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CONTRIBUTION TO UN SDGs

Sustainable growth aligned with a shared goal

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The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a universal call to action launched by the United Nations (UN) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030.

Since the launch of the SDGs, Tata Steel is committed to contributing to the achievement of SDGs through its operations, products, people and community welfare practices. As a responsible corporate citizen, we have conducted an internal assessment to arrive at the list of prioritised SDGs and relevant targets for the Company based on national/regional context, current impact and opportunity to create greater impact.

The prioritised SDGs for Tata Steel as a result of this assessment are mentioned below:

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The SDGs are integral to the identification of our material issues, which in turn, feeds into our strategic planning process, resulting in the formulation of our Strategic Objectives (SOs) and Strategic Enablers (SEs). These SOs and SEs are realised through the process of managing our Capitals (financial, intellectual, manufactured, human, natural, social & relationship) and thereby contribute to the achievement of the UN SDGs as depicted in the chart below:

Prioritised SDG linkage with our Capitals through Tata Steel’s SOs/SEs and outcomes

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No. of SDG targets relevant for Tata Steel out of the total targets for SDG 1

3/7

Linkage with Tata Steel SO/SE

SE

Linked Capital

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Initiatives

Community development initiatives:
  • Agricultural livelihoods
  • Skill development
  • Entrepreneurship

Outcomes

Community development outcomes:
  • Increase in aggregate household income
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No. of SDG targets relevant for Tata Steel out of the total targets for SDG 2

4/8

Linkage with Tata Steel SO/SE

SE

Linked Capital

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Initiatives

Community development initiatives:
  • Nutritional kitchen gardens
  • MANSI+
  • Agricultural livelihoods
  • Skill development
  • Entrepreneurship

Outcomes

Community development outcomes:
  • Reduction in number of stunted / wasted children
  • Increase in healthy food intake through kitchen gardens
  • Increase in aggregate household income
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No. of SDG targets relevant for Tata Steel out of the total targets for SDG 3

4/13

Linkage with Tata Steel SO/SE

SE

Linked Capital

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Initiatives

Community development initiatives:
  • MANSI+
  • RISHTA
  • Focussed programmes on cataract, leprosy, HIV AIDS and awareness on vector-borne diseases
  • Outreach healthcare services

Outcomes

Community development outcomes:
  • Reduced Neonatal Mortality Rate, Infant Mortality Rate, Child Mortality Rate, increase in age of marriage
  • Decrease in major disease prevalence
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No. of SDG targets relevant for Tata Steel out of the total targets for SDG 4

8/10

Linkage with Tata Steel SO/SE

SE

Linked Capital

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Initiatives

Community development initiatives:
  • Focus on vendor capability development and skilling
Community development initiatives:
  • Education signature programme
  • Masti Ki Pathshala
  • Skill development
  • Entrepreneurship

Outcomes

Community development outcomes:
  • Increase in aggregate household income
  • % women in workforce
  • Diversity in workforce
  • Universalisation of elementary education and zero child labour
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No. of SDG targets relevant for Tata Steel out of the total targets for SDG 5

4/9

Linkage with Tata Steel SO/SE

SE

Linked Capital

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Initiatives

Company specific initiatives:
  • MOSAIC - Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) initiatives, Women of Mettle, Women@ Mines, LGBTQ+ policy, Tejaswini and other programmes
Community development initiatives:
  • DISHA
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Development Corridor
  • RISHTA

Outcomes

Company specific outcomes:
  • Diversity in workforce
  • % women in workforce
  • % women in managerial positions
  • No. of sexual harassments cases received and resolved
Community development outcomes:
  • No. of women leaders developed
  • No. of women engaged through Self-Help Groups
  • No. of gram panchayats with functioning governance systems
  • Increase in age of marriage
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No. of SDG targets relevant for Tata Steel out of the total targets for SDG 6

8/8

Linkage with Tata Steel SO/SE

SO4 SE

Linked Capital

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Initiatives

Company specific initiatives:
  • Zero effluent discharge projects
  • BOTP effluent recycling
  • Storm run off recovery
  • City sewage recycling
Community development initiatives:
  • Ground water recharge initiatives (Lift irrigation, rainwater harvesting, watersheds)
  • Drinking water systems

