Tata Chemicals : Business Responsibility & Sustainability Report

Business Responsibility

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Business Responsibility & Sustainability Report

SECTION A - GENERAL DISCLOSURES

I DETAILS

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Corporate Identity Number (CIN)

Name of the Listed Entity

Year of incorporation

Registered office address

Corporate address

E-mail address

Telephone No.

Website

Financial year for which reporting is being done

Name of the Stock Exchange(s) where shares are listed

Paid-up Capital

Name and contact details (telephone, email address) of the person who may be contacted in case of any queries on the BRSR report

Reporting boundary - Are the disclosures under this report made on a standalone basis (i.e. only for the entity) or on a consolidated basis (i.e. for the entity and all the entities which form a part of its consolidated financial statements, taken together)

L24239MH1939PLC002893

Tata Chemicals Limited

1939

Bombay House, 24 Homi Mody Street, Fort, Mumbai - 400 001

Bombay House, 24 Homi Mody Street, Fort, Mumbai - 400 001

[e-mail]

[phone]

www.tatachemicals.com

April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022

1. BSE Limited
2. The National Stock Exchange of India Limited ` 255 crore

Name: Mr. Shivang Mahadevia

E-mail: [e-mail]

Contact no: [phone]

Standalone

II PRODUCTS / SERVICES

14. Details of business activities (accounting for 90% of the turnover)

	S. No.		Description of Main Activity		Description of Business Activity			% of Turnover of the entity
	1.		Basic Chemistry Products		Manufacturing, Distribution, Sales & Marketing	93%
	2.		Specialty Products		Nutrition Solutions and Advance Materials			6%
3.		Others		-			1%
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15. Products/Services sold by the entity (accounting for 90% of the entity's Turnover)
	S. No.		Product/Service		NIC Code (Group)	% of total Turnover contributed
1.		Soda Ash	201					45%
2.		Salt	107					31%
3.		Bicarb	201					9%
	4.		Others	107, 201					15%

III OPERATIONS

16. Number of locations where plants and/or operations / offices of the entity are situated

Location	Number of Plants	Number of Offices	Total
India	3	4	7

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17. Markets served by the entity

(a) Number of locations

Locations		Number
National (No. of States)		27
International (No. of Countries)	15

1. What is the contribution of exports as a percentage of the total turnover of the entity? 2%
2. A brief on types of customers
   The Company serves detergents, glass, chemicals, food, feed and pharma customers, etc. both directly as well as through distributors.

IV EMPLOYEES

18. Details as at the end of Financial Year

1. Employees & Workers

S. No.		Particulars			Total		Male				Female
			(A)		No. (B)	% (B / A)			No. (C)			% (C / A)
			EMPLOYEES (OTHER THAN WORKERS)
1.		Permanent (D)			1,192		1,090			91%		102		9%
2.		Other than Permanent (E)			92		79			86%		13		14%
3.		Total (D) + (E)	1,284	1,169			91%	115	9%
S. No.		Particulars			Total		Male				Female
			(A)		No. (B)	% (B / A)			No. (C)			% (C / A)
					WORKERS
1.		Permanent (F)			482		461			96%		21		4%
2.		Other than Permanent (G)			4,722		4,532			96%		190		4%
3.		Total (F) + (G)	5,204	4,993			96%	211	4%

1. Differently abled Employees

S. No.		Particulars			Total			Male				Female
			(A)			No. (B)	% (B / A)	No. (C)		% (C / A)
		DIFFERENTLY ABLED EMPLOYEES (OTHER THAN WORKERS)
1.		Permanent (D)				4		3			75%			1		25%
2.		Other than Permanent (E)				0		0			0			0		0
3.		Total (D)+(E)				4	3			75%			1	25%
S. No.		Particulars			Total			Male				Female
			(A)			No. (B)	% (B / A)	No. (C)		% (C / A)
			DIFFERENTLY ABLED WORKERS
1.		Permanent (F)				1		1			100%			0		0
2.		Other than Permanent (G)				23		23			100%			0		0
3.		Total (F) + (G)				24	24			100%			0	0

19. Participation / Inclusion / Representation of Women

		TOTAL		No. and percentage of Females
		(A)		No. (B)		% (B/A)
Board of Directors		9		2		22%
Key Management Personnel*	4	0	0

