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EXECUTIVE MESSAGES REPORTING SCOPE & BOUNDARY CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
COMPANY PROFILE SUSTAINABILITY & US

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S U S T A I N B I L I T Y &

Sustainability has been woven into Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd. (ABFRL) and reflects
in fashion, style and values that we promote. It has been built into our business strategies,
integrated into our brand and tied to our core business. As the founding circle member of
Sustainable Apparel Coalition, our brands and facilities have adopted the Higg Index,
to self-assess and steer sustainability throughout the product life cycle.

ADITYA BIRLA GROUP SUSTAINABILITY FRAMEWORK

Responsible Stewardship Stakeholder Engagement Future-Proo ng Including
Create a framework to move us Gain knowledge to understand our Supply Chain
towards international standards how fast External Factors will Modify our strategic business
and mitigate our impact on change and when disruptions plan to include additional
Externalities . will occur. mitigation and adaptation to
changes in the External Factors .

LEGAL
STANDARDS
NEEDED FOR A
SUSTAINABLE
WORLD 2050
By 2050,
only the best
managed
MORE DEMANDING
BEST LEGAL STANDARDS business,
with highest
PRACTICE BY 2030 performance
INTERNATIONAL TODAY By 2030, to be
STANDARDS TODAY Companies will be able to
LEGAL operating on the road to a survive.
STANDARDS Operating voluntarily sustainable planet,
to international at best practice businesses will have
Following local laws,
standards requires a levels are to perform
gives business a systematic approach normally driven by better than ever.
relatively large space and higher levels of control visionary leaders.
to operate in. and performance i.e. a
smaller space.

The Aditya Birla Group endeavours to become the depending on their business and location to improve
leading Indian conglomerate for sustainable business their sustainability performance.
practices across its global operations. With this ambition, At ABFRL, we have aligned our ReEarth mission with the
the Group has articulated a Sustainabiltiy Framework
comprising three pillars - RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP, group level sustainability policies and international
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT and FUTURE PROOFING. frameworks. Through ReEarth, we hope to create a
future-ready organisation, which can preempt imminent
Each of the Groups' businesses are aligned with this challenges, address the needs of all stakeholders and
overarching principle, and have individually de ned continue to be a preferred partner for its consumers,
their unique set of stakeholders and material issues thereby securing a common future for tomorrow.

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