Business Responsibility & Sustainability Report

Section A – General Disclosures

I. Details
1. Corporate Identity Number (CIN) of the Listed Entity L24239MH1939PLC002893
2. Name of the Listed Entity Tata Chemicals Limited
3. Year of incorporation 1939
4. Registered office address Bombay House, 24 Homi Mody Street, Fort, Mumbai - 400 001
5. Corporate address Bombay House, 24 Homi Mody Street, Fort, Mumbai - 400 001
6. E-mail address [email protected]
7. Telephone No. +91-22-6665 8282
8. Website www.tatachemicals.com
9. Financial year for which reporting is being done April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023
10. Name of the Stock Exchange(s) where shares are listed 1. BSE Limited
2. The National Stock Exchange of India Limited
11. Paid-up Capital ` 255 crore
12. Name and contact details (telephone, email address) Name: Mr. Shivang Mahadevia
of the person who may be contacted in case of any E-mail: [email protected]
queries on the BRSR report Contact no: +91-22-6665 8282
13. Reporting boundary - Are the disclosures under this Consolidated Basis
report made on a standalone basis (i.e. only for the
entity) or on a consolidated basis (i.e. for the entity and
all the entities which form a part of its consolidated
financial statements, taken together)

II. Products / Services

14. Details of business activities (accounting for 90% of the turnover)
S. No. Description of Main Activity Description of Business Activity % of Turnover of the entity
1. Basic Chemistry Products Manufacturing, Distribution, 81%
2. Specialty Products Sales & Marketing 19%
.
15. Products/Services sold by the entity (accounting for 90% of the entity’s Turnover)
S. No. Product/Service NIC Code (Group) % of total Turnover contributed
1. Soda Ash 201 57%
2. Crop Protection 202 14%
3. Salt 107 12%
4. Bicarb 201 5%
5. Seeds 016 2%
6. Others 107 & 201 10%

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III. Operations
16. Number of locations where plants and/or operations / offices of the entity are situated
Location Number of Plants Number of Offices Total
National 10 20 30
International 5 5 10

17. Markets served by the entity

a. Number of locations
Locations Number
National (No. of States) 30
International (No. of Countries) 99

b. What is the contribution of exports as a percentage of the total turnover of the entity?
25%

c. A brief on types of customers

The Company serves manufacturers of Glass (Flat, Container, Solar etc.), Soaps & Detergents, Chemicals (Sodium
Silicate, Lithium Carbonate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Sodium Percarbonate, Sodium Dichromate etc.), Food & Beverages,
Animal Feed, Pharmaceuticals, Automotive Tyres, EV Battery Materials, Farmers etc., both directly as well as
through distributors.

IV. Employees
18. Details as at the end of Financial Year:
a. Employees and workers (including differently abled):
Total Male Female
S. No. Particulars
(A) No. (B) % (B / A) No. (C) % (C / A)
EMPLOYEES
1. Permanent (D) 3,769 3,478 92% 291 8%
2. Other than Permanent (E) 559 447 80% 112 20%
3. Total employees (D) + (E) 4,328 3,925 91% 403 9%
WORKERS
4. Permanent (F) 853 829 97% 24 3%
5. Other than Permanent (G) 9,772 9,202 94% 570 6%
6. Total workers (F) + (G) 10,625 10,031 94% 594 6%

b. Differently abled Employees

Total Male Female
S. No. Particulars
(A) No. (B) % (B / A) No. (C) % (C / A)
DIFFERENTLY ABLED EMPLOYEES
1. Permanent (D) 19 15 79% 4 21%
2. Other than Permanent (E) 1 1 100% 0 0%
3. Total differently abled employees (D) + (E) 20 16 80% 4 20%
DIFFERENTLY ABLED WORKERS
4. Permanent (F) 1 1 100% 0 0%
5. Other than Permanent (G) 22 22 100% 0 0%
6. Total differently abled workers (F) + (G) 23 23 100% 0 0%

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 19. Participation/Inclusion/Representation of women
TOTAL No. and percentage of Females
(A) No. (B) % (B/A)
Board of Directors 9 2 22%
Key Management Personnel* 2 0 0
*excludes Managing Director & CEO (MD & CEO) and Executive Director (ED)
20. Turnover rate for permanent employees and workers
FY 2022-23 FY 2021-22 FY 2020-21
Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
Permanent Employees 16% 17% 17% 15% 12% 16% 10% 7% 10%
Permanent Workers 10% 17% 15% 17% 14% 17% 15% 22% 15%

V. Holding, Subsidiary and Associate Companies (including joint ventures)

21. Names of holding / subsidiary / associate companies / joint ventures
Sr. Name of the holding / subsidiary / Indicate whether % of shares Does the entity indicated
No. associate companies/ joint ventures (A) holding / held by at column A, participate in
Subsidiary / listed entity the Business Responsibility
Associate / initiatives of the listed entity?
Joint Venture (Yes/No)
1 Rallis India Limited Subsidiary 50.06 Yes
2 Ncourage Social Enterprise Foundation Subsidiary 100 Yes
3 Tata Chemicals International Pte. Ltd (TCIPL) Subsidiary 100 Yes
4 Homefield Pvt. UK Limited Subsidiary 100 Yes
5 TC Africa Holdings Limited Subsidiary 100 Yes
6 Tata Chemicals South Africa (Pty) Limited Subsidiary 100 Yes
7 Tata Chemicals Magadi Limited Subsidiary 100 Yes
8 Magadi Railway Company Limited Subsidiary 100 Yes
9 TCE Group Limited Subsidiary 100 Yes
10 Natrium Holdings Limited Subsidiary 100 Yes
11 Cheshire Salt Holdings Limited Subsidiary 100 Yes
12 Cheshire Salt Limited Subsidiary 100 Yes
13 British Salt Limited Subsidiary 100 Yes
14 Brinefield Storage Limited Subsidiary 100 Yes
15 Cheshire Cavity Storage 2 Limited Subsidiary 100 Yes
16 New Cheshire Salt Works Limited (NCSWL) Subsidiary 100 Yes
17 Brunner Mond Group Limited Subsidiary 100 Yes
18 Tata Chemicals Europe Limited Subsidiary 100 Yes
19 Winnington CHP Limited Subsidiary 100 Yes
20 Northwich Resource Management Limited Subsidiary 100 Yes
21 Gusiute Holdings (UK) Limited Subsidiary 100 Yes
22 Valley Holdings Inc Subsidiary 100 Yes
23 Tata Chemicals North America Inc. Subsidiary 100 Yes
24 TC (Soda Ash) Partners Holdings Subsidiary 100 Yes
25 TCSAP LLC Subsidiary 100 Yes
26 Tata Chemicals (Soda Ash) Partners (TCSAP) Subsidiary 100 Yes
27 Alcad* Subsidiary 50 Yes
28 Indo Maroc Phosphore S.A. Joint Venture 33.33 Yes
29 The Block Salt Company Limited** Joint Venture 50 Yes
30 Tata Industries Limited Joint Venture 9.13 No
31 JOil (S) Pte. Ltd.# Associate 17.07 No
Note: the above details are as on March 31, 2023
*TCSAP is holding 50% in Alcad
**NCSWL is holding 50%
#
TCIPL is holding 17.07%

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VI. CSR Details

22. i. Whether CSR is applicable as per section 135 of Companies Act, 2013: Yes
ii. Turnover (Consolidated revenue from operations) (in `) ` 16,789 crore
iii. Net worth (Consolidated) (in `) ` 20,642 crore

VII. Transparency and Disclosures Compliances

23. Complaints/Grievances on any of the principles (Principles 1 to 9) under the National Guidelines on Responsible
Business Conduct:
Stakeholder Grievance Redressal FY 2022-23 FY 2021-22
group from Mechanism in Place
Number of Number of Remarks Number of Number of Remarks
whom (Yes/No) complaints complaints complaints complaints
complaint
(If Yes, then provide web-link filed during pending filed during pending
is received
for grievance redress policy) the year resolution the year resolution
at close of at close of
the year the year

Communities Yes, a mechanism is in place 2 0 Nil 3 2 2 pending

to interact with community complaints
leaders to understand and closed
address their concerns, if any subsequently

Investors Yes, a mechanism is in place 0 0 Nil 0 0 Nil

(other than wherein certain Company
shareholders) representatives and advisors
have been identified to
understand and address their
concerns, if any

Shareholders Yes, Shareholder can register 0 0 Nil 0 0 Nil

their grievances at https://
scores.gov.in/scores/Welcome.
html and also web links of
BSE (http://tiny.cc/m1l2vz)
and NSE (http://tiny.cc/s1l2vz)
for Arbitration

Employees 16 0 Nil 12 0 Nil

and workers

Customers https://www.tatachemicals. 6 0 Nil 4 1 1 pending

com/WhistleblowerPolicy.htm complaint
closed
Ethics Helpline
subsequently
(https://secure.integritymatters.
Value in) 12 0 Nil 8 1 1 pending
Chain Partners complaint
closed
subsequently

Other (Social Yes 15 1 1 pending 0 0 Nil

worker, Ex complaint
employee is under
etc.) review

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 24. Overview of the entity’s material responsible business conduct issues
Please indicate material responsible business conduct and sustainability issues pertaining to environmental and social
matters that present a risk or an opportunity to your business, rationale for identifying the same, approach to adapt or
mitigate the risk along with its financial implications, as per the following format:

S. No. Material issue identified Indicate whether risk Rationale for identifying In case of risk, approach Financial implications
or opportunity (R/O) the risk / opportunity to adapt or mitigate of the risk or
opportunity (Indicate
positive or negative
implications)
1 Health & Safety Risk In chemical industry, Health & Safety Negative
Health & Safety can Management Plan,
directly impact people Process Safety & Risk
and community and Management, Emergency
disrupt the operations Mitigation System etc.
2 Business Ethics Risk This may impact Tata Code of Conduct, Negative
the brand and trust Monitoring Mechanism
of stakeholders to ensure Ethical Conduct
3 Employee Development Opportunity This may Learning and Positive
improve employee development
competence, skills and opportunities for various
knowledge which is key level of employees
for organisational growth

4 Regulatory Issues and Compliance Risk Non-compliance may Adherence to compliance Negative
impact the brand image monitoring system
and customer trust
and engagement
5 Energy Efficiency Opportunity This may minimise the Energy saving Positive
greenhouse gas (GHG) assessments, key
emissions, improve initiatives to optimise
resource efficiency, energy efficiency. Focus
cost saving, cleaner on renewable source of
environment etc. energy etc.
6 Water Stewardship Opportunity This may help in Focus on minimising Positive
sustainable water consumptions, effluent
balance, improve generation and reuse of
availability of water, treated effluent. Water
becoming water neutral harvesting projects inside
/ positive / outside the premises
7 Reducing Carbon Footprint Opportunity Mitigates the effects of Focus on renewable Positive
global climate change, sources of energy, energy
improves energy efficient equipment,
efficiency, improves Carbon Capture, etc.
climate change impacts

For more details, please refer page no. 44 of the Integrated Report 2022-23.

