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We have carried out an independent limited review* of the contents of the section ‘Sustainability Updates’ of the ITC Annual Report and Accounts 2008-09 prepared by ITC Limited (‘the Company’). The scope of our work was limited to providing independent assurance of select information pertaining to environment, health & safety (EHS) and social performance for the period April 2008 to March 2009, at ten business units of the Company across 6 locations.
Based on our scope of review, nothing has come to our attention that causes us not to believe that the Company is concerned about EHS and social issues pertaining to its business activities.
The Company has presented, in a fairly balanced manner, the information pertaining to EHS and social parameters on the GRI indicators pertaining to material consumption/recycling, energy, water consumption/discharge, GHG emissions, solid wastes, accidents and social programmes and practices. The systems and procedures applied by the Company for collection, compilation and interpretation of data on EHS and social performance parameters are reliable. The initiatives on solid waste recycling and rainwater harvesting (RWH) demonstrate the Company’s commitment on these key sustainability issues. Company’s ‘Water Positive’ status is based on creation of this potential. We observed significant initiatives on sustainability management across the locations visited.
For Ernst & Young Private Limited
Sudipta Das
Partner
9th May, 2009
Kolkata
*The EHS and social information contained in this section form a part of ITC’s Sustainability Report 2009,
which has been independently assured by Ernst & Young.
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