TRANSFORMING TRANSFORMING TRANSFORMING SUSTAINABILITY REPORT FY 2023 COMMUNITIES THE PLANET THE WORKPLACE Largest Contributions and Expenditures Climate Advocacy including climate change, meets monthly. Vedanta and its subsidiaries actively This committee ensures that the BUs and Issue or Topic Corporate Description of Total Spend participate in stakeholder discussions sustainability teams have a clear Position Position / Engagement in FY 2023 understanding of the Group's climate with industry bodies and trade associations. During these change and sustainability targets, and that Enhancing domestic Support Working with government INR 6,540,000 engagements, the Company ensures they are performing in accordance with market share of primary authorities/policy makers/regulators/ these objectives. This internal metals made in India to industry bodies that perspectives are aligned with fortify raw material Vedanta’s climate change commitments, communication and coordination security and self guarantee Vedanta’s long-term strategy is sufficiency on which are applicable to all our group mineral front. companies and subsidiaries. effectively disseminated within the organisation, enabling individual BUs to Vedanta proudly supports initiatives such engage with trade associations and as the CII Climate Charter and the CEO policymakers from an organisational Declaration on Climate Change. As standpoint. members of these platforms, the Company strongly advocates for Indian Vedanta's Chief Operating Officers (COOs) industries to make ambitious climate across multiple businesses actively commitments, aligned with the country's participate in the Energy & Carbon Net Zero goal. Vedanta recognises the Community of Practice (CoP). This importance of addressing climate exclusive forum focuses on climate change change and actively promote actions, sharing best practices, discussing sustainability within its operations and emerging climate change risks and throughout the industry. opportunities, and assessing the Company’s alignment with the evolving To ensure effective decision-making and climate change scenario. This platform alignment on climate change matters, ensures a clear dissemination of Vedanta’s Vedanta's Group Executive Committee climate change strategy to BUs and serves (Group ExCo), which serves as the apex as the foundation for their engagement body for all organisational decisions, with trade associations and policymakers. 108