Vedanta HZL CSR Udaipur

Group business units also accredited as Great Place to Work-CertifiedTM
New Delhi/Mumbai: In a resounding endorsement of its industry-leading people practices, the Vedanta Group, India’s leading producer of metals and oil & gas, has been accredited as Great Place to Work-CertifiedTM along with its Business Units – BALCO, Cairn Oil & Gas, ESL, Hindustan Zinc, Iron Ore Business, TSPL and Vedanta Jharsuguda.

The accolade follows Vedanta Group’s stellar work culture, which fosters an ecosystem of trust, a high-performance culture and imbibes aspects of credibility, respect, fairness, pride, and camaraderie among its employees. The badge of being ‘Great Place to Work-CertifiedTM, aspired by thousands of organizations every year, bears testimony to the constant innovation and pioneering people practices in the domain of hiring, engagement, diversity & inclusion, rewards & recognition, talent and performance management.
According to Vedanta Group CEO Sunil Duggal, “Vedanta is one of the few organizations in India to be awarded with this coveted certification as a conglomerate, setting a benchmark for others. This bears testimony to our continuous efforts towards being the Best Employer Brand.”
Speaking about the achievement, Group CHRO Madhu Srivastava said,”The Great Place to Work® certification bears testimony to the work culture of the Vedanta Group, which has been built over the years, keeping people before profit. It is a milestone in our journey of excellence and further bolsters our confidence in striving to be the employer of choice across sectors.”
As a Vedanta Group company, Hindustan Zinc feels honoured to be certified as a Great Place to Work-CertifiedTM. This certification recognizes HZL’s work towards building an organization with a High-Trust and High-Performance Culture. It is the result of the company’s strength expressed by employees, as well as the sense of pride they feel in their work, towards their jobs, teamwork, and the company, depicting the ‘Trust-based Performance Culture’ being driven across all levels of the organization. The company has introduced several path-breaking policies and practices for various segments of the workforce which have enhanced productivity and engagement within the organization, under the umbrella of the Vedanta Group’s initiatives.
Vedanta has institutionalized several best-in-industry people practices in its endeavour to be a people-first organization. Few examples:
Vice Chairman’s Internal Growth Workshop, a robust programme for identifying high potential employees early on in their careers and mentoring them for enhanced roles and responsibilities, followed by a structured review mechanism to map their growth and performance. Over 1000 leaders have been groomed via this initiative across various businesses.
V-REACH (Graduate Development Programme), a programme that seeks to identify and develop young leaders from the graduate employees’ cadre and map them to significantly elevated roles.
V-LEAD (Diversity Development Programme) to identify highly potential female candidates early on and groom them into leadership roles.
Equal opportunity employer – Vedanta’s gender-agnostic job roles have led to the company becoming India’s first to have women as mine managers, a true feat of women’s empowerment.
ACT-UP, a talent identification assessment programme, is conducted companywide each year through which hundreds of ‘Business Stars’ and ‘Technical Stars’ are identified for accelerated career development with customized Individual Development Plans (IDP).
Through V-CONNECT, a mentorship programme through which Vedanta has mapped each high potential employee with a mentor to guide them through a personal and professional development journey.
Chairman’s Discretionary Award, to recognize employees who went above and beyond the call of duty during COVID-19, allowing the company to ensure business continuity and sustain production.
Commenting on Vedanta’s certification, Wilma Mohapatra, Vice President – Great Place to Work® India, said,”Many congratulations to Vedanta Group on getting Great Place to Work-CertifiedTM. We hope you keep raising the bar for yourself and other organizations and conglomerates aspiring to become great workplaces. “
Great Place to Work® is the global authority in creating, assessing, and identifying the Best Workplaces world over. The Great Place to Work® Institute’s methodology is recognized as rigorous and objective and is considered as the gold standard for defining great workplaces across business, academia, and government organizations. The Institute evaluates organisations solely based on employee feedback and quality of people practices, through their trademark Trust Index© Employee Perspective and Culture Audit© Management Perspective scorecards. Globally, more than 10,000 organizations across 60 countries aspire to achieve this recognition.
To provide employees, business partners and their families with a sense of safety and security, and ensure their well-being, Vedanta has rolled out significant initiatives and HR benefits, like:
Vedanta Cares Vaccination Drive for all employees, business partners and their families
Best-in-class Term Life Insurance Policy with world-wide coverage for all executives across the group. The policy provides coverage of 5x the fixed pay for employees, which is equivalent to an annual salary for 5 years.
CovidKavach Insurance for business partners includes term life insurance, hospitalization, and an ex-gratia payment of INR 10 lacs to the deceased’s family members.
Continued payments of last drawn salary and Mediclaim insurance coverage until the notional date of retirement, as well as education assistance for 2 children until graduation, for the families of deceased employees.
Medical insurance cover has also been enhanced to 1.5 times the existing eligibility, and corporate floater cover has been introduced for any employee that exceeds their eligibility.
Continuation of Mediclaim Insurance for employees who are retiring
Further, Vedanta is working on a comprehensive vaccination plan to ensure the health and well-being of its people. The plan is to vaccinate 1.12 lakh people, which would include 46,000 employees and family members. Vedanta will spend around Rs 12 crore on procuring the vaccines, the deliveries of which will start later this month. The company continues to continually raise the bar when it comes to developing and caring for its people.

