ULTRACEMCONSE28 July 2022

UltraTech Cement Limited has informed the Exchange about Investor Presentation

UltraTech Cement Limited

28th July, 2022

BSE Limited Corporate Relationship Department Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers, Dalal Street, Mumbai 400 001. Tel.: 22721233/4 Fax: 022 2272 2039 Scrip Code: 532538

Dear Sirs,

The Manager Listing Department The National Stock Exchange of India Limited “Exchange Plaza”, Bandra-Kurla Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai 400 051. Tel.: 26598236 Fax: 2659 8237 / 38. Scrip Code: ULTRACEMCO

Sub: Disclosure under Regulation 30 of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 Investor meeting and Corporate Dossier

We write to inform you that the Company’s officials will participate in a conference organised by Goldman Sachs for discussing ESG Strategy of the Company.

Attached is a copy of the presentation in this regard, which is also being uploaded on the Company’s website.

The same is for your information and records, please.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully, For UltraTech Cement Limited

Sanjeeb Kumar Chatterjee Company Secretary

Encl. a/a.

Luxembourg Stock Exchange BP 165 / L – 2011 Luxembourg Scrip Code: US90403E1038 and US90403E2028

Singapore Exchange 11 North Buona Vista Drive, #06-07 The Metropolis Tower 2, Singapore 138589 ISIN Code: US90403YAA73 and USY9048BAA18

UltraTech Cement Limited Registered Office : Ahura Centre, B – Wing, 2nd Floor, Mahakali Caves Road, Andheri (East), Mumbai 400 093, India T: +91 22 6691 7800 / 2926 7800 I F: +91 22 6692 8109 I W: www.ultratechcement.com/www.adityabirla.com I CIN : L26940MH2000PLC128420

UltraTech Cement Limited Taking concrete action for a sustainable future

Stock code: BSE: 532538 | NSE: ULTRACEMCO | Reuters: UTCL.NS | Bloomberg: UTCEM IS/UTCEM LX

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ESG Strategy

Environment

03

Social

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Governance

G L O S S A R Y MNT – Million Metric Tons, LMT – Lakh Metric Tons, MTPA – Million Tons Per Annum, MW – Mega Watts CY – Current Year period, LY – Corresponding period Last Year, FY – Financial Year (April-March)

Massive opportunity in sustainable construction

• World population

projected to reach 10 bn by 2050

India to be most populous country by 2023

• Urban population to

grow more than double by 2050

India is poised to grow at 7- 8% over the next decade and be the third largest economy by 2030

Globally USD 15 trillion investment infrastructure sector by 2030

Growing need of sustainable built environment

• More than 70% of built environment to be constructed in India in coming decades

Consumer preference to shift towards sustainable construction

Global focus on Net Zero Carbon, Circularity and Nature

India’s commitment to Net Zero by 2070

UltraTech is poised to grab this opportunity in Sustainable construction

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Our sustainability playbook

Care for nature

Care for society

Decarbonisation

Community outreach

Circularity

Water positive

Employee well being & diversity

Sustainable supply chain

Biodiversity

Customer centricity

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UltraTech: ESG Strategy

• Aligned with UN SDGs

Identifying opportunities and future-proofing the business

• Meaningful and

measurable progress on stakeholder’s relevant issues

Carbon offset projects

Internal carbon pricing

Water recycling

Groundwater recharging

Renewable Energy

Climate change, energy & emissions

Water Management

Biodiversity

Circular Economy

Environmental Impact Assessments

Municipal waster as alternate fuel

Sustainability is at our core

Rainwater harvesting

Water efficient technologies

Zero water discharge

Waste management

Industrial waste to blended cements

Industrial waste as alternative fuel

Concrete recycling

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UltraTech: ESG journey

2005-2009

Awareness

2010-2019

Management

2020-2022

Leadership

• Adoption of Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) framework

• Published first GRI Sustainability report

• Registered Carbon credits projects with UNFCCC

first Business Responsibility Report (BRR)

• Became Water positive

• Response to Carbon Disclosure Project

First Biodiversity management plan

• Doubling Energy Productivity commitment (#EP100)

