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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY


Building on the success of the GAIN and Naandi Foundation partnerships, your Company collaborated with other NGOs like the Navjyoti Foundation to supply iron fortified Tiger biscuits for children in order to supplement their nutrition needs. It also continued to partner with the UNWFP (United Nations World Food Program) to supply

at risk populations across countries


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Your Company continues to pursue its Corporate Responsibility by driving the Health and Nutrition agenda in India. Your Company is moving along the path of Better for You products and Good for You products. Better for You includes initiatives of removal of unhealthy content like transfat which the Company undertook three years ago and continues to be the leading Company doing the same. Your Company now has a portfolio of Good for You products which are vitamin and mineral enriched these products constitute 55% of your Companys product portfolio. In the last year, your Company pioneered energy-snacks specially created for people with diabetes Nutrichoice Diabetic Friendly Essentials. As you would be well aware, India is the Diabetes capital of the world. Another well documented statistic is that India suffers from wide spread micronutrient defciency - the most notable being Iron Defciency or Anaemia which affects 70% of the Indian population. Your Company continues to support several NGOs by supplying specially formulated Iron Fortifed Biscuits. Your Company pursues relevant partnerships with key organizations in Nutrition like GAIN (Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition), UNWFP (United Nations World Food Program), WBI (World Bank Institute), CGI (Clinton Global Initiative), etc. Your Company has been recognized for its CSR efforts in the last year by the eminent Rotary Club of India and the Navjyoti Foundation. Your Company also set up the Britannia Nutrition Foundation which seeks to Secure every childs right to growth and development through good food everyday. The objective of the Britannia Nutrition Foundation is to work in three core areas - Scientifc Knowledge Building and Dissemination, Education and Awareness building at grass root levels, Creating a Platform for Action. Your Company organised an international symposium on 1 September 2010 in New Delhi coinciding with the National Nutrition Week. The symposium was titled Indias Malnutrition Combating the Hard Core. It had 19 international and national speakers of eminence from the scientifc and medical fraternities, the bureaucracy as well as the development sector. The symposium brought to light the success stories from around the world in combating malnutrition along with the scientifc advancements in the area. The fnal session of the symposium saw a healthy panel discussion on creating a platform for action in India. Your Company also sponsors and participates in health and nutrition seminars to further the cause of awareness building. Some of them are:

. International Symposium on Transfats, Delhi, April 2010 . Sponsorship of Diabetes Blue Fortnight, World Diabetes Day, 14 November 2010 . 55th Annual National Conference of IPHA (Indian Public Health Association), Belgaum, January 2011 . 1st National Conference on Nutritional Anaemia, LTMG Hospital, Mumbai, January 2011

CSR activities: Community and Health The partnership your Company has created with Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) and the Naandi Foundation to supply iron fortified Tiger biscuits to supplement the Mid-Day Meal program in schools, has been recognized as a unique program globally by GAIN. This prompted the World Bank Institute to write a case study and your Company was invited to make a commitment to the Clinton Global Initiative, a nonpartisan catalyst for action that brings together a community of global leaders to devise and implement solutions for some of the worlds pressing challenges like nutrition. Iron deficiency among Indian children is a key cause of school dropouts as well as decreased productivity. Based on the experience from the Britannia-GAIN-Naandi partnership, your Company created a new offering for all consumers Tiger Banana, a delightful banana biscuit fortified with vitamins and minerals. In keeping with its core essence of Swasth Khao Tan Man Jagao, your Company constantly strives to find sustainable opportunities to drive home the message of nutrition and good food habits among children at the right age. Britannia is committed to help secure every childs right to growth and development through good food everyday. Its largest power brand, Tiger, is also being rolled out, fortified with iron. Your Company was also the first in the industry to remove trans fat from most its biscuits as yet another meaningful step in offering products that are both healthy and enjoyable products Britannia product line includes biscuits, snacks, packed milk, cheese, butter, buttermilk and yogurt. Britannia owns popular brands like : NutriChoice SugarOut. NutriChoice Digestive Biscuit. Treat Fruit Rollz. New Britannia Milk Bikis. Britannia Marie Gold Doubles. Britannia 50-50.Tiger.

