Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Corporate Responsibility

Environmental Achievements

• Voluntarily participating in a "My Own Street" campaign to spread awareness of environmental protection and cleanliness.

Social Achievements

• No specific social initiatives mentioned with quantified outcomes.

Governance Achievements

• Implemented all procedures and practices in conformity with the code of Corporate Governance as enumerated in Schedule V of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements), Regulations 2015.
• Established Vigil Mechanism (Whistle Blower Policy).

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Technological changes in the media industry.
• Competition risk from regional and national players.
• Changing audience tastes and preferences.
• Macroeconomic environment (moderating growth and high inflation).

Mitigation Strategies

• Developed a unique business model with diversified products (print, television, digital).
• Focus on cost efficiency through better negotiations with suppliers and control on distribution spends.
• Continuous research and technological updating to identify new opportunities.
• Investment in growth opportunities to maintain business leadership.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Companies Act, 2013, Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Environmental protection
• Cleanliness

Environmental Achievements

• Voluntarily participating in a campaign, namely “My Own Street” to spread awareness of environmental protection and cleanliness.

Governance Achievements

• Implemented all the procedure and adopted all the practices in conformity with the code of Corporate Governance as enumerated in Schedule V of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Demonetisation impact on advertisement revenue.
• Changes in technology, social trends, lifestyle of the people, competition with the other local/ regional newspaper publishers.
• Changing audience tastes.
• Highly competitive environment.
• Macroeconomic environment (moderating growth, high inflation).

Mitigation Strategies

• Developed a unique business model of print to digital media providing hedging.
• Comprehensive evaluation of opportunities in media projects (Advertiser, Pre-development, Finance, Publishing/broadcasting, Market).
• Integrated Project Management Control System.
• Integrated web based collaborative system to facilitate consolidation of project related issues and its timely resolution.
• Integrated ERP platform for monitoring and controlling of critical project activities.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015

Certifications: ISO 9001:2008

Third-party Assurance: Dhirubhai Shah & Doshi Chartered Accountants

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Social Responsibility
• Ethics

Social Achievements

• Voluntarily participating in a campaign, namely “My Own Street” to spread awareness of environmental protection and cleanliness.

Governance Achievements

• Implemented all the procedure and adopted all the practices in conformity with the code of Corporate Governance as enumerated in Schedule V of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements), Regulations, 2015.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Constraints affecting growth and smooth functioning of the company due to the highly evolving and technology-driven nature of the media industry.
• Changing trends in society substantially impacting the business.
• Uncertainty of success of digital media products requiring continuous upgrades.
• Macroeconomic environment (moderating growth, high inflation) adversely impacting advertising revenues.
• Difficulty in consistently predicting audience tastes.
• Highly competitive environment with innovations and varying levels of resources.

Mitigation Strategies

• Unique business model of print to digital media providing hedging.
• Comprehensive evaluation of opportunities in media projects considering various parameters (advertiser, pre-development, finance, publishing/broadcasting, market).
• Integrated system for planning, scheduling, monitoring, and control of projects.
• Integrated Project Management Control System integrating project management, contract management, and control functions.
• Project monitoring centers acting as a Decision Support System.
• Integrated web-based collaborative system for issue resolution.
• Integrated ERP platform for monitoring and controlling critical project activities.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015

Certifications: ISO 9001:2015

Third-party Assurance: Dhirubhai Shah & Co, Chartered Accountants