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SUSTAINABILITY REPORT FY 2023 COMMUNITIES THE PLANET THE WORKPLACE

Easing the transition to work for new mothers

Workforce Breakdown: Gender Motherhood places several demands on safe hands and under proper
the new mother, who very often has to supervision. This helps eligible
balance multiple priorities. At Vedanta, we employees enjoy peace of mind as they
understand these needs and are are close at hand in case of need, while
committed to making motherhood a they can simultaneously fulfil their
smoother experience. professional responsibilities. To ensure

Our human resource practices are guided that all our eligible employees get to
by Vedanta's core value of Care and we utilize the convenience of the onsite child
strive to create a supportive and inclusive care centres, HZL provides a fixed sum
workplace that accommodates the various as child-care contribution for the
stages of our employees' lives. We offer day-care of the child.
flexible working hours to support new
parents, recognizing the time and space Breast-feeding/lactation facilities
they need to adjust to their new roles. As a ESL and HZL provide onsite
result of the supportive environment, of breast-feeding/ lactation facilities in the
women who had taken maternity leave child care centres where women can
chose to continue in their roles even 12 freely breast feed their newborn in a
months after rejoining work, reflecting the private, comfortable and hygienic
support they received in childcare and the environment. At VZI, we provide lactation
overall atmosphere of cooperation. room facilities to new mothers, as an
enablement initiative, despite there being
Our mentoring programme ‘Buddy’ system no regulatory requirement in South
Diversity Indicator
is a case in point. As a part of this, Africa. These lactation rooms can be
experienced senior women colleagues who used upto a period of 12 months for an
have passed through similar life individual infant, with the mother required
experiences, provide guidance and support to bring her own equipment for availing of

20% 23% 14% to new mothers in making decisions related these facilities. At these subsidiaries,
FY 2030 Target FY 2030 Target FY 2030 Target to their career and personal choices. daily nursing breaks are also provided
14% 21.30% 11.80% within the timeframe of a working day to
Gender diversity Share of women in junior management Share of women in management positions in Several subsidiaries like ESL, VZI and HZL accommodate the new mothers’
(Fulltime employees) positions, i.e., first level of management revenue-generating functions (e.g. sales) as have launched empathetic programmes for breastfeeding needs.
(as % of total junior management positions) % of all such managers (i.e. excluding support
functions such as HR, IT, Legal, etc.) new mothers, empowering them to handle
their responsibilities more easily. These Paid parental leaves
initiatives are diverse in nature, and include Vedanta provides paid parental leaves for
18% 12% 13% provision of onsite day care facilities for
FY 2030 Target FY 2030 Target FY 2030 Target young children, breast feeding / lactation both primary and secondary caregivers,
18.30% 9.20% 15.70% facilities, paid parental leaves, amongst with 26 weeks of paid leave provided to
Share of women in all Share of women in top management Share of women in STEM-related positions female employees, 7 days to male
management positions, positions, i.e. maximum two levels (as % of total STEM positions) others. employees. Additionally, keeping in mind
including junior, middle away from the CEO or comparable
and top management positions (as % of total top the needs of those mothers who go in for
(as % of total management management positions) Day care centres adoption we also provide 12 weeks of
positions)
ESL and HZL are providing day care adoption leave to female employees who
centres onsite where new mothers can have adopted a child.
leave their infants and young children in
Performance in FY 2023

95