• Adoption of Internal Carbon Price (ICP)

Issued Sustainability linked bonds

• Committed to 100% RE under #RE100

• Targets aligned to SBTi validated

• Committed to Net Zero Carbon

• Committed to No-Net Loss on biodiversity

• Disclosing to TCFD framework

UNFCCC : United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, EP100 is a global initiative led by the international non-profit Climate Group, SBTi : Science based target initiative, TCFD : Task force on climate related financial disclosures, RE100 is a global initiative led by The Climate Group

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Environment

Bold environment targets

Net Zero Carbon by 2050

100% RE by 2050

No Net Loss by 2050

5 times Water positive by 2024

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Decarbonisation

CO2 emission reduction path

9.1%

27%

12.7%

Net Zero

Net kg CO2 emission/t of cementitious material 632

582

462

2017

2022

2025

2030

2050

FY17

FY22

Target FY32

Accelerating our decarbonisation trajectory

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Action plan

Actions

Short term (~1-3 years)

Mid to Long term (beyond 2025)

Increase of alternative materials to get clinker factor to 0.7 & increase share of blended cement

Product Chemistry

Invest in in-house research and GCCA Innovandi to low carbon products

Increasing SCM in own RMC & customer side at built environment

Energy metrics & digitalisation

Invest in operations to optimize heat and electricity consumption

Adopt digitalization to improve kiln, mill and power plant energy performance

Increase share of green electricity mix

Invest in WHR & Renewable energy projects

Invest in storage solutions to source RTC power (100% RE)

Increasing alternative fuel

Invest in handling systems, network optimization and biomass supply chain (TSR – 10%)

Digital tools, oxy-rich firing and maximise biomass (TSR – 30%)

New age technologies

CSS & U, kiln electrification, hydrogen

WHR: Waste heat recovery, SCM: Supplementary Cementitious material, RTC: Round the Clock, TSR: Thermal substitution rate, CSS & U: Carbon storage system and use

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Accelerating decarbonisation

Electrification of cement kiln heating process using Coolbrook’s Roto Dynamic Heater (RDH) technology with a potential to eliminate up to 30% of CO2 emissions from fossil fuel burning in cement manufacturing.

UltraTech to leverage transformational technology for reduction of CO2 emissions in cement manufacturing

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Water

Targets

To become 5 times water positive by 2024

• Maintain WASH score above 1.8

Action plan

• Demand reduction measures (air cooled condenser, low flow fixtures

etc.)

• Invest in rainwater harvesting and recharge initiatives (both plant and

community)

• Increase efficiency of Sewage treatment plants (STP) • Increase recycle, reuse initiatives • Install water treatment plants, sanitation facilities • Alternative water source for sites with high physical climate risk

Impact

73 million m3 water returned to nature

80% sites already water positive

WASH score of 1.85+

WASH : Access to Safe water, sanitation and hygiene

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Circularity driven business growth

10+

Adopted innovative approaches to build our efforts on Circular Economy

BUILDING

CIRCULAR

BUSINESS

MODELS

Use of industrial waste like zinc slag, phospho- gypsum, red mud etc.

Circular approach promotes environmenta l and economic sustainability

Reddipalayam Cement Works achieves 25% AFR Utilization

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Zero discharge RMC plant

• Technology is fully-automated and enables the plant to be real zero discharge with no water and solid waste.

• This eliminates the cost of

waste disposal and recycling material generated out of the said process.

• The partial substitution of

sand, fly ash, and water makes it a sustainable business proposition.

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Biodiversity

Targets

Biodiversity management

• No Net Loss by 2050

Complete biodiversity assessment for all integrated sites by 2024

• Adopted GCCA guideline on biodiversity & nature

• Partnered with IUCN & other partners to create a scientific and

systematic approach towards biodiversity management.

• All the sites of UltraTech have been assessed for potential biodiversity-

related features through the Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool

(IBAT).

