Concerns Received by Ethics Counselor Clause wise
   
COC Clause No. TCOC Clause    Concerns   
(01-02) (02-03) (03-04)
1 National Interest 1 Nil Nil
3 Competition Nil 3 Nil
4 Equal Opportunity Employer 6 8 17
11 Co-operation of Tata Companies Nil 2 Nil
13 Third Party Representation 4 9 7
17 Ethical Conduct (Including Vendor Redressal) 17 25 65
18 Regulatory Compliance 9 Nil Nil
20 Conflict of Interest 2 1 Nil
22 Protecting Companies Assets 1 4 14
Others Other clauses (2,8,14,16,19,21,24,25) 5 11 22
  TOTAL 45 63 125
   
POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION

SO3 & SO5 POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION

Tata Steel does not encourage any political lobby or contribution to political parties as per the Tata Code of Conduct (Clause#7). However, as a part of a group initiative, Tata Steel contributes to a Group Trust, which makes contribution to political parties. Tata Steel did not contribute to this Trust any amount during the reporting period.

COMPETITION & PRICING

SO6 PERTAINING TO ANTI-TRUST AND MONOPOLY

There is no case pending in any Court pertaining to violation of anti-trust and monopoly regulations.

Preventing anti-competitive behaviour (SO7)

The organization follows the Tata Code of Conduct and monitors the compliance related to various clauses of Code of Conduct (Annexure-I). The monitoring results are furnished under SO2.

CUSTOMER, HEALTH & SAFETY

PR1, PR4, PR5 & PR6 CUSTOMER, HEALTH & SAFETY

Tata Steel has not instituted any specific procedure for preserving customer, health & safety during the use of its products, however, the steel products are environment friendly and do not pose any health or safety hazard during their use. Tata Steel addresses the environmental issues of the products only by carrying out Life Cycle Assessment Studies to reduce the environmental burdens during production and mining operations.

There had been no instance of non-compliance with regulations related to health and safety aspects of our product nor have any fines/penalties been imposed. Also there had been no complaints during the reporting year.

Tata Steel does not comply with any voluntary codes, product labels or awards with respect to social and/or environmental responsibility that we are qualified to use.

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

PR2 & PR7 PRODUCT INFORMATION AND LABELING

There are no regulations on product information and labeling other than the standards on physical dimensions and chemical composition on various products manufactured by Tata Steel. Tests certificates are issued along with the deliveries to the customers.

No instance of non-compliance with regulations concerning product information and labeling, including any penalties or fines assessed for these breaches was there in the reporting period.

  
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