Heritage Foods Limited

Heritage Foods Limited 116 The Directors of Heritage Foods Limited (“the Company”) have pleasure in presenting the Company’s Report on Corporate Governance for the Financial Year 2020-21 in pursuant to Regulation 34(3) read with Schedule V and other applicable provisions of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (‘SEBI Listing Regulation’). 1. COMPANY’S PHILOSOPHY ON CODE OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Corporate Governance is to conduct business with a fi rm commitment to values, while meeting stakeholders’ expectations. It is based on preserving core beliefs and ethical business conduct while maintaining a strong commitment to maximise long-term stakeholder value. Your Company carries on an ethically driven business process that is committed to ethical practices aimed at enhancing stakeholder value. As a good corporate citizen, your Company is dedicated towards following the best corporate governance practices built through conscience, fairness, transparency, accountability, building con fi dence of its various stakeholders, thereby paving the way for its enduring success Since its inception, your Company has taken conscious e ff orts to operate in a manner responsible to all stakeholders. Your Company has maintained the highest standards of corporate governance all through its operations. Your Company is committed to moulding Corporate Governance practices in line with its core values, beliefs and ethics. Your Company believes in attainment of highest levels of transparency in all facets of its operations and maintains an unwavering focus on good Corporate Governance practices. YourCompanycontinuestostrengthenitsgovernanceprinciples to generate long-term value for its various stakeholders on a sustainable basis thus ensuring ethical and responsible leadership both at the Board and at the Management levels. The Corporate Governance is ongoing process and your Company has always focused on good corporate governance, which is a key driver of its long term value creation and trust. Even in fi ercely competitive business environment, the management and employees of your company are committed to uphold the core values of transparency, integrity, honesty and accountability Your Company’s Corporate Governance Framework ensures that the company makes timely disclosures, shares accurate information regarding its fi nancial and business performance. Your Company’s Corporate Governance Philosophy is based on the following principles: • Corporate Governance Standards should satisfy both the spirit of the law and the letter of the law • Ensure transparency andmaintain a high level of disclosure • Clearly distinguish between personal conveniences and corporate resources • Communicate externally and truthfully, about how the Company is run internally as permitted by the statue. • Have a simple and transparent corporate structure driven solely by business needs • The Management is the trustee of the members’ capital and not the owner. Transparency and accountability are the twobasic requirements of Corporate Governance. Responsible Corporate conduct is integral to the way the Company do the business. The actions are governed by the values and principles which are reinforced at all levels in your Company. The code of business is re fl ected in the continued commitments to ethical business practices across the dealings. An e ff ective Board is a pre-requisite of Good Corporate Governance practices. Well- Informed and Independent Board is essential to bring objectivity and transparency in the management and in the dealings of your Company. The Board of your company is committed to protect the long-term interests of all stakeholders, and considering this, it provides objective and prudent guidance to the management. As on March 31, 2021, the Board consists of Six members out of which two (2) are Executive/ Whole-time Women Directors, Two (2) are Non-Executive Independent Directors, one (1) is Non-Executive Independent Woman Director and one (1) is Non-Executive Director. Ethics/Governance Policies: Your company has adopted a set of policies and Codes and ensure that the business of your the company is carried out in line with its core value systems. Your Company strives to conduct the business and strengthen the relationship in a manner that is digni fi ed, distinctive and responsible. Your Company adhere to ethical standards to ensure integrity, transparency, independence and accountability in dealing with stakeholders. Therefore, your Company have adopted various codes and policies to carry out business in an ethical manner. Some of these codes and policies are: Report on Corporate Governance