ROADMAP & PROGRESS
Targets lend us speed, direction and focus to touch base with our sustainable development priorities more efficiently. Our roadmap sets challenging annual targets on issues material to us and our stakeholders. The roadmap is reviewed every year with a view to understand our triple bottom line performance and lacunae, and appropriately alter both our actions and targets to advance on our sustainable development journey.
Objectives & Targets
FY 2015-16
Status Performance
FY 2015-16
Objectives & Targets
FY 2016-17
 
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY
Achieve zero fatal accidents  
12 fatalities (8 in India and
4 in Africa)
  Achieve zero fatal accidents
Re-establish LTIFR base performance as per the recently released ICMM reporting guidelines and enable future reduction in LTIFR targets  
All businesses updated their safety KPI definitions as per ICMM reporting guidelines
  Focus on eliminating fatalities and reducing High Potential Incidents
Implement Safety Performance Standards: >75% of critical elements in the standards to be implemented across the business  
All businesses are implementing the safety performance standards wherein audits were initiated this year. The average score was 51% with significant improvements shown later in the year
  Implement Safety Performance Standards: >75% of critical elements in the standards to be implemented across the business
Implement Safety Interactions at two businesses in addition to HZL  
Safety Interaction was included as a part of Leadership Safety Programme i.e. Managing Better Risk Decision (MBRD) which was piloted at Jharsuguda and Sterlite Copper businesses
  Rolling out of Leadership Safety Programme i.e. Managing Better Risk Decision in other businesses
Understanding Occupational Health Risks - Performing a baseline assessment across the aluminium businesses  
Baseline assessment exercise has been started at Vedanta Ltd. - Aluminium operation
  Performing baseline assessments for two other businesses
ENVIRONMENT
Water Savings - 2.39 mn m3  
All businesses implemented their water resource management plan and flagged off initiatives which have led to a water saving of 7.16 mn m3
  Achieve zero fatal accidents
Energy Savings - 0.88 mn GJ  
Internal benchmarking and technological process intervention led to energy savings of 0.94 mn GJ
  Energy Saving: 1.5 mn GJ
Report on Scope 3 Emission by 2016  
Scope 3 data for Business Travel, Employee Commute, Inbound Logistics and Outbound Logistics is being tracked on a periodic basis.
We are working on improving data reliability and robustness
  Scope 3 emissions account for a minuscule share in our carbon emissions mix, hence it is not material for a 2016 target
Continue to monitor new projects and site closure as per the sustainability framework  
All projects, Vedanta Ltd.- Lanjigarh and HZL-expansion of SK mine, Rampura Agucha & Zawar mine, are being managed as per Vedanta Sustainability Framework guidelines
  Continue to monitor new projects and site closure as per the sustainability framework
By 2016, all sites to have Biodiversity Management Plans (BMPs) in place  
We have made a considerable progress in this regard. All our operations now have a formal BMP in place except Cairn India, KCM and Sesa Iron Ore, where work is in progress
  Implementation of BMPs
Exploring opportunities and areas to increase the fly ash utilisation rate  
Fly ash recycling rate has improved to 47% from 31% last year. The Businesses have recycled the fly ash inventory in applications like road making, cement and brick making
  To continue exploring opportunities and areas to increase the fly ash utilisation rate
GHG Emissions       To realign the Group's Energy &
Carbon Policy in line with COP 21
outcomes
Biodiversity       Capacity building (selected
professionals) on Biodiversity
Management including
ecosystem services
Management of Tailings and Water Storage Facilities   Preliminary Risk Assessment (internal) completed across the Group   Independent expert to review
the high priority facilities
COMMUNITY RELATION & STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
All sites to complete need assessment and pilot studies on social audit for Indian businesses  
Need base assessment completed for all sites. The Social Impact Assessment completed for major Indian sites - Cairn India and HZL
  Social Impact Assessment studies to be continued for remaining sites
Roll out of SAP-based programme management tool for community grievance management and stakeholder engagement  
SAP - Stakeholder & Grievance Handling System rolled out
  Implementation and utilisation rate of the SAP System to be increased
Capacity building and refresher course - e-Learning module on Code of Conduct to be implemented  
e-Learning module on Code of Conduct launched for all Indian operations
  Ensuring 100% coverage of Code of Conduct training for all employees
HUMAN RESOURCES
To include 1,000 eligible employees for the Technical Assessment  
As part of Technical ACT UP initiative, assessment of 937 eligible employees completed
  Institutionalising Technical ACT UP process across Vedanta Group Companies
Plan Phase II for covering next 50 high potential stars for the intensive programme grooming next generation talent for leadership role  
Fly ash recycling rate has improved to 47% from 31% last year. The Businesses have recycled the fly ash inventory in applications like road making, cement and brick making
 
Identification of high potential employees across professional population and grooming of next generation talent
Focus on performance and measurement for top 150 leaders
Continue to focus on the same diversity objective of 15% women hiring  
More than 15% of female professionals joined Vedanta
  Continue to focus on the
same diversity objective of
15% women hiring
25% women representation at the Vedanta Board Level by 2016 (all appointments to be made on merit)  
In this regard, although we have not met our target for women directors, we continue to build on diversity in leadership roles and have made a number of senior female appointments during the year
  33% women representation
at the Vedanta Board Level
by 2020
Not achieved   In Progress / Partially achieved   Achieved
 
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