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Annual Report 2019-20 10 Procter & Gamble Hygiene and Health Care Limited For students in grades 1-8, we provided academic content and engaging activities in Math, Science and English to help them continue learning. Along with partner Educational Initiatives, we provided students access to the Mindspark software to enable them to continue learning. We also set up a toll-free hotline for students to hear educational stories and solve questions over the phone. Your Company has constituted a Corporate Social Responsibility Committee. The composition and terms of reference of the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee are provided in the Corporate Governance Report annexed to this Report. Annual report on Corporate Social Responsibility activities as required under the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014 has been appended as Annexure II to this Report. ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND CONSERVATION OF ENERGY Environmental sustainability is embedded in our Purpose, Values, Principles, and our business. We are committed to improving lives, nowand for generations to come by ensuring that our products, packaging and operations are safe for employees, consumers and the environment. We ensure by focusing on technologies, processes and improvements that matter for the environment. Within our operations, we strive to grow responsibly, continuously improve our efficiency while reducing our carbon footprint. The Goa manufacturing plant is a ‘zero waste to landfill’ site which means that there is no manufacturing discharge into the environment. In the last 10 years, the Goa plant has reduced its carbon emission by 90% and has reduced its energy consumption by 33%. The plant has awell-established rainwater harvesting system and a sewage treatment plant that allows us to reuse water. The plant is also leveraging technology, experts, employees and renewable sources of energy to reduce our overall carbon footprint and make our operations more sustainable. We are commit ted to help reduce the flow of plastic by making changes now and bringing long- term solutions. In India, we have put in place a system to recover and recycle multi-layered plastic packaging waste. We are working with various waste management companies and the industry to collect, segregate and recycle multi-layered plastic packaging waste. In line with our ‘Ambition 2030’ goal of creating a positive impact on the environment and society, P&G India group set-up an ‘Environmental Sustainability Fund,’ to collaborate with external partners offering environmentally sustainable business solutions. We made this announcement at the second edition of ‘P&G vGROW External Business Partner Summit’ which focused on identifying and implementing step-changing environmentally sustainable solutions like packaging innovations, renewable sources of energy and reducing carbon footprint. Our vGROW forum offers potential partners like startups, small businesses, individuals and large organizations a platform to pitch their innovative industry-leading solutions to our leadership team. We are embracing our responsibility to be a catalyst for good in our communities. More than 150 P&G India employees, partner employees, family and friends collected nearly 2300 kg of waste from the Mahim beach in Mumbai. The collectedwaste was segregated and recycled by our waste management partner. Through these interventions, we strive to enhance the overall state of cleanliness and waste management by making sustainability a part of everything we do. In partnership with our stakeholders and employees, we are helping build a more sustainable future for us all, a cause we strongly feel and believe in. TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION i. Efforts made towards technology absorption: Use of low-pressure compressors at the Plant. ii. Benefits derived like product improvement, cost reduction, product development or import substitution: Use of low-pressure compressors resulted in cost reduction and saved electricity consumption. iii. Imported technology: Your Company has the advantage of availing advanced technology and continuous upgradation thereof from The Procter & Gamble Company, USA and its subsidiaries. iv. Expenditure on research & development: Your Company has not incurred any expenditure on research and development during the Financial Year. FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS & OUTGO The details of foreign exchange earnings and outgo as required under Section 134 of the Companies