Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report for FY 2025-26

Annexure-2 BUSINESS RESPONSIBILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY REPORT SECTION A- GENERAL DISCLOSURES I. Details of the Company 1. Corporate Identity Number (CIN) of the Listed L15492WB1924GOI004835 Entity 2. Name of the Listed Entity Balmer Lawrie & Co. Ltd. 3. Year of incorporation 1924 4. Registered Office Address: 21, Netaji Subhas Road, Kolkata - 700 001 5. Corporate address: 21, Netaji Subhas Road, Kolkata - 700 001 6. E-mail: ghosh.ab@balmerlawrie.com 7. Telephone: 033-22225413 8. Website: www.balmerlawrie.com 9. Financial year for which reporting is being 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026 done: 10. Name of the Stock Exchange(s) where shares National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) are listed: and BSE Limited (BSE) 11. Paid-up Capital: ₹1,71,00,38,460 12. Name and contact details (telephone, email Name: Mr. Abhijit Ghosh, address) of the person who may be contacted Director (HR & CA) in case of any queries on the BRSR report Telephone: 033-22225413 13. Reporting boundary – The report is prepared on a standalone basis. Are the disclosures under this 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. Name of the assurance provider Not Applicable 15. Type of the assurance obtained: Not Applicable II. Product/ Services 16. Details of business activities (accounting for 90% of the turnover): S. % of turnover of Description of main activity Description of business activity No. the entity 1. Industrial Packaging Steel Barrel and drum manufacturing 30.80% Logistics Infrastructure and Container Freight Station, Cold Chain & Logistics 2. 29.98% Services Services Manufacturing and Supply of Greases, Lubricants 3. Greases & Lubricants 21.69% and Compounds Ticketing, Holidays (International & Domestic), 4. Travel & Vacations 13.77% MICE and other travel services 17. Products/Services sold by the entity (accounting for 90% of the entity’s turnover): % of total turnover S.no. Product/Service NIC Code contributed 1. Industrial Packaging (Steel Drums) 25129 30.80% 2. Logistics Infrastructure and Services 51201 / 52109 29.98% 3. Greases and Lubricants 19201 21.69% 4. Travel & Vacations (Ticketing and Holiday packages) 79110/79120 13.77% III. Operations 18. Number of locations where plants and/or operations/offices of the entity are situated: Location Number of plants Number of offices Total National 10 99 109 International 0 0 0 19. Markets served by the entity: a) Number of locations Locations Number National (No. of States/ Union Territories) 28 International (No. of Countries) 6 b) What is the contribution of exports as a percentage of the total turnover of the entity? Rs. in Crores 2025-26 Export Sale ₹ 58.27 Crores Total Sales ₹ 2, 699.27 Crores % 2.16 % c) A brief on type of customers manufacturing, engineering, pharmaceuticals, retail, and public sector sectors. Backed by SBU: Logistics Infrastructure experienced professionals, advanced technology, and process excellence, the SBU delivers reliable, The Logistics Infrastructure SBU primarily serves efficient, and cost-effective logistics solutions, Shipping Lines, Non-Vessel Operating Common ensuring the timely and secure movement of Carriers (NVOCCs), Freight Forwarders, and goods across domestic and international supply Customs House Agents (CHAs) through its chains. Container Freight Station (CFS) operations. SBU: Travel & Vacations SBU: Logistics Services The Travel & Vacations SBU delivers end-to-end The Logistics Services SBU provides travel management solutions to a broad spectrum comprehensive end-to-end logistics solutions, of corporate and retail customers including air including air freight, sea freight, and surface ticketing, holidays (domestic and international), transportation, for a wide variety of cargo. visa, insurance, hotels, MICE services etc. Leveraging a global network of partners and Supported by robust travel technologies, digital agents, along with a strong presence across key payment systems, and integrated backend logistics hubs, the SBU serves customers across operations, the SBU offers customised and cost- effective services through a unified digital platform. fat liquors, beam-house chemicals, and finishing The platform integrates travel bookings, policy chemicals to tanneries and leather manufacturers management, and destination information, while across key leather manufacturing hubs, including seamless integration with SAP (ERP) enhances Chennai, Ranipet, Ambur, Kolkata, and Kanpur. operational efficiency, strengthens internal The business is supported by in-house R&D controls, and improves customer experience. capabilities and technical service centres. SBU: Cold Chain SBU: Industrial Packaging The Cold Chain SBU serves a diverse customer A market leader in steel barrel manufacturing, base, including pharmaceutical companies, the Industrial Packaging SBU serves a wide healthcare providers, and food and beverage range of customers, including Public Sector businesses, by providing temperature-sensitive Undertakings (PSUs), multinational corporations logistics solutions under the brand name (MNCs), local oil producers, transformer and LOGICOLD. It has temperature-controlled lubricant oil manufacturers, chemical and additive warehouses pan India with its own fleet of manufacturers, agrochemical companies, temperature-controlled vehicles. bitumen and bitumen-emulsion producers, as well as food and fruit pulp companies and exporters. SBU: Refinery & Oil Field Services SBU: Greases & Lubricants The Refinery & Oil Field Services SBU provides specialised technical solutions to the oil and gas The Greases & Lubricants SBU serves a industry, with a focus on pollution prevention, diversified customer base comprising automotive waste management, and hydrocarbon recovery. original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), As a pioneer in mechanised oily sludge processing including passenger vehicle, two-wheeler, in India, the SBU executes complex projects commercial vehicle, and agricultural equipment across major refineries and oil installations. manufacturers, as well as industries such as steel, Its core capabilities, including lagoon and railways, mining, defence, cement, power, sugar, tank-bottom sludge processing, enable high infrastructure, marine, and food processing. The hydrocarbon recovery, reduced turnaround times, SBU is supported by a pan-India network of over and compliance with stringent health, safety, and 350 channel partners and three ISO-certified environmental (HSE) standards. Continuous manufacturing plants. Balmer Lawrie has been a innovation and proven execution capabilities market leader in Speciality Greases & Lubricants. have established the SBU as a trusted partner for A pioneer in grease manufacturing, its pan India value-added industrial services. manufacturing facilities including state-of-the- art plant at Silvassa produce the “Balmerol” SBU: Chemicals brand lubricants. Its R&D Centre also known as the “Applications Research Laboratory” (ARL) The Chemicals SBU primarily caters to the leather located at Kolkata is amongst the best in India. industry by supplying synthetic tanning agents, IV. Employees 20. Details as on 31st March 2026: a) Employees and Workers (including differently abled) Male Female S. No. Particulars Total (A) No. (B) % (B/A) No. (C) % (C/A) Employees 1. Permanent employees (D) 714 631 88% 83 12% 2. Other than permanent employees (E) 404 318 79% 86 21% Male Female S. No. Particulars Total (A) No. (B) % (B/A) No. (C) % (C/A) 3. Total employees (D + E) 1,118 949 85% 169 15% Workers 4. Permanent workers (F) 116 106 91% 10 9% 5. Other than permanent workers (G) 0 0 0 0 0 6. Total Workers (F + G) 116 106 91% 10 9% 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) 10 9 90% 1 10% 2. O [Showing first 8,000 characters — download PDF for full document]