Outcomes

Company specific outcomes:
  • Fresh water consumption
  • Effluent discharge intensity
  • Wastewater treatment facilities
Community development outcomes:
  • No. of ponds constructed
  • Volume of ground water recharged
  • Irrigation potential created
  • No. of drinking water facilities constructed
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No. of SDG targets relevant for Tata Steel out of the total targets for SDG 7

2/5

Linkage with Tata Steel SO/SE

SO4

Linked Capital

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Initiatives

Company specific initiatives:
  • Renewable energy projects
  • Shikhar25 program to improve energy efficiency
  • Use of natural gas to replace coal

Outcomes

Company specific outcomes:
  • Specific energy consumption
  • Capacity of renewable energy projects
  • CO2 emission intensity

BOTP: Biological Oxygen Treatment Plant

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No. of SDG targets relevant for Tata Steel out of the total targets for SDG 8

7/12

Linkage with Tata Steel SO/SE

SO2 SO4 SE

Linked Capital

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Initiatives

Company specific initiatives:
  • Employee productivity improvement initiatives
  • Sales growth initiatives
  • Initiative to reduce coke rate, increase raw material yield etc. on improving material consumption rates
  • Solid waste management practices
  • Steel Recycling Business (SRB)
  • Employee welfare and Diversity & Inclusion programs
  • Initiatives under 6 safety strategies
Community development initiatives:
  • Skill development
  • Education Signature Programme
  • Masti Ki Pathshala
  • Livelihoods (Agriculture, Skill development, Entrepreneurship)
  • Disability-linked initiatives (SABAL)

Outcomes

Company specific outcomes:
  • Turnover
  • Employee productivity
  • Economic value distributed
  • Coke rate
  • Capacity of SRB
  • Raw material consumption
  • Material efficiency
  • LTI, LTIFR, Fatalities
  • % workforce covered through formal trade unions
Community development outcomes:
  • Youth completed/placed or self-employed through skill development courses
  • Universalisation of elementary education and zero child labour
  • Increase in aggregate household income through livelihood programme
  • Linkage of Persons with Disability (PWDs) to government schemes
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No. of SDG targets relevant for Tata Steel out of the total targets for SDG 9

4/8

Linkage with Tata Steel SO/SE

SO3 SO4 SE

Linked Capital

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Initiatives

Company specific initiatives:
  • Port infrastructure
  • Sales growth initiatives
  • Annual recruitment of personnel
  • Long-term decarbonisation projects
  • Energy efficiency initiatives
  • Adoption of Best Available Technologies (BAT)
  • Raw material quality improvement
  • Scrap-based growth (EAF) in India
  • Collaborations with technology providers, start-ups and academia
  • R&D projects
  • New Materials Business (NMB)
  • Total Quality Management and Shikhar25
Community development initiatives:
  • Development Corridor
  • Public infrastructure development

Outcomes

Company specific outcomes:
  • Rail, road and sea transportation volumes
  • CO2 emissions – absolute and intensity
  • Specific energy consumption
  • Turnover
  • Number of permanent employees and contract workforce
  • Economic value distributed
  • R&D spend
  • R&D and technology professionals
  • Patents granted
  • Value created from waste
Community development outcomes:
  • No. of public infrastructure requirements of communities fulfilled
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No. of SDG targets relevant for Tata Steel out of the total targets for SDG 10

2/10

Linkage with Tata Steel SO/SE

SE

Linked Capital

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Initiatives

Company specific initiatives:
  • MOSAIC - D&I initiatives, Women of Mettle, Women@Mines, LGBTQ+ policy, Tejaswini and other programmes
Community development initiatives:
  • Livelihoods (Agriculture, Skill development, Entrepreneurship)
  • Education Signature Programme
  • Masti Ki Pathshala
  • Samvaad Ecosystem
  • Disability-linked initiatives (SABAL)

