A process based management system drives our Sustainable Development processes.

GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE
Our Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) processes are governed by a Board appointed Committee, chaired by Dr SK Tamotia who is a Non-executive Director. The other members of the Committee are;

- Mr KK Kaura
(CEO of Vedanta Resources)
- Mr MS Mehta
(CEO Hindustan Zinc)
- Mr Pramod Suri
(CEO Aluminium Sector – Operations)
- Mr Ramesh Nair
(Vice President Sterlite Industries India)
- Mr CP Baid
(Director of Operations Konkola Copper Mines)
- Mr CSR Mehta
(HSE Co-ordinator)
- Ms Ruby Thapar
(CSR Co-ordinator)

The Committee meets each calendar quarter and, occasionally invites the involvement of other relevant senior employees from around the business. This Committee guides our Sustainable Development endeavours, sets annual targets and regularly monitors progress in line with our HSE and Social policies. We have dedicated teams and resources at each of the companies guided by the local committees under the leadership of the CEO’s. Sustainable development performance is an important element of how all of our senior managers are assessed and remunerated.

ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY TECHNOLOGIES
We endeavour to use technologies which are energy and water efficient, and have adequate residue management systems in place.

ENVIRONMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA )
Our decisions on possible environmental, social and economic impacts of our projects are based on rigorous EIA’s like risk and base line studies, social mapping and needs assessments and other sustainable practices both in our major expansion and new projects.

REVIEWS AND AUDITS
Ongoing internal reviews and external periodic audits are conducted to monitor progress and measure performance against Score cards.

CERTIFICATIONS
Most of our operating units are Certified against International Standards.

COMMUNICATIONS
Ongoing communication and reporting towards transparency and accountability.