Climate Change Data

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.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities