TRANSFORMING TRANSFORMING TRANSFORMING SUSTAINABILITY REPORT FY 2023 COMMUNITIES THE PLANET THE WORKPLACE with fairness and respect. Of all sites that were assessed, 30.7% were identified to have potential human rights issues. The company has not 100% 100% caused nor contributed to any human rights violation, and therefore, no Operational sites high risk sites have Own remediating actions were expected. assessed mitigation plans Employees Potential Human Rights Risks Identified and Mitigation actions taken Local Forced labor, human Women Communities trafficking, child labor, Potential human rights risks Mitigation actions Freedom of association, Right to collective bargaining, equal Health and safety • Policies and standards to reduce the risk level in high-risk areas. remuneration, • Structured monitoring, a review mechanism and a system of positive compliance reporting are in place discrimination, • Vedanta Critical Risk Management programme will be launched to identify critical risk controls and to measure, environmental impacts monitor and report control effectiveness and anti-corruption • 100% (VSAP and AO audits) sites are ISO 45001:2018/OHSAS 18001 certified and are audited by the third party once in three years • Implemented AI cameras (T-Pulse system) for reporting of unsafe acts/conditions automatically Third-party Children • Geo fencing to ensure unauthorised entries in most critical operational areas employees Hours, wages and leave • Roaster system for monitoring and capturing time-in and time out Freedom of Association • Compliance with the Modern Slavery Act (UK) or MSA since 2016 Indigenous Forced labour • Child and forced labour policy people Child labour • Vedanta Sustainability Assurance Programme Module assessment, and all units are annually audited by a third party under VSAP The figure above shows the actual or potential human rights • Digitised entry systems issues covered/identified and the Groups at risk from the • Inspections and audits of all key suppliers and problematic issues are communicated to the contractor, human rights issues covered/identified. and undertakes • Sustainability screening on human rights and child labour, environment, and labour aspects for all new suppliers and contractors Human Rights Assessment Discrimination • Sensitisation and training for all employees 1 to conduct • Established an Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) In FY2022, we used the Global Compact Self-Assessment Tool human rights assessment at all our sites. The assessments were carried out • Strict adherence to policy on discrimination and harassment by cross functional site teams headed by site heads, including functional site • Grievance mechanism leaders. The tool assessed site conditions on various thematic parameters such as management approach, health safety impacts, labour rights – Common Practices: including human trafficking, forced labour, child labour, right to collective bargaining and freedom of association, equal remuneration, discrimination, • Established Social Performance COP at group level anti-corruption, and the rights of vulnerable groups. Through this • A functional Social Performance Steering committee (SPSC) at all sites. assessment, we identified areas for development. Site level policies and • Each site has a Social Performance Manager (SPM), whose role is to drive the implementation of social performance principles at the location. plans have been modified and updated to ensure that human dignity is • Implemented standards on: Human Rights, Social Performance, Stakeholder Engagement, Grievance Mechanism maintained in our day-to-day operations, and that every employee is treated • Our suppliers adhere to the Supplier & Contractor Sustainability Management policy and supplier code of conduct 1 Global Compact Self-Assessment Tool. Developed by the Danish Institute for Human Rights, the Confederation of Danish Industries, the Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs and the Danish Investment Fund for Developing Countries 45