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Section B: Management and Process Disclosures

This section is aimed at helping businesses demonstrate the structures, policies and processes put in place towards adopting the
NGRBC Principles and Core Elements.
The National Guidelines on Responsible Business Conduct (NGRBC) released by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs has updated and
adopted nine areas of Business Responsibility. These are briefly as under:

P1 Businesses should conduct and govern themselves with integrity and in a manner that is ethical, transparent and accountable
P2 Businesses should provide goods and services in a manner that is sustainable and safe
P3 Businesses should respect and promote the well-being of all employees, including those in their value chains
P4 Businesses should respect the interests of and be responsive to all its stakeholders
P5 Businesses should respect and promote human rights
P6 Businesses should respect and make efforts to protect and restore the environment
P7 Businesses, when engaging in influencing public and regulatory policy, should do so in a manner that is responsible and transparent
P8 Businesses should promote inclusive growth and equitable development
P9 Businesses should engage with and provide value to their consumers in a responsible manner

Disclosure Questions P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9
Policy and Management processes
1(a) Whether your entity’s policy/policies cover each Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
principle and its core elements of the NGRBCs. (Yes/No)
(b) Has the policy been approved by the Board? (Yes/No) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
(c) Web Link of the Policies, if available http://sustainability.tatachemicals.com/vision.htm
https://www.tatachemicals.com/
2. Whether the entity has translated the policy into Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
procedures. (Yes / No)
3. Do the enlisted policies extend to your value chain Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
partners? (Yes/No)
4. Name of the national and international codes/ (1,3) (2,4) (1,3) (1,3) (6,7) (4) (8) (1,3) (2)
certifications/labels/standards (e.g. Forest Stewardship
Council, Fairtrade, Rainforest Alliance, Trustea)
standards (e.g. SA 8000, OHSAS, ISO, BIS) adopted by
your entity and mapped to each principle.#
5. Specific commitments, goals and targets set by the Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
entity with defined timelines, if any.
6. Performance of the entity against the specific Performance of each of the principles is reviewed periodically by
commitments, goals and targets along with reasons various Committees led by the Management and Board of Directors
in case the same are not met.
#
UN Global Compact Act (1), Responsible Care (2), GRI (3), ISO 14001 (4), ISO 45001 (5), SA8000 (6), UN Guiding principles on Business and Human Rights (7),
Tata Code of Conduct conforms to NVG (8)

Governance, leadership and oversight

7. Statement by Director responsible for the business responsibility report, highlighting ESG related challenges, targets and
achievements (listed entity has flexibility regarding the placement of this disclosure)
The Company is committed to integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles into its businesses which
is central to improving the quality of life of the communities it serves. It adheres to the principles of product stewardship by
enhancing health, safety and environmental impacts of products and services across their lifecycles. The environmental impacts
cover Climate, Resources (Energy & Water), Waste Management and Nature & Biodiversity. The Company has committed to reduce
its carbon emission (scope 1 & 2) as per the Science Based Target Initiatives (‘SBTi’) guidelines. The Company has established
policies for Climate Change, Safety, Health & Environment (‘SHE’) and Biodiversity.
The Company is committed to conducting beneficial and fair business practices to the labour, human capital and to the
community. It provides employees and business associates with working conditions that are clean, safe, healthy and fair.

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 It strives to be neighbour of choice in the communities in which it operates and contributes to their equitable and inclusive
development. To deliver these commitments, the Company has separate CSR Policy, Community Development Policy, Affirmative
Action Policy, Diversity & Inclusion Policy, Business & Human Rights Policy and also has well defined governance practices in line
with the “Tata Code of Conduct”.
8. Details of the highest authority responsible for implementation and oversight of the Business Responsibility policies.
Mr. R. Mukundan, Managing Director & CEO (DIN : 00778253) under the guidance of the Board of Directors and its Committees
is responsible for implementation and oversight of the Business Responsibility policies.

9. Does the entity have a specified Committee of the Board/Director responsible for decision-making on sustainability related
issues? (Yes / No). If Yes, provide details.
Yes, the Company has a Board-level Safety, Health, Environment and Sustainability (‘SHES’) Committee. This Committee provides
valuable direction and guidance to the Management to ensure that Safety and Sustainability implications are duly addressed in
all new strategic initiatives, budgets, audit actions and improvement plans.

Members of SHES Committee Designation DIN

Mr. Rajiv Dube, Chairman Non-Executive, Independent Director 00021796
Mr. S. Padmanabhan, Member Non-Executive, Non-Independent Director 00306299
Dr. C. V. Natraj, Member Non-Executive, Independent Director 07132764
Mr. R. Mukundan, Member Managing Director & CEO 00778253
Mr. Zarir Langrana, Member Executive Director 06362438

10. Details of Review of NGRBCs by the Company:

Subject for Review Indicate whether review was Frequency (Annually/ Half yearly/
undertaken by Director / Committee Quarterly/ Any other – please specify)
of the Board/Any other Committee
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9
Performance against above policies and As a practice, Business Responsibility policies of the Company are reviewed
follow-up action periodically or on a need basis by Senior Leadership Team including Managing
Director & Chief Executive Officer. During this assessment, the efficacy of the policies
is reviewed and necessary changes to policies and procedures are implemented.
Compliance with statutory requirements The Company is in compliance with the existing regulations as applicable and a
of relevance to the principles, and, Statutory Compliance Certificate on applicable laws is provided by the Managing
rectification of any non-compliances Director & Chief Executive Officer / Chief Financial Officer / Chief General Counsel &
Company Secretary to the Board of Directors.

11. Has the entity carried out independent assessment / evaluation of the working of its policies by an external agency?
(Yes/No). If yes, provide name of the agency.
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9
The Company conducts periodic review of the charters, policies internally by the Senior Management and Board Committees
which then drives the policies, projects and performance of the aspects of business responsibility and sustainability.

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12. If answer to question (1) above is “No” i.e. not all Principles are covered by a policy, reasons to be stated:

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)
All principles are covered by policies.
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)

Section C: Principle-Wise Performance Disclosure

PRINCIPLE 1 - Businesses should conduct and govern themselves with integrity, and in a manner that is Ethical,
Transparent and Accountable.
Essential Indicators
1. Percentage coverage by training and awareness programmes on any of the Principles during the financial year:
Segment Total number Topics / principles covered under the training and %age of persons in
of training and its impact respective category
awareness covered by the
programmes held awareness programmes

Board of Directors 4 During the year, the Board of Directors of the Company 100%
(BoD)# (including its Committees) has invested time on various
updates comprising matters relating to an array of issues
pertaining to the business, regulations, economy and
environmental, social, governance parameters

Key Managerial 3 1. Anti-Bribery & Anti-Corruption (ABAC) Policy 100%

Personnel (KMP)# 2. Tata Code of Conduct (TCoC)
3. Prevention of Sexual Harassment (POSH)
Employees other 141 1. ABAC Policy 86%
than BoD and KMPs 2. TCoC
3. POSH
4. Data Integrity, Modern Slavery, General Data
Protection Regulation, Bribery Act, Equality
& Diversity
5. Mine Safety and Health Administration Act
6. Whistleblower Policy
7. Occupational Safety

Workers 6 1. TCoC 91%

2. POSH
3. Mine Safety and Health Administration Act

Only for Tata Chemicals India

#

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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
NGRBC Name of the Regulatory/ Amount Brief of the case Has an appeal
Principle enforcement agencies/ (in `) been preferred?
judicial institutions (Yes/No)
Penalty / Fine
Nil
Settlement
Compounding fee

Non-Monetary
NGRBC Name of the Regulatory/ enforcement Has an appeal been
Brief of the case
Principle agencies/ judicial institutions preferred? (Yes/No)
Imprisonment
Nil
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.
Case Details Name of the regulatory / enforcement agencies / judicial institutions
Nil

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.
Yes, the Company does have the Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption (ABAC) policy. The Company has adopted a Whistle-blower
Policy and Vigil Mechanism to provide a formal mechanism to the Directors, employees and other external stakeholders to
report their concerns about unethical behaviour, actual or suspected fraud or violation of the Company’s Code of Conduct. The
Policy provides for adequate safeguards against victimisation of employees who avail of the mechanism. No personnel of the
Company have been denied access to the Chairperson of the Audit Committee. The Vigil Mechanism includes policies viz. the
Whistle-Blower Policy, the Gift and Hospitality Policy, the ABAC Policy and the Anti-Money Laundering (‘AML’) Policy. The ABAC
and AML policies primarily covers risk assessment, third party due diligence, training & awareness, and audit & reporting. The
Gift and Hospitality Policy aims to provide guidance to directors, officers and employees or persons who perform services for or
on behalf of the Company on what is appropriate and acceptable, and what is not acceptable, for offering, giving and accepting
gifts and hospitality.
The above Policies require the Company to appoint a senior official as the Compliance Officer who shall be responsible for
implementation of the Policies. Under the above Policies, Compliance Officers have a functional reporting about any violation
of the Policies to the Chairperson of the Audit Committee. Aggravated cases of breach of the said Policies shall be escalated
to the Board of Directors of the Company. The Whistleblower Policy and Vigil Mechanism ensures that strict confidentiality is
maintained in such cases and no unfair treatment is meted out to a Whistleblower. The Company, as a Policy, condemns any kind
of discrimination, harassment, victimisation or any other unfair employment practice being adopted against Whistleblowers. With
an aim to create awareness, during the year under review, the Company also undertook a series of communication and training
programmes on the values, TCoC and other ethical practices of the company for internal stakeholders, vendors and distributors,
partners etc. The Company also celebrated the month of July as Ethics Month with all communication and programmes centered
around the theme “Ethics for a Sustainable Organisation”. A dedicated Ethics Helpline has been setup which is managed by an
independent professional Organisation for confidentially raising any ethical concerns or practices that violate the Tata Code of
Conduct. The Ethics Helpline can be contacted to report any suspected or confirmed incident of fraud/misconduct on:
E-mail : [email protected]
Address : Principal Ethics Counsellor, Tata Chemicals Limited, Bombay House, 24 Homi Mody Street, Fort, Mumbai - 400 001
The Whistleblower Policy as adopted by the Company is available on the Company’s website at:
https://www.tatachemicals.com/WhistleblowerPolicy.htm.

