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Stringent procedures have been detailed under ISO14001 and works safety policy guidelines for contractors, including strong punitive actions for defaulters. Such norms and guidelines are communicated to all the contractors in many forums. Top Management like Chairman, General Safety Committee, General Managers, Chief of Supply Chain Division and other Senior Executives of Tata Steel also discuss these with them. Not only this, all new entrants from the contractors are taken through a Safety and Environment Induction training without which gate passes are not issued to them for working inside the Works premises. The procedures for monitoring of contractor/supplier compliance with Labour Laws during the reporting period are given below;
All Units of Tata Steel are certified to ISO-9000 and ISO-14001. Life Cycle Assessment is carried out from cradle to gate (from mining to HR coils) to systematically analyse the inputs and outputs, which can have adverse impact on environment and society. Targets are set as a part of annual business plan to continually improve the environmental and social impacts of our products, services and activities through better operating practices and technological intervention. In the downstream operations (supply of steel to stock yard and customers) Tata Steel recycles the wooden and structural supports used during shipment. 3.17 Addressing indirect impacts of our activities Tata Code of Conduct defines the approach to managing impacts resulting from its activities in Clause#1 under National Interest. A Tata Company shall be committed in all its actions to benefit the economic development of the countries in which it operates and shall not engage in any activity that would adversely affect such objective. It shall not undertake any project or activity to the detriment of the Nations interests or those that will have any adverse impact on the social and cultural life patterns of its citizens. A Tata Company shall conduct its business affairs in accordance with the economic, development and foreign policies, objectives and priorities of the Nations government and shall strive to make a positive contribution to the achievement of such goals at the international, national and regional level as appropriate. In keeping with the Code, Tata Steel strives to adopt state-of-the-art preventive measures and where required shall appropriately address any impacts. 3.18 Major changes during the reporting period During the year, up-gradation of F Blast
Furnace from production capacity of 0.6 million tonne per annum to 1.0 million tonne per
annum was completed. The furnace volume was changed from 1392 cubic meter to 1587 cubic
meter in just 105 days at a total expenditure of Rs.2.0 billion. The installation of
electrolytic cleaning line of capacity 500,000 tpa in Cold Rolling Mill complex to improve
cold rolled sheet quality was completed during reporting period. The details of
mergers/acquisition/closures are furnished in Section-2 under 2.14. |