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COMPANY PROFILE

Ambuja Cements Ltd, a part of a global conglomerate Holcim, is one of Indias leading cement manufacturers and

has completed over 25 years of operations.

The cement industry is literally the building block of a nation. In that context Ambuja plays a key role in Indias

development and its blueprint for the future. It has always stayed on the fast track to growth and has gone on to

become a major player in the countrys cement sector.

The company, initially called Gujarat Ambuja Cements Ltd, was founded by Narotam Sekhsaria in 1983 in partnership

with Suresh Neotia. Global cement major Holcim acquired management control of Ambuja in 2006. The Company

has also made strategic investments in ACC Limited.

Ambuja Cement is an established brand in India for Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) and Pozzolana Portland

Cement (PPC), with significant footprints across western, eastern and northern markets of India. Our customers

range from individuals house builders (IHB) to governments to global construction firms.

Ambuja has grown dynamically over the past decade. Its current cement capacity is 27.25 million tons. The Company

has five integrated cement manufacturing plants and eight cement grinding units across the country. It is the first

Indian cement manufacturer to build a captive port with three terminals along the countrys western coastline to

facilitate timely, cost effective and environmentally cleaner shipments of bulk cement to its customers. The Company

has its own fleet of ships.

Today, the Company has established itself as one of the most efficient cement manufacturers in the world. Its

environment protection measures are on par with the finest in the country. It is one of the most profitable and

innovative cement companies in India. The Company has also pioneered the development of multiple bio-mass co-

fired technologies for generating greener power in its captive plants.

The Companys most distinctive attribute is its approach to business. Ambuja follows a unique home grown

philosophy called I CAN, that gives people the authority to set their own targets and the freedom to achieve their

goals. Its focus has been consistent on two major building blocks that are resonated through its daily operations

Quality (of the product) and Safety (of the human resources involved in the creation of the product).

About Holcim


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Founded in Switzerland in 1912, Holcim is one of the worlds leading suppliers of cement and aggregates employing

some 80,000 people, with production sites in around 70 countries. Holcims core businesses include the manufacture

and distribution of cement, and the production, processing and distribution of aggregates (crushed stone, gravel and

sand), ready-mix concrete and asphalt. The Company also offers consulting, research, trading, engineering and other

services. With a market presence on every continent, Holcim is more globally spread than any other building

materials group, allowing it to create a strong foothold in each individual market, and providing stable earnings for the

Group.

o Vision

To be the most sustainable and competitive company in our industry.

o Mission - Create Value for allo Delighted Customerso Inspired Employeeso Enlightened Partnerso Energized Societyo Loyal Shareholderso Healthy Environment

oDelighted CustomersMy actions speak more about my company than a mere advertisement. My function, however remote to the

customer, ultimately leads to satisfying him. My connection to him is like God. I may not see it. But, it exists.

oInspired EmployeesI dont need orders totrust my colleagues. I dont need orders to seek challenges. Or to meet them either.

That, I know, is I CAN.


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oEnlightened partners

I will build enduring relationships with my dealers and suppliers. The full benefit of our engagement with

dealers and suppliers will only come when they act as partners in satisfying the customer. I will, therefore,

create win-win associations between my dealers, suppliers, my company and my customers.

oEnergized SocietyI will energize, involve and enable people around me to realize their potential. The communities around me

are a part of my support system. A small improvement in their life will have a multiplier effect for everyone.

oCleaner EnvironmentPollution controlI will leave a cleaner planet for my children. For this, I dont need the rule book.

oCleaner Environmentnatural resourcesI will use Nature responsibly and conserve its resources. If I allow Nature to replenish itself, it will provide

me with a permanent livelihood. And, the benefit will extend even to my childrens children.

oSafetyI will adopt zero harm practicesat work and everywhere. I never forget that my familys future depends on

my safety.


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The LegacyFormerly known as Gujarat Ambuja Cements Limited, this Company has been a story of pioneer ing

entrepreneurship.

A cotton trader from Mumbai and a reputed trading family from Kolkata came together to float a cement company.

They knew very little about cement manufacturing. Both, however, recognised the inherent strengths of the business:

cement was a core industry and would play a crucial role in a developing country like India. Moreover, there was little

technological obsolescence and the product would never go out of fashion.