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5. Number of Directors/KMPs/employees/workers against whom disciplinary action was taken by any law enforcement agency
for the charges of bribery/corruption:
FY 2022-23 FY 2021-22
Directors
KMPs
Nil Nil
Employees
Workers

6. Details of complaints with regard to conflict of interest:

FY 2022-23 FY 2021-22
Number Remarks Number Remarks
Number of Complaints received in relation to issues of Conflict
of Interest of the Directors
Nil NA Nil NA
Number of Complaints received in relation to issues of Conflict
of Interest of the KMPs

7. Provide details of any corrective action taken or underway on issues related to fines / penalties / action taken by regulators/
law enforcement agencies/ judicial institutions, on cases of corruption and conflicts of interest –
Not Applicable

Leadership Indicators
1. Awareness programmes conducted for value chain partners on any of the Principles during the financial year:

Total number of awareness Topics / principles covered %age of value chain partners covered (by
programmes held under the training value of business done with such partners)
under the awareness programmes
41 Principle 1 - Ethics Awareness 60%

2. Does the entity have processes in place to avoid / manage conflict of interests involving members of the Board? (Yes/No) If
Yes, provide details of the same.
Yes, every Director of the Company discloses his/her concern or interest in the Company or companies or bodies corporate
or firms or other association of individuals and any change therein, annually or upon any change, which also includes the
shareholding. Further, a declaration is also taken annually from the Directors under the Code of Conduct confirming that they
will always act in the interest of the Company and ensure that any other business or personal association which they may have,
does not involve any conflict of interest with the operations of the Company and their role therein. The Senior Management also
affirms annually that they have not entered into any material, financial and commercial transactions, which may have a potential
conflict with the interest of the Company at large.
In the Meetings of the Board, the Directors abstain from participating in the items in which they are concerned or interested.
For identifying and tracking conflict of interests involving the Directors / KMPs of the Company, the Corporate Secretarial
team maintains a database of the Directors and the entities in which they are interested. This list is shared with the Finance
department which flags off the parties in their system for monitoring and tracking transaction(s) entered by the Company
with such parties.

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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.
FY 2022-23 FY 2021-22 Details of improvements in environmental and social impacts
R&D* 100% 100% All R&D Investments are focussed on sustainable technologies and green
chemistries development, green and sustainable technologies and products for
rubber industry to improve fuel efficiency, energy storage devices, human health
and well-being and chemicals from sustainable sources.
Capex* 11% 11% Projects for Pollution Control, Safety for Employee & Community, Climate Change,
Circularity i.e. harnessing solar energy into electricity, capex for energy storage
materials research, human health and well-being and sustainable chemicals.
*Only for TCL India

2. a. Does the entity have procedures in place for sustainable sourcing? (Yes/No)
Yes, the Company has developed a supplier sustainability code and has established process for vendor selection. This
includes various principles and guidelines such as Safety, Health and Environment Policy, Legal Compliance, adherence
to TCoC, ISO Certification, etc. The Company has started carrying out a Sustainability assessment of its key suppliers and
communicates areas of further improvements to reinforce sustainability principles.
b. If yes, what percentage of inputs were sourced sustainably?
19%
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)
Damaged material is brought back to the plant, and reprocessed as per SOP through contracting process. For exported
material, customers are required to safely dispose off the product as per local regulations.
(b) E-waste
All e-waste generated in-house is handed over to certified vendors for safe disposal.
(c) Hazardous waste
Hazardous waste is categorised as per the Rules and is sent to the authorised end users for utilising the same and
converting it into useful products. The remaining hazardous waste is sent for proper disposal at Pollution Control Board’s
authorised facilities.
(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.
The Company manufactures products which are intermediate products (input materials) for customers who in turn finally
produce the finished products. Therefore, these products packaging materials becomes pre-consumer plastic waste to the
customers who recycle it through certified recyclers. Only Cement goes to the end user directly and for that EPR is applicable
to the Company. The Company is recycling it through WMA (Waste Management Agencies) via certified recyclers as per waste
collection plan submitted to Central Pollution Control Board (‘CPCB’).
Whereas in the agro chemical business, Plastic waste generated from end products is disposed of under EPR with the help of
an agency authorised by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). They collect plastic waste under two categories, namely
multi-layer and non-multi layer. The multi-layer waste is disposed off at CPCB approved cement industries as co-processing and
non-multi-layer waste disposal is done at a certified plastic recycler. The Company files annual returns for plastic waste disposal
at CPCB.

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Leadership Indicators
1. Has the entity conducted Life Cycle Perspective / Assessments (LCA) for any of its products (for manufacturing industry) or
for its services (for service industry)? If yes, provide details in the following format

NIC Name of Product % of total Boundary for Whether Results communicated

Code / Service Turnover which the Life conducted by in public domain (Yes / No)
contributed cycle Perspective independent
/ Assessment external agency If yes, provide the web link
was conducted (Yes / No)
107 & Soda Ash & Salt 23.03% Gate to Gate No Results shared in CDP and CDP supply
201 - Mithapur chain (https://www.cdp.net/en/saml/
new)
107 Soda Ash - TCNA 31.39% Cradle to Gate Yes https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.
ima-na.org/resource/dynamic/
blogs/20151001_165916_12595.pdf
202 Hexaconazole 0.76% Gate to Gate Yes No
202 Acetamiprid 0.14% Gate to Gate Yes No
202 Kresoxim Methyl 0.44% Gate to Gate Yes No
202 Trizole 0% Gate to Gate Yes No
2. If there are any significant social or environmental concerns and/or risks arising from production or disposal of your products
/ services, as identified in the Life Cycle Perspective / Assessments (LCA) or through any other means, briefly describe the
same along with action taken to mitigate the same.
Nil

3. Recycled or reused input material to total material (by value) used in production (for manufacturing industry) or providing
services (for service industry).

Recycled or reuse input material to total material

Indicate input material
FY 2022-23 FY 2021-22
Limestone 5,25,006 5,73,918
Anthracite Breeze 6,646 5,886
Coke Breeze 2,576 2,665
Pallets, Packaging, Pallet Covers 7 11
ESF Cake 42,003 36,712
Deca 2,34,416 2,21,623

4. Of the products and packaging reclaimed at end of life of products, amount (in metric tonnes) reused, recycled, and safely
disposed, as per the following format:
FY 2022-23 FY 2021-22
Re-used Recycled Safely Re-used Recycled Safely
Disposed Disposed
Plastics (including packaging) 10.7 1748.3 0 11.4 1699.2 0
E-Waste 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hazardous waste 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other waste 0 0 0 0 0 0

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5. Reclaimed products and their packaging materials (as percentage of products sold) for each product category.

Reclaimed products and their packaging materials

Indicate product category
as % of total products sold in respective category
Pallets 1.06%
Damaged Material 0.03%

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
Total insurance insurance benefits benefits facilities@
Category
(A) % % % % %
No. (B) No. (C) No. (D) No. (E) No. (F)
(B / A) (C / A) (D / A) (E / A) (F/A)
Permanent Employees
Male 3,478 3,403 98% 3,478 100% N.A. N.A. 1,721 52% 1,053 37%
Female 291 283 97% 291 100% 256 100% N.A. N.A. 42 23%
256 100%* 52%*
@
Total 3,769 3,686 98% 3,769 100% 1,721 1,095 36%
Other than Permanent Employees
Male 447 446 100% 316 71% N.A. N.A. 323 72% 0 0%
Female 112 110 98% 52 46% 112 100% N.A. N.A. 0 0%
Total 559 556 99% 368 66% 112 100% 323 72% 0 0%
* In Tata Chemicals North America (TCNA), it is part of social security benefit
@ Only for TCL India and Rallis

b. Details of measures for the well-being of workers:

% of Employees covered by
Health Accident Maternity Paternity Day Care
Total insurance insurance benefits Benefits facilities@
Category
(A) % % % % %
No. (B) No. (C) No. (D) No. (E) No. (F)
(B / A) (C / A) (D / A) (E / A) (F/A)
Permanent Workers
Male 829 823 99% 829 100% N.A. N.A. 0 0% 326 39%
Female 24 24 100% 24 100% 17 100% N.A. N.A. 12 50%
17 100%*
@
Total 853 847 99% 853 100% 0 0% 338 76%
Other than Permanent Workers
Male 9,202 9,202 100% 9,202 100% N.A. N.A. 0 0% 0 0%
Female 570 570 100% 570 100% 570 100% N.A. N.A. 0 0%
Total 9,772 9,772 100% 9,772 100% 570 100% 0 0% 0 0%
* In TCNA, it is part of social security benefit
@ Only for TCL India and Rallis

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2. Details of retirement benefits, for Current FY and Previous FY.

FY 2022-23* FY 2021-22*
No. of No. of Deducted and No. of No. of Deducted and
employees workers deposited with employees workers deposited with
Benefits
covered as a % covered the authority covered as a covered the authority
of total as a % of (Y/N/N.A.) % of total as a % of (Y/N/N.A.)
employees total workers employees total workers
PF 100% 100% Y 100% 100% Y
Gratuity 100% 100% Y 100% 100% Y
ESI 0% 7% Y 0% 3% Y
*TCL India and Rallis

3. Accessibility of workplaces - Are the premises / offices of the entity accessible to differently abled employees and workers,
as per the requirements of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016? If not, whether any steps are being taken by
the entity in this regard.
The Company has conducted a detailed survey/study of requirements for accessibility for differently abled people at our
necessary measures have been implemented at offices and other locations.

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.
Equal opportunity is covered as part of our Tata Code of Conduct (TCoC).
https://www.tatachemicals.com/about-us/governance/code-of-conduct
The Company provides equal opportunities to all its employees and to all eligible applicants for employment in the Company.
It does not unfairly discriminate on any ground including race, caste, religion, colour, ancestry, marital status, gender, sexual
orientation, age, nationality, ethnic origin, disability or any other category protected by applicable law.
The Company also has a Diversity Policy addressing the persons with disability.

5. Return to work and Retention rates of permanent employees and workers that took parental leave.
Gender FY 2022-23
Permanent employees Permanent workers
Return to work rate Retention rate Return to work rate Retention rate
Male 100% 94% N.A. N.A.
Female 100% 100% N.A. N.A.
Total 100% 94% 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.
Yes / No
(If yes, then give details of the mechanism in brief)
Permanent Workers
Other than Permanent Workers
Yes
Permanent Employees
Other than Permanent Employees
The Redressal mechanism is as follows:
On receipt of any concern through email, letter, web helpline, oral, etc., it is registered by the Principal Ethics Counselor (PEC)
and sanity check is done. Anything outside the purview of the TCoC is informed back to the complainant. For complaints which

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 are within the purview of TCoC and merit further investigation, an investigator either - internal or external is assigned. The
investigator conducts investigation by gathering the data, validating, analysing and gives his observations and recommendations.
The investigation report is further reviewed by the PEC and the recommendations are acted upon. The documentation of the
action taken is filed for records.
These are reviewed by the MD & CEO, the Audit Committee and the Board.
7. Membership of employees and worker in association(s) or Unions recognised by the listed entity:

FY 2022-23 FY 2021-22
Total No. of employees % (B / A) Total No. of employees % (D / C)
employees / workers in employees / workers in
/ workers in respective / workers in respective
Category
respective category, who respective category, who
category (A) are part of category are part of
association(s) or (C) association(s) or
Union (B) Union (D)
Total Permanent Employees 3,769 72 2% 3,656 73 2%
Male 3,478 71 2% 3,382 72 2%
Female 291 1 0.3% 274 1 0.4%
Total Permanent Workers 853 853 100% 942 942 100%
Male 829 829 100% 915 915 100%
Female 24 24 100% 27 27 100%

8. Details of training given to employees and workers:

FY 2022-23 FY 2021-22
On Health and On skill On Health and On skill
Category Total Safety Measures upgradation Total Safety measures upgradation
(A) No. % No. % (D) No. % No. %
(B) (B / A) (C) (C / A) (E) (E / D) (F) (F / D)
Employees (Other than workers) (incl. permanent + Other than permanent)
Male 3,925 3,657 93% 2,609 66% 3,737 3,164 85% 2,551 68%
Female 403 304 75% 217 54% 328 240 73% 201 61%
Total 4,328 3,961 92% 2,826 65% 4,065 3,404 84% 2,752 67%
Workers (Only permanent)
Male 829 815 98% 66 8% 915 915 100% 108 12%
Female 24 23 96% 0 0% 27 27 100% 6 22%
Total 853 838 98% 66 8% 942 942 100% 114 12%

9. Details of performance and career development reviews of employees and workers:

FY 2022-23 FY 2021-22
Category
Total (A) No. (B) % (B/A) Total (C) No. (D) % (D/C)
Employees (Other than workers) (incl. permanent + Other than permanent)
Male 3,925 3,395 86% 3,737 3,391 91%
Female 403 277 69% 328 279 85%
Total 4,328 3,672 85% 4,065 3,670 90%
Workers (Only permanent)
Male 829 430 52% 915 513 56%
Female 24 17 71% 27 21 78%
Total 853 447 52% 942 534 57%

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10. Health and safety management system: process hazards at the site for which the Company
a. 
Whether an occupational health and safety has carried out Quantitative Risk Assessment; HAZOP
management system has been implemented by the study and engineering review by external / internal
entity? (Yes/ No). If yes, the coverage such system? experts as appropriate.

Yes, the Safety & Health Management system covers c. Whether you have processes for workers to report the
activities across all manufacturing locations, offices, work related hazards and to remove themselves from
research laboratories and supply chain partners. The such risks. (Y/N)
Safety Management system covers all employees,
Yes, we encourage our employees to report near-miss
contractors, visitors and relevant stakeholders.
incidents identified through various digital platforms
which is analysed from a central repository. All sites
b. What are the processes used to identify work-related
have specific procedure for reporting of work-related
hazards and assess risks on a routine and non-routine
hazard, injuries, unsafe condition and unsafe act.
basis by the entity?
The Company has a process for Risk Management d. Do the employees/workers of the entity have access
which is essential for preventing incidents, injuries, to non-occupational medical and healthcare services?
occupational disease, emergency control & (Yes/No)
prevention and business continuity. Considering the Yes, all employees are covered under health insurance
hazards associated with operations and hazardous scheme / ESI scheme / Company hospital.
chemicals used, sites have deployed structured Hazard
Assessment, Risk Assessment and Management 11. Details of safety-related incidents, in the following format:
Process - both qualitative and quantitative which is
regularly reviewed and mitigation plans are put in Safety Incident Category FY FY
place for high-risk areas. The process also considers / Number 2022-23 2021-22
roles and responsibilities, monitoring control Lost Time Injury Employees 1.83 1.95
Frequency Rate (LTIFR) Workers 0.4 1.17
measures, competency training and awareness of
(per one million-person
individuals associated with such activities. Formal risk
hours worked)
assessment training has been provided as appropriate.
Total recordable work- Employees 31 25
For all activities including routine or non-routine related injuries Workers 23 32
(permit / project activities) hazards are identified by a
trained cross-functional team and risk assessment and No. of fatalities Employees 0 1
management is done through Hazard Identification Workers 0 1
and Risk Assessment (HIRA)/ Job Safety Analysis High consequence Employees 0 0
(JSA)/ Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) which is work-related injury or Workers 1 0
referred before starting any activity. The Company has ill-health (excluding
procedures for process safety and functional safety fatalities)
including Layers of Protection Analysis (LOPA) and
12. Describe the measures taken by the entity to ensure a
Safety Integrity Level (SIL). Identified hazards and
safe and healthy workplace.
associated risks are addressed through operational
control measures using hierarchy of control approach. The Company is committed to continuously employing
Techniques like Process Hazard Analysis (PHA), what- world-class Safety, Health and Environment (‘SHE’) practices
if-analysis, Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA) are through benchmarking with the companies that are best
carried out on a case-to-case basis. On a day-to-day in the business. The Company has a Board-level Safety,
basis unsafe conditions and hazards are also identified Health, Environment and Sustainability (‘SHES’) Committee,
by employees and reported in e-enabled portal - chaired by an Independent Director. The Committee
MDO. It is also extended to contractors working on reviews and monitors the sustainability, safety, health and
sites to ensure their concerns are captured and added environmental policies and activities of the Tata Chemicals
into MDO. The closure of same is tracked to ensure Group on behalf of the Board to ensure that the Group is
risk control at workplace. Storing and handling of in compliance with appropriate laws and legislation. This
toxic chemicals like ammonia, chlorine, flammable Committee also provides valuable direction and guidance
materials like fuel, etc. are identified as the major to the Management to ensure that Safety and Sustainability

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 implications are duly addressed in all-new strategic are provided through tie-ups with other hospitals, nursing
initiatives, budgets, audit actions and improvement plans. homes, etc. In line with our continual improvement journey
The Company has integrated Safety, Health & Environment for our safety performance through Target Zero Harm, key
policy. Each of the sites/subsidiaries have adopted the lead and lag measures aligned to our functional process
Corporate SHE (Safety, Health & Environment) Policy or and strategic objectives are identified and targets are
have its own policy aligned to Corporate Policy and local set considering past performance, stakeholder, legal and
regulatory requirement focussing on site-specific issues. The voluntary requirements, best practices learning & sharing
Corporate SHE Policy is aligned to the Group Safety Policy; and benchmarking with leading companies. The data
Corporate Sustainability and the safety of key stakeholder associated with key lead and lag measures are captured
and accountability through the reporting performance. through various predefined reports and log sheets and
To ensure steady improvement in the SHE performance, web portals to track the performance. Predefined reports
the Company is adopting voluntary standards such as are configured in portals for necessary data analysis and
Process Safety and Risk Management (PSRM), ISO 45001, management reports. For data analysis, tools like trends
Responsible Care and the British Safety Council guidelines. analysis, Root Cause Analysis and comparative performance
The Company’s commitment to its safety management analysis are used to assess current performance and the
programmes follows a top-down approach with the senior improvements required. Positive Assurance Matrix is also
management persistently working towards establishing, introduced at all the sites to track SHE, Fire Safety and
demonstrating, sustaining and improving the safety culture Electrical Safety Performance which is reviewed by the
and incorporating the Company’s core value of safety in SHES Committee of the Board. The Company is tracking
their daily responsibilities. 11 lead indicators under five Progressive Safety Index
(PSI) elements to determine the safety progress. Annual
The employees are specially trained to tackle any targets are set for each element based on organisational
potential hazards that may arise in the course of their requirements and past performance of the locations, the
work. Additionally, tailored periodic medical check-ups elements of PSI have been selected through prevalent
are administered to the Company’s employees, based legislative requirements of the respective locations as well
on the risk profile of their work area, to identify risks to as the world-class frameworks for Safety Management
human health. Adequate medical facilities are present at Systems like ISO 45001, HSG 65, etc.
all manufacturing sites and specialised medical facilities

13. Number of Complaints on the following made by employees and workers:

FY 2022-23 FY 2021-22
Filed during Pending Remarks Filed during Pending Remarks
the year resolution at the year resolution at
the end of year the end of year
Working Conditions 2 0 Nil 3 0 Nil
Health & Safety 0 0 Nil 0 0 Nil

14. Assessments for the year:

% of your plants and offices that were assessed

(by entity or statutory authorities or third parties)
Health and Safety Practices 100%
Working Conditions 100%

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 safety-related accidents are being investigated and learnings from investigation reports are shared across organisations for
deployment of corrective actions to stop recurrence of such incidents. Effectiveness of Corrective actions deployment being
checked during safety Audits. Significant risks/concerns arising from assessment of Health and Safety Practices are addressed
through hierarchy of risk controls.

