Rtnindia 07092024181142 BRSRSTX24
Rtnindia 07092024181142 BRSRSTX24
Sub: Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report for the Financial Year 2023-24
Dear Sir/Madam,
Pursuant to Regulation 34(2)(f) of the SEBI (Listing Obligations & Disclosure Requirements)
Regulations 2015, please find enclosed herewith the Business Responsibility and Sustainability
Report (“BRSR”) for the financial year 2023-24 which forms a part of the Annual Report for the
financial year 2023-24.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
For RattanIndia Enterprises Limited
Digitally signed by
Rajesh Rajesh Kumar Arora
Kumar Arora Date: 2024.09.07
18:01:28 +05'30'
Rajesh Arora
Company Secretary
Encl- a/a
17. Products/Services sold by the entity (accounting for 90% of the entity’s Turnover):
S. % of total Turnover
Product/Service NIC Code
No. contributed
1 Human resources provision and management of human 78300 100
resources functions
III. Operations
18. Number of locations where plants and/or operation/offices of the entity are situated:
Location Number of plants Number of offices Total
National - 1 1
International - - -
2. What is the contribution of exports as a percentage of the total turnover of the entity?
NIL
3. A brief on types of customers
The Company serves various customers including corporates, urban population, rural population
and Government.
IV. Employees
20. Details as at the end of Financial Year:
1. Employees and workers (including differently abled)
S. Male Female
Particulars Total (A)
No. No. (B) % (B / A) No. (C) % (C / A)
EMPLOYEES
1 Permanent (D) 39 37 94.87 2 5.12
2 Other than Permanent (E) 3 2 66.67 1 33.33
3 Total employees (D + E) 42 39 92.85 3 7.14
WORKERS
4 Permanent (F) 0 0 0 0 0
5 Other than Permanent (G) 0 0 0 0 0
6 Total workers (F + G) 0 0 0 0 0
12. If answer to question (1) above is “No” i.e. not all Principles are covered by a policy, reasons to be stated:
Not Applicable
Disclosure Questions P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9
The entity does not consider the Principles material to its business
(Yes/No)
The entity is not at a stage where it is in a position to formulate and
implement the policies on specified principles (Yes/No)
The entity does not have the financial or/human and technical resources
available for the task (Yes/No)
It is planned to be done in the next financial year (Yes/No)
Any other reason (please specify)
2. Details of fines / penalties /punishment/ award/ compounding fees/ settlement amount paid in proceedings
(by the entity or by directors / KMPs) with regulators/ law enforcement agencies/ judicial institutions, in the
financial year, in the following format (Note: the entity shall make disclosures on the basis of materiality as
specified in Regulation 30 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Obligations) Regulations, 2015 and as
disclosed on the entity’s website):
Monetary
Name of the regulatory/ Has an appeal
NGRBC Amount Brief of
Particulars enforcement agencies/ been preferred?
Principle (In D) the Case
judicial institutions (Yes/No)
Penalty/ Fine During FY 2023-24, there were no fines / penalties /punishment/ award/ compounding fees/
Settlement settlement as specified under Regulation 30 of SEBI (Lising Obligations & Disclosures Requirements)
Regulation, 2015..
Compounding fee
Non - Monetary
Has an appeal
NGRBC Name of the regulatory/ enforcement Brief of
Particulars been preferred?
Principle agencies/ judicial institutions the Case
(Yes/No)
Imprisonment
Not Applicable
Punishment
3. Of the instances disclosed in Question 2 above, details of the Appeal/ Revision preferred in cases where
monetary or non-monetary action has been appealed:
Not Applicable
4. Does the entity have an anti-corruption or anti-bribery policy? If yes, provide details in brief and if available,
provide a web-link to the policy:
The Company’s Code of Business Conduct contains stringent provisions to prevent corruption/ bribery and is
applicable to all the directors, employees and others associated with the business of the Company. The principles of
business conduct are strongly embedded into working environment of the Company.
