TRANSFORMING TRANSFORMING TRANSFORMING SUSTAINABILITY REPORT FY 2023 COMMUNITIES THE PLANET THE WORKPLACE Indigenous Peoples Rights Mineral-rich regions in India and in many parts of the Corporate approach to engagement with indigenous peoples world are often home to indigenous peoples, who share deep bonds with the forests and tracts of land that contain this mineral wealth. Dependent on forest produce Identifying Principles of Commitment to Audit and and to certain unique ways of living, these indigenous affected good protect and assessment of groups are repositories of knowledge, cultures, and indigenous engagement of preserve relocation / practices that are distinctive and not part of the peoples indigenous cultural heritage resettlement mainstream. At Vedanta, we hold great regard for the peoples from the rights, cultures, knowledge, interests, and aspirations of adverse impacts Indigenous Peoples. Our commitment lies in establishing of local robust and enduring relationships with Indigenous activities communities and to promote their socio-economic development. In all those areas of our operations that are contiguous to Understanding Free prior and Grievance habitations of indigenous people, we try to ensure that the local context informed mechanisms there is no negative impact on people’s specific rights to for engaging with consent protect their cultures, traditional lifestyles, and close ties indigenous (FPIC) with land and water. Preserving cultural heritage is a peoples fundamental component of our commitment to effectively manage our social impact. Our corporate actions align with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and ILO Convention 169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples. These international frameworks provide guidance on respecting the rights and safeguarding the well-being of indigenous and vulnerable tribal groups. To understand their perspectives and needs, we actively In the fiscal year 2019, we conducted an independent assessment to evaluate the Free, Prior, and engage in dialogue and implement impact management Informed Consent (FPIC) requirements alongside the existing rigorous Indian regulations designed to processes that are designed after two-way consultations and have the support and agreement of affected protect the rights of indigenous communities. The study indicated that certain aspects of the Indian communities. We have established the programme regulations align with the principles of FPIC. Where there are gaps, we are actively developing internal design, risk management controls and supporting standards to ensure our compliance and uphold our commitment to FPIC. This exercise highlights our information needed to avoid, reduce, and in some cases determination to follow well-regarded standards and best practices to ensure that our organization uses compensate for adverse project impacts on indigenous all means possible to protect the best interests of the indigenous peoples. peoples and our approach is based on fairplay, whereby their marginalized status is not exploited, and standardized, internationally mandated mechanisms, No incidents of violations were reported against the indigenous peoples over the last three years. based on fair market value, are used. Refer, Restoring Lives and Communities: Vedanta's commitment to Resettlement and Rehabilitation in Lanjigarh 43