| AAQM |
Ambient Air Quality Monitoring |
| ACTs |
Adiabatic Cooling Towers |
| AR |
Annual Report |
| BALCO |
Bharat Aluminium Company Limited, a company incorporated in India |
| Black Mountain |
Zinc asset (mine) in South Africa |
| BMPs |
Biodiversity Management Plans |
| Cairn India |
An oil & gas company incorporated in India |
| CDM |
Clean Development Mechanism |
| CER |
Certified Emission Reduction |
| CII |
Confederation of Indian Industry |
| CMT |
Copper Mines of Tasmania Pty Limited, a company incorporated in Australia |
| COP21 |
The twenty-first session of the Conference of the Parties, that took place from
30 November to 11December 2015, in Paris |
| EITI |
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative |
| ESIA |
Environmental and Social Impact Assessment |
| GHG |
Greenhouse Gas |
| GJ |
Gigajoules |
| GRI |
Global Reporting Initiative |
| IBAT |
Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool |
| ICMM |
International Council of Metal and Mining |
| IFC |
International Finance Corporation |
| ISO 14001 |
International Organisation for Standardisation (standards for environmental management systems) |
| ISO 50001 |
International Organisation for Standardisation (standards for energy management system) |
| IUCN |
International Union for Conservation of Nature |
| KCM |
Konkola Copper Mines PLC, a company incorporated in Zambia |
| Lisheen |
Zinc asset (mine) in Ireland |
| LTIFR |
Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate: the number of lost time injuries per million man-hours worked
by employees and contractors in our operations |
| MEL |
MALCO Energy Limited, a company incorporated in India |
| MAS |
Management Assurance Services |
| Mn M3 |
Million Cubic Metres |
| MOEF |
Ministry of Environment and Forests |
| MT |
Metric tonnes |
| OHSAS 18001 |
Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series
(standards for occupational health and safety management systems) |
| OMC |
Odisha Mining Company |
| PPE |
Personal Protective Equipment |
| SEL |
Sterlite Energy Ltd., a company incorporated in India |
| SEP |
Stakeholder Engagement Plan |
| Sesa Iron Ore |
Vedanta Limited - Iron Ore division |
| SHG |
Self Help Group |
| Skorpion Zinc |
Zinc asset (mine) in Namibia |
| SPA |
Single Point Accountability |
| SRM |
Supplier Relationship Management |
| TERI |
The Energy Research Institute |
| TSPL |
Talwandi Sabo Power Limited |
| UNGC |
United Nations Global Compact |
| UNSDG |
UN Sustainable Development Goals |
| Vedanta Ltd. |
A company incorporated in India |
| Jharsuguda |
Vedanta Ltd. - Aluminium smelter division in Odisha |
| Lanjigarh |
Vedanta Ltd. - Aluminium refinery in Odisha |
| VBCA |
Vedanta Bal Chetna Anganwadi Centres |
| VSAP |
Vedanta Sustainability Assurance Programme |
| WBCSD |
World Business Council for Sustainable Development |
| WASH Pledge |
A pledge companies commit to advance the access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene |
| ZI |
Zinc International, Zinc assets in Black Mountain, Namibia and Ireland |
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