Towards
'Zero' Accident

ITC is committed to maintaining the highest standards in Environment, Occupational Health & Safety in all its operations. All ITC manufacturing units and the Corporate EHS Department have OHSAS 18001 certification. All these Units, all major ITC Hotels and the ITC R&D Centre in Bengaluru have ISO 14001 certification.

Every ITC Unit is focused on becoming accident-free. In 2005-06, there was no lost-time accident or injury at the Cigarette factories in Munger, Saharanpur, Bengaluru and Kolkata, the Leaf Processing Plant at Anaparti, the Packaging & Printing factories at Munger and Tiruvottiyur; Research Centres at Bengaluru and Rajahmundry and the Gurgaon Pilot Plant of the Lifestyle Retailing business. In the ITC-Welcomgroup hotel chain, Maurya, Mughal, Chola, Grand Maratha, Rajputana, WelcomHotel, New Delhi and Windsor Manor remained free of lost-time accident or injury.

Verification Statement

Opinion

Completeness
On the basis of activities undertaken to verify the contents of this Report, we believe that the data and text presented in the Annual Report relating to ITC’s HSE performance and management addresses the significant aspects of ITC’s businesses and has been reported in a fair and balanced manner.

Accuracy
The HSE reporting system is effective on the whole, generating data which is generally reliable and accurate. The system is well aligned with the management systems which are in turn firmly embedded in most business processes. Overall, data accuracy continues to improve and we welcome the measures that ITC has implemented following the 2005 report verification recommendations, which have further improved the reliabilityand accuracy of data at site and business group level.

Dr P Ram Babu
Associate Director
Sustainable Business Solutions
PricewaterhouseCoopers Private Limited