*Includes Managing Director & CEO (MD & CEO) and Executive Director (ED)

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20. Turnover rate for permanent employees and workers

			FY 2021-22			FY 2020-21				FY 2019-20
		Male		Female	Total	Male		Female	Total		Male		Female	Total
Permanent Employees		9%		27%			11%	7%		11%			7%		9%		15%			10%
Permanent Workers	17%	14%			17%	15%	22%			15%	14%	9%			13%

1. HOLDING, SUBSIDIARY AND ASSOCIATE COMPANIES (INCLUDING JOINT VENTURES)
   21. Names of holding / Subsidiary / Associate Companies / Joint Ventures

				Indicate whether				Does the entity indicated
S.		Name of the holding / Subsidiary/		holding /		% of shares		at column A, participate in
		Subsidiary/		held by listed		the Business Responsibility
No.		Associate Companies / Joint Ventures (A)
		Associate / Joint		entity		initiatives of the listed
				Venture				entity? (Yes / No)
1.		Rallis India Limited		Subsidiary		50.06		Yes
2.		Ncourage Social Enterprise Foundation		Subsidiary		100		Yes
3.		Tata Chemicals International Pte. Ltd (TCIPL)		Subsidiary		100		Yes
4.		Homefield Pvt. UK Limited		Subsidiary		100		Yes
5.		TC Africa Holdings Limited		Subsidiary		100		Yes
6.		Tata Chemicals South Africa (Pty) Limited		Subsidiary		100		Yes
7.		Tata Chemicals Magadi Limited		Subsidiary		100		Yes
8.		Magadi Railway Company Limited		Subsidiary		100		Yes
9.		TCE Group Limited		Subsidiary		100		Yes
10.		Natrium Holdings Limited		Subsidiary		100		Yes
11.		Cheshire Salt Holdings Limited		Subsidiary		100		Yes
12.		Cheshire Salt Limited		Subsidiary		100		Yes
13.		British Salt Limited		Subsidiary		100		Yes
14.		Brinefield Storage Limited		Subsidiary		100		Yes
15.		Cheshire Cavity Storage 2 Limited		Subsidiary		100		Yes
16.		Cheshire Compressor Limited		Subsidiary		100		Yes
17.		New Cheshire Salt Works Limited (NCSWL)		Subsidiary		100		Yes
18.		Brunner Mond Group Limited		Subsidiary		100		Yes
19.		Tata Chemicals Europe Limited		Subsidiary		100		Yes
20.		Winnington CHP Limited		Subsidiary		100		Yes
21.		Northwich Resource Management Limited		Subsidiary		100		Yes
22.		Gusiute Holdings (UK) Limited		Subsidiary		100		Yes
23.		Valley Holdings Inc		Subsidiary		100		Yes
24.		Tata Chemicals North America Inc.		Subsidiary		100		Yes
25.		TCSAP Holdings *		Subsidiary		100		Yes
26.		TCSAP LLC		Subsidiary		100		Yes
27.		Tata Chemicals (Soda Ash) partners (TCSAP) *		Subsidiary		100		Yes
28.		Alcad **		Subsidiary		50		Yes
29.		Indo Maroc Phosphore S.A.		Joint Venture		33.33		No
30.		The Block Salt Company Limited&		Joint Venture		50		Yes
31.		Tata Industries Limited		Joint Venture		9.13		No
32.		JOil (S) Pte. Ltd.%		Associate	17.07		No

Note: the above details are as on March 31, 2022

*A general partnership formed under the laws of the State of Delaware (USA)

• TCSAP is holding 50% in Alcad &NCSWL is holding 50% %TCIPL is holding 17.07%

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VI	CSR DETAILS
	22. i.	Whether CSR is applicable as per Section 135 of Companies Act, 2013 (Yes / No)		i.	Yes
			ii.	Turnover (in `)		ii.	` 3,721 crore
			iii.	Net worth (in `)		iii.	` 15,342 crore
VII	TRANSPARENCY AND DISCLOSURE COMPLIANCES

23. Complaints / Grievances on any of the principles (Principles 1 to 9) under the National Guidelines on Responsible Business Conduct -

Stakeholder group from whom complaint is received

Grievance Redressal Mechanism in Place (Yes/No)