Founded in 1983 by Narotam Sekhsaria in partnership with Suresh Neotia, Ambuja Cements rich legacy is a

testimony to the development of the nation and its belief in sustainability and concern for both the environment as

well as people. Today, it is a part of the global conglomerate Holcim, one of the worlds leading suppliers of cement

and aggregates.

Ambuja has always met tough challenges and seized opportunities that have come its way. It has nurtured a spirit of

enterprise and sought cutting-edge technology in its operations. With its innovative and dynamic approach it has

emerged as a benchmark for the cement industry in India.

This Spir i t makes Amb uja Cement a product that embodies Giant Strength.

2002-2003

2005-2006

2007

2008
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2009

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2011

2012

2013

1986

1987

1988-89

1992-93

1994-1995
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1996-1997

1997-1998

1998-1999

1999-2000

2000-2001

o Sets up its first cement manufacturing plant at Ambujanagar, Gujarat with a capacity of 0.7 million tons.

o Installs a new generation high-efficiency air separator which close-circuits the operation of the cement mill. With this

the Company achieved significant energy efficiency in its kilns bringing down power costs and also reducing

stabilising time from upto 18 months to a mere three months, a critical time line for a cement plant.
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o Undertakes the Van-Vihar project to convert a mined area into an environmentally restored and scenic location.

o Introduces an innovative concept of bulk transportation in the country. Sets up a port and orders and commissions

three ships specially designed for the purpose. Adopts Kodinar Taluka in Junagadh district, Gujarat for all-round

development at a time when Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) was not common currency. It marks the unveiling

of the human face of Ambuja.

o Sets up a new unit of 9.4 lakh ton, Gajambuja Cement, at the existing premises of Ambujanagar, Gujarat. Sets up a

one-million ton cement plant at Suli, Himachal Pradesh. Commissions clinkerisation facility in Suli (Himachal

Pradesh) and Ropar (Punjab). Sets up the third one-million tonne plant at Ambujanagar.


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o Achieves highest-ever export by an Indian cement company: 5.33 lakh tons of cement and clinker are exported.

o Increases power generation capacity to the extent of 40 MW at Ambujanagars power plant. Sets up a new 12MW

power plant at Himachal Pradesh. Undertakes environment protection measures at Kashlog mines in Himachal

Pradesh as a part of its commitment to being a responsible corporate citizen.

o Amalgamates wholly-owned subsidiary Maratha Cements Ltd with itself.


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o Makes a foray outside India by setting up a cement terminal in Sri Lanka.

o Commences work on a 2 million ton capacity plant at Maratha Cement Works, Chandrapur, Maharashtra. Carries out

rehabilitation work at Gujarat as part its CSR activity after an earthquake devastates many areas of the state. The

rehabilitation campaign becomes a model for relevance and community involvement.

o Achieves 100% capacity utilization in Maratha Cement Works Chandrapur plant in the very first year of production.


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o The erstwhile Ambuja Cements Eastern Limited is amalgamated with the Company. Holcim enters into a strategic

alliance with Gujarat Ambuja Cements to participate in the growth market of India, making a public purchase offer to

the shareholders of The Associated Cement Companies (ACC) and Ambuja Cement Eastern. In the same year,

Ambuja Cement Eastern Ltd is amalgamated with the Company.

o Adopts a new sustainable rural marketing model providing technical support in building rural infrastructure and

imparting training skills to villagers. Government of India confers Padma Bhushan award to company Chairman,

Suresh K Neotia for his contribution to Indian business and industry.

o Adopts a goal of Zero Harm working environment. Allocates resources to strengthen the OH&S Management

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o Launches Ambujasknowledge initiative program Ambuja Knowledge Center to enable industry professionals to

get a first-hand feel of the world of cement and concrete. During the year, three centers became operational in the

cities of Jaipur, Ahmedabad and Kolkata.

o Commissions two grinding units of 1.5 million tonnes Dadri (Uttar Pradesh) and Nalagarh (Himachal Pradesh).

