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               Integrated Report      Statutory Reports       Financial Statements
               Business Strategy


 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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