HEALTH, SAFETY & ENVIRONMENT

Sesa Goa places a strong emphasis on Health, Safety & Environment ("HSE"). We being a mining industry have major challenges on HSE. We are continuously seeking to address these challenges by

• Mining in environmentally responsible and cleaner ways; through adoption of new and efficient technologies; modernisation of equipments; new ways of operating to actively minimise the negative environmental impacts and conserving natural resources through efficient use.
• Eliminating the occupational illness by providing a workplace that is free from occupational health risk and hygiene hazard.
• Providing a safe workplace that is injury-free working environment for all our employees and contract workmen's.

Sesa Goa's corporate HSE department & the management review committee frame the policy and guidelines on HSE; they also review the effectiveness of the system periodically. Today we have a well defined policy in Safety, Health, Environment & Quality ("SHEQ") for all our operating units.

The committee guides our sustainable development endeavour, sets annual targets and monitors progress in line with our HSE and social policies with a clear focus on integrating HSE aspects in the decision-making process. All our locations are certified for ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 except Orissa Operations and OHSAS for Dempo Operations.

The HSE committee's agenda is taken forward by the senior management at each site and they are supported by HSE professionals who implement this agenda. We have a well qualified HSE and CSR teams across all our operations comprising over 50 qualified and experienced professionals.