Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report (BRSR) for the Financial Year 2025-26

31.07.2026 BSE Limited N a t i o n a l S tock Exchange of India Limited Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers E x c h a n g e Plaza Dalal Street P l o t N o . C / 1, G Block, Mumbai 400 001 B a n d r a - K urla Complex, Bandra (East) Scrip Code: 532937 Mumbai 400 051 Scrip ID: KUANTUM T r a d i ng Symbol: KUANTUM Sub.: Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report (BRSR) for the Financial Year 2025-26 Dear Sirs, / Mam Pursuant to Regulation 34(2)(f) read with Regulation 3(2) of SEBI(Listing Obligations & Disclosure Requirements) Regulations 2015, please find attached herewith the Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report (‘BRSR’) for the F.Y. 2025-26 which forms part of the Annual Report for the Financial Year ended 31st March, 2026. This is for your information and records. Thanking you, Yours faithfully, For Kuantum Papers Limited Gurinder Singh Makkar Company Secretary and Compliance Officer M.No.: F5124 Annual Report 2025-26 ANNEXURE-10 Business Responsibility & Sustainability Reporting SECTION A: GENERAL DISCLOSURES I. DETAILS OF THE LISTED ENTITY 1. Corporate Identity Number (CIN) of the Listed Entity L21012PB1997PLC035243 2. Name of the Listed Entity KUANTUM PAPERS LIMITED 3. Date of incorporation 28-05-1997 4. Registered office address Paper Mill, Saila Khurd, District Hoshiarpur, Punjab-144529 5. Corporate address W1A, F.F, Tower A, Godrej Eternia, Plot No. 70, Industrial Area-1, Chandigarh-160002 6. E-mail kuantumcorp@kuantumpapers.com 7. Telephone +91 1884 502737 8. Website www.kuantumpapers.com 9. Financial year for which reporting is being done 1st April, 2025 to 31st March, 2026 10. Name of the Stock Exchange(s) where shares are listed National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. (NSE) & BSE Ltd. (BSE) 11. Paid-up Capital (In Rs.) 8,72,63,630/- (Equity) 12. Name and contact details (telephone, email address) of Gurinder Singh Makkar, the person who may be contacted in case of any Company Secretary queries on the BRSR report Email: gurindermakkar@kuantumpapers.com Phone: 0172 517 2737 13. Reporting boundary - Are the disclosures under this Standalone Basis report made on a standalone basis (i.e. only for the entity) or on a consolidated basis (i.e. for the entity and all the entities which form a part of its consolidated financial statements, taken together). 14. Whether the Company has undertaken reasonable N.A. assurance of the BRSR Core? 15. Name of assurance provider N.A. 16. Type of assurance obtained N.A. II. PRODUCTS/SERVICES 17. Details of business activities (accounting for 90% of the turnover): S. No. Description of Main Activity Description of Business Activity % of Turnover of the entity 1. Paper and Paper Products Manufacturing and selling of Maplitho, Copier, 100 Creamwove and value-added Specialty Papers 18. Products/Services sold by the entity (accounting for 90% of the entity’s Turnover) S No. Product/Service NIC Code % of Turnover of the entity 1. Writing, Printing and Specialty Papers 1701 100 III. OPERATIONS 19. Number of locations where plants and/or operations/offices of the entity are situated Location Number of plants Number of offices Total National 1 2 3 International - - - 20. Markets served by the entity: a. Number of locations Locations Number National (No. of States and UT) 26 International (No. of Countries) 26 b. What is the contribution of exports as a percentage of the total turnover of the entity? 