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 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004 and OHSAS 18001:2007.

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 54 qualified and experienced professionals.