Dadri Grinding Unit in its very first year of operation receives the Integrated Management System (IMS) Certification,

including ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004, and OHSAS 18001:2007 by BSI (U.K.).

o Completes 25 years of operation. Acquires stake in Dirk India Private Ltd, Counto Microfine Products Ltd and Nepal-

based Dang Cement. Achieves water-positive status, as certified by an independent foundation, Det Norske Veritas.

Commissions two cement mills one each at Bhatapara (Chattisgarh) and Maratha Cement Works (Maharashtra),


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increasing the total grinding capacity of the Company to 27.35 million tons. Commissions five wind turbine generators

with a total capacity of 7.5 MW at Kutch, Gujarat.

o Announces the expansion of capacity at grinding unit Sankrail, West Bengal, increasing the capacity from 1.5 MTPA

to 2.4 MTPA Wins CII Sustainability Award 2012presented by the President of India

o Board approves a proposal to acquire Holderind Investments Ltd, Mauritius (Holcim), followed by a merger of Holcim

India into Ambuja. Commences work on the Marwar Mundwa project, a cement grinding unit at Rajasthan.

Spirit of I CANGive a man orders and he will do the task reasonably well. But let him set his own targets, give him freedom

and author i ty and his task becom es a personal missio n:
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The I CAN spirit encapsulates the management philosophy at Ambuja Cements Ltd.

It signifies that every individual contributes to the best of his potential to achieve the collective goal of many. This

process of tapping individual initiative for team synergy is at the heart of the culture nurtured over the years. It

emboldens employees to have an equal voice in the functioning of any system that they are a part of, enabling them

to achieve goals more efficiently as a team.

Ambuja Cements entered the cement business with the driving conviction that challenges are there to be met and

opportunities are meant to be seized. As the David among the established Goliaths, it saw a way to put the

competition at a disadvantage and that was to achieve maximum efficiency and productivity at the lowest cost.

The I CAN rationale promotes the virtues of accountability and empowerment at each level and keep the employees

motivated by letting them share equal responsibility

Product & ServicesHigh Strength. High Performance.


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Ambuja Cement is committed to make high strength cement that would enable our customers build strong and

durable structures.

To achieve this, the finest quality of limestone is used and state-of-the-art technology deployed. But our people have

also used one more ingredientInnovation. They have developed an innovative way of using fly ash to produce high

strength Port land Po zzolana Cement (PPC)

Millions of tons of fly ash is generated as waste annually by thermal power plants and poses a high environmental

hazard. This waste is put to productive use and this innovation has also meant 25% less limestone is used in the

production of cement.

Ambuja Cement latest breakthrough is the launch of Amb uja PLUS, a high quality cement with a promise of more

strength. This new cement, just released in the eastern and western markets, offers twin advantages higher

strength in concrete as well as long term durability.

Our wholly owned subsidy Alccofine, specializes in micro materials which are widely used in high strength concrete at

prestigious projects throughout India. The Alcco f ine Micro Mater ialsrange from high strength concrete additives to

special applications in tunnels and dams.

Knowledge Centres & Concrete Labs


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So far, Ambuja Cement has set up 14 Ambuja Knowledge Centres across the country to provide a knowledge sharing

platform for construction professionals. Here, professionals provide all technical knowledge support which includes

practical workshops on mix design and quality supervision. Sessions conducted in these centres are popular and

attended by professionals of established large scale projects to small scale individual start-ups. For more information,

visit www.foundationsakc.com.

In its concrete labs two of which are NABL accredited Ambuja has successfully developed 100 MPa grade

concrete and other special concrete like self compacting concrete and pervious concrete as per the clients specific

requirements.
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SustainabilityAMBUJAS JOURNEY ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Ambuja Cement Limited in line with its corporate philosophy of Sustainable Development, has always been in the

forefront of environmental improvement initiatives.


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Ambuja Cement Ltd started its journey with the commissioning of its first Cement Production Complex at

Ambujanagar with a capacity of 0.7 MTPA. Thereafter, the second and third production lines at Ambujanagar were

commissioned on reclaimed mined land, mined during the initial 22 months of Ambuja Cement Ltds production. In

recognition of the activities carried out by Ambuja Cement Ltd in the areas of environment and social responsibility,

Ambujanagar was cited as an example for the Indian Cement Industry and The Ministry of Environment & Forests

acknowledged this achievement and bestowed the first National Award for Prevention of Pollution in 1991. This

National award was once again accorded to us in 2002-2003 for our Unit at Ropar.