Principle 2: Businesses should provide goods and services in a manner that is sustainable and safe
ESSENTIAL INDICATORS
1. Percentage of R&D and capital expenditure (capex) investments in specific technologies to improve the
environmental and social impacts of product and processes to total R&D and capex investments made by
the entity, respectively:
Current Previous Details of improvements in
Percentage of
Financial Year Financial Year environmental and social impacts
R&D Nil Nil -
Capex Nil Nil -
2. a. Does the entity have procedures in place for sustainable sourcing? (Yes/No):
No
3. Describe the processes in place to safely reclaim your products for reusing, recycling and disposing at the
end of life, for (a) Plastics (including packaging) (b) E-waste (c) Hazardous waste and (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:
Not Applicable
Principle 3: Businesses should respect and promote the well-being of all employees, including those in their
value chains
ESSENTIAL INDICATORS
1. a. Details of measures for the well-being of employees:
% of employees covered by
Health Accident Maternity Paternity Day Care
Category Total insurance insurance benefits Benefits facilities
(A) Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
(B) (B/A) (C) (C/A) (D) (D/A) (E) (E/A) (F) (F/A)
Permanent employees
Male 37 37 100 37 100 N.A. 0 0 0 0 0
Female 2 2 100 2 100 2 100 N.A. 0 0 0
Total 39 39 100 39 100 2 100 0 0 0 0
Other than Permanent employees
Male 0 0 0 0 0 N.A. 0 0 0 0 0
Female 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N.A. 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4. Does the entity have an equal opportunity policy as per the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016? If
so, provide a web-link to the policy:
The Company is an equal opportunity employer, and it hires employees on the basis of merit and does not discriminate
on the basis of race, sexual orientation, colour, religion, physical disability etc.
5. Return to work and Retention rates of permanent employees and workers that took parental leave:
Permanent employees Permanent workers
Gender
Return to work rate Retention rate Return to work rate Retention rate
Male N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A.
Female N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A.
Total N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A.
6. Is there a mechanism available to receive and redress grievances for the following categories of employees
and workers? If yes, give details of the mechanism in brief:
Category Yes/No (If Yes, then give details of the mechanism in brief)
Permanent Workers N.A. -
Other than Permanent Workers N.A. -
Permanent Employees Yes The Company has a policy on Whistle-blower mechanism and
Other than Permanent Prevention of Sexual Harassment at Workplace (POSH) to provide a work
Employees environment that ensures every person at the workplace is treated with
respect and dignity and is afforded equal treatment. Issues relating to
sexual harassment are dealt with as per the Company’s POSH Policy, the
Company’s POSH Policy is gender neutral.
7. Membership of employees and workers in association(s) or Unions recognised by the listed entity:
FY 2023-24 FY 2022-23
Current Financial Year Previous Financial Year
No. of employees/ No. of employees/
Total Total
Benefits workers in workers in
employees/ employees/
respective category, % respective category, %
workers in workers in
who are part of (B/A) who are part of (D/C)
respective respective
association(s) or association(s) or
category (A) category (C)
Union (B) Union (D)
Total Permanent Employees
- Male NA NA NA NA
- Female NA NA NA NA
Total Permanent Workers
- Male NA NA NA NA
- Female NA NA NA NA
b. What are the processes used to identify work-related hazards and assess risks on a routine and non-
routine basis by the entity?
N.A.
c. Whether you have processes for workers to report the work related hazards and to remove themselves
from such risks.
N.A.
d. Do the employees/ workers of the entity have access to non-occupational medical and healthcare
services? (Yes/ No)
N.A.
12. Describe the measures taken by the entity to ensure a safe and healthy workplace:
The Company has taken the following initiatives to ensure a safe and healthy workplace:
1. Fire Safety Mockdrills
2. Environmental Monitoring, Monitoring, Monitoring and Measurement of workplace for Noise, Heat, Ventilation,
Air and Water Sampling as per scheduled program.
3. Compliance Management System
4. Management reviews with Senior Management
15. Provide details of any corrective action taken or underway to address safety-related incidents (if any) and
on significant risks / concerns arising from assessments of health & safety practices and working conditions:
All activities and operations performed in the office are reviewed periodically and if there is any near miss and/or
injury incident then adequate control measures are implemented for performing the respective activities.