(If Yes, then provide web- link for grievance redress policy)

	FY 2021-22			FY 2020-21
	Number of			Number of
Number of	complaints		Number of	complaints
complaints	pending	Remarks	complaints	pending	Remarks
filed during	resolution	filed during	resolution
the year	at close of		the year	at close of
	the year			the year

Communities		Yes, a mechanism is in place
		to interact with community
		leaders to understand and
		address their concerns, if
		any
Shareholders		https://scores.gov.in/scores/
		Welcome.html
Employees		https://www.tatachemicals.
and workers		com/WhistleblowerPolicy.
		htm
Customers
	Ethics Helpline
Value Chain		(https://secure.
Partners		integritymatters.in)

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0 out of	0		Nil	0 out of	0		Nil
total 53						total 19
12	0		Nil	12	0		Nil
4	1		Nil	2	0		Nil
8	1		Nil	3	0		Nil

24. Overview of the entity's material responsible business conduct issue -

Please indicate material responsible business conduct and sustainability issues pertaining to environmental and social matters that present a risk or an opportunity to your business, rationale for identifying the same, approach to adapt or mitigate the risk along-with its financial implications

Please refer our Integrated Report for materiality issues on Page No. 24.

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SECTION B: MANAGEMENT AND PROCESS DISCLOSURES

This section is aimed at helping businesses demonstrate the structures, policies and processes put in place towards adopting the NGRBC Principles and Core Elements.

The National Guidelines on Responsible Business Conduct (NGRBC) released by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs has updated and adopted nine areas of Business Responsibility. These are briefly as under:

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Businesses should conduct and govern themselves with integrity and in a manner that is ethical, transparent and accountable

Businesses should provide goods and services in a manner that is sustainable and safe

Businesses should respect and promote the well-being of all employees, including those in their value chains

Businesses should respect the interests of and be responsive to all its stakeholders

Businesses should respect and promote human rights

Businesses should respect and make efforts to protect and restore the environment

Businesses, when engaging in influencing public and regulatory policy, should do so in a manner that is responsible and transparent

Businesses should promote inclusive growth and equitable development

Businesses should engage with and provide value to their consumers in a responsible manner

Disclosure Questions

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Policy and Management processes

1(a)

Whether your entity's policy/policies cover each

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principle and its core elements of the NGRBCs. (Yes/No)

(b)

Has the policy been approved by the Board? (Yes/No)

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(c)

Web Link of the Policies, if available

http://sustainability.tatachemicals.com/vision.htm

https://www.tatachemicals.com/

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Whether the entity has translated the policy into

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procedures. (Yes / No)

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Do the enlisted policies extend to your value chain

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partners? (Yes/No)

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Name of the national and international codes /

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certifications / labels / standards (e.g. Forest Stewardship

(1,3)

(2,4)

(5)

(1,3)

(6,7)

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(8)

(1,3)

(2)

Council, Fairtrade, Rainforest Alliance, Trustee) standards

(e.g. SA 8000, OHSAS, ISO, BIS) adopted by your entity

and mapped to each principle.#

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Specific commitments, goals and targets set by the

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entity with defined timelines, if any.

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Performance of the entity against the specific

Performance of each of the principles is reviewed periodically by

commitments, goals and targets along-with reasons in

various Committees led by the Management and Board of Directors

case the same are not met.

#UN Global Compact Act (1), Responsible Care (2), GRI (3), ISO 14001 (4), OHSAS 18001 (5), SA8000 (6), UN Guiding principles on Business and Human Rights (7), Tata Code of Conduct conforms to NVG (8)

GOVERNANCE, LEADERSHIP AND OVERSIGHT

7. Statement by Director responsible for the business responsibility report, highlighting ESG related challenges, targets and achievements

The Company is committed to integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles into its businesses which is central to improving the quality of life of the communities it serves. It adheres to the principles of product stewardship by enhancing health, safety and environmental impacts of products and services across their lifecycles.

The environmental impacts cover Climate, Resources (Energy & Water), Waste Management and Nature & Biodiversity. The Company has committed to reduce its carbon emission (scope 1 & 2) as per the Science Based Target Initiatives ('SBTi') guidelines. The Company has established policies for Climate Change, Safety, Health & Environment ('SHE') and Biodiversity.

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