Making A Difference

'What is that life worth which cannot bring comfort to others' - Dr. S K Burman, founder, Dabur India Ltd. For growth to be responsible, it should go beyond numbers... It should do good to the society, create a better world. That's the kind of growth that Dabur India Ltd. believes in, and constantly strives for. At Dabur, our commitment to good governance, ethical conduct and social responsibility is core to our way of doing business, and is strongly aligned with our drive to create and increase value for all stakeholders. We define CSR as conducting business in ways that provide social, environmental and economic benefits for the communities and geographies where we operate. Daburs CSR initiatives are driven through Sustainable Development Society or SUNDESH, an outcome of the vision of Dabur India Ltd founder Dr. S.K Burman.

SUNDESH
Sustainable Development Society (SUNDESH) is sworn to the mission of ensuring overall socio-economic development of the rural & urban poor on a sustainable basis, through different participatory and need-based initiatives. It aims to reach out to the weaker and more vulnerable sections -- such as women and children, illiterate and unemployed of the society. Today, SUNDESH operates in Ghaziabad and Gautam Budha Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh, and has -- more recently established presence in Rudrapur district of Uttrakhand. Over the years, it has contributed to many worthy causes, addressing childrens literacy, improving healthcare services, skill development, and environment, to name a few. For more information on SUNDESH, please visit www.sundesh.org

Medicinal Plant Project An initiative by Dabur Nepal Pvt. Ltd.

Dehi me dadami te (As you give me, I give you in return). This quote from an ancient text sums up Daburs commitment towards nature. With a strong foundation in the Himlayan Kingdom, Nepal, Dabur has taken many strong -- but quiet -- initiatives in last one and half decade towards corporate social responsibility. Dabur Nepal Pvt. Ltd. is a joint venture company established in the year 1989 when probably very few investors had their roots in Ayurveda. Thanks to the favourable climatic conditions here, Nepal has been a major source for the herbal plants which are extensively used in Tibetan, Chinese, Nepalese and Indian medicines. However, due to indiscriminate use, over exploitations, poor collection methods, early harvesting and lack of the post harvest technology, these natural reserves are depleting speedily. Whats worse, there are no systematic efforts to replenish these natural resources of medicinal plants in the Himalayan region. Dabur Nepal has started the project on medicinal plants in Nepal to provide the modern technology for cultivation of the required medicinal herbs of Himalayas to the farmers. The only eco-friendly project of CSR nature in Nepal, this initiative is fully integrated with the companys business vision. A state-of-the-art Greenhouse facility has been set up at Banepa, which has the capability to produce 5-6 million saplings of medicinal plants per annum. All the required climatic parameters for uniform growth of saplings of the medicinal plants like temperature, humidity etc. are controlled by automatic computer systems. Besides helping preserve natural resources, this initiative has also gone a long way in generating employment and income for local people and improving the socio-economic conditions of local populace in the Himalayan Kingdom

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At Dabur, environment and nature is the lifeline of our business. With a portfolio of Ayurveda and nature-based products, conservation of nature & natural resources is deep rooted in our organizational DNA, and in every aspect of our ever-growing business.

We, at Dabur, have not merely incorporated the concept of sustainability into the core of our business but have, in fact, expanded it to encompass our aspirations and responsibilities to the society and to the environment. It is this concept that inspires us to

optimize our business performance to tackle the new and growing challenges of environment and technology.

It is a concept on which we aspire to build an organization that will continue to increase value for all our stakeholders for generations to come, through intensive focus on Conservation of Energy and Technology Absorption, along with Health, Safety and Environment Protection.

Conservation of Energy Dabur has been undertaking a host of energy conservation measures. Successful implementation of various energy conservation projects have resulted in a 13.8% reduction in the Companys energy bill in the 2008-09 fiscal alone. What was noteworthy was the fact that this reduction has come despite an 8-9% volume increase in manufacturing, and an average 11.7% increase in cost of key input fuels.

The host of measures key among them being use of bio-fuels in boilers, generation of biogas and installation of energy efficient equipment helped lower the cost of production, besides reduce effluent and improve hygiene conditions & productivity.

