Hindustan Zinc is now amongst India’s Top-10 companies for its sustainable and welfare activities. In the recent survey conducted by IIM, Udaipur on Sustainability & CSR for Responsible Business Ranking for the year2016-17, Hindustan Zinc has been ranked 9th across India in all companies sector.
The Company has always believed as the business grows, responsibility towards the society also grows. Care for Environment, Safety, Water & Sanitation, Child Care, Education, Nutrition, Sustainable Livelihood, Women Empowerment, Health, Sports & Culture and Community Development including community assets creation have always been the key focus areas for the organization.
The IIM Udaipur Responsible Business Ranking 2018 study looked at the top 218 public (47) and private (171) sector companies to arrive at these ranking. Of the total, it covers 135 companies from the manufacturing sector and 83 from the service sector with a diverse portfolio of industries such as automobiles, banks, FMCG, infrastructure, information technology, metals and mining, oil, power, steel, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications and others.
The ranking is based on a weighted average of following four criteria: 20% weight to Governance, 15% to Disclosure, 30% to Stakeholders and 35% to Sustainability. The highest score that a company can get was 100.
Recently the company has also been ranked globally #1 by Dow Jones Sustainability Index 2018 in Environment under metals and mining category.