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Leadership Indicators
1. Does the entity extend any life insurance or any compensatory package in the event of death of (A) Employees (Y/N)
(B) Workers (Y/N).
The Company has systems in place to provide financial assistance to the legal dependents of the employees in case of death
while in service. For Permanent Employees, the Company has a Family Benefit Scheme which provides financial assistance to
the family until the date on which the employee would have retired from the Company. For Contract Employees, the Company
has Suraksha Scheme which provides financial assistance to the family until the date on which the contract employee would
have attained 60 years of age.
2. Provide the measures undertaken by the entity to ensure that statutory dues have been deducted and deposited by the
value chain partners.
i. Monthly PF, Wage register, bank transfer etc. are the documents submitted (monthly basis) by the contractors as per
statutory dates to IR team for approval.
ii. For non-compliance, we have stringent penalty clause.
iii. If the document of statutory payments are not made by any contractors, IR team has full authority to hold
the payment of the contractor as a control system. The hold payments are released only once the statutory
compliance dues are paid by the contractors and submit the documentary evidence.

With the above control system, we ensure the contractors pay well on time to all contract employees, also all statutory
compliance is paid on time.

3. Provide the number of employees / workers having suffered high consequence work-related injury / ill-health / fatalities (as
reported in Q11 of Essential Indicators above), who have been rehabilitated and placed in suitable employment or whose
family members have been placed in suitable employment:

No. of employees that are rehabilitated

and placed in suitable employment or
Total no. of affected employees
whose family members have been placed
in suitable employment
FY 2022-23 FY 2021-22 FY 2022-23 FY 2021-22
Employees Nil Nil Nil Nil
Workers 1 2 1 2

4. Does the entity provide transition assistance programs to facilitate continued employability and the management of career
endings resulting from retirement or termination of employment? (Yes/No)
Yes, subject to requirements, the Company provides opportunities for engagement on specific projects / assignments across
the Company.

5. Details on assessment of value chain partners:

% of value chain partners (by value of business done with such partners) that were assessed
Health and Safety Practices 100%
Working Conditions 100%

6. Provide details of any corrective actions taken or underway to address significant risks/concerns arising from assessments
of health and safety practices and working conditions of value chain partners.
Significant risks/concerns if any related to health & safety practices and working conditions are evaluated during the assessment.
No such risk/concern recorded during FY 2022-23.

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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.
The Company has identified its internal and external group of stakeholders and below listed stakeholder groups have
an immediate impact on the operations and working of the Company. This includes Employees, Shareholders, Customers,
Communities, Suppliers, Partners and Vendors.

2. List stakeholder groups identified as key for your entity and the frequency of engagement with each stakeholder group.

Stakeholder Whether Channels of communication (Email, SMS, Frequency of Purpose and scope of engagement
Group identified as Newspaper, Pamphlets, Advertisement, engagement including key topics and concerns
Vulnerable & Community Meetings, Notice Board, (Annually/ raised during such engagement
Marginalised Website), Other Half yearly/
Group (Yes/No) Quarterly /
others – please
specify)
Shareholders No Annual General Meetings, other shareholder Ongoing Share price appreciation, dividends,
meetings, email communications, Stock profitability and financial stability, robust
Exchange (SE) intimations, investor / ESG practices, climate change risks, cyber
analysts meet / conference calls, Annual risks, growth prospects
Reports, quarterly results, media releases,
Company / SE website
Employees No Senior leaders’ communication / talk / Ongoing Responsible Care (RC), innovation,
forum, town hall briefing, goal setting operational efficiencies, improvement
and performance appraisal meetings/ areas, long-term strategy plans, training
review, exit interviews, arbitration / and awareness, responsible marketing,
union meetings, wellness initiatives, brand communication, health, safety and
engagement survey, email, intranet, flat engagement initiatives
screens, websites, poster campaigns, house
magazines, confluence, circulars, quarterly
publication, newsletters
Customers No Website ECRM, distributor / retailer / direct Ongoing Product quality and availability,
customer / achievers’ meets, senior leader responsiveness to needs, aftersales service,
customer meets / visits, customer plant responsible guidelines / manufacturing,
visits, COO club, key account management climate change
workshops, focus group discussion,
trade body membership, complaints,
management, helpdesk, conferences,
joint BD plans, information on packaging,
customer surveys, NPS
Suppliers / No Prequalification / vetting, communication Ongoing Quality, timely delivery and payments,
Partners and partnership meets, plant visits, ESG consideration (sustainability, safety
MoU and framework agreements, trade checks, compliances, ethical behaviour),
association meets/seminars, professional ISO and OHSAS standards, collaboration
networks, Bhagidhari Sabha, contract and digitalisation opportunities
management / review, product workshops
/ on site presentations, satisfaction surveys,
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Stakeholder Whether Channels of communication (Email, SMS, Frequency of Purpose and scope of engagement
Group identified as Newspaper, Pamphlets, Advertisement, engagement including key topics and concerns
Vulnerable & Community Meetings, Notice Board, (Annually/ raised during such engagement
Marginalised Website), Other Half yearly/
Group (Yes/No) Quarterly /
others – please
specify)
Government No Working with local / state / national Ongoing Strong ESG practices (climate change
government and ministries, seminars, roadmap, frameworks for sustainability
media releases, conferences, membership and beyond compliance and RC, changes
in local enterprise partnership and industry in regulatory frameworks, skill and capacity
bodies (ICC, IMA, CII, CIA,ESAPA, RC, UNGC, building, employment, environmental
Labour Union, Federal Mine Safety & Health measures), policy advocacy, timely
Association, State Environmental Agencies, contribution to exchequer/ local
Kenya Association of Manufacturers, infrastructure, proactive engagement
Kenya Chamber of Mines, Kenya National
Chamber of Commerce & Industry)
Communities Yes Meets (of community / local authority and Ongoing RC, waste management, integrated water
town council / committee / location head management, clean water, climate change
/ SWOT council), community visits and impacts, community development, self-
projects, partnership with local charities, sustainability, livelihood support, disaster
volunteerism, seminars / conferences relief, support of the United Nations
Focussed Group Discussions with Sustainable Development Goals (UN
Communities / local authorities / location SDGs) building capacity of future leaders,
heads, community visits and projects, digital ecosystem development
partnership with NGOs, volunteerism.

Leadership Indicators 3. Provide details of instances of engagement with, and

1. 
Provide the processes for consultation between actions taken to, address the concerns of vulnerable/
stakeholders and the Board on economic, environmental, marginalised stakeholder groups.
and social topics or if consultation is delegated, how is The Company follows an integrated development approach
feedback from such consultations provided to the Board. which specifically targets the disadvantaged, vulnerable
and marginalised stakeholders. It has been the Company’s
The Company's management regularly interacts with its key
constant endeavour to focus on inclusive and collaborative
stakeholders i.e. investors, customers, suppliers, employees,
growth. The Company began its journey a few years ago
etc. The Company also has a Safety, Health, Environment
by focussing on Affirmative Action (AA) i.e. disadvantaged
and Sustainability (SHES) Committee which updates the
communities and while the Company continues to progress
progress on the actions taken to the Board and takes inputs
on this roadmap, it has expanded its focus on diversity to
and guidance from the Board on a quarterly basis.
additionally cover gender diversity, disadvantaged regions
and person with disability, LGBTQ all of which are important
2. Whether stakeholder consultation is used to support the
segments that can help create a more sustainable
identification and management of environmental, and
organisation. Towards this objective, the Company has
social topics (Yes / No). If so, provide details of instances
reconstituted its current Affirmative Action Council into a
as to how the inputs received from stakeholders on these
Diversity Council (‘DC’). The organisation has instituted DC
topics were incorporated into policies and activities of
led by the MD & CEO and Senior Leaders to focus on these
the entity.
identified areas of AA agenda. The Company’s leadership
Yes, through materiality study, the Company engages with drives the AA agenda across the organisation with passion
its stakeholders in terms of identifying and prioritising the and commitment. The Company’s integrated development
issues pertaining to economic, environmental and social interventions are based on the framework linked to the UN
topics. (For further details, please refer to the section on SDGs and has the following elements: building economic
Stakeholder Engagement on Page No. 48). capital, ensuring environmental integrity, enablers for
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 building social capital. All social initiatives under these of candidates that helps improve the Company’s employee
elements are conducted around the Company’s areas of diversity. The Company has a formal policy on Diversity
operations. This approach aims to improve the quality of and Inclusion (‘D&I’) which articulates and defines its
life, especially in their neighbourhoods. As per the need commitment to this cause. From 2020 onwards, February is
assessment, the Scheduled Caste (SC) / Scheduled Tribes celebrated as the month of Diversity and Inclusion. During
(ST) community in the Company’s neighbourhood regions this month, sensitisation training is conducted for the senior
aspires for better education, health care, better livelihood leadership team along with various activities conducted
skills and employment. The internal job posting initiative across the Company such as focussed group discussions,
Seamlessly Harnessing Internal Expertise (‘SHINE’) is further panel discussions, expert speaker sessions on Business and
enhanced to include referrals for candidates from the Human Rights, Affirmative Action, play shops, quizzes, D&I
economically and socially backward communities calling room, communication through emailers, standees, placard,
it SHINE+. Another corporate initiative was launched which batches, etc. which helps sensitising employees on D&I,
has more reward for recruitment consultants for shortlisting unconscious bias, inclusive behaviour, etc.

