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           BUSINESS STRATEGY                                                                                                       Strategic Objective 1             Strategic Objective 2             Strategic Objective 3
           Responsible Leadership Rooted in                                                                                        Grow Capacities to Maintain       Invest to Attain Leadership in    Embed Sustainability
                                                                                                                                   Leadership in Core Products
                                                                                                                                                                                                       Across Segments
                                                                                                                                                                     Specialty Products
           Sustainability and Excellence                                                                                           Basic Chemistry Products          Specialty Products                Key levers
                                                                                                                                   Key growth lever                  Key growth lever                    Ÿ  Climate change action
           We strongly believe that sustainable practices and operational excellence together lead to the creation of robust
           business foundations. Our focus is on continuously strengthening these twin metrics to reinforce our foundations to     Capacity expansion (brownfield and   Capacity expansion and optimisation of     Ÿ Circular economy – water neutrality,
           consistently deliver high-quality products and services to our customers. We further believe that strong foundations    debottlenecking)                  portfolio mix                       solid waste management and
           are the key to reducing operational costs and building functional excellence to ensure sustained business resilience.                                                                         recycling
                                                                                                                                   Status and action plan            Status and action plan
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Ÿ Nature & biodiversity – conservation of
                                                                                                                                      Ÿ  Soda Ash – Phase I expansion     Ÿ  Silica: Increasing share of Specialty   flora and fauna
                                                                                                                                     commissioned successfully; Phase II   Silica for oral care and tyre segment;
                                                                                                                                     and III scheduled to commence by   Capacity expansion of HDS      Status and action plan
                                                                                                                                     December 2023                                                       Ÿ  CO 2 reduction solutions (scope 1
                                                       Strategy                                                                                                         Ÿ  Fermentation Platform – Prebiotics:   & 2) across all plants under various
                                                                                                                                      Ÿ Salt – 300 KT capacities added in   Increase share of scFOS for applications
                                                Chemistry for Sustainable Growth                                                                                                                         stages of identification, evaluation and
                                                                                                                                     FY 2022-23                        in nutraceutical and pharmaceutical   execution
                                                                                                                                                                       segments; Expand capacities of FOS
                                                                                                                                      Ÿ Sodium Bicarbonate – 40 KT additional                            Ÿ Fermentation plant operating on 100%
                                                                                                                                     capacities planned in FY 2023-24    Ÿ  Agrochemicals: New multipurpose   biomass fuel
                                        Expand           Embed            Excel                                                    Key challenges                      plant under commissioning; Launch of
                                       To grow for     Sustainability   Operational                                                                                    new formulations in pipeline      Ÿ Consumption of 100% fly ash
                                        sustained      across all the   and functional                                                Ÿ  Escalation in capex due to increased
                                        leadership      segments        excellence                                                   input costs                     Key challenges                      Ÿ Plastic waste recycling as per EPR*
                                                                                                                                                                                                         compliance on schedule
                                                                                                                                      Ÿ Delay in the capex execution plan    Ÿ Long product approval cycle
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Ÿ Planned biodiversity impact
                                                                                                                                                                        Ÿ Delay in adherence to project   assessment
                                      Responsible Leadership Rooted in Sustainability and Excellence
                                                                                                                                   KPIs tracked                        timelines (Agrochemicals)       Key challenges
                                     We have strategically identified, and are pursuing, the following                             Capacities* (FY 2022-23, India)      Ÿ Seasonal adversities impacting     Ÿ  Technology readiness and commercial
                                       key objectives to steer our business strategy of sustainable                                                                    product launch                    viability of CO 2 abatement solutions
                                      growth backed by excellence. These well-defined strategic                                    Soda Ash        Sodium Bicarbonate
                                        objectives are aimed at strengthening our responsible                                      917 KT          112 KT            KPIs tracked
                                           leadership position in the Chemicals industry.                                                                            Customer acquisitions             KPIs tracked
                                                                                                                                   Salt                              Silica         FOS                GHG emission (Scope 1 & 2)
                                                                                                                                   1,526 KT                          99             74                 4.52 KT



                                                                                                                                                                     New agrochemicals launched
                                                                                                                                   Capacity Expansion (India)                                          % Water recycled
                                                                                                                                   (FY 2022-23 + FY 2023-24 planned)  13
                                                                                                                                   Soda Ash                          Capacities Expansion (FY 2023-24)  87%
                                                                                                                                   225 KT                            Silica
                                                                                                                                                                     3.2 KT                            Plastic waste recycled
                                                                                                                                   Sodium Bicarbonate                                                  750 MT
                                                                                                                                   20 KT                             Agrochemicals
                                                                                                                                                                     MPP – 22 TPD


                                                                                                                                   *Operating Capacities                                               *EPR – Extended Producer Responsibility





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