TRANSFORMING TRANSFORMING TRANSFORMING SUSTAINABILITY REPORT FY 2023 COMMUNITIES THE PLANET THE WORKPLACE Cross Business Audit Programme At Vedanta, we are trying to build a highly Vedanta’s leadership has This organization-wide programme has been More than 2,500 employees and business evolved safety culture that is undertaken the SMRITI Initiative, initiated to enhance the dissemination of partners have completed the training on well-entrenched and also dynamic and as a dedicated effort to revisit learnings and facilitate the sharing of best five Critical Safety Standards. In Phase 2, 6 adaptable. The organization is working and reflect upon the lessons practices horizontally. Approximately 25 additional modules will be launched. The together – from senior leadership, and learned from incidents that have internal auditors from Vedanta sites have modules will also be made available in the onsite management, to our workers and received training from the British Safety regional language for business partners. By partners – to help improve and evolve our resulted in fatalities. Council. The audit methodology and utilizing Enablon, we can thoroughly analyse safety practices and to learn from past comprehensive check sheets have been incidents, gaining significant insights into incidents to build a safer future for all. To By revisiting these tragic developed taking into account the critical risks vulnerable areas at our sites and identifying become a sustainable and safe business, incidents and their underlying identified at the Business Unit level. underlying causes that require attention. this is the only way forward. causes, the CEO actively This data-driven approach enables us to initiates discussions and sets Driving Safety through Digitalisation make informed decisions for improvement. Forum with Group CEO: Empowering We have successfully implemented the Enablon analytical capabilities allows the Dialogue: Engaging with Leaders into motion activities that aim at Enablon platform, which is a leading integrated examination of historical data, helping us to We have recently introduced Group CEO recalling the circumstances of software solution for effective risk verify our analysis against past trends and townhalls, providing a monthly opportunity these incidents, their causes, management. This implementation will further enhance our understanding of for the CEO to engage with the HSE teams. associated learnings, and ways significantly support the management of our incidents, leading to more effective This platform serves as a valuable space of prevention. safety performance, helping to mitigate risks, decision-making. for individuals to directly communicate with and enhance data analytics for swifter and senior leaders, sharing their perspectives more effective decision-making. By utilizing and obtaining senior management insights Enablon, we can ensure transparent reporting, Based on last 10 years’ data, we have on safety matters. Within these townhalls, thereby facilitating a culture of continuous developed a matrix of recommendations we recognize and celebrate Safety Heroes improvement within our organization. specifically addressing considerations for from both our employees and business infrastructure development and engineering partners, acknowledging their exceptional controls. This matrix helps to prioritize on commitment to promoting safety. improvement areas so that the most Our subsidiary, BALCO has pressing safety measures can be successfully introduced a digital implemented, and future incidents solution that guarantees complete prevented. It also serves as a tracking safety compliance on the shop floor mechanism, highlighting all those areas where improvements are necessary. The by employing pre-trained Artificial matrix is now a mandatory aid for safety Intelligence (AI) models. This initiative infrastructure creation, enhancement, and Safety KPIs are incorporated involves the continuous monitoring of refurbishment. Sites will have to comply with into the perfiormance unsafe activities through a network of its recommendations as per a time-bound management of all employees, cameras, with real-time data being fed action plan. Third-party verification will be incentivizing safe behaviour and into a centralized AI data lake. The carried out once 100% compliance has proactive risk management. project provides comprehensive been reached. coverage, particularly in challenging or inaccessible areas, thereby ensuring safer work environments with 360-degree monitoring. 89