PRINCIPLE 5 - Businesses should respect and promote human rights

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 2022-23 FY 2021-22
No. employees No. employees
Category Total workers % Total workers %
(A) covered (B / A) (C) covered (D / C)
(B) (D)
Employees
Permanent 3,769 3,471 92% 3,656 3,249 89%
Other than Permanent 559 555 99% 409 409 100%
Total Employees 4,328 4,026 93% 4,065 3,658 90%
Workers
Permanent 853 448 53% 942 534 57%
Other than Permanent 9,772 9,772 100% 8,669 8,669 100%
Total Workers 10,625 10,220 96% 9,611 9,203 96%

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2. Details of minimum wages paid to employees and workers, in the following format:

FY 2022-23 FY 2021-22
Equal to More than Equal to More than
Category Total Total
minimum wages minimum wages minimum wages minimum wages
(A) (D)
No. (B) % (B/A) No. (C) % (C/A) No. (E) % (E/D) No. (F) % (F/D)
Employees
Permanent
Male 3,478 0 0% 3,478 100% 3,382 0 0% 3,284 100%
Female 291 0 0% 291 100% 274 0 0% 270 100%
Other than Permanent
Male 447 131 29% 316 71% 355 79 22% 276 78%
Female 112 60 54% 52 46% 54 13 24% 41 76%
Workers
Permanent
Male 829 383 46% 446 54% 915 462 50% 453 50%
Female 24 17 71% 7 29% 27 21 78% 6 22%
Other than Permanent
Male 9,202 5,700 62% 3,502 38% 8,115 4,555 56% 3,560 44%
Female 570 298 52% 272 48% 554 190 34% 364 66%

3. Details of remuneration/salary/wages, in the following format: (For TCL India)

Male Female
Number Median Number Median
remuneration / remuneration/
salary / wages of salary / wages of
respective category respective category
(` in lakh) (` in lakh)
Board of Directors (BoD) 7 56 2 66
Key Managerial Personnel (excludes MD & CEO and ED) 2 202 0 -
Employees other than BoD and KMP 1,275 5 115 6
Workers 383 6 17 5

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 adopted a Business Human Rights Policy (available at http://sustainability.tatachemicals.com/vision.htm).
Under the same, the Company has constituted a governance mechanism to address the Human rights issues. It is the same
structure we have to address out Tata Code of Conduct (TCoC) grievances. The MD & CEO is the Principal Ethics Officer (PEO)
and the CHRO is the Principal Ethics Counselor (PEC). Every location has a local ethics counselor who reports to the PEC for the
review of grievances with respect to human rights, etc.
https://www.tatachemicals.com/about-us/governance/code-of-conduct

5. Describe the internal mechanisms in place to redress grievances related to human rights issues.
The mechanism to redress grievances under Human rights is same as for other grievances. On receipt of any concern through
email, letter, web helpline, oral etc., it is registered by the Principal Ethics Counselor (PEC) and sanity check done. Anything
outside the preview of the Code of Conduct is informed back to the complainant. For complaints within the purview of the TCoC
and merits further investigation an investigator either – internal or external is assigned. The investigator conducts investigation
by gathering the data, validating, analysing and gives his observations & recommendations. The investigation report is further
reviewed by the PEC and the recommendation acted upon. The documentation of the action taken is filed for records. These
are reviewed by MD & CEO and the Audit Committee.

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6. Number of Complaints on the following made by employees and workers:

FY 2022-23 FY 2021-22
Filed Pending Remarks Filed Pending Remarks
during resolution at during resolution at
the year the end of year the year the end of year
Sexual Harassment 0 0 Nil 1 0 Nil
Discrimination at Workplace 4 0 Nil 3 0 Nil
Child Labour 0 0 Nil 0 0 Nil
Forced Labour/Involuntary Labour 0 0 Nil 0 0 Nil
Wages 1 0 Nil 0 0 Nil
Other human rights related issues 0 0 Nil 0 0 Nil

7. Mechanisms to prevent adverse consequences to the complainant in discrimination and harassment cases.
1. As part of Whistle Blower Policy and POSH policy, the Company has a section mentioned on the protection of identity of
the complainant. All such matters are dealt in strict confidence.
2. Also, as part of our Code of Conduct, the Company does not tolerate any form of retaliation against anyone reporting
legitimate concerns. Anyone involved in targeting such a person will be subject to disciplinary action.

8. Do human rights requirements form part of your business agreements and contracts?
Yes, the Company has specific clauses as part of the TCoC included in the business agreements and contracts. Human rights
form a part of the TCoC and the Company has also adopted a Human Rights policy.

9. Assessments for the year:

% of your plants and offices that were assessed (by entity or statutory authorities
or third parties)
Child labour Not assessed - as no child labour in employment
Forced/involuntary labour Not assessed - as no forced/involuntary labour in employment
Sexual harassment 100% by Internal Complaints Committee
Discrimination at workplace 100%
Wages 100% by internal audit

10. Provide details of any corrective actions taken or underway to address significant risks / concerns arising from the
assessments at Question 9 above.
There were no audit concerns in the above areas from assessments in FY 2022-23.

Leadership Indicators
1. Details of a business process being modified / introduced as a result of addressing human rights grievances/complaints.
No such grievances/complaints on Human Rights violations.

2. Details of the scope and coverage of any Human rights due-diligence conducted.
The Company is in the process of having a Human rights due diligence conducted.

3. Is the premise/office of the entity accessible to differently abled visitors, as per the requirements of the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities Act, 2016?
Most of our working locations are accessible for Person with disabilities (PWDs).

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4. Details on assessment of value chain partners:

% of value chain partners (by value of business done with such partners)
that were assessed
Sexual Harassment All these factors are part of Tata Code of Conduct. The Company takes declarations
Discrimination at Workplace from all value chain partners as a part of adherence to the TCoC as part of their
contract / purchase orders. The contracts are not renewed or they are terminated in
Child Labour
case of non-adherence to the TCoC agreed upon.
Forced Labour/Involuntary Labour
https://www.tatachemicals.com/about-us/governance/code-of-conduct
Wages
Others – please specify

5. Provide details of any corrective actions taken or underway to address significant risks / concerns arising from the
assessments at Question 4 above.
No such significant risks / concerns and hence not applicable.

PRINCIPLE 6 - Businesses should respect and make efforts to protect and restore the environment
Essential Indicators
1. Details of total energy consumption (in Joules or multiples) and energy intensity, in the following format:

Parameter FY 2022-23 FY 2021-22

Total electricity consumption (A) (in TJ) 553 491
Total fuel consumption (B) (in TJ) 47,529 47,877
Energy consumption through other sources (C) (in TJ) 11.8 12.5
Total energy consumption (A+B+C) (in TJ) 48,094 48,380
Energy intensity per rupee of turnover (Total energy consumption/ turnover in rupees) 2.86x10-7 3.83x10-7

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.
Yes, assurance is conducted externally by Ernst & Young Associates LLP (‘EY’).

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.
Yes, the Cement Plant has been identified as DC under PAT Scheme. PAT cycle II (2018-19) SEC achieved 0.1153 against target of
0.1152 Toe/tonne. New target for PAT cycle- VII (2024-25) released by BEE is 0.1133Toe/tonne.

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3. Provide details of the following disclosures related to water, in the following format:
Parameter FY 2022-23 FY 2021-22
Water withdrawal by source (in kilolitres)
(i) Surface water 3,08,76,489 2,85,59,597
(ii) Groundwater 26,22,016 28,47,574
(iii) Third party water 4,73,960 4,44,307
(iv) Seawater / desalinated water 7,24,11,893 6,89,35,625
(v) Others 3,33,411 2,01,749
Total volume of water withdrawal (in kilolitres) (i + ii + iii + iv + v) 10,67,17,769 10,09,88,852
Total volume of water consumption (in kilolitres) 10,67,17,769 10,09,88,852
Water intensity per rupee of turnover (Water consumed / turnover) 0.0006 0.0008

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.
Yes, Reasonably assured by EY.

4. Has the entity implemented a mechanism for Zero Liquid Discharge? If yes, provide details of its coverage and implementation.
Yes, the Company has implemented zero liquid discharge mechanism at Mambattu plant, Akola plant, and Wyoming plant.
Ankleshwar plant developed the capability for 100% recycling of treated water.

5. Please provide details of air emissions (other than GHG emissions) by the entity, in the following format:
Parameter Please specify unit FY 2022-23 FY 2021-22
NOx MT 5,450 4,345
SOx MT 3,874 3,495
Particulate matter (PM) MT 2,083 3,094
Persistent organic pollutants (POP) MT 0 0
Volatile organic compounds (VOC) MT 1,668 6,319
Hazardous air pollutants (HAP) MT 232 716
Others – please specify MT 0 0
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.
Yes, assured by EY.

6. Provide details of greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions) & its intensity, in the following format:
Parameter Unit FY 2022-23 FY 2021-22
Total scope 1 emissions Metric tonnes of 4,423,569 4,417,797
(Break-up of the GHG into CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6, NF3, CO2 equivalent
if available)
Total scope 2 emissions Metric tonnes of 92,811 85,124
(Break-up of the GHG into CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6, NF3, if CO2 equivalent
available)
Total Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions per rupee of turnover 2.69x10-5 3.6x10-5
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.
Yes, reasonably assured by EY.

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7. Does the entity have any project related to reducing Green House Gas emission? If yes, then provide details.
Yes, the Company has proactively embarked on a carbon emission reduction journey and has developed a comprehensive
roadmap with several solutions to achieve this goal. In June 2022, the Company commissioned UK’s first and largest
industrial scale carbon capture and utilisation plant, enabling the Company to make the world’s first carbon neutral sodium
bicarbonate. The carbon capture unit at Winnington (UK) facility captures 40,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide each year.
The Company has invested in renewable energy sources to reduce dependency on fossil fuels and reduce greenhouse gas
emissions e.g. Solar power projects and other clean energy solutions like biomass.

The Company has also focussed on improving energy efficiency in manufacturing processes by adopting advanced technologies,
optimising equipment efficiencies and implementing energy management systems. The Company is implementing interventions
such as solar crystallization, electrical calcination and waste heat recovery. The Company has implemented robust systems
to monitor and measure greenhouse gas emissions across its operations for identifying areas for improvement and drive a
continuous reduction in emissions. The Company also supports research and development initiatives aimed at developing new
technologies and processes that reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

8. Provide details related to waste management by the entity, in the following format:
Parameter FY 2022-23 FY 2021-22
Total Waste generated (in metric tonnes)
Plastic waste (A) 2,004 2,402
E-waste (B) 8 11
Bio-medical waste (C) 11 12
Construction and demolition waste (D) 32 20
Battery waste (E) 12 2
Radioactive waste (F) 0 0
Other Hazardous waste, please specify (G) 39,950 37,981
Other non-hazardous waste generated (H) Please specify, if any 10,11,417 10,47,599
(Break-up by composition i.e. by materials relevant to the sector)
Total (A+ B+C+D+E+F+G+H) 10,53,400 10,88,026
For each category of waste generated, total waste recovered through recycling, re-using or other recovery operations (in
metric tonnes)
Category of waste – TCL India and Rallis
(i) Recycled 22,066 21,730
(ii) Re-used 10,01,799 10,13,100
(iii) Other recovery operations 0 0
Total 10,23,865 10,34,830
For each category of waste generated, total waste disposed by nature of disposal method (in metric tonnes)
Category of waste – TCL India and Rallis
(i) Incineration 14,345 10,431
(ii) Landfilling 6,771 6,697
(iii) Other disposal operations 0 0
Total 21,116 17,128
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.
Yes, assured by EY.

