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TRANSFORMING TRANSFORMING TRANSFORMING
SUSTAINABILITY REPORT FY 2023
Aim 7
Prioritising safety and health of all employees
Key Material Issues It also helps to attract and retain
Health, safety & well-being employees, foster positive
relationships with local communities,
investors, and customers. A safe
work environment reduces
absenteeism and improves overall
productivity, leading to cost savings.
Unsafe work conditions can
Creating a safe workplace for our employees that significantly impact productivity and,
promotes and safeguards their health and consequently, have a negative effect
wellbeing is the foundation for organizational on the company's reputation.
growth and the collaborative impact that we can .Therefore, ensuring the good health
and safety of our workforce is of the
create on society. Maintaining a strong health and highest priority for us.
safety record helps build trust with our employees
and other allied stakeholders and strengthens our We administer our health and safety
reputation as a responsible and caring employer. processes through a well-defined
framework of policies and processes
with supervisory oversight at the
highest levels of the organization, and
managerial control flowing down to
the functional leadership levels and
to the site, plant and office staff.
Procedures for hazard and risk
management are well-defined and
the workforce is regularly trained on
these, along with independent audits
being carried out to check
preparedness and conformance with
procedures. We employ a large
number of contractors as a part of
our regular workforce and similar
health and safety practices are
maintained for them.
Our ultimate goal is to keep health
and safety incidents at the minimum
and to build, reinforce and maintain a
very strong safety culture.
COMMUNITIES
Promoting Safety at Every Step
Our Commitment to Zero Harm
Under Aim 7 our focus on occupational
health and safety is driven by the goal of
establishing a zero-harm work
environment. As a mining major, we are
fully cognizant of the inherent risks that
accompany the act of mining and we
have built in processes and checks and
balances within the system that can
identify hazards early and mitigate or
remove them. Our employees are duly
trained in the risks attached to their work
and taught methods to act with utmost
caution and care, under all conditions.
The implementation of Aim 7 is led by the
Safety Community of Practice across the
entire organization.
In our overarching organizational vision of
‘Transforming for Good’ the Healthy and
Safety function has a central role to play
for a ‘sustainable’ future can only be built
on the plinth of safety, health and
wellbeing. This long-term vision informs
our thinking around the Health and Safety
function, and our constant attempt is to
benchmark it with the best in the world.
Our comprehensive safety framework
integrates several aspects to ensure
top-order safety compliance and
performance. We have implemented of
17 safety performance standards and 20
health and safety technical and
management standards. Currently, we are
in the process of updating these
standards and aligning them with
THE PLANET THE WORKPLACE
international best practices. The
performance against these standards
is internally audited in keeping with the
Vedanta Sustainability Assurance
Programme (VSAP).
Taking a no-compromise approach
towards our safety commitment, we
have also integrated the highest
international quality and occupational
health and safety parameters into our
ways of working and control.
All our operational facilities and sites
have obtained prestigious
certifications like ISO 45001 and
OHSAS 18001. We are also aligned
with the guidelines set forth by the
International Council on Mining and
Metals (ICMM), whereby we not only
ensure that our operations are safe,
with all proactive safeguards in place,
but also environmentally sustainability.
The other aspect of our
comprehensive safety framework are
the protocols that we observe to keep
our practices updated with the latest
advancements in the field of
occupational health and safety. We do
this through regular assessments,
audits, and through dedicated
feedback mechanisms, learning from
industry used cases and evolving
national and international systems.
All our operational facilities and sites
have ISO 45001 and OHSAS 18001
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