TRANSFORMING TRANSFORMING TRANSFORMING SUSTAINABILITY REPORT FY 2023 COMMUNITIES THE PLANET THE WORKPLACE Stakeholder Engagement Mechanism Community Employees Investors and NGO & Industry Forums, Regulators Lenders Civil Society Suppliers, Customers, Business Partners) How We Engage How We Engage How We Engage How We Engage How We Engage How We Engage The Company has established a The Company interacts through: The Company has an active The Group has implemented Vedanta ensures the consistent Our engagement with regulatory comprehensive social Channels on teams, broadcasting investor relations team that multi-stakeholder initiatives and implementation of its code of business bodies includes participation in framework as a key to engaging on whatsapp, Chairman, Vice consistently provides public partnerships with international conduct by having company personnel government consultation with local communities. The Chairman, CEO townhalls, disclosures on economic, social, organisations to align with the conduct in-person visits to customers, programmes. The Vedanta Group Social Performance Steering Focussed Group Interactions as and environmental performance. expectations of the global suppliers, and vendors. In order to engages with national, state, and Committee (SPSC) employs a the primary mode of engaging The team provides regular updates sustainability agenda. Any key maintain contractual integrity, a vendor regional government bodies at cross-functional approach to with employees. We follow a to stakeholders through investor concerns or trends from scorecard is meticulously maintained. the business and operational community engagement multi-dimensional approach to meetings, site visits, conferences, engagements with international, The company's commitment to levels both directly and through through community group career and leadership and quarterly result calls. national, and local NGOs are enhancing the overall customer industrial associations. meetings and village council development through V-Lead and reported to the relevant experience is evident through the regular meetings. ACT-UP programmes. The Company organises annual community of practice. administration of customer satisfaction Key Expectations general meetings to engage with Conferences and workshops are surveys and meetings, along with prompt Community needs/social impact Chairman’s workshops, our key financial audience that is, conducted as needed. actions taken to address any gaps that assessments are developed to Chairman’s/CEO’s town hall shareholders, investors and are identified. • Compliance with laws undertake need-based meetings, and plant-level lenders. To enable stakeholders to Key Expectations Key Expectations • Contributing towards the community projects. We are meetings are organized raise their concerns, a dedicated economic development of increasing our community periodically to improve contact channel has been • Expectations of being aligned the nation outreach via public hearings, performance on material issues assigned: [email protected] and with the global sustainability • Consistent implementation of the grievance mechanisms, and pertinent to Vedanta. [email protected] agenda code of business conduct and ethics cultural events. Anil Agarwal • Ensuring contractual integrity, data Foundation provides We have established an event • Compliance with Human Rights privacy philanthropic support to such management committee and a Key Expectations engagements. welfare committee to help with employee engagement initiatives • Consistent disclosure of Key Expectations through employee training, and by economic, social, and organising other outreach environmental performance activities. • Undertaking need-based community infrastructure projects • Increasing the reach of Key Expectations community development programmes • Safe Workplace • Improved training on safety • Provision of jobs and other means of livelihood • Increased opportunities for career growth • Improving the grievance mechanism • Increasing the gender diversity of the workforce 26