Impact

10 sites have biodiversity management plans

2859 Floral species found across sites

1936 Faunal species found across sites

GCCA: Global Cement and Concrete Association

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Progress so far

Power Consumption/t of Cement

79.3

75.4

73.9

Clinker Factor

76%

73%

72%

Kg CO2 emissions /t of cementitious material

632

FY17

FY21

FY22

FY17

FY21

FY22

597

582

Thermal Substitution Rate

4.6%

3.1%

2.1%

8.0%

Clinker Factor

Green Power Mix

17.8%

12.3%

FY17

FY21

FY22

FY17

FY21

FY22

FY17

FY21

FY22

Continuous measures and improvement across the operations helping in reducing CO2 emissions

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UltraTech on the global charts

CO2 emissions/t of cementitious material

ARM %

TSR

UltraTech - FY22

582

UltraTech - FY21

597

UltraTech - FY22

UltraTech - FY21

19%

18%

UltraTech - FY22

5%

UltraTech - FY21

3%

Global Average - FY21

639

Global Average - FY21

11%

Global Average - FY21

23%

Lower CO2 emission/t compared to global peers

Consumes higher alternative raw material

Catching up with global peers

Clinker Factor

Heat Consumption

UltraTech - FY22

72%

UltraTech - FY22

UltraTech - FY21

73%

UltraTech - FY21

718

722

Global Average - FY21

75%

Global Average - FY21

878

Lower clinker factor than global peers even higher contribution to infrastructure

Better operating assets on energy metric

Increase in TSR despite challenges: • lack of proper waste collection legislation Capital costs for waste processing facilities higher waste transportation costs

TSR – Thermal Substitution Rate

Global average – average of top 5 peers

Source: Research houses

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Efforts recognised

Ranked 7th globally in Construction material category

A- rating - Water Disclosure B rating - Climate Disclosure A rating - Supplier Engagement

Overall ESG Score – 2.2

“ESG Way” series* UltraTech scored 72.7 and in 1st quartile in the sector

“ESG Gauge” compendium* UltraTech scored 61 and amongst the top quartile in the sector

GS Sustain*

Global Governance Rank: 52

* Ratings given by various research houses during FY22

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Social

Social targets

10% Gender diversity by 2025

Assess 100% critical supplier by 2025

Sustainability awareness session of 25% of tier 1 suppliers by 2025

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Social value creation

FY22

FY21

FY20

Community project spent (million USD)

13.7

16.1

16.7

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Districts

507

Villages

Our outreach

47

Locations across India

1.6

Million beneficiaries

16

States

39

Blocks

Business level goals: By 2025 in 300 villages

• Reduction in poverty from 25% to 5% (vis-à-vis the currently measured – people living on less than USD 2 a day)

• Reduce malnutrition in children under 5 years of

age to less than 5%

• Halve percentage of anemic women aged 15-49

years

• Increase farm productivity by 50%

• Ensure access to quality essential primary health

services

• Zero Infant and Maternal Mortality (IMR & MMR)

• Ensure 100% enrolment and zero dropout rate

• Open Defecation Free (ODF) villages • Access to safe drinking water in less than 30 min

walk (round trip)

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Building a sustainable supply chain

Onboarding

Sustainability high risk & critical supplier identification

High risk & critical supplier ESG assessment

Supply chain risk minimization & Sustainability performance

ESG integration into Supply chain

Sustainable Supply chain performance

KPI

Target

New suppliers to be screened for ESG Criteria

Continuous

Status

Done

Assessment of critical suppliers

100% by 2025

Completed in FY22

Coverage of Tier 1 suppliers through sustainable supply chain awareness sessions

25% by 2025

Achieved 6% in FY22

Developing a local supply chain ecosystem

Procurement from local suppliers

Focus locally, even when operating from some of the remotest areas of the country. Responsible sourcing on our part also creates major gains for the communities around us as it creates employment and business opportunities and contributes locally.

FY20

FY21

FY22

11.2%

Contracts are from MSME suppliers

69%

71%

79%

60%

65%

70%

75%

80%

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Customer centricity

Product Stewardship

70+ various building material products certified under green label

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) & Environment Product Declaration (EPD) completed for four type of cement

Atul Tunnel, Rohtang

Pimpalgaon-Nashik-Gonde Road

Deep carbon reduction achieved by engaging with customers

Active value chain engagements with customers for reducing climate emissions. On extending the boundary further downstream and evaluating the carbon footprint reduction, primarily by mixing supplementary cementitious material within the ready-mix concrete. Over the years UltraTech has developed this approach by influencing consumption of industrial waste in form of supplementary cementitious material (SCM).