Principle 4: Businesses should respect the interests of and be responsive to all its stakeholders
ESSENTIAL INDICATORS
1. Describe the processes for identifying key stakeholder groups of the entity:
Key stakeholders, both internal and external, are identified based on
a. the impact that they have on the value Company creates and
b. the impact of the Company’s business operations on the stakeholders.
These include employees, shareholders, consumers, investors, communities, suppliers, and vendors. Various
communication channels have been established to allow open discussions and understanding of the issues that are
critical to their respective interests. This enables a Company to create shared value and make a positive contribution
to build a sustainable society.
2. List of stakeholder groups identified as key for your entity and the frequency of engagement with each
stakeholder group:
Whether Channels of communication
Frequency of
identified as (Email, SMS, Newspaper,
engagement Purpose and scope of engagement
Stakeholder Vulnerable & Pamphlets, Advertisement,
(Annually/ Half yearly/ including key topics and concerns
Group Marginalized Community Meetings,
Quarterly/ others – raised during such engagement
Group (Yes/ Notice Board, Website),
please specify)
No) Other
Employees No Trainings, awareness sessions Regularly The purpose is to have an inclusive and
on physical, mental, financial overall development of employees,
and social well- being, obtaining valuable feedback and
townhalls and development sharing the strategy & vision of the
conversations Company with the employees.
Suppliers No Supplier meets, reviews and Regularly The scope includes capacity and
audits. capability building, competitive
pricing, value chain efficiencies,
sustainability and adherence to
Company’s standards and policies.
Investors / No Annual report, press releases, Regularly Communications made to the
Shareholders stock exchange communications, investors of the Company majorly
investors’ presentations, investors’ includes updates on the financial
meet, newspaper publications, performance, business growth, future
general meetings and website plans, key organizational changes and
disclosures. investor service related information.
ESSENTIAL INDICATORS
1. Employees and workers who have been provided training on human rights issues and policy(ies) of the
entity, in the following format:
FY 2023-24 FY 2022-23
Current Financial Year Previous Financial Year
Category No. of employees/ No. of employees/
Total % Total %
workers covered workers covered
(A) (B/A) (C) (D/C)
(B) (D)
Employees
Permanent 39 32 82.05 15 14 93.33
Other than permanent 3 3 100 2 2 100
Total employees 42 35 83.33 17 16 94.12
Workers
Permanent 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other than permanent 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total workers 0 0 0 0 0 0
4. Do you have a focal point (Individual/ Committee) responsible for addressing human rights impacts or
issues caused or contributed to by the business? (Yes/No)
Yes. The Company has a Human Rights Policy in place to address issues related to human rights. The policy extends
to all internal and external stakeholders which includes employees, vendors, contractors and business partners.
Various management committees and committees of the Board reviews and addresses human rights issues.
5. Describe the internal mechanisms in place to redress grievances related to human rights issues:
Respecting and upholding human rights and values is deeply integrated into the Company’s culture, ways of working
and value system over the years. The human rights concerns/grievances can be reported to the Direct Manager,
or the Compliance Officer. Further, the Company’s policies provide for various mechanisms to effectively redress
grievances relating to human rights. Under these policies, the Company has established web portal, e-mail IDs and
contact details for handling the complaints.
The Company has policy on Prevention of Sexual Harassment at Workplace (“POSH”) and Code of Conduct which
include stringent SOPs for human rights grievance redressal with respect to sexual harassment and ethical practices.
7. Mechanisms to prevent adverse consequences to the complainant in discrimination and harassment cases:
The Company believes in providing equal opportunity and has zero tolerance towards any kind of discrimination on
the basis of age, gender, religion or other factors. The Code of Business Conduct and Anti Sexual Harassment Policy
of the Company provides adequate mechanisms for redressal of complaints of harassment without fear or threat of
reprisals in any form or manner to all employees irrespective of their gender and sexuality.
The Whistle Blower Policy provides vigil mechanism for Directors and Employees to voice their concerns in a
responsible and effective manner regarding unethical behaviour, actual or suspected fraud or violation of the
Company’s Code of Conduct and dealing with Insider Trading and Unpublished Price Sensitive Information. It also
provides adequate safeguards against victimization of Directors and Employees who avail the mechanism.