Our employees and partners are demonstrating our commitment to Giving Back, says Chairman Mr.Anil Agarwal
Udaipur: The philosophy of giving back to the community and sustainably running all business operations is what makes Hindustan Zinc, a pioneer in the industry. Even during these trying times in the past year, the company, through its employees and business partners, has continued with their efforts and has excelled on both the business front as well as serving the nation.

Hindustan Zinc takes pride in the fact that several employees of the company were awarded the Chairman’s Award by Vedanta to all its COVID Warriors for their outstanding work, recognizing their efforts towards community services, setting up the Vedanta Cares Field hospital project and providing oxygen support. Outstanding achievers from the business units have been recognised as well.
This marks the second year of Vedanta acknowledging & encouraging the COVID warriors, who collaborated with the company in combating COVID 19 through a host of community initiatives. Outstanding achievers from the business units have been recognised as well.
Presenting the award, Vedanta Chairman,Mr. Anil Agarwal, said, “I am grateful for the commitment and support shown by the Vedanta team and its partners during these challenging times. We strongly believe in the philosophy of giving back and our efforts are geared towards supporting our communities and the government. “
According to Vedanta Group CEO,Mr. Sunil Duggal, “The Chairman’s Award is our most prestigious internal award and it is a gesture to commemorate the combined efforts of all those who have contributed to keeping Vedanta’s wheels running, business wise, as well as those who have made sure the communities get the care that they need in the current situation.”
It is a matter of immense pride for Hindustan Zinc, as the company’s employees- Mr. G. Gopi – Associate GM (Civil), Mr. Hitesh Gupta- Executive (Process), Mr.Reddikrishna ReddyS- Manager (Mechanical) and Mr. Abdul Gaffur Ansari- Executive (Mechanical), were recognised for their endearing efforts in the production and supply of oxygen from its plants to various locations in times of need.
On receiving the award, Mr. G. Gopi said, “It’s a very proud moment for me and my team to receive the most prestigious & coveted Chairman Award. This noble work, under the direction of our management and state administration, has given us a profound sense of satisfaction in safeguarding human lives in and around us by providing oxygen gas. This is an unimaginable contribution in a lifetime from a corporate for a greater good. “
During the second wave of COVID-19, the company took the initiative of providing industrial oxygen supply as a substitute for oxygen to address the shortage of oxygen in hospitals and health centres. The team under the leadership of Mr. G. Gopi made modifications to the plant circuit and installed the oxygen gas bottling plant in record time to give the necessary support during the peak COVID-19 pandemic requirements. Hindustan Zinc has dispatched about 223 metric tonnes of Liquid Oxygen and supplied approximately 13900 oxygen cylinders to hospitals and health centres to support the community and the government in the fight against COVID-19.
The team from Zawar Mines, Hindustan Zinc, was also awarded the esteemed Chairman’s Award for Enhancing R & R, allowing Zawar to undertake expansion projects and prepare LOMP for the next 5 years. The honour is a result of the hard work manifested by Mr. ShashiBhushanShukla- Manager (Geology), Mr. VivekTyagi- Deputy Manager – (Geology), Mr. SomdebDutta Mal – Deputy Manager (Geology), Mr. K Sairaj- Associate Manager (Geology) and Mr. NyashaGwatimba- Long-Term Planner, for the successful execution of the initiative.
Expressing his gratitude, Mr.ShashiBhushanShukla said, “It’s a very proud moment for the whole HZL exploration team to receive this prestigious Chairman’s Award. The Chairman recognizes employees on an individual basis, which is unique, and encourages us to overcome all challenges and turn them into opportunities. This appreciation has boosted the morale of the whole Zawar team, and we are committed to contributing to the growth of the company by adopting a more digital and technological approach. “
The Team of Zawar Geology and Mine Planning at Hindustan Zinc has worked on enhancing the reserve from 14Mt to 32Mt in FY 2020-21 despite the COVID outbreak by adopting the MLDT approach, after identifying high metal potential ore reserve areas and cost effective mine plan design of those production blocks. Because mineral reserves determine the future viability of any mining operation, the additional reserves will boost Zawar Mines’ investment and expansion plans.
Vedanta’s Chairman’s Awards encourage and reward outstanding business performance, sustainability performance of business units across the Vedanta Group, across the criteria of Sustainability performance, Asset optimization, Operational performance, Performance management practices, and Quality improvement initiatives.
About Vedanta Cares
Vedanta is committed to reinvest in the social good of its neighbourhood communities and the nation. Under the aegis of Anil Agarwal Foundation, Vedanta is setting up 10 ‘field hospitals’ with 1,000 beds for COVID -19 patients across India. The company has pledged Rs. 150 Cr to help the country in its fight against the rapidly spreading second wave of Covid 19. The company had contributed Rs 201 crore last year in the wake of the Covid crisis catering to the livelihood of daily wage workers, preventive health care and support to all its employees and contract partners across its plant locations.

