Gillette_India_Limited_AR_20

Annual Report 2019-20 25 Company Overview Board's Report MD&A Corporate Governance Financial Statements Gillette India Limited ANNEXURE II 1. Brief outline of the Company’s CSR policy Doing the right thing is the foundation of your Company's Purpose, Values, and Principles . It is naturally woven into the way we work every day — paying competitive wages, working consistently with our retailers and suppliers, preventing conflicts of interest, ensuring consumer privacy and maintaining financial stewardship. This approach to business is at the heart of all we do at P&G. Doing the right thing also includes investing in the communities in which we live, work, and serve. At its core, P&G’s Social Responsibility efforts aim to improve lives. The Companies Act, 2013 (“Act”) highlights the importance of Corporate Social Responsibility (“CSR”) as a strategic tool for sustainable growth of the people, the communities we operate in and the Company as a whole. In line with the global principles followed by the Procter & Gamble group and the terms of the Act, the policy on Corporate Social Responsibility is broadly framed taking into account the following: 1. We believe it is essential to run our business responsibly, and our operating practices reflect this commitment. 2. P&G is focused on making every day better for people and the planet through our innovations and our actions: i) Environment - by conservation of resources, using renewable resources, generating worth from waste; ii) Social - by providing the comforts of home, improving health and hygiene of people, social and cultural development, imparting education, training and social awareness. The Corporate Social Responsibility activities to be undertaken by the Company, include, but are not limited to the following: a) Social and cultural development by: • Imparting education, training (vocational and skill based) and creating social awareness; Annual Report on Corporate Social Responsibility (Pursuant to Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014) • Awareness programs on girl education; • Empowerment of women for education/ health&self-employment; • Empowerment of differentially abled children and their self-development; • Skill development and generation of employment by locally driven initiatives; • Promoting preventive healthcare and sanitation by providing health and hygiene products; • Making available safe drinking water; • Promoting sports and cultural activities; • Creating awareness and development of infrastructure for sports and cultural activities; • Measures for the benefit of armed forces veterans, war widows and their dependents; and • Relief and support to victims of natural calamities in any part of the Country. b) Ensuring Environmental Sustainability by: • Conservation of resources by design and manufacture of products that maximize the conservation of resources; • Utilization of renewable energy and renewable or recycled materials; and • Generating worth from waste. c) Any other objectives as mentioned under Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 and/ or relevant Rules and Schedules. The Corporate Social Responsibility Policy is available on the website of the Company at https://in.pg.com/india- governance-and-policies/gil/terms-and- policies/.