TRANSFORMING TRANSFORMING TRANSFORMING SUSTAINABILITY REPORT FY 2023 COMMUNITIES THE PLANET THE WORKPLACE Water-Related Regulatory Changes Systematic tracking and Water Withdrawal and Consumption monitoring of waters level Regulatory changes at the local level across the project lifecycle. Along with Untreated water discharged from these measures, we are also deploying mining operations can adversely All Vedanta companies comply with all Our operations are guided by an EMS applicable local, regional and national-level high-technology solutions to accelerate impact the environment and human system and our Water Management TS, laws on water management. Our facilities water and resource conservation. which provide a clear process for health. Inappropriate disposal of adhere to the water withdrawal limits set by tracking and monitoring water wastewater, contaminated water, or local authorities. We have also put in place Understanding and preparing for availability at the local level. We ensure pollutants can pollute local water stringent policies that support the high-risk situations responsible water management by bodies, degrade water quality, and harm responsible and sustainable use of Through scenario analysis using RCP 4.5 measuring, monitoring, and reporting aquatic ecosystems. These impacts resources at our owned and/or managed and 8.5, we have identified several the volume of water withdrawn, can, in turn, affect the livelihoods and operations. high-order potential risks that can affect our discharged, and consumed, as well as, well-being of communities that depend business. our current water intensity. Daily data on these water resources for their daily Estimating and preparing for potential required for preparing each of these needs. regulatory changes at the local level • In the RCP 4.5 scenario, we anticipate water scarcity at our BALCO and Cairn Oil metrics and others, are mandatorily Water conditions are specific to every collected by our BUs, in compliance We take a dual approach to the water region and influenced by local conditions & Gas units. Our IOB units face a high risk we use. We follow the principle of zero like topography, average rainfall, population of flooding over the next decade. Vedanta with our corporate and legal liquid discharge at all our sites, and density and so on. For this reason, our water Aluminium at Lanjigarh and Jharsuguda, requirements, as well as for the GRI treat and recycle all the wastewater management plans consider the specific in Odisha, already face cyclone risk, which Mining and Metals Performance water conditions of each location where we is likely to get accentuated in the future, Indicators. These performance metrics that we produce. By doing so, we have operate. We also closely track water given the increasing risk of cyclones over are regularly tracked and reported to been able to progressively reduce our consumption patterns at our individual the Bay of Bengal. management by our Water Community freshwater withdrawals. Our rate of sites, coupled with periodic risk assessment of Practice. recycling has improved by 2% in • Under the worst-case scenario (RCP 8.5), FY2023 as compared to last year. For studies to devise our location-specific many of our businesses, including Sterlite Other systematic tracking exercises our new projects, we are prioritizing on water management plans. Copper (at Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu), include installation of water meters at minimum freshwater use and building in Talwandi Sabo Power Ltd (TSPL) at our sources to record daily water recycling and reuse capabilities right Approximately 66.66% of our operational Mansa, Punjab ; BALCO at Korba, from the start, while also making sites are situated in water-stressed areas. In quantity KPIs. Additionally, our water Chattisgarh, and Cairn Oil and Gas, will managers also conduct an internal innovative use of other supplementary these regions, we anticipate stricter face extreme climate risks, including sources. Among the projects in our regulations around water usage by water stress and scarcity. Consequently, water audit every year, covering businesses, over the medium- to long-term, we anticipate a potential increase in local aspects of water withdrawals. Annual pipeline, 77% are focused on reusing considering the likelihood of water shortage and national reporting requirements on external water audits are also carried wastewater in operations. The remaining 23% plan to use multiple and other issues like salt-water intrusion. To water consumption and withdrawal by our out as a part of ISO 14001, GRI, and effectively address such situations, we have operations, in the near future. Vedanta will VSAP compliance needs. sources like municipal wastewater, implemented several measures that also experience very high temperatures at saline water, and rainwater harvesting. promote extensive water conservation, TSPL and at our units in Namibia and including rainwater harvesting, water South Africa. To proactively prepare for recycling and reuse; implementation of zero the future, Vedanta and its subsidiaries discharge at all sites; and facilitation of are already measuring their water use and participatory water monitoring with affected consumption and implementing initiatives communities for better management of towards water conservation. potential conflicts related to water use 65