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TRANSFORMING         TRANSFORMING         TRANSFORMING
 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT  FY 2023                      COMMUNITIES           THE PLANET         THE WORKPLACE














 This year, we saw a significant rise in Scope 2 emissions   Since 2021, we have begun accounting for our Scope 3 emissions   Managing emissions from aluminium operations
 and a corresponding drop in Scope 1 emissions due to the   which are prepared based on the GHG Protocol’s Scope 3
 coal supply crisis faced during the year. As more energy   Value-Chain Accounting and Reporting Standard for Oil & Gas and
 was taken from the grid and less energy was produced at   Steel sectors. While accounting for our emissions, we include the   Responses  GHG emissions reduction timeline
 our captive power plants our Scope 1 emissions were   CO  carbon equivalent for CH , N O, HFCs, PFCs, SF , and NF .   Renewable energy,
 2
                  6
                            3
 4
 2
 substantially lower than in earlier years.   However, currently Vedanta does not have company-wide, Scope   biomass co-firing,  Produced
 3-specific emissions reduction targets but we are actively working   carbon offsets  65 MTCO e
 Our Scope 3 emissions make up almost 35% of our total   towards finalizing these by the end of FY 2024.
 GHG emissions, which is a higher share than the other two            in FY 23                     2
 categories of emissions that we produce. Just the oil & gas   Almost 60% of our total annual emissions originate from the
 business accounts for nearly 65% of our Scope 3   aluminium smelters in Jharsuguda and Korba, and the alumina   To reach
 emissions. This higher share originates from the nature of   refinery at Lanjigarh. As we move toward decarbonisation, we are   45 MTCO e
 Vedanta’s business, with many emissions creating   trying to achieve carbon-neutral growth and our plans for
 activities lying beyond the boundaries of our business.   increasing alumina operations to 2.8 million capacity by FY 2024,   by 2030  2
 puts this option into action.



 GHG Intensity - Metals Businesses (Million TCO e/MT)
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 FY 2021     FY 2022                                                      FY 2023
 Business  Production  Emission -  Intensity  Production  Emission -  Intensity  Production  Emission -  Intensity
 Unit  MTCO e  (TCO e/ton  MTCO e  (TCO e/ton                                MTCO e             (TCO e/ton
                  2
                                                                                                     2
 2
                                                                                  2
                                    2
 2
 (Scope 1 & 2)  of  (Scope 1 & 2)  of                                     (Scope 1 & 2)             of
 production)                   production)                                                      production)
 Aluminium  3.82  36.03  9.44  4.24  37.64  8.88         4.14                 37.99                9.17
 Steel    1.29   2.95   2.3   1.36   2.57   1.9          1.37                  3.11                2.27

 Iron Ore Business  0.59  1.67  2.82  0.79  2.04  2.58   0.70                  1.75                2.51



 Facor  0.06  0.44  6.4  0.08  0.46  6.17                0.07                  0.40                5.97



 Copper  0.12  0.11  0.89  0.13  0.10  0.76              0.16                  0.11                0.69


 Zinc India  0.98  4.89  5  0.97  4.82  4.98             1.02                  4.58                4.49



 Zinc International  0.20  0.22  1.07  0.23  0.24  1.02  0.25                  0.23                0.92



 Vedanta- Metals Business    7.06  46.31  6.56  7.79  47.87  6.14  7.71       48.18                6.25*


 This number excludes Fujairah and BMM



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