VALUE THROUGH INNOVATION

Message from
Chief Sustainability
Officer and Secretary,
Sustainability Apex
Council
Dear Stakeholders,
We have returned to you with our second sustainability report
following GRI G4 guidelines. While there was no significant change in
the entity boundary, the reporting period this year is 01st April 2015
to 31st March 2016.
Sustainability initiatives at ITS are guided by Sustainability Apex
Council under the ABG Sustainability Framework. Through this group
level council, ITS and eight other textile business entities of Aditya
Birla Group - which have similar business interests and sustainability
challenges - work together, exchange experiences and traverse
the sustainability path. ITS also receives guidance from an external
advisory council.
Responsible Stewardship- is the first component of ABG Sustainability
Framework. Being a responsible steward entails focus on how we
manage our business with a set of policies, technical and management
standards aligned to international standards as defined by the IFC,
OECD, UNGC, OekoTek, REACH, ISO and OHSAS. By introducing these
standards into our systems we manage our operations in the most
responsible manner. We have identified Ten Missions to address
challenge of being a responsible steward and constituted 10 mission
teams. At ITS, we have a sustainability team led by the champion and
mission team leaders. We have developed policies covering all material
sustainability aspects and have management systems in place that
follow Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle. Most importantly, deployment of
our policies, management frameworks and performance is internally
and externally audited at least once in two years.
As you would see, we have made significant strides in our performance
and in many cases will exceed our targets for 2017. Much of it is made
possible by our recent technological modernisation, collective efforts
along with four other ABG companies, in R&D, product development,
branding and marketing. Besides performance improvement in many
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