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01 INTEGRATED 73 STATUTORY 178 FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
REPORT
REPORTS
Business Responsibility
& Sustainability Report
(c) Hazardous waste
Not applicable as our products get consumed by other industries who then produce the finished products for the end user.
(d) Other waste
Not applicable
4. Whether Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is applicable to the entity’s activities (Yes / No). If yes, whether the waste
collection plan is in line with the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) plan submitted to Pollution Control Boards? If
not, provide steps taken to address the same.
The Company manufactures products which are intermediate products (input materials) for our customers who in turn finally produce
the finished products. Therefore, these products packaging materials becomes pre-consumer plastic waste to our customers who
recycle it through certified recyclers. Only Cement goes to the end user directly and for that EPR is applicable to us.
For the Cement plastic bags, the Company is recycling it through WMA (Waste Management Agencies) via certified recyclers as per
waste collection plan submitted to Central Pollution Control Board (‘CPCB’).
LEADERSHIP INDICATORS
1. Has the entity conducted Life Cycle Perspective / Assessment (LCA) for any of its products (for manufacturing industry) or
for its services (for service industry)? If yes, provide details in the following format?
Boundary for which the Whether conducted
% of total Results communicated
NIC Name of Product / Turnover Life cycle Perspective by independent in public domain (Yes / No)
Code Service / Assessment was external agency
contributed If yes, provide the web link
conducted (Yes / No)
107, 201 Soda ash, Salt and 93% Gate to Gate No Results shared in CDP
other bulk chemicals and CDP supply chain
(https://www.cdp.net/en/saml/new)
2. If there are any significant social or environmental concerns and/or risks arising from production or disposal of your
products / services, as identified in the Life Cycle Perspective / Assessments (LCA) or through any other means, briefly
describe the same along-with action taken to mitigate the same.
There are no significant social / environmental concerns and / or risks arising from production. The Company recycles all its plastic
waste through authorised vendors and addresses post-consumer waste through EPR management. The Company is recycling /
using internally / externally other plant waste to produce value-added products like cement, ingredients for the paint industry,
bricks, etc.

3. Recycled or reused input material to total material (by value) used in production (for manufacturing industry) or providing
services (for service industry).
Recycled or reuse input material to total material
Indicate input material
FY 2021-22 FY 2020-21
Limestone recycled (in MT) 5,70,561 4,66,524

4. Of the products and packaging reclaimed at end of life of products, amount (in metric tonnes) reused, recycled, and safely
disposed, as per the following format.
FY 2021-22 FY 2020-21
Safely Safely
Re-used Recycled Re-used Recycled
Disposed Disposed
Plastics (including packaging)
E-Waste
Hazardous waste Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
Other waste

5. Reclaimed products and their packaging materials (as percentage of products sold) for each product category.
Damaged material comes to the depots and disposed-off as is where is basis through contracting process. The quantum of such
material is almost negligible (0.03%)

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