HUMAN RESOURCES

Your Company recognizes its employees as most valuable resource and ensures strategic alignment of Human Resource Initiatives and practices to business priorities and objectives. Its constant endeavor is to invest in Human Talent and Talent Management Processes to improve capabilities and potentials of human capital of the organization to cope with challenging business environment, varying needs of the customers and bring about customers delight by focusing on the Customers’ needs. This approach has allowed the Company to withstand and overcome the challenges posed by COVID -19. Attracting, developing and retaining the right talent and keeping them motivated will continue to be a key strategic initiative and the organisation continues to be focused on building up the capabilities of its people to cater to the business needs. Given growth plans of the Company, an important strategic focus is to continue to not only nurture its human capital, but also proactively focus on preparing all employees for the challenges of the future.
The Company strives to provide a healthy, conducive and competitive work environment to enable the employees excel and
create new benchmarks of quality, productivity, efficiency and customer delight. The Company always believes in maintaining mutually beneficial, healthy and smooth industrial relations with the employees and the Unions which is an essential foundation for the success of any organisation. The proactive initiatives combined with fair Wage Settlements at Manufacturing Plants have ensured healthier and more transparent Industrial Relations based on foundation of mutual trust and co-operation.

The Company is investing in areas such as Process Automation for increased safety and reduction of human error element, Enhanced level of training on Process and Behaviour based safety, adoption of safe & environmental friendly production process, upgrading effluent treatment facilities, Reverse Osmosis plants, Multiple Effect Evaporator etc to reduce the discharge of effluents, commissioning of Waste Heat recovery systems, and so on to ensure the Reduction, Recovery and Reuse of effluents & other utilities. SHE Management System is monitored and reviewed periodically. Structured & regular safety meetings are carried out to Review Existing Process Safety Parameters.

Systematic and well documented scale up procedure is in place for the development of product from R&D to Pilot to Commercial Scale. It includes risk assessment and process safety study at each stage to ensure inherently safe processes.

The Company has policy and system in place to deploy internationally recognized guidelines, such as the principles of the United Nations’ Global Compact, the International Labour Organization (“ILO”) conventions and Responsible Care® Initiative. It has system in place to ensure social compliances related to human rights, labour & social standards, anti-discrimination, conflict of interest and anti-corruption. This is being audited by third party as a part of Together for Sustainability (“TfS”) system.

Health and Safety remained a core area of importance for the Company with an aim to achieve accident-free workplace. Your Company believes that all injuries, occupational illnesses as well as safety and environmental incidents are preventable. This ensures that all employees strive for excellence in their own personal safety and the safety of others including employees, contractors, customers, and the communities within which the Company operates.

The Company follows a strict incident reporting system. All incidents including near-miss and unusual occurrence are also logged into the Safety MIS. Each incident is analysed for their root-causes and required precautions are taken to prevent the recurrences. Each management of change and projects undertaken by the Company are made to undergo HAZOP studies before commencement. All plant-setting changes are first approved through Management of Change procedure before implementation. Workplace safety and Process Safety Management through employee engagement initiatives are continuously being strengthened. Your Company has a system of Internal and external Safety Audits and actions based on audit findings. All Manufacturing Units including Corporate Office are certified with the latest standard of ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001. The safety team regularly conducts safety awareness programs across plants to achieve continuous improvement in terms of process safety, workplace safety and behavioural transformation.