Technology Absorption Dabur has also made continuous efforts towards technology absorption and innovation, which have contributed towards preserving natural resources. These efforts include: * Minimum use of water in process by pre-concentration of herbal extract and reduction in concentration time * Uniform heating in VTDs by hot water as against steam earlier, resulting in 30% reduction in bulk wastage by using non-stick coating and formulation change * Improvement in water treatment plant through introduction of RO (Reverse Osmosis) system for DM water, reutilization of waste water from pump seal cooling and RO reject waste-water management * Introduction of water efficient CIP system with recycling of water in fruit juice manufacturing * Development of in-house technology to convert fruit waste into organic manure by using the culture Lactobacilus burchi

The Company has achieved a host of significant benefits in terms of product improvement, cost reduction, product development, import substitution, cleaner environment and waste disposal, amongst others.

Health Safety & Environmental Review

Renewing the commitment to Health Safety and Environment, Dabur has formulated a policy focusing on People, Technology and Facilities. A dedicated Safety Management Team has also been put in place to work towards the prevention of untoward incidents at the corporate and unit level, besides educate & motivate employees on various aspects of Health, Safety and Environment.

The Company is also continuously monitoring its waste in adherence with the pollution control norms. In pursuance of its commitment towards the society, efforts have also been initiated to conserve and maintain the ground water level. The efforts include implementation of rainwater harvesting, which has delivered encouraging results and has put the company on the path to becoming a Water-Positive Corporation.

Dabur also initiated a Carbon Foot Print Study at the unit level with an aim to become a carbon positive Company in years to come.

At Dabur, we are committed to sustainable development throughout our diverse operations. And, we will strive to translate the good intentions into concrete and lasting results, contributing to the ultimate good of the society. -----------------------------As on 22-01-10, information on CSR as available on the company website is the same as was available last year. http://www.dabur.com/About%20Dabur-Corporate%20Citizenship

Corporate Citizenship When our Founder Dr. S. K. Burman first established Dabur, he had a vision that saw beyond the profit motive. In his words, "What is that life worth which cannot bring comfort to others." This ideal of a humane and equitable society led to initiatives taken to give back some part of what Dabur has gained from the community.

Our major initiatives in the Social sector include: * Establishment of the Sustainable Development Society, or Sundesh, in 1993 - a nonprofit organisation to promote research and welfare activities in rural areas; * Promoting health and hygiene amongst the underpriviledged through the Chunni Lal Medical Trust; and * Organising the Plant for Life programme for schoolchildren - to create environmental awareness amongst young minds.

Our commitment to Environment

Ancient wisdom of conservation From times immemorial, Indian sages and men of wisdom have understood and appreciated the value of nature and its conservation. Our ancestors recognised that if we grabbed from nature beyond what was healthy, it would lead to all round degradation, and even the extinction of humanity. That is why nature was sanctified and worshipped in the form of gods and goddesses.

Dabur upholds the tradition Today, we at Dabur also value nature's bounty. Without the fruits of nature, the vision of Dabur would never have been fulfilled. And that is the reason for our unfailing commitment to ecological conservation and regeneration. We would like to follow the principles of our ancient texts, which say:

"Dehi me dadami te" - "you give me, and I give you". Back to Nature Rare herbs and medicinal plants are our most valuable resource, from which all our products are derived. Due to overexploitation of these resources and unsustainable practices, these plants and herbs are fast reaching the point of extinction. In view of this critical situation, Dabur has initiated some significant programmes for ecological regeneration and protection of endangered plant species.

Plants for Life

We have set up the "Plants for Life" project in the mountainous regions of the Himalayas. Under the project, a high-tech greenhouse facility has been set up for developing saplings of rare and endangered medicinal plants. Fully computer-controlled and monitored, this greenhouse maintains the highly critical environmental parameters required for their survival. We are also developing quality saplings of more than 20 herbs, 8 of them endangered, through micro propagation.

In addition, satellite nurseries spread across mountain villages and contract cultivation of medicinal herbs helps in maintaining the ecological balance. These measures have also helped provide local cultivators the scientific knowledge for harvesting herbs and a steady source of income. So that they are not forced to exploit the environment to earn a livelihood.

Living a Green Heritage These are significant steps that can contribute to a better world for coming generations. To whom we would like to bequeath a world not bereft of nature. But full of flowering and fruit bearing trees, animals, birds and humans living in good health and complete harmony

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