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 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT  FY 2023                      COMMUNITIES           THE PLANET         THE WORKPLACE














 Our collaborative approach helps to                Stakeholder Engagement
 build healthy stakeholder                          At the heart of the stakeholder engagement
 relationships and to drive business                process lies the determining of issues that
 growth. Along with our                             are material to our business from the
 stakeholders, we co-create                         environmental, social and governance
 solutions for the benefit of society               perspectives. These issues also reflect the
 and the environment. The collective                needs and concerns of our stakeholders. In
 capacity and experience of our                     2023, a Group-wide materiality assessment
 stakeholders, from multiple                        exercise was carried out, along with similar
 industries, geographies,                           exercises at three of our BUs. The broad
                                                    process followed is delineated below:
 contributes towards transforming
 our business.
                                                    •  Circulation of interview guides and
                                                       questionnaires among the identified
 It is important for us to know how our                groups of stakeholders.
 business decisions, activities and                 •  Arrangment of stakeholder meetings by
 performance are likely to affect or be of             relevant departments within Vedanta.
 significant interest to our stakeholders.
 Their key insights help us navigate                •  Capture of the feedback given and the
                                                       suggestions made
 challenges, seek opportunities, find
 Knowing our  purpose in what we do, and lay the    Feedback and Analysis

 foundation for a more inclusive and
 Stakeholders  sustainable future.                  This is a significant step in the stakeholder
                                                    engagement process to understand
                                                    qualitative and quantitative inputs collected
 Stakeholder mapping                                on material topics through interviews, focus
 We distinguish between stakeholders on             group discussions, surveys and site visits.
 the basis of whether our activities directly
 or indirectly affect them. To map this             The process includes:
 accurately we follow the steps given below:        •  Tracking and recording (questionnaires

 •  List the stakeholders involved in the              and interviews) stakeholder’s views
 company's value creation process.                  •  Observation and analyzation of every
                                                       group stakeholder’s response to
 •  Classify stakeholder groups as internal or         determine the top material issues for
 external after proper organization-wide               each group of stakeholders.
 consultation and review.
                                                    •  Development of materiality matrix based
                                                       on the significant material aspects
                                                       determined by the responses and
                                                       interactions among the stakeholders.









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