Assessing that the report is prepared in accordance with the Sustainability Reporting Standards of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI Standards – in accordance “Core” option); Reviewing the Report to ensure that there is no misrepresentation of disclosures as per scope of assurance and our findings; Reviewing the materiality and stakeholder engagement framework deployed at Vedanta; Understanding the appropriateness of various assumptions used for estimation of data by Vedanta; Assessing the systems used for data collection and reporting of the Universal Disclosures and Topic Specific Disclosures of material topics as listed in the assurance scope above; Verifying systems and procedures used for quantification, collation and analysis of sustainability performance disclosures included in the Report; Holding remote discussions with senior executives at the selected plant locations and at the corporate office to understand the risks and opportunities from a sustainability perspective including the strategy that Vedanta has adopted to address the same; Assessing data reliability and accuracy; Review of select key performance data for the duration from was carried out remotely through virtual interactions and screen sharing tools Appropriate documentary evidences were obtained to support our conclusions on the information and data reviewed.