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HEALTH AND SAFETY








 Talent Scholarship   INTERLOOP
 for Employees’   WAY

 Children  Interloop was introduced to Lean   the company started designing
 by one of our customers, NIKE, and   ‘Interloop-Way’, comprising Lean &
 Interloop encourages its employees   since 2009, we have been applying   People components. Interloop-Way
 to motivate their children acquire   Lean for improving our manufacturing   will improve our people practices,
 undergraduate degrees and flourish   processes and becoming robust   systems & processes and will help
 into promising careers. The company   in our operations. A centralized   in achieving full engagement, for
 offers 5 Talent Scholarships every   Lean Resource Group was created   sustainable growth and development.
 year to meritorious children of its   in 2010 for creating awareness
 employees, for Bachelor Degree   about Lean Philosophy across the
 Programs.  company, and by 2011 the Lean   Uniform Behaviors
 implementation teams started working   In 2019, under the emblem of
 Respecting Human   towards developing the Lean Culture   Interloop-Way, we Launched Uniform
 at the plant level. Over the years,
 Rights  multiple training workshops have   Behaviors; a complete Manual
 also been organized for Interloop’s   about expected behaviors at the   Health and safety are areas of   line manager and plant head levels   and identify any gaps. Reports of
 Interloop places great emphasis on   senior & middle management, by   workplace. It defines the set of   utmost importance to Interloop. Our   to manage the health and safety   findings against KPIs are shared
 respecting human rights not only   world-renowned consultancies   particular behaviors that need to be   approach towards health and safety   requirements, in line with their   with top management for their review
 within its operations but also in its   including American Links and Toyota   demonstrated by every employee,   is preventive in nature and focused   authorized limits. All major spending   and further necessary actions as
 sphere of influence. Our well-defined   Engineering Corporation in Japan.    unanimously throughout the company,   on enhancing the occupational the   including additional workers,   and where required. Based on the
 policies on different aspects of human      and acts as a sustainable roadmap,   health and safety culture across   material and monitory resources are   audit findings and urgency of action,
 rights coupled with our commitment   Interloop fully understands the   for closing development gaps and   the company, including offices,   forecasted and submitted to the Board   regular adjustment is done. Also, the
 and practice to abide by laws and   significance of our ‘people practices’   providing employees with a clear   operational sites & manufacturing   of Directors for consideration and   adjustments in the company’s central
 international charters ensure that   supporting deployment of Lean so   direction for how to work for success   facilities. This health and safety   approvals.  EHS policies and procedures are
 human rights are well respected in all   that this develops as part of our   in their personal and professional   framework is designed for minimizing   carried out, subject to any changes
 of our activities. Our Code of Conduct   culture. Consequently, in 2017,   lives.  occupational incidents, illnesses,   The safety scoreboards are   in national & international laws and
 and core values ‘I-CARE’ require all   and major adverse happenings. A   established at Plant 2 and Plant 3   customers’ Codes of Conduct.
 team members including workers to   dedicated central EHS department   along with public address systems at
 act empathetically and uphold the   commands the teams at all plants. All   all facilities. Safety related days and   Operations at Interloop are automated
 rights of co-workers, communities   policy-making and communications   weeks are celebrated for awareness   to a large extent, however, workers
 and other related parties. We believe   are done by the central department   of the workforce. Moreover, workers   in the boiler section and production
 in fair treatment to labor and do not   while their execution and related   are regularly trained on health and   areas have interaction with machines
 have any kind of forced, compulsory   day to day operational matters are   safety related topics to update their   and cotton dust where there are
 or child labor practices at our plants.   dealt with by teams at the plants.   knowledge and ensure a safer and   chances of occupational diseases.
 Our top priority is to comply with   The operating procedures based   productive work environment. The   At Interloop, we are fully aware
 applicable employment and human   on national & international laws   health and safety management   of these risks and have defined
 rights related laws and honor our   and customers’ Code of Conduct   system is practiced through health   safety rules in place which require
 commitment to international charters   covering occupational environment,   and safety committees active at the   workers in these areas to use safety
 on human rights. As a policy, we try to   safety & health are implemented   plants and cover all workers.   equipment and follow the instructions
 make sure that similar labor practices   and monitored. All workforce from        to avoid the risk of such illnesses.
 prevail at our supplier organizations.   top to bottom is responsible for the   The performance of the EHS   The EHS system is flexible for the
 The compliance is ensured through   implementation of the health and   framework is monitored through KPIs   employees. They can highlight issues
 third-party audits and non-  safety measures and accountable   which are assessed regularly in the   through different platforms like EHS
 compliances identified are discussed   for any non-compliance. Interloop   form of internal and external audits,   Committee Meetings, Focus Groups,
 with suppliers to rectify these and to   has a dedicated budget at floor   to ensure compliance with the policy   etc. Additionally, grievances can also
 avoid such instances in future.




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