Vedanta HZL CSR Udaipur

by World finance at their Sustainability awards 2021 The company is committed towards reducing CO2 emissions, water conservation, and biodiversity management byinnovating and adopting new greener technologies
Udaipur : Hindustan Zinc (HZL), the leading producer of Zinc, Lead, and Silver in India has been awarded the Most Sustainable company in the mining industry by World Finance. The company is committed to smart, safe, and sustainable mining operations. Hindustan Zinc strives to conserve natural resources and adopt greener technologies wherever possible to ensure its environmental footprint shrinks year on year.

The company has been recognized for its ESG disclosure, its ambitious Sustainability goals 2025, analysis of the environmental impact and responsible approach towards its business, and many efforts towards GHG emissions reduction, water stewardship, circular economy, biodiversity conservation, zero harm, positive impact on local communities, diversity and equality and responsible sourcing.
Commenting on the achievement CEO of Hindustan Zinc, Mr. Arun Misra said, “Sustainability is deeply embedded as an integral part of our work culture at Hindustan Zinc. We believe in driving long-term sustainable economic development by protecting the health and safety of our people, community, and environment. We are continuously investing in strengthening our operations by bringing best-in-class technology and digitalization solutions to walk the talk in being a smart and sustainable global organization. We are proud to be recognized as the “Most Sustainable Company in Mining Industry 2021” across the world and are committed to continue to lead in reducing CO2 emissions, water conservation, and biodiversity management.”.
Hindustan Zinc embarked on a digital transformation program to drive a different way of working for a sustainable future, aimed at enhancing stakeholder value through exploration, innovation, safety, and sustainability, maintaining market leadership, and increasing customer delight. Hindustan Zinc has increasingly been using technology for the automation of processes and has started integrating technologies across the value chain to reduce waste, increase resource efficiency, and drive-up productivity while promoting the harnessing of renewable energy sources.

Hindustan Zinc is taking all possible efforts to limit climate change, mitigate its catastrophic effects, and ultimately save lives. In addition to setting ambitious targets to achieve sustainability in the business, the company has established a stronger governance structure, for increased transparency. Protecting and enhancing biodiversity is also an integral part of Hindustan Zinc’s commitment to sustainable development. The company has a separate policy on biodiversity and stays committed to preventing risk on biodiversity throughout our business. The company aims to be self-sufficient and green in fulfilling energy requirements so as not to put any stress on the energy-starved state of Rajasthan, which plays host to a significant part of operations. The company’s portfolio of over 348.54 MW of renewable energy generation is testimony to the HZL philosophy of growing responsibly.
Hindustan Zinc is on a journey, one which focuses on nurturing leaders, conserving resources, improving health, safety, and wellbeing. The company aims to be the example that others wish to emulate when it comes to environmental performance, enhancing the quality of life, and fostering innovation. The company ranked first in the Asia-Pacific region and seventh globally in the metal and mining sector by the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for the third consecutive year and is among India’s first companies to be included in The CDP climate change ‘A List’ for 2020. This award is a testimony to Hindustan Zinc’s effort towards sustainability.

Launches ‘Swasth Gaon Abhiyaan’ initiative to provide end to end healthcare services including vaccines for 1000 villages impacting 2 million lