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LEADERSHIP INSIGHT          WORLD OF SIS           SUSTAINABILITY AGENDA          ENVIRONMENT             SOCIAL            GOVERNANCE










         Categories for benchmarking


                                                                                       Outcomes                               Our self-assessment has helped us assess
                                                                                                                              the Company’s governance practices
                                                                                       This wide-ranging exercise touched     and present the improvement areas. We
                                                                                       upon important areas such as employee   aim to take up efforts to move beyond
                                                                                       welfare, investor grievance handling,   legal requirements. We aim to create
                                                                                       shareholder rights, risk management,   and adopt a policy to manage conflicts of
                                                                                       audit integrity, Board evaluation and
          Rights of shareholders                Disclosures and                        composition, Company filings, and so   interest, conduct an impact assessment of
                                                                                                                              all CSR projects and contributions of the
          •  Shareholder meetings               transparency                           on. SIS scored 77.3% in the Leadership   Company. Additionally, we aim to adopt a
                                                                                       category. We fared well in CSR efforts,
          •  Related party transactions         •  Ownership structure                 Disclosures and Transparency and       policy to handle investor grievances.
          •  Investor grievance policies        •  Financials                          Responsibilities of the Board.
          •  Conflicts of interest              •  Company filings                     This performance can be attributed to
                                                                                       our efforts in CSR. SIS CSR expenditure
                                                •  Risk Management                     is over 2% of our profit. In the financial
                                                •  Audit integrity                     disclosures, we present a detailed analysis
                                                                                       of the business of each segment, along
                                                •  Dividend payouts and policies       with meaningful information on all non-
                                                                                       financial parameters. Additionally, the
                                                                                       majority of the SIS Board composition is
                                                                                       Independent, and the Board Committees
                                                                                       (Audit Committee, Nomination and
                                                                                       Remuneration Committee, and
                                                                                       Stakeholders Relationship Committee)
                                                                                       comprises 100% Independent Directors.
                                                                                       We conduct internal and external audits
          Role of stakeholders in               Responsibilities of                    quarterly and present reports to the Audit
          governance                            the Board                              Committee and MD compensation is
                                                                                       commensurate with the Company’s size
          •  BR initiatives                     •  Board and committee composition
                                                                                       and performance.
          •  Supplier management                •  Training for directors
          •  Employee welfare                   •  Board evaluation
          •  Investor engagement                •  Director remuneration
          •  Whistle-blower policy              •  Succession planning
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