workshop  and ecosystem             temperature rise, etc. which      Biodiversity Conservation and
   Team calls / meetings  M1  preservation directly       may impact business      Restoration programmes
            contribute to primary                         operations and life on earth
 to analyse progress of   development and
 material issues  M3  community well-being
 M5  M4
 External Relevance

    Discussion  M2                       M3                 Climate change can directly      Committed SBTi to reduce absolute
    Prioritising  M11  M12  M9  M6   Climate Change       and indirectly impact the   carbon emission and progress to Net
                                                          operations across the value
                                                                                   Zero Carbon emission
 by Leadership team  M10  M7         Rising focus on      chain right from operational      Completed climate adaptation study
 M13                                 climate change and   efficiencies to logistics  for Mithapur
 M8                                  Nationally Determined                           TCE (UK) to commission carbon
                                     Targets and a shift                           capture plant to become a net
    Global trends                    from disaster recovery                        zero carbon Sodium Bicarbonate
    Local environment  M14           to climate resilience                         manufacturer
    Sector  M15
    Social
 Analysis
 Internal Relevance


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