Thoothukudi, December 14, 2016: Sterlite Copper has celebrated National Energy Conservation Day in its premises today. This year the celebration emphasized on the theme, “Reduction of Carbon Emission” in line with COP21 meet in Paris and with Vedanta Group’s commitment towards reducing GHG emissions.

Mr. P. Ramnath, CEO, Sterlite Copper addressed the employees on this occasion on the benchmarking initiatives of the Sterlite Copper in regard to Energy Conservation and highlighted Vedanta been included in the Carbon disclosure Projects with Carbon disclosure Leadership index (CDLP) last year which is taking Vedanta to third position in the leadership table for climate disclosure in material sector.

A week-long celebration was conducted from 7th to 14th December, 2016 to engage the employees in Energy Conservation practices and so ‘One Day Common Vehicle Usage’ was adopted by the employees wherein all of them travelled to the office through Company buses instead of their individual vehicles. Today, Mr. P. Ramnath, CEO, Sterlite Copper & Mr. Anshu Goel, Business Head – Copper & PMB distributed prizes to the employees who won in the competitions conducted over the week.

On the community front, Awareness & Drawing Competitions on Energy Conservation was organised in the TNDTA Perinbammal Middle School, Korampallam. In addition, to make the practices inclusive in the communities, a pre-survey has been launched in the villages of Therkkuveerapandiapuram, A Kumarareddiapuram, T Kumaragiri on their power consumption and over the week LED bulbs will be distributed to 450 families after which post – survey will be conducted and presented to the community to understand the need of adopting the LED bulbs for conserving energy in their communities.

Cut Line:Mr. P. Ramnath, CEO addressing the employees on the National Energy Conservation Day

About Vedanta Limited(Formerly Sesa Sterlite Limited)

Vedanta Limited (Vedanta Ltd) is a diversified natural resources company, whose business primarily involves exploring and processing minerals and oil & gas. The Company produces oil & gas, zinc, lead, silver, copper, iron ore, aluminium and commercial power and has a presence across India, South Africa, Namibia, Ireland, Australia, Liberia and Sri Lanka.

Vedanta Ltd is the Indian subsidiary of Vedanta Resources Plc, a London-listed company. Sustainable Development is at the core of Vedanta’s strategy, with a strong focus on health, safety and environment and on enhancing the lives of local communities. Vedanta Ltd is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange in India, and has ADRs listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

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M Esakkiappan

Head – Public Relations
Vedanta Limited (Sterlite Copper – Tuticorin Division)
Tel: +91 461 424 2953
Mob.: +91 82200 54113
m.esakkiappan@vedanta.co.in

R Sridhar

Associate Manager – Public Relations
Vedanta Limited (Sterlite Copper – Tuticorin Division)
Tel: +91 461 424 2940
Mob.: +91 82200 54112

r.sridhar@vedanta.co.in

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