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Corporate   Statutory  FinanCial
                                                                                        overview  StatementS  StatementS







               Sustainable Development
               Goals
                                                                               3
               During the last decade, the United                          Good health and
               Nations outlined sustainability                              well-being
               principles for responsible
               product manufacture leading to
               environmental sustainability. These
               principles were classified across the                                            6
                                                             10
               buckets of Human rights, Labour,          Rediced Inequalities               Clean water and
                                                                                              sanitation
               Environment and Anti-corruption.
               At Fermenta, our business model
               is benchmarked in line with a                              Sustainable
               number of these sustainability                            Development
               goals, reinforcing the Company’s                             Goals
               standing as a respected corporate
               citizen.
                                                                    9
                                                                Industry, innovation     4
                                                                and infrastructure   Quality education











               Integrating Sustainable Development Goals into our strategy
               3                  6                  4                9                  10

               Good health and well-  Clean water and   Quality education  Industry, innovation   Reduced Inequalities
               being              sanitation                          and infrastructure
                                                     We offer customised                 Fermenta consciously hires
               Our flagship product   Our Environmental   training and   Fermenta’s      female trainees across
               Vitamin D enhances   Solutions business   development   operations contribute   functions to provide a
               immunity, general   offers engineering   programs across   to economic    platform for young talent.
               health and wellbeing.  and biotechnology   functional areas.  development and   Grievance redressal
               We partnered Vitamin   platforms for waste   Fermenta has   foreign currency   committees constitute at
               Angels to eliminate   water management   contributed towards   earnings.  least one female member.
               Vitamin A deficiency in   and treatment.  schools in the   Our state-of-the-  Our workforce includes
               mothers and children   Our engineering   local communities   art manufacturing   differently-abled
               under 5, especially in   experts run an in-house   through e-learning   facilities are certified   employees, our endeavour
               developing and under   Sewage Treatment   resources for   by international   to provide employment
               developed countries.  Plant (STP) that reduces   special children.   regulatory bodies. We   opportunities.
               Vitamin D Guru is   water consumption   In collaboration   upgraded our world-  In collaboration with NAB,
               our public awareness   by 80%, and recycles   with the National   class 14,000 sq ft   Fermenta set up a music
               initiative related to   water into gardening   Association for   R&D facility in Thane.   academy for students,
               the health benefits   and flushing.   the Blind (NAB),   Our business park.   and also contributes
               of Vitamin D and its   The automated   your Company    Thane One has won   towards corneal transplants
               natural sources    SCADA system       contributes towards   infrastructure awards   and squint corrections.
                                  remotely manages STP   Braille kits with an   for its environment-  Fermenta sources gifts
                                  operations across the   educational grant.  friendly design.  from NAB, providing them
                                  country.                                               opportunities to earn
                                                                                         through their skills.





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