VIJI FINANCE LIMITED
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2017-04 to 2018-03, 2018-04-01 to 2018-12-31, 2020-2021, 2021-2022)
Reporting Period: 2017-04 to 2018-03
Environmental Metrics
Social Achievements
- India’s Most Trusted Financial Service Company by (IBC) International Brand Consulting Corporation, USA.
- ISO (9001:2015) Certified Non Banking Financial Company
Governance Achievements
- Know Your Customer and Anti Money Laundering Policy (KYC and PMLA Policy) in accordance with RBI Guidelines.
- Fair Practice Code (FPC), as per RBI Regulations
Environmental Challenges
- Economic slowdown
- Uncertainty of market
- Tough Competition
- Strict compliance by regulatory Authorities
- High cost of funds
- Slow industrial growth
- Stiff competition with NBFCs as well as with banking sector
- Non-performing assets
- Competition from Captive finance companies and small banks
Mitigation Strategies
- various steps to improve its operational performance/liquidity, including cost control measures have been put in place.
- plans for expansion
- rigorous loan approval and collateral appraisal process, as well as a strong NPA monitoring and collection strategy.
- majority borrowings, and all the loans and advances are at fixed rates of interest.
- liquidity management to ensure sufficient cash flow to meet all financial commitments and to capitalise on opportunities for business expansion.
Supply Chain Management
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Awards & Recognition
- India’s Most Trusted Financial Service Company by (IBC) International Brand Consulting Corporation, USA.
Reporting Period: 2018-04-01 to 2018-12-31
Environmental Metrics
Climate Goals & Targets
Supply Chain Management
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Reporting Period: 2020-2021
Environmental Metrics
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- ongoing COVID-19 pandemic
- economic slowdown
- uncertainty of market
- tough completion
- strict compliances by regularity authorities
Mitigation Strategies
- cost control measures
- Work from home has been assigned to employees of the company to ensure the smooth functioning of the operations
Supply Chain Management
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Reporting Period: 2021-2022
Environmental Metrics
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- Non-performing asset and consequent pressure on the bottom line
- Rising competition from banks
- Increasing cost of funding
- Retention of talent
- High resource cost structure
- Slow industrial growth
- Exposure to the abnormal industry risk factors
- Entry of many players in the banking and non-banking operations creating stiff competition
- Major shakeout in the NBFC sector
- Increase in finance cost due to uncertainties of pandemic
- Geopolitical crisis
- Implementation of risk-management strategies in the NBFC sector to ensure that the business models remain viable, adequately ringfenced and sustainable.
- Asset quality norms will bring to focus any gaps in credit risk management can reveal the shortcomings in market risk.
- Failing to tame the operational risks can have serious consequences threatening the sustainability of the organisations.
- Tough task awaits NBFCs to rein in operational risk much beyond going successful in scaling up business.
Mitigation Strategies
- Various steps to improve its operational performance/liquidity, including cost control measures have been put in place.
- Risk management framework works at various levels across the enterprise.
- Risk Management Policy provides for identification, assessment and control of risks which in the opinion of the Board may threaten the existence of the Company.
- Management identifies and controls risks through a properly defined framework in terms of the aforesaid policy.
- Adequate internal control mechanisms to safeguard all our assets and to ensure operational excellence.
- Periodic audit by the internal auditor for business specific compliances such as service management, information security, etc.
- Audit committee reviews reports submitted by the management and audit reports submitted by internal auditors and statutory auditors.
- Suggestions for improvement are considered and the audit committee follows up on corrective action.