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

Business Director
M E S S A G E
T H E
F R O M

We believe that our economic
growth must be balanced with
environmental and societal
interests, by integrating sustainable

business practices into our ways of
working. We are committed to
giving back more than what we
take from our ecosystem.

Dear Stakeholder,

At Aditya Birla Group, sustainability is fundamental to Therefore, in order to be truly future ready in this
all our endeavours. It echoes our obligation towards complex operating space, and capitalise on
society, environment and every stakeholder in sustainability as an opportunity, we recognise the need
constructing a stable and responsible foundation not to embed sustainability into the fabric of our
only for our enterprise but the nation and the world organisation, give it pride of place in our business goals
at large. and cascade it into our day-to-day operations.
We, at Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail Ltd., are in complete Our maiden Sustainability Report is a testimony of our
consonance with the above paradigm and believe that beliefs. In this report, we disclosed in detail how we
economic growthmust be achieved in synergy with address the most signi cant economic, environmental
environmental and societal interests. Thus in 2012, we and social aspects that impact us and those we can have
embarked on our structured sustainability program, a positive impact on. Energy and water conservation,
'ReEarth for our Tomorrow'. Built on the Adity Birla reducing our carbon footprint and packaging, waste
Group sustainability framework of Responsible management, building safe and sustainable products,
Stewardship, Stakeholder Engagement and Future emphasis on greener manufacturing facilities, and an
Proo ng, ReEarth is a movement to give back to our enhanced vendor collaboration leading to a sustainable
planet what we've taken from it over the years. It is a value chain are some of the key focus areas detailed in
construct that goes beyond conservation and our maiden report.
encourages rejuvenation.
We believe that measuring and reporting our
Being a customer-centric and future-focussed enterprise, sustainability performance will manifest in increased
we recognise that consumers in India are increasingly transparency and enriched engagement with our large
demanding products with better environmental and and diverse stakeholder base. We hope this report is
social footprints. Furthermore, environmental informative and look forward to your feedback.
regulations are being made more stringent and CSR
spend has been mandated by law. A robust practice of
sustainability not only enables us to identify and align
with these trends, but more importantly, it enables us Pranab Barua
to innovate and develop new areas for growth. Business Director, Apparel & Retail Business, Aditya Birla Group

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