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01   INTEGRATED      73  STATUTORY     178   FINANCIAL
                                                                                   Integrated Annual Report 2021-22                      REPORT              REPORTS             STATEMENTS
                                                                                                                                         Risk Management
           Information regarding Tata Chemicals’ key risks and their mitigation strategies are as follows:

            Sustainability risk                                                                                                      Operational risks


                   1.  Sustainability risk   Mitigation plans                  long term, sustainable business                             3.  Cyber risk           Mitigation plans                     Enabled Multi-Factor Authentication
                                               Focus on Green Chemistry        growth                                                                                  Managed Security Services (MSS) have   (MFA) on remote access VPN to secure
             Failure to address climate change related     Regular monitoring of sustainability     Board-level quarterly review   Loss of data and compromised operations   been taken from a third party to ensure   the access of the applications which
           risks with aim to reduce carbon emissions,   risks against sustainability targets of all   of Sustainability Roadmap and   resulting from Cyber attacks    24x7 monitoring of security logs and   are not exposed on the internet
           be a pioneer in circular economy and   business units               Environmental Compliance Status                                                        management of security incidents    Prisma cloud firewall is implemented
           preserve nature and bio diversity     Key focus areas include climate change,     Signatory to Responsible Care as well   Linkage to Capital                Regular Vulnerability Assessment &   for centralised network policy
                                              circular economy and biodiversity  as CORE certified                                 Manufactured capital                                                 management for internet links across
           Linkage to Capital                  Roadmap developed for SBTi (Science     EPR (Extended Producer                                                         Penetration Testing (VAPT) is conducted   locations
                                                                                                                                                                      on devices to enhance the overall
             Natural capital,                 Based Target Initiatives) to meet the   Responsibility) compliance on plastic                                           security posture
           Social and relationship capital    carbon emission targets          waste as per EPR action plan                                                                                              Conducted phishing exercises for
                                               Focussed implementation of the     Engaging with regulatory authorities,                                                The Endpoint Detection and Response   selected users of TCL, TCML, Tata
                                              solutions identified to reduce carbon   assisting the community on various                                              (EDR) system is implemented at Rallis,   Chemicals North America Inc. (TCNA)
                                              emissions and carbon capture across the   COVID-related initiatives including                                           Tata Chemicals Magadi Limited (TCML)   & Rallis
                                              manufacturing facilities         funding support to government,                                                         & TCL India to monitor the cyber threats     Conducted cyber security awareness
                                                                               manufacture and distribution
                                               Working closely with the supply chain   of hand sanitisers and Sodium                                                  and timely corrective actions are taken   sessions for employees
                                              partners to reduce carbon footprint of   Hypochlorite, production and                                                   to safeguard the IT systems
                                              the entire value chain                                                                                                                                     Subscribed to cyber insurance policy
                                                                               distribution of masks, earmarking                                                       Privileged Access Management (PAM) is
                                               Dedicated investment to appropriately   isolation ward at Mithapur                                                     implemented for all users and vendors   at corporate level
                                              balance environmental targets and                                                                                       who have remote access to servers     Periodic review of cyber security risks
                                                                                                                                                                      for routine activity or application   by the Risk Management Committee
            Strategic risk                                                                                                                                            management. Two factor authentication   of the Board
                                                                                                                                                                      is implemented for PAM
                                                                                                                                                                                                           IT policies have been updated based
                   2.  Digitalisation risk   Mitigation plans                  such as analytics, IIoT, RPA, etc. is also                                              Firewall management and monitoring is   on ISO & Information Technology
                                                                                                                                                                      part of MSS. Automated firewalls ruleset
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Infrastructure Library (ITIL) standards
                                               IT strategy and IT roadmap are reviewed   governed by DVA                                                              review is done through Algosec platform
           Failure to embrace digitalisation as a key   and updated on a regular basis as per     To enhance the understanding                                        and necessary actions are taken
           lever of Business Growth           evolving business needs and industry   of Industry 4.0 amongst targeted                                                 as required
                                              trends                           employees, a collaboration has been
           Linkage to Capital                  Enterprise Reference Architecture is used   undertaken with a group digital office
           Intellectual capital               for decision-making in IT and digital   and includes conducting focussed
                                              solution design to drive synergies and   workshops on IIoT and Analytics.                                              Mitigation plans                    Cover optimal stock volumes and
                                              bring in harmonisation           Use cases identified during the                             4.  High energy
                                                                               workshops will be implemented in                                costs risk              Diversify the energy sourcing    closed contracts to ensure stability
                                               Various digital initiatives are undertaken   the identified areas. Further, a Gartner                                  (Kazakhstan/Australia) in addition to   and flexibility
                                              to improve operational productivity,   advisory is subscribed to enhance             High prices of energy sources like Oil,
                                              enhance user experience, serve the   the understanding of technologies               Natural Gas, Coal impacting variable costs   current sources viz. Indonesia & South     Continue with commodity hedging /
                                              customers in a better way, collaborate   amongst the IT/Digital teams                                                   Africa to improve sourcing flexibility  advance fixing of prices
                                              with suppliers and other business                                                    Linkage to Capital                  Explore/maximise the use of alternate
                                              partners and meet the requirements     Initiatives are reviewed weekly,                                                 energy sources e.g. anthracite coal fines,
                                              of safety, health, environment and   monthly and quarterly as part of the            Natural capital, Manufactured capital  coke breeze, biomass briquettes, etc.
                                              sustainability                   governance process. Progress on
                                                                               digital initiatives is monitored and                                                   in power and cement plants to reduce
                                               Implementation of key digital initiatives   reported to management regularly                                           dependency on fossil fuels
                                              by way of digital value assessment
                                              (DVA). This helps to zero down on     The adoption of key projects is                Opportunities arising from risks
                                              the right use cases which will give   tracked on a periodic basis to monitor
                                              maximum benefits in terms of variability   the benefits                              Diversify the Supply Sources for each
                                              reduction, efficiency improvement,     Assessments are done for data                 critical Raw-Materials
                                              yield improvement, reduction in   maturity and digital maturity levels of
                                              downtime and cost reduction. The   the company and actions are taken to
                                              choice of approach and technologies   improve the levels

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