8. Do human rights requirements form part of your business agreements and contracts? (Yes/No)
Yes, the Company has a policy on zero child labour, zero tolerance for discrimination at workplace and other human
rights violations which extends to supply chain as well.
10. Provide details of any corrective actions taken or underway to address significant risks / concerns arising
from the assessments at Question 9 above:
The Company did not find any significant risks or concerns arising from the assessments conducted. Further, the
Company’s statutory and internal auditors’ observations of the audits carried out at the office is placed before the
Audit Committee on quarterly basis.
Note: Indicate if any independent assessment/ evaluation/assurance has been carried out by an
external agency? (Y/N) If yes, name of the external agency:
Not Applicable
2. Does the entity have any sites / facilities identified as designated consumers (DCs) under the Performance,
Achieve and Trade (PAT) Scheme of the Government of India? (Y/N) If yes, disclose whether targets set under
the PAT scheme have been achieved. In case targets have not been achieved, provide the remedial action
taken, if any.
Not Applicable
3. Provide details of the following disclosures related to water, in the following format:
FY 2023-24 FY 2022-23
Parameter
(Current Financial Year) (Previous Financial Year)
Water withdrawal by source (in kilolitres) 0 0
(i) Surface water 0 0
(ii) Groundwater 17.10 16.27
(iii) Third party water 0 0
(iv) Seawater / desalinated water 0 0
(v) Others 17.10 16.27
Total volume of water withdrawal (in kilolitres) 17.10 16.27
(i + ii + iii + iv + v)
Total volume of water consumption (in kilolitres) N.A. N.A.
Water intensity per rupee of turnover (Water consumed / turnover) - -
Note: Indicate if any independent assessment/ evaluation/assurance has been carried out by an external
agency? (Y/N) If yes, name of the external agency:
No
4. Has the entity implemented a mechanism for Zero Liquid Discharge? If yes, provide details of its coverage
and implementation:
Not Applicable
5. Please provide details of air emissions (other than GHG emissions) by the entity, in the following format:
Please FY 2023-2024 FY 2022-2023
Parameter
specify unit (Current Financial Year) (Previous Financial Year)
NOx mg/Nm3 N.A. N.A.
SOx mg/Nm3 N.A. N.A.
Particulate matter (PM) mg/Nm3 N.A. N.A.
Persistent organic pollutants (POP) N.A. N.A.
Volatile organic compounds (VOC) N.A. N.A.
Hazardous air pollutants (HAP) N.A. N.A.
Others - please specify N.A. N.A.
Note: Indicate if any independent assessment/ evaluation/assurance has been carried out by an external
agency? (Y/N) If yes, name of the external agency:
No
6. Provide details of greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions) & its intensity, in the following
format:
FY 2023-2024 FY 2022-2023
Parameter Unit (Current (Previous
Financial Year) Financial Year)
Total Scope 1 emissions (Break-up of the GHG into CO2, CH4, Metric tonnes of CO2 N.A. N.A.
N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6, NF3, if available) equivalent
Total Scope 2 emissions (Break-up of the GHG into CO2, CH4, Metric tonnes of CO2 N.A. N.A.
N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6, NF3, if available) equivalent
Total Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions per rupee of turnover N.A. N.A.
Note: Indicate if any independent assessment/ evaluation/assurance has been carried out by an external
agency? (Y/N) If yes, name of the external agency.: No
7. Does the entity have any project related to reducing Green House Gas emission? If Yes, then provide details:
Not Applicable
8. Provide details related to waste management by the entity, in the following format:
FY 2023-2024 FY 2022-2023
Parameter
(Current Financial Year) (Previous Financial Year)
Total Waste generated (in metric tonnes)
Plastic waste (A) N.A. N.A.
E-waste (B) N.A. N.A.
Bio-medical waste (C) N.A. N.A.
Construction and demolition waste (D) N.A. N.A.
Battery waste (E) N.A. N.A.
Radioactive waste (F) N.A. N.A.
Other Hazardous waste. Please specify, if any. (Glass wool) (G) N.A. N.A.
Other Non-hazardous waste generated (H). Please specify, if any. N.A. N.A.