Outcomes

Company specific outcomes:
  • Diversity in workforce
  • No. of women in the workforce
  • No. of sexual harassments cases received and resolved
Community development outcomes:
  • Increase in aggregate household income
  • No. of women SHGs
  • Universalisation of elementary education and zero child labour
  • No. of tribal communities and population of tribals reached
  • Linkage of PWDs to government schemes
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No. of SDG targets relevant for Tata Steel out of the total targets for SDG 11

8/11

Linkage with Tata Steel SO/SE

SO4 SE

Linked Capital

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Initiatives

Company specific initiatives:
  • Upgradation of facilities like electrostatic precipitator, Bag filters and other Air Pollution Control Equipment (APCE)
Community development initiatives:
  • Samvaad Ecosystem

Outcomes

Company specific outcomes:
  • Emission intensity – Dust, SOx, NOx
Community development outcomes:
  • No. of tribes touched through Samvaad Ecosystem
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No. of SDG targets relevant for Tata Steel out of the total targets for SDG 12

8/11

Linkage with Tata Steel SO/SE

SO4

Linked Capital

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Initiatives

Company specific initiatives:
  • Initiatives to reduce coke rate, increase raw material yield, etc. on improving material consumption rates
  • Solid waste management practices
  • Steel Recycling Business
  • Publication of annual Integrated Report and disclosures through website
  • Responsible Supply Chain Policy (RSCP), awareness and assessments with supply chain partners
  • Use of ICP in capex project evaluation
  • Renewable energy projects
  • Sustainability campaigns and awareness drives

Outcomes

Company specific outcomes:
  • Material efficiency
  • Coke rate
  • Raw material consumption
  • Solid waste utilisation
  • Capacity of Steel Recycling Business (SRB)
  • No. of supply chain partners assessed on Responsible Supply Chain Policy
  • Capacity of renewable projects
  • Publication of annual Integrated Report

ICP: Internal Carbon Pricing

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No. of SDG targets relevant for Tata Steel out of the total targets for SDG 13

3/5

Linkage with Tata Steel SO/SE

SO4 SE

Linked Capital

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Initiatives

Company specific initiatives:
  • Long-term decarbonisation projects
  • Energy efficiency initiatives
  • Adoption of Best Available Technologies Raw material quality improvement
  • Scrap-based growth (EAF) in India
  • Collaborations with technology providers, start-ups and academia
  • Climate change physical risk assessment
  • Disaster management plan
  • Deployment of Responsible Supply Chain Policy
  • Sustainability campaigns and awareness drives
Community development Initiatives:
  • Ground water recharge initiatives

Outcomes

Company specific outcomes:
  • Absolute CO2 emissions
  • CO2 emission intensity
  • No. of collaborations on decarbonisation
Community development outcomes:
  • Volume of ground water recharged
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No. of SDG targets relevant for Tata Steel out of the total targets for SDG 15

8/12

Linkage with Tata Steel SO/SE

SO4

Linked Capital

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Initiatives

Company specific initiatives:
  • Development and implementation of Biodiversity Management Plans (BMPs)

Outcomes

Company specific outcomes:
  • No. of BMPs developed
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No. of SDG targets relevant for Tata Steel out of the total targets for SDG 17

2/19

Linkage with Tata Steel SO/SE

SO4 SE

Linked Capital

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Initiatives

Company specific initiatives:
  • Collaborations with technology providers, start-ups and academia
  • Collaborations with NGOs and other social agencies for community development initiatives

Outcomes

Company specific outcomes:
  • No. of collaborations with technical institutes and other external agencies

Capitals

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Financial Capital

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Human Capital

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Manufactured Capital

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Natural Capital

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Intellectual Capital

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Social and Relationship Capital

Strategic Objectives (SO)

SO1 - Leadership in India

SO2 - Consolidate position as global cost leader

SO3 - Attain leadership position in adjacent businesses

SO4 - Leadership in sustainability

Strategic Enablers (SE)

  • Best place to work for in Manufacturing in India
  • Top 5 in technology in steel industry globally
  • Digital leader in steel industry globally
  • Foster a culture which makes Tata Steel future-ready

EAF: Electric Arc Furnace; CCU: Carbon Capture and Utilisation.