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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.
The Company ensures responsible waste management practices involving recycling of plastic waste as per applicable EPR PWM,
recycling and reuse of waste oil in the CRS dryer, fly ash utilisation, removal and replacement of asbestos with iron sheets and
ensuring safe disposal through Authorised licensed vendors and safe disposal of waste across locations. Moreover, the waste
generated within the plant gets consumed in our Cement plant as input material and hence producing the value-added product
out of waste.

Spent acids are sent for recycling to authorised end user to make useful products. Aqueous/Organic waste is sent to the authorised
common incinerator system. As per our policy, we have discontinued production of the highly toxic red triangle products as per
the Insecticides Act. Thus, the product portfolio and waste generated remains relatively less toxic.

Non-toxic wastewater from process, canteen, amenities, cooling towers, boiler blow-down, etc. is treated in Effluent Treatment
Plant (ETP). ETP is equipped with primary, secondary, tertiary treatment followed by an Reverse Osmosis (RO) system. Tertiary
treated effluent is either recycled through RO or discharged to the common effluent system. The Aqueous effluent generated
from processes having low COD and high TDS is fed to the Multiple Effect Evaporator and condensate of the evaporator is
sent for treatment in the Effluent treatment plant or recycled/reused. The sludge generated from the evaporator/ETP is sent
to an authorised secured landfill site. High calorific and high TDS value hazardous waste is sent for processing to authorised
co-processors and further to cement industry.

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:

S. Location of Types of operation Whether the conditions of environmental approval / clearance are
No. operations / offices being complied with? (Y/N) If no, the reasons thereof and corrective
action taken, if any.
1. Mithapur Manufacturing Yes

11. Details of environmental impact assessments of projects undertaken by the entity based on applicable laws, in the current
financial year:

Name and brief details of EIA Notification Whether conducted Results Relevant web link
the project No. and Date by independent communicated
external agency in public domain
(Yes / No) (Yes / No)

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). If not, provide details of all such non-compliances, in the following format:

S Specify the law / regulation Provide the details of Any fines / penalties / action taken Corrective action
No. the non-compliance by regulatory agencies such as taken, if any
Pollution Control Board or by courts

Not Applicable

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Leadership Indicators
1. Provide break-up of the total energy consumed (in Joules or multiples) from renewable and non-renewable sources, in the
following format:
Parameter (Energy Consumed in TJ) FY 2022-23 FY 2021-22
From renewable sources
Total electricity consumption (A) 22 25
Total fuel consumption (B) 355 298
Energy consumption through other sources (C) 0.1 0.1
Total energy consumed from renewable sources (A+B+C) 378 323
Total electricity consumption (D) 526 490
Total fuel consumption (E) 47,163 52,275
Energy consumption through other sources (F) 0 0
Total energy consumed from non-renewable sources (D+E+F) 47,689 52,765
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.
Yes, assured by EY
2. Provide the following details related to water discharged:
Parameter FY 2022-23 FY 2021-22
Water discharge by destination and level of treatment (in kilolitres)
(i) To Surface water
- No treatment 1,02,45,886 78,73,008
- With treatment – tertiary 54,09,799 54,94,810
(ii) To Groundwater
- No treatment 0 0
- With treatment 0 0
(iii) To Seawater
- No treatment 0 0
- With treatment – as per norms 6,88,43,019 6,46,13,044
(iv) Sent to third-parties
- No treatment 1,36,338 1,25,333
- With treatment – tertiary 3,82,221 3,37,859
(v) Others
- No treatment 0 0
- With treatment 0 0
Total water discharged (in kilolitres) 8,50,17,868 7,84,44,054
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.
Yes, reasonably assured by EY

3. Water withdrawal, consumption and discharge in areas of water stress (in kilolitres):
For each facility / plant located in areas of water stress, provide the following information:
(i) Name of the area*
Mithapur, Ankleshwar & Dahej in Gujarat , Akola & Lote in Maharashtra , Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu , Mambattu in Andhra Pradesh
*Source: World Resources Institute

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 (ii) Nature of operations
Manufacturing of Soda Ash & other basic chemistry products, Specialty chemicals, Agrochemicals and Nutrition
solutions
(iii) Water withdrawal, consumption and discharge in the following format:
Parameter FY 2022-23 FY 2021-22
Water withdrawal by source (in kilolitres)
(i) Surface water 0 0
(ii) Groundwater 5,72,585 3,72,214
(iii) Third party water 3,35,322 3,14,259
(iv) Seawater / desalinated water 7,24,11,893 6,89,35,625
(v) Others 90,935 73,805
Total volume of water withdrawal (in kilolitres) 7,33,19,800 6,96,22,093
Total volume of water consumption (in kilolitres) 7,33,19,800 6,96,22,093
Water intensity per rupee of turnover (Water consumed / turnover) 0.0009 0.0011
Water discharge by destination and level of treatment (in kilolitres)
(i) Into Surface water
- No treatment 0 0
- With treatment 0 0
(ii) Into Groundwater
- No treatment 0 0
- With treatment 0 0
(iii) Into Seawater
- No treatment 0 0
- With treatment – Secondary 6,88,43,019 6,46,13,044
(iv) Sent to third-parties
- No treatment 0 0
- With treatment – Secondary 3,82,221 3,37,859
(v) Others
- No treatment 0 0
- With treatment 0 0
Total water discharged (in kilolitres) 6,92,25,240 6,49,50,903
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.
Yes, reasonably assured by EY
4. Please provide details of total Scope 3 emissions & its intensity, in the following format:
Parameter Unit FY 2022-23 FY 2021-22
Total Scope 3 emissions (Break-up of the GHG into CO2, CH4, N2O, Metric tonnes of 1,52,794 1,44,366
HFCs, PFCs, SF6, NF3, if available) CO2 equivalent
Total Scope 3 emissions per rupee of turnover 9x10-7 1.14x10-6
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.
Yes, reasonably assured by EY
5. With respect to the ecologically sensitive areas reported at Question 10 of Essential Indicators above, provide details of
significant direct & indirect impact of the entity on biodiversity in such areas along with prevention and remediation activities.
The Company has been running biodiversity conservation programmes viz. coral reef restoration, whale shark conservation,
mangroves and indigenous flora and fauna conservation, along with environmental education initiatives at Mithapur. Through
C-SCAPES, the Company has been working on new conservation projects on coastal ecosystem management; coastal community
resilience-building; climate change mitigation and adaptation; and coastal governance.

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6. If the entity has undertaken any specific initiatives or used innovative technology or solutions to improve resource efficiency,
or reduce impact due to emissions / effluent discharge / waste generated, please provide details of the same as well as
outcome of such initiatives, as per the following format:

Sr. Initiative undertaken Details of the initiative Outcome of the initiative

No. (Web-link, if any, may be provided along with
summary)
1. Industrial scale carbon capture https://www.tatachemicalseurope.com/tata-chemicals- To make the world’s first carbon neutral
and utilisation (CCU) plant-UK europe-opens-uks-largest-carbon-capture-plant sodium bicarbonate. Reducing carbon
by 40,000 tonnes
2. Water Recycling Project i. Process condensate recovery and reusing it in process Reduction in water consumption
-Mambattu ii. Steam Condensate Recovery
3. Reduction of Hazardous waste Installation of Solar Dryer 50% reduction in hazardous
generation-Mambattu waste generation
4. Zero Land fill Project- Cuddalore Hazardous waste are now send to authorised agencies for Zero land fill of hazardous waste
reprocessing and coprocessing instead of Landfill
5. Integrated waste management https://sustainability.tatachemicals.com/our-approach/our- Conservation of natural resources
Utilisation of fly ash, under sized progress/environmental-compliance/
limestone and effluent solids in
Cement manufacturing-Mithapur
6. Transporting through container The conversion of road movement into container rake Reduction of carbon emission
rakes-Mithapur movement for Product shipment
7. Construction of water structures Construction of 152 small water structures like farm pond, 22.1 MCFT for water storage
in Dwarka District farm bund & well recharge

7. Does the entity have a business continuity and disaster management plan? Give details in 100 words / web link.
Yes, onsite and offsite emergency preparedness plan is in place. Mithapur has completed the assessment for ISO 22301:2019.
ISO 22301:2019 - BCMS implementation for Cuddalore, Mambattu and Corporate (Wadala, Bombay House and Gift city) is
almost complete.
TCL has the primary data centre (DC) situated in Mumbai, and disaster recovery (DR) site situated in Bengaluru (Different seismic
zone) which is managed by third party. DR setup is implemented for only SAP application as it is deemed critical for business
operations. Periodical DR drills are conducted.
Business Continuity Plans (BCP) are designed to help the Company to recover from a disruption in production activity. Specifically,
BCP provides guidance to ensure that the Manufacturing units can respond effectively to a disruption and restore production
operations as quickly as possible.
The objectives of BCP for Manufacturing plants are to identify various threats that can disrupt the business operations. Identify
advanced arrangements and procedures that will enable the team to respond quickly to an emergency event and ensure
continuous performance of critical business functions. Reduce employee injury or loss of life and minimise damage and losses.
Protect essential facilities, equipment, vital records, and other assets. Identify teams which would need to respond to a crisis
and describe specific responsibilities. Facilitate effective decision-making to ensure that agency operations are restored in a
timely manner. Identify alternative courses of action to minimise and/or mitigate the effects of the crisis and shorten the agency
response time. Quantify the impact of any kind of event in terms of money, time, business and workforce. Recover quickly from an
emergency event and resume to full-scale manufacturing of products in a timely manner. Maintain the quality of manufactured
goods and products and keep consistency prioritised, protecting our customer base and brand during an emergency event.
8. Disclose any significant adverse impact to the environment, arising from the value chain of the entity. What mitigation or
adaptation measures have been taken by the entity in this regard.
No significant impact
9. Percentage of value chain partners (by value of business done with such partners) that were assessed for environmental impacts.
63%