Udaipur : Hindustan Zinc has always taken pride on being a people’s company that values its employees as its most valuable assets.

Strengthening its commitment, the company has set up a new ICICI ATM in the Moti Magri Scheme area of Udaipur at doorstep of its township. The ATM was inaugurated by the Chief Guest – Mr Arun Misra, CEO-Hindustan Zinc.
The aim at Hindustan Zinc has always been to create and provide robust infrastructure, keeping in mind comfort & ease of employees & their families in the townships.
In a challenging pandemic environment, Hindustan Zinc has taken this initiative to provide a hassle-free ATM facility for the employees & their families and in addition, it would also benefit the residents of Zinc Park vicinity by providing a quick doorstep ATM service. It will act as a one-stop destination for the people and will further ease their hardship of securing safe and convenient ATM services in this difficult lockdown period

Udaipur: In the fight against COVID-19 pandemic, India’s leading metals and oil and gas company, Vedanta, through its flagship company Hindustan Zinc and as part of Anil Agarwal Foundation Initiative has inaugurated state-of-the-art fully equipped COVID care field hospital at Dariba, Rajsamand. This 8000 square meter hospital has air-conditioning dome based on German technology with a capacity of 100 beds including 20 ICU beds to treat patients & provide them with essential COVID treatment and medical facilities.

The hospital was inaugurated by the Chief Guest – Mr. Arvind Kumar Poswal – District Collector, Rajsamand in the presence of Mr. Sudhir Chaudhary – SP, Rajsamand, Mr. Arun Misra – CEO, Hindustan Zinc along with senior government officials and employees of Hindustan Zinc. Vedanta Limited has come out firmly in support of the Rajasthan government in its efforts to provide priority medical care to the Covid-affected people. The field hospital is situated in Hindustan Zinc’s DAV School playground at Dariba where world-class technology has been adopted ensuring strict adherence to safety.
While sharing his thoughts during the ceremony, Mr. Arvind Kumar Poswal – District Collector, Rajsamand said “In these distressed times, I appreciate the efforts of Vedanta, Anil Agarwal Foundation and Hindustan Zinc in coming up with 100 bed field hospital in a record time. This hospital will play a crucial role as Dariba is centrally located from all nearby districts of Rajsamand, Chittorgarh and Udaipur. This state-of-the-art facility has all the basic & advanced medical amenities available to ensure best treatment to COVID patients. With this Vedanta Cares field hospital, we are ready to face & fight 3rd wave of Pandemic.”
Mr. Sunil Duggal – Group CEO, Vedanta said “COVID-19 has affected lives of millions across the country and we at Vedanta Group continues to stand united with Nation in these unprecedented times. With strong probability of 3rd wave of pandemic, our state-of-the-art COVID field hospital in Rajsamand ensures support in providing medical care to ailing patients in Rajasthan. We have pledged to support the central and state governments in providing quality care to those affected by the virus. With collaborative efforts of public & private sector and community in general, I believe that we will be able to overcome this crisis soon.”
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Arun Misra, CEO Hindustan Zinc said “This state-of-the-art fully equipped 100 bed field hospital is one of our consistent efforts to support and strengthen the medical infrastructure for extending quality medical care to the community in the COVID-19 pandemic. I am very hopeful that it will bring relief to all COVID patients. This hospital is a result of day & night hard work of our brilliant team of officers on-ground who made this a reality in a short time. This well-equipped infrastructure will also help the state to be fully ready to face a possible 3rd wave of the COVID pandemic.”