At all locations you will find 100% restoration of mined area, 100% recycling of sewage, zero discharge of waste

water and emissions well below statutory standards. All our units are certified to the global standard- Environment

Management System (ISO 14001:2004). A few of our units are certified to Integrated Management System including

Quality Management System (ISO 9000), Environment Management System (ISO 14001) and Occupational Health

and Safety Management System (OHSAS 18001). We regularly check the environmental performance of our units

through the management system and Plant Environment Performance (PEP) framework.

Ambuja Cement Ltd enjoys recognition for high productivity, low power consumption, low fuel consumption, best

pollution control and environmental preservation efforts, as well as Energy Conservation and has received many

awards.

Policy and Goals

We believe the vision of sustainable development and environment conservation can be achieved more effectively

through a structured and systematic approach. ACL is empowered by the overarching Corporate Environment Policy

along with unit specific policies. The corporate policy is in conformance with the Ministry of Environment and Forests

guidelines. In addition, we also have various specific policies like Corporate Sustainability Policy, Climate Change

Mitigation Policy and Green Procurement Policy which mention Companys approach on Sustainable

Development,Climate Change Mitigation and Greening of Supply Chain.

All our manufacturing locations have environment team, equipped with laboratory facilities to enable the complete

monitoring of stack emissions, ambient air quality, noise level and water quality. These teams are also responsible for

implementing various environment initiatives at the units.

o 01Sustainability Policy

o 02Climate Change Mitigation Policy
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o 03Corporate Social Responsibility Policy

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04Green Procurement Policy

o 05Corporate Environment Policy

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Sustainable Supply ChainSustainability Principles in Procurement Ambuja Cements Limited (ACL) seeks to engage in long-term relationships

with uppliers that commit to their social responsibility, that adhere to international standards such as SA8000 (Social

Accountability) and ISO 14001 (Environment Management System) and that have systems in place to comply with

relevant local provisions.

The Company has set minimum requirements of Sustainability (including environment management, safety standards

and social accountability) to be followed by any Supplier/Third Party Service Providers (Contractors). A standard

questionnaire on CSR & OH&S is sent to Suppliers while seeking requests for quotations in which appropriate

clauses have been incorporated based on the nature of order.


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It is mandatory for new suppliers to provide these details. Most ofACLs Vendors have been covered on all Plants

basis. The aim of this is to help reduce the number of Supplier related incidents. In cases where Suppliers are not

able to meet these minimum requirements, we engage in a dialogue and adopt mechanisms to improve our

Suppliers standards.

Re-assessment of qualified Suppliers compliance with these requirements shall take place within the regular

schedule of Supplier re-qualification. However, in any cases of violation or obvious non-compliance by the Supplier,

re-assessment must be immediate.

Contractual Agreement of Compliance

The Company also has clauses pertaining to Safety, Environment Management and Corporate Social Responsibility

which are included in all the Purchase Orders/Agreements. During the year, no cases of human rights violation (viz.

incidences of child labor, forced or compulsory labor, overtime without pay etc.) were recorded in our operations.

Sustainable Procurement Guidelines

The principles of Sustainable Development -Value Creation, Sustainable Environment Performance and Corporate

Social Responsibility- are integral to our business strategy.

Our parent Company, Holcim has always been committed to procure responsibly and now the Group has constituted

an integrated approach to ensure consistent management of the risk derived from doing business with Suppliers that

do not uphold the Companys standards on environment, OH&S and social responsibility. Holcims commitment to

sustainable development is not confined to the boundaries of its operations and expects its Suppliers to do likewise.

The Company has started the implementation of Sustainable Procurement through Holcim Supplier Code of Conduct.

This has listed nine standards that Suppliers are expected to adhere to, in addition to complying with local and

national laws and regulations.These standards cover Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S), Working

Conditions,Freedom of Association and Non-retaliation, Forced Labor, Child Labor, Non-Discrimination,

Environmental Regulatory Compliance, Management of Environmental Impacts, Bribery and Corruption.

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