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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: Total 26
b. List the top 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 chambers/ Reach of trade and industry chambers/
No. associations associations (State/National/International)
1 Indian Chemical Council National - India
2 Alkali Manufacturers Association of India National - India
3 Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) National - India
4 TERI Council for Business Sustainability National - India
5 WeCare National - India
6 Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry State / National - India
7 All India Management Association National - India
8 United Nation of Global Compact International - India
9 Chemical Industries Association National - UK
10 Association Decentralised Energy National - UK
11 Confederation Business Industries National - UK
12 Essential Minerals Assoc. National (North America)
13 Glass Packaging Institute National (North America)
14 Glass Industry Supply Chain Council National (North America)
15 Wyoming Heritage Foundation National (North America)
16 Wyoming Mining Association National (North America)
17 Wyoming Taxpayers Association National (North America)
18 Federation of Kenya Employers National - Kenya
19 Kenya National Chamber of Commerce National - Kenya
20 Kenya Private Sector Alliance National - Kenya
21 Kenya Association of Manufacturers National - Kenya
22 Eastern Africa Association Regional/ International - Kenya
23 GS1-Kenya National - Kenya
24 Crop Life India (CLI) National - Rallis
25 Federation of Seeds Industries of India (FSII) National - Rallis
26 IMC Chamber of Commerce and Industry National - Rallis

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

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Leadership Indicators
1. Details of public policy positions advocated by the entity:

S. Public advocated Method resorted for Whether information Frequency of Review Web policy
No. such advocacy available in public by Board (Annually/ Link, if available
domain? (Yes/No) Half yearly/ Quarterly
/ Others – please
specify)
1. Advocacy for Usually through - -
reasonable statutory industry-related trade
and regulatory associations to which the
enactments that company belongs.
affect the company.
(TCNA)
2. Use of drone Through Industry bodies - As needed. -
in agriculture
3. Recycling of Through Industry bodies Yes -
plastic containers (Part of IR & BRSR)
4. Safe use of Through Industry bodies - -
Agrochemicals
by Farmers

PRINCIPLE 8 - Businesses should promote inclusive growth and equitable development

Essential Indicators
1. Details of Social Impact Assessments (SIA) of projects undertaken by the entity based on applicable laws, in the current
financial year.

Name and brief SIA Date of Whether Results Relevant Web link
details of project Notification notification conducted by communicated
No. independent in public domain
external agency (Yes / No)
(Yes / No)

Solar PVT project N.A. N.A. Yes Yes https://sustainability.

tatachemicals.com/
assets/pdf/tcm-solar-
project_20230601081331.pdf

2. Provide information on project(s) for which ongoing Rehabilitation and Resettlement (R&R) is being undertaken by your
entity, in the following format:
Not Applicable

3. Describe the mechanisms to receive and redress grievances of the community.

The Company has a process to receive and redress concerns/grievances received from the community. A site level committee
consisting of members from various departments viz. administration, security, CSR, SWOT committee etc. is formed which
receives the concerns (written/verbal) and works towards its redressal. A joint field visit/investigation is done, and the concern
is addressed appropriately in a timely manner. The concerns are recorded and tracked for closure. In addition, the Company
proactively engages with the community as a part of the development work. Throughout the year, a number of informal and
formal sessions are conducted which help interactions with the community apart from program specific meetings to facilitate
working together. There is a targeted approach for engaging with various sections viz. youth, women and community leaders.
Senior leadership interacts with the community regularly.

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4. Percentage of input material (inputs to total inputs by value) sourced from suppliers:

Parameter FY 2022-23 FY 2021-22

Directly sourced from MSMEs / small producers 12.04% 13.63%
Sourced directly from within the district and neighbouring districts 77.74% 84%

Leadership Indicators
1. Provide details of actions taken to mitigate any negative social impacts identified in the Social Impact Assessments
(Reference: Question 1 of Essential Indicators above):

Details of negative social impact identified Corrective action taken

Not Applicable

2. Provide the following information on CSR projects undertaken by your entity in designated aspirational districts as identified
by government bodies:

S No. State Aspirational District Amount spent (In `)

1. Gujarat Narmada 67,45,000
2. Telangana Warangal 90,00,000
3. Maharashtra Osmanabad 25,50,000
4. Jharkhand Ramgadh 25,00,000

3. (a) Do you have a preferential procurement policy where you give preference to purchase from suppliers comprising
marginalised/vulnerable groups? (Yes/No)
Yes
(b) From which marginalised/vulnerable groups do you procure?
Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes

(c) What percentage of total procurement (by value) does it constitute?

1.83%

4. Details of the benefits derived and shared from the intellectual properties owned or acquired by your entity (in the current
financial year), based on traditional knowledge:

S Intellectual Property based on Owned / Benefit shared Basis of calculating benefit share
No. traditional knowledge Acquired (Yes / No)
Yes / No
1. Access to biological resources for Yes Yes The amount is being paid as per the Guidelines
research and commercial purposes on Access to Biological Resources and
Associated Knowledge and Benefit Sharing
Regulations – 2014.

5. Details of corrective actions taken or underway, based on any adverse order in intellectual property related disputes wherein
usage of traditional knowledge is involved.
Not Applicable

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6. Details of beneficiaries of CSR Projects:

Sr. CSR Project No. of persons benefited % of beneficiaries
No. from CSR Projects from vulnerable and
marginalised groups
Tata Chemicals India
1. Okhai and Cluster Development Program 29,575 41%
2. Agriculture and Livestock Management 9,544 21%
3. Skill Development Programs 866 43%
4. Natural Resource Management & Environment Conservation 7,811 40%
5. Health Care, Nutrition, Safe Drinking Water & Sanitation 96,299 40%
6. Education 71,812 12%
7. Inclusive Growth 2,904 100%
8. Disaster and Infrastructure 42,990 11%
Rallis
9. RUBY - Educational Initiative 8,381 47%
10. TaRa - Skilling Initiative 1,361 28%
11. Rural Development 36,413 31%
12. Jal Dhan- Water Harvesting and Conservation 2,68,797 27%
13. Sampoorna Poshan - Malnutrition and Anaemia Initiative 700 44%
14. C-Safe 1,786 10%
CSR and volunteering activities are also carried out in USA, UK and Kenya for various vulnerable and marginalised groups.
- UK - Support to local Hospice St. Luke‘s and terminally ill patients in Northwich through various fundraising events
- USA - Support to children in health and education (focus on STEM), women (single mothers) for improving livelihood and
local charities
- Kenya - Focus on education through infrastructure and bursaries, preventive health care and drinking water, curative health
care through Magadi Hospital, watershed and drinking water, women empowerment and youth engagement programs

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.
The Company has web-enabled online customer complaint portal. After logging of each complaint unique number is generated
- depending on the product group, nature of complaint. It goes to the resolution authority online. Based on resolution it goes
to the approving authority. Once the approving authority approves and if there are any financial implications then it goes to
commercial for issue of credit note. Once approved customer gets credit and customer feedback on the nature of closure. All
complaints are resolved within definite timeframes depending upon the products and nature of complaint. If not resolved, then
it escalates to next authority mapped in the system. After receiving satisfactory feedback from customer, the individual complaint
is closed. For improvement and avoid recurrence, list of complaints is aggregated, Root cause analysis done by the assigned
teams and aggregated reports on complaint received and closure time reported to Senior Management on monthly basis.
2. Turnover of products/services as a percentage of turnover from all products/services that carry information about:
As a percentage to total turnover
Environmental and social parameters relevant to the product 100%
Safe and responsible usage 100%
Recycling and/or safe disposal 100%

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3. Number of consumer complaints in respect of the following:
FY 2022-23 FY 2021-22
Received Pending Remarks Received Pending Remarks
during resolution at during resolution at
the year the end of year the year the end of year
Data Privacy 0 0 Nil 0 0 Nil
Advertising 0 0 Nil 0 0 Nil
Cyber-security 0 0 Nil 0 0 Nil
Delivery of Essential Services 0 0 Nil 0 0 Nil
Restrictive Trade Practices 0 0 Nil 0 0 Nil
Unfair Trade Practices 0 0 Nil 0 0 Nil
Other 0 0 Nil 0 0 Nil

4. Details of instances of product recalls on account of safety issues:

Nil

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.
TCL’s approach to cybersecurity is included in its Information Security Policy. In brief it covers handling and protection of the
Company’s information & assets and targets that it is available all the time to respective stakeholders. The policy also clearly
defines roles and responsibilities of various stakeholders for protection of the information and handling of the cyber incidents.
IT security policy is available on the Company’s website. The policy can be accessed by using link https://www.tatachemicals.
com/upload/content_pdf/information-security-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.

Active monitoring of the cyber security for Tata Chemicals has been outsourced and managed by third party experts. The regular
reviews are conducted, and corrective actions are taken to improve the cyber security posture.

Safeguards for ensuring data privacy requirements are being evaluated with reference to global best practices and are being
introduced in Tata Chemicals. Subsidiaries operating in jurisdictions like the EU which have GDPR (General Data Protection
Regulations), are already compliant with the relevant data privacy laws. Systems and process are being reviewed and improved
to enhance the protection of PI (Personal Information) data.

No issues related to advertising and delivery of essential services. No action by any regulatory authority, and no issues on safety
of the product. Data privacy requirements are being evaluated with respect to proposed personal data privacy law. The actions
will be taken as per data privacy law.

Leadership Indicators
1. Channels / platforms where information on products and services of the entity can be accessed (provide web link, if available).
Tata Chemicals Limited - https://www.tatachemicals.com/products. Information relating to all products of the Company are
available on the website at www.rallis.com. Additionally, it is also available on the ‘Rallis Krishi Samadhan’ - an App and various
social media platforms such as Facebook, YouTube and Instagram.

2. Steps taken to inform and educate consumers about safe and responsible usage of products and/or services.
Tata Chemicals product has a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) which provides information about safe and responsible usage
of product. The MSDS is included in all shipping information.

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The Company conducts meetings with the consumers including farmers on field days whereby they are educated about the
correct dosage, time of application as well as correct methods to use the Company’s products. Further, product leaflets are also
provided in various languages with each package.

3. Mechanisms in place to inform consumers of any risk of disruption/discontinuation of essential services.

The Company informs through Chem-connect portals, emails and phone calls.

4. Does the entity display product information on the product over and above what is mandated as per local laws? (Yes/No/Not
Applicable) If yes, provide details in brief. Did your entity carry out any survey with regard to consumer satisfaction relating to
the major products / services of the entity, significant locations of operation of the entity or the entity as a whole? (Yes/No)
The product information is specified as per regulations.

5. Provide the following information relating to data breaches:

a. Number of instances of data breaches along with impact
Zero data breaches incidents in the last financial year.

b. Percentage of data breaches involving personally identifiable information of customers

Not Applicable

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