(Fly ash & bottom ash) (Break-up by composition i.e.
Total (A+B + C + D + E + F + G + H) N.A. N.A.
For each category of waste generated, total waste recovered through recycling, re-using or other recovery operations (in
metric tonnes)
Category of waste N.A. N.A.
(i) Recycled N.A. N.A.
(ii) Re-used N.A. N.A.
(iii) Other recovery operations N.A. N.A.
Total N.A. N.A.
Note: Indicate if any independent assessment/ evaluation/assurance has been carried out by an external
agency? (Y/N) If yes, name of the external agency.:
No
9. Briefly describe the waste management practices adopted in your establishments. Describe the strategy
adopted by your company to reduce usage of hazardous and toxic chemicals in your products and processes
and the practices adopted to manage such wastes:
Not Applicable
10. If the entity has operations/offices in/around ecologically sensitive areas (such as national parks, wildlife
sanctuaries, biosphere reserves, wetlands, biodiversity hotspots, forests, coastal regulation zones etc.)
where environmental approvals / clearances are required, please specify details in the following format:
The Company does not have any office in ecologically sensitive area
11. Details of environmental impact assessments of projects undertaken by the entity based on applicable
laws, in the current financial year:
Name and brief EIA Whether conducted by independent Results communicated in Relevant
Date
details of project Notification No. external agency (Yes/No) public domain (Yes / No) Web link
Not Applicable
12. Is the entity compliant with the applicable environmental law/ regulations/ guidelines in India; such as the
Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, Environment
protection act and rules thereunder (Y/N):
Yes, your Company is compliant with the applicable environmental law/ regulations/ guidelines in India.
Principle 7 Businesses, when engaging in influencing public and regulatory policy, should do so in a manner that
is responsible and transparent
ESSENTIAL INDICATORS
1. a. Number of affiliations with trade and industry chambers/ associations.: NIL
b. List the top 10 trade and industry chambers/ associations (determined based on the total members of
such body) the entity is a member of/ affiliated to.
S. Name of the trade and industry Reach of trade and industry chambers/
No. chambers/associations associations (State/National)
N.A.
2. Provide details of corrective action taken or underway on any issues related to anti- competitive conduct by
the entity, based on adverse orders from regulatory authorities:
Name of Authority Brief of the Case Corrective action taken
Not Applicable
2. Provide information on project(s) for which ongoing Rehabilitation and Resettlement (R&R) is being
undertaken by your entity, in the following format:
S. Name of Project for project affected % of PAFs Amount paid to PAFs
State District
No. which R&R is ongoing Families (PAFs) covered by R&R in the FY (in INR)
Not Applicable
4. Percentage of input material (inputs to total inputs by value) sourced from suppliers:
FY 2023-2024 FY 2022-2023
Particulars
(Current Financial Year) (Previous Financial Year)
Directly sourced from MSMEs/ small producers N.A N.A
Sourced directly from within the district and neighbouring districts N.A N.A
Principle 9 Businesses should engage with and provide value to their consumers in a responsible manner
ESSENTIAL INDICATORS
1. Describe the mechanisms in place to receive and respond to consumer complaints and feedback:
Any query/complaints are received directly on Company’s e-mail id.
2. Turnover of products and/ services as a percentage of turnover from all products/service that carry
information about:
Particulars As a percentage to total turnover
Environmental and social parameters relevant to the product 100%
Safe and responsible usage -
Recycling and/or safe disposal -
5. Does the entity have a framework/ policy on cyber security and risks related to data privacy? (Yes/No) If
available, provide a web-link of the policy:
Yes, the Company respects the privacy of its employees, business partners and others who interact with the Company.
This is reflected in the Company’s policy and the issues are overseen by the Board Committees, as may be required.
The weblink of the policy is : https://rattanindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/REL-Risk-Management-Policy.pdf
6. Provide details of any corrective actions taken or underway on issues relating to advertising, and delivery
of essential services; cyber security and data privacy of customers; re-occurrence of instances of product
recalls; penalty / action taken by regulatory authorities on safety of products / services:
There were no significant issues/ penalties/ regulatory actions relating to advertising, cyber security and data privacy
during the year.