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         SUSTAINABILITY REPORT  FY 2023                                                                                                                                     COMMUNITIES           THE PLANET         THE WORKPLACE












         Stakeholder Engagement Mechanism





                           Community                        Employees                       Investors and                         NGO &                               Industry  Forums,                         Regulators
                                                                                            Lenders                               Civil Society                       Suppliers, Customers,
                                                                                                                                                                      Business Partners)




              How We Engage                    How We Engage                     How We Engage                        How We Engage                       How We Engage                             How We Engage

              The Company has established a    The Company interacts through:    The Company has an active            The Group has implemented           Vedanta ensures the consistent            Our engagement with regulatory
              comprehensive social             Channels on teams, broadcasting   investor relations team that         multi-stakeholder initiatives and   implementation of its code of business    bodies includes participation in
              framework as a key to engaging   on whatsapp, Chairman, Vice       consistently provides public         partnerships with international     conduct by having company personnel       government consultation
              with local communities. The      Chairman, CEO townhalls,          disclosures on economic, social,     organisations to align with the     conduct in-person visits to customers,    programmes. The Vedanta Group
              Social Performance Steering      Focussed Group Interactions as    and environmental performance.       expectations of the global          suppliers, and vendors. In order to       engages with national, state, and
              Committee (SPSC) employs a       the primary mode of engaging      The team provides regular updates    sustainability agenda. Any key      maintain contractual integrity, a vendor   regional government bodies at
              cross-functional approach to     with employees. We follow a       to stakeholders through investor     concerns or trends from             scorecard is meticulously maintained.     the business and operational
              community engagement             multi-dimensional approach to     meetings, site visits, conferences,   engagements with international,    The company's commitment to               levels both directly and through
              through community group          career and leadership             and quarterly result calls.          national, and local NGOs are        enhancing the overall customer            industrial associations.
              meetings and village council     development through V-Lead and                                         reported to the relevant            experience is evident through the regular
              meetings.                        ACT-UP programmes.                The Company organises annual         community of practice.              administration of customer satisfaction
                                                                                 general meetings to engage with      Conferences and workshops are       surveys and meetings, along with prompt   Key Expectations
              Community needs/social impact    Chairman’s workshops,             our key financial audience that is,   conducted as needed.               actions taken to address any gaps that    •  Compliance with laws
              assessments are developed to     Chairman’s/CEO’s town hall        shareholders, investors and                                              are identified.
              undertake need-based             meetings, and plant-level         lenders. To enable  stakeholders to   Key Expectations                                                             •  Contributing towards the
              community projects. We are       meetings are organized            raise their concerns, a dedicated                                        Key Expectations                            economic development of
              increasing our community         periodically to improve           contact channel has been             •  Expectations of being aligned    •  Consistent implementation of the         the nation
              outreach via public hearings,    performance on material issues    assigned:  ir@vedanta.co.in and        with the global sustainability      code of business conduct and ethics
              grievance mechanisms, and        pertinent to Vedanta.             esg@vedanta.co.in                      agenda
              cultural events.  Anil Agarwal                                                                                                              •  Ensuring contractual integrity, data
              Foundation provides              We have established an event                                           •  Compliance with Human Rights       privacy
              philanthropic support to such    management committee and a        Key Expectations
              engagements.                     welfare committee to help with
                                               employee engagement initiatives   •  Consistent disclosure of
                                               through employee training, and by   economic, social, and
              Key Expectations
                                               organising other outreach           environmental performance
              •  Undertaking need-based        activities.
                community infrastructure
                projects
              •  Increasing the reach of       Key Expectations
                community development
                programmes                     •  Safe Workplace

              •  Provision of jobs and         •  Improved training on safety
                other means of livelihood      •  Increased opportunities for
              •  Improving the grievance         career growth
                mechanism                      •  Increasing the gender
                                                 diversity of the workforce








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