TRANSFORMING TRANSFORMING TRANSFORMING SUSTAINABILITY REPORT FY 2023 COMMUNITIES THE PLANET THE WORKPLACE Partnering the cement industry’s move towards greater circularity Vedanta Aluminium ties up with NHAI to help build greener roads Low carbon cement is leading the green carbon trails, by helping to lower the need An extensive use of circularity principles traditionally been viewed as ‘waste’ shows change for the cement sector as this for natural and mineral resources and and turning waste to resource underlies the shift that we are trying to catalyse. On cement alternative offers all the properties decreasing fuel consumption, thereby our vision of Transforming Together and our journey towards becoming ‘zero-waste’ of cement without its high carbon saving costs. The initiative is also an partnering in India’s transition to a such innovative use of overlooked footprint. At Vedanta, we have joined example of the many ways in which low-carbon economy. The several resources will help to build a robust and hands in accelerating this planet-friendly Vedanta is bringing to life its motto of innovative ways in which we are utilizing circular production value chain, with change by helping to promote circularity ‘Transforming Together’ by discovering fly ash – a common by-product of our immense benefits to the environment and for allied industries. In FY 2022-23, synergies and acting on them to create a thermal combustion processes – the planet. Vedanta Aluminium entered into a better place for everyone to live in. demonstrates this eloquently. We are strategic partnership with Dalmia Cements actively developing several downstream NHAI will be using the fly ash that they users for our fly ash waste, and Vedanta procure from us for making roads in Odisha. for the supply of industrial wastes like fly Aluminium has recently signed a ash and spent pot lining. As a part of this long-term agreement with the National A greener base for roads carries huge collaboration, approximately 20 rakes of fly Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to carbon-saving potential, particularly as ash produced at our thermal power plants this end. NHAI will be using our fly ash India expands its infrastructural networks. in Jharsuguda will be supplied every for embankment construction, as the month, over a period of five years, along characteristics of this so-called ‘waste’ with spent pot lining. Spent pot lining makes it particularly suitable for the (SPL), obtained from the de-lining process purpose. Fly ash is light weight, has a of electrolytic pots. SPL can work as an higher California Bearing Ratio (CBR) alternate fuel for cement industries during which makes it strong as a paving co-processing of waste. Our supply material, is easy to handle and offers contract for SPL is for a period of three great stability at slopes, is highly years. Both these inputs will be used at permeable and has low compressibility. Dalmia Cement's manufacturing units in These qualities also make it a more durable material for withstanding wide Odisha, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, and temperature variations. Further fly ash Assam, leading to a truly sustainable helps to conserve the precious top soil manufacturing cycle whereby our from runoff, which, in turn, helps to industrial wastes will be utilized conserve the soil quality of adjacent sustainably. Such sustainable areas. manufacturing significantly reduces The reorientation towards making productive use of by-products that have 71