The carbon intensity stands at 551.86 kg CO2/tonne cementitious materials and has resulted in achieving 15.06% of Scope 1 intensity target against the target value of 27% by 2032.

Estimated reduction of 4 Million tons of CO2 emissions over its lifetime.

Estimated reduction of 6 Million tons of CO2 emissions over its lifetime.

Sadar Double bridge, Nagpur

Signature Delhi bridge

(UltraTech Boundary) 2022

Target year

462

(Customer Engagement) 2022

552

582

Estimated reduction of 1.1 Million tons of CO2 emissions over its life.

Estimated reduction of 10 Million tons of CO2 emissions over its life.

Base year

635

kg CO2 per ton of cementitious material

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Employee development

Enhancing diversity and inclusion through four-pronged approach

Innovation culture

Infrastructural support

Gender Intelligence

Safe Environment

Women – friendly policies

Human rights management plan

Diverse workforce

Risk identification

Identify vulnerable group

Risk prevention & mitigation

Monitoring review

▪ Women represent 2.56% of our workforce. (Target 10% by 2025) ▪ Our workforce is comprising of 10

nationalities

Our in-house Human Right Due Diligence (HRDD) contains

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38

Potential abuse

Human rights

100%

Sites assessed

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Celebrating diversity with a difference

2 ‘All-women’ RMC plant in India More to come

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Governance: Board effectiveness

Shareholders

Board of Directors

Independent Directors

50%

Nomination, Remuneration and Compensation

Audit

Stakeholders Relationship

Woman Directors

30%

Finance

Risk Management and Sustainability

Corporate Social Responsibility

Board Attendance

>95%

Executive Management

Committee Attendance

100%

Organization

Average tenure of the Directors on our Board - ~9 years

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Governance: Policies governing our business

1.

2.

3.

4.

Sustainability Policy

11. Anti-Harassment and discrimination policy

Code of Conduct

Tax Policy

12.

Supplier Code of Conduct

13. Human Rights Policy

Policy on Related Party Transaction

14.

Safety Policy

5. Whistleblower Policy

15. Occupational Health Policy

6.

7.

CSR Policy

16.

Energy and Carbon Policy

Board Diversity Policy

17. Water Stewardship Policy

8. Dividend Distribution Policy

18. Biodiversity Policy

9.

Internal Audit Charter

19.

Stakeholder Engagement Policy

10.

Anti-Corruption and Bribery policy

20. Cyber security policy

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Disclosures

GRI report

BRR/BRSR

CDP

TCFD

Integrated Reporting

• One of early adopter of

GRI framework

First report published in 2007

• Publishing GRI report

for last 15 years

First BRR disclosure made in 2013

• This year made first BRSR disclosure

• Made first climate disclosure in 2013

• Climate disclosure

made for last 9 years

• Made first water

disclosure

• Completed study against TCFD framework

• Report will be

published in this year

• This year published our first integrated report

Have disclosure aligned to all global frameworks

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Disclaimer

Statements in this ‘presentation’ describing the Company’s objectives, estimates, expectations or predictions may be “forward looking statements” within the meaning of applicable securities laws and regulations. Actual results could differ materially from those expressed or implied. Important factors that could make difference to the Company’s operations include global and Indian demand supply conditions, finished goods prices, feedstock availability and prices, cyclical demand and pricing in the Company’s principal markets, changes in governmental regulations, tax regimes, economic developments within India and the countries within which the Company conducts business and other factors such as litigation and labour negotiations. The Company assumes no responsibility to publicly amend, modify or revise any forward-looking statement, due to any subsequent development, information or events, or otherwise.

UltraTech Cement Limited Regd. Office: Ahura Centre, Mahakali Caves Road, Andheri (E), Mumbai – 400 093 [Corporate Identity Number L26940MH2000PLC128420]

www.ultratechcement.com or www.adityabirla.com investorrelations.utcl@adityabirla.com

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