4.04% c. A brief on types of customers The Company is having one of the largest customers bases including Educational Institutions, Publishers, Corporate Clients, Printing Houses, Government Agencies and Export markets. We provide high quality paper for various applications such as Notebooks, Textbooks, Publications, Office stationery, Commercial printing, Diary, Paper Cups, Paper Straws, Wedding cards & Thermal paper. This broad customer base reflects the Company’s diversified product mix, quality & strong presence pan India and in international markets. IV. EMPLOYEES 21. Details as at the end of Financial Year: a. Employees and workers (including differently abled): S. Male Female Particulars Total (A) No. No. (B) % (B / A) No. (C) % (C / A) EMPLOYEES 1. Permanent (D) 635 609 95.91% 26 4.09% 2. Other than Permanent (E) - - - - - 3. Total employees (D + E) 635 609 95.91% 26 4.09% WORKERS 4. Permanent (F) 764 764 100% - - 5. Other than Permanent (G) 730 706 96.71% 24 3.29% 6. Total workers (F + G) 1494 1470 98.39% 24 1.61% b. Differently abled Employees and workers: S. Male Female Particulars Total (A) No. No. (B) % (B / A) No. (C) % (C / A) DIFFERENTLY ABLED EMPLOYEES 1. Permanent (D) 2 2 100% - - 2. Other than Permanent (E) - - - - - 3. Total employees (D + E) 2 2 100% - - DIFFERENTLY ABLED WORKERS 4. Permanent (F) 5 5 100% - - 5. Other than Permanent (G) 4 4 100% - - 6. Total workers (F + G) 9 9 100% - - 22. Participation/Inclusion/Representation of women No. and percentage of Females Particulars Total (A) No. (B) % (B / A) Board of Directors 6 1 17% Key Management Personnel 2 - - Corporate Overview Statutory Reports Financial Statements 100 Annual Report 2025-26 23. Turnover rate for permanent employees and workers (Disclose trends for the past 3 years) FY 2025-26 FY 2024-25 FY 2023-24 Particulars Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Permanent Employees 11.48% 10.34% 11.44% 18.13% 52.08% 19.04% 22.04% 44.29% 22.63% Permanent Workers 7.95% - 7.95% 9.68% - 9.68% 13.59% - 13.59% V. HOLDING, SUBSIDIARY AND ASSOCIATE COMPANIES (INCLUDING JOINT VENTURES) 24. (a) Names of holding / subsidiary / associate companies / joint ventures Does the entity indicated at column Name of the holding / Indicate whether % of shares S. A, participate in the Business subsidiary / associate companies Holding/ Subsidiary/ held by listed No. Responsibility initiatives of the / joint ventures (A) Associate/ Joint Venture entity listed entity? (Yes/No) 1. Kapedome Enterprises Limited Holding No VI. CSR DETAILS 25. (i) Whether CSR is applicable as per section 135 of Companies Act, 2013: (Yes/No): Yes (ii) Turnover (Rs./crores): 1,093.16 (iii) Net worth (Rs./crores): 1,228.32 VII. TRANSPARENCY AND DISCLOSURES COMPLIANCES 26. Complaints/Grievances on any of the principles (Principles 1 to 9) under the National Guidelines on Responsible Business Conduct: FY 2025-26 FY 2024-25 Grievance Redressal Stakeholder Mechanism in Place Number of Number of group from (Yes/No) (If Yes, then Number of complaints Number of complaints whom provide web-link for complaints pending complaints pending complaint is grievance redress filed during resolution Remarks filed resolution Remarks received policy) the year at close of during at close of the year the year the year Communities - - - - - - - - Investors (other than shareholders) Shareholders 11 11 - All All Complaints Complaints Yes (https://www. resolved resolved kuantumpapers.com/ satisfac- satisfac- policies/) torily torily - - - - Employees and workers Customers All All Complaints Complaints 36 - resolved 65 - resolved satisfac- satisfac- torily torily Value Chain - - - - Partners 27. Overview of the entity’s material responsible business conduct issues. Please indicate material responsible business conduct and sustainability issues pertaining to environmental and social matters that present a risk or an opportunity to your business, rationale for identifying the same, approach to adapt or mitigate the risk along-with its financial implications, as per the following format: Financial implications of the risk or S. Material issue Indicate whether Rationale for identifying the In case of risk, approach to opportunity No. identified risk orR iospkportunity risk/opportunity adapt or mitigate (Indicate positive or negative implications) 1. Wood Risk Risk: Wood raw material To mitigate supply risk Negative availability constitutes a major portion of associated with wood Implication the pulp furnish for the paper procurement for pulping and manufacturing in the Company. finally for manufactu [Showing first 8,000 characters — download PDF for full document]