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01 INTEGRATED 73 STATUTORY 178 FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
REPORT
REPORTS
Business Responsibility
& Sustainability Report
LEADERSHIP INDICATORS Council (‘DC’). The organisation has instituted
1. Provide the processes for consultation between DC led by the MD & CEO and Senior Leaders to
stakeholders and the Board on economic, focus on these identified areas of AA agenda. The
environmental and social topics or if consultation is Company’s leadership drives the AA agenda across
delegated, how is feedback from such consultations the organisation with passion and commitment. The
provided to the Board. Company’s integrated development interventions
The Company management regularly interacts with are based on the framework linked to the UN SDGs
key stakeholders i.e. investors, customers, suppliers, and has the following elements: building economic
employees, etc. The Company has a SHES Committee capital, ensuring environmental integrity, enablers for
that updates the progress on the actions to the Board social, economic and environmental development
and takes inputs on a quarterly basis. and building social capital. All social initiatives under
these elements are conducted around the Company’s
2. Whether stakeholder consultation is used to areas of operations. This approach aims to improve the
support the identification and management of quality of life, especially in their neighbourhoods. As
environmental, and social topics (Yes / No). If so, per the need assessment, the Scheduled Caste (SC) /
provide details of instances as to how the inputs Scheduled Tribes (ST) community in the Company’s
received from stakeholders on these topics were neighbourhood regions aspires for better education,
incorporated into policies and activities of the health care, agriculture/animal husbandry better
entity. livelihood skills and employment.
Yes, through materiality study, the Company engages
with its stakeholders in terms of identifying and The Company’s entry level recruitments like Diploma
prioritising the issues pertaining to economic, Engineer Trainees, Graduate Engineer Trainees and
environmental and social topics. (For further details, Management Trainees focus on colleges with areas
please refer to the section on Stakeholder Engagement dominant by SC/ST. The internal job posting initiative
on Page No. 28). Seamlessly Harnessing Internal Expertise (‘SHINE’) is
further enhanced to include referrals for candidates
3. Provide details of instances of engagement with from the economically and socially backward
and actions taken to, address the concerns of communities calling it SHINE+. Another corporate
vulnerable/ marginalized stakeholder groups. initiative was launched which has more reward for
The Company follows an integrated development recruitment consultants for shortlisting of candidates
approach which specifically targets the disadvantaged, that helps improve the Company’s employee diversity.
vulnerable and marginalised stakeholders. It has The Company has a formal policy on Diversity and
been the Company’s constant endeavour to focus Inclusion (‘D&I’) which articulates and defines its
on inclusive and collaborative growth. The Company commitment to this cause. From 2020 onwards,
began its journey a few years ago by focussing February is celebrated as the month of Diversity and
on Affirmative Action (AA) i.e. disadvantaged Inclusion. During this month, sensitisation training is
communities and while the Company continues to conducted for the senior leadership team along with
progress on this roadmap, it has expanded its focus various activities conducted across the Company such
on diversity to additionally cover gender diversity, as group discussions, panel discussions, expert speaker
disadvantaged regions and person with disability, sessions on Business and Human Rights, Affirmative
LGBTQ all of which are important segments that can Action, play shops, quizzes, D&I room, communication
help create a more sustainable organisation. Towards through emailers, standees, placard, batches, etc. which
this objective, the Company has reconstituted its helps sensitising employees on D&I, unconscious bias,
current Affirmative Action Council into a Diversity inclusive behaviour, etc.

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