The field hospital has adopted latest world-class technologies and it ensures strict adherence to safety & COVID guidelines. Facilities like ventilator support and Oxygen beds are provided at utmost efficiency to ensure best medical treatment for the Covid patients. HEPA filters are placed to arrest any kind of air transmission of the SARS- CoV-2 Virus, which will further help in combating the spread of airborne bacterial and viral organisms and ensure 99.99% air purity. In addition to that, overall safety and hygiene is continuously monitored with provisions for dedicated PPE changing stations, an adequate number of fire extinguishers, and CCTV cameras. The field hospital has a continuous power supply through DG sets, oxygen supply through medical pipelines and centrally monitored ICU facilities are adopted to ensure timely medical treatment to the Covid patients. For continuous electricity and water facility in the COVID care hospital, 1200 KV electricity connection and 10 thousand litres capacity for water has been provided.
The operation and maintenance of the hospital, the medical team and the items of daily use including medicines will be looked after and managed by the Local Administration.
This 100-bed field hospital is in addition to the support provided by Hindustan Zinc to the district administration in setting-up the 350-bed hospital in DAV school premises.
Since the beginning of 2nd wave of pandemic, Hindustan Zinc set up an oxygen bottling plant at its Dariba unit (Rajsamand district) in a record time of 5 days in April month for continuous oxygen supply for patients and since then has supplied around 14000 cylinders of medical oxygen. The company has also supported the local authorities with over ~225 MT of liquid oxygen thus providing a total of ~365 MT oxygen till date. Hindustan Zinc has gone a step further and especially imported and brought 500 oxygen concentrators for the state.
Earlier this year, Hindustan Zinc provided an insulated vaccine van to the Udaipur district medical health office to support smooth vaccination drive. The company has even extended support to the Local Health Administrations, by disinfecting villages by spraying & fumigating with Sodium Hypochlorite solution and providing medical gears like masks, sanitizers & Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) to local communities.

New Delhi/ Mumbai : In one of the largest COVID vaccination drives carried out by Corporate India so far, Vedanta Cares has administered one dose of vaccine to over 84,000 employees, business partners as well as their family members. The company proposes to complete its vaccination drive across all its locations by August 2021. In a first of its kind initiative, Vedanta also plans to provide the first jab across locations to those visitors, who have not been inoculated so far.

In another significant move, Vedanta will extend Covid Kawach Insurance to its business partners that includes Term Life and Hospitalisation as well as an Ex-gratia amount of INR 10 lacs to be paid to the family members of the deceased business partner employee.
Considering the increased mortality rate due to Covid-19 and the recent black fungus epidemic, the company is providing cover for family members of deceased employees in the form of continued payments of last drawn salary until notional date of retirement, continuation of Mediclaim insurance coverage until retirement and education assistance for 2 children until graduation.Under the aegis of Vedanta Cares Covid relief initiatives, the company announces long term HR benefits and increased Covid cover, in line with its commitment to ensure the health and well-being of its people. These will include enhanced Covid insurance for its employees, their families and business partners.
Vedanta Chairman, Mr Anil Agarwal said, “Employee-centricity is at the core of Vedanta’s organisational culture. Our employees and our extended family of business partners have always been our greatest resource and their safety and wellbeing is our foremost priority. We have announced an additional Ex-gratia payment of 10 lacs each, to the families of the deceased business partners apart from other benefits. Keeping the repercussions of the second wave in mind, we are bolstering our efforts towards ensuring maximum protection for our people. The comprehensive cover includes enhanced medical insurance to cater to all expenses, including reimbursement for home treatment.”
The Medical insurance cover for employees has also been enhanced to 1.5 times the existing eligibility. Vedanta is extending all support that is required and has introduced a corporate floater cover for any employee exceeding their eligibility. The company also provides a best-in-class life insurance policy equivalent to 5 times of annual fixed pay.
The company is spending around Rs. 13 crore to procure vaccines in bulk for the entire Vedanta family, for 100% vaccination coverage in its areas of operations.
Vedanta has provided critical support to society and to those affected by the pandemic in the form of producing and supplying oxygen, setting up field hospitals and Covid care centres, providing vaccinations and medical equipment for critical care, like oxygen cylinders, ventilators, ICU beds etc. The company is leaving no stone unturned when it comes to the safety of its employees. As part of its disaster management protocol, Vedanta’s Covid warriors are preparing and taking pre-emptive and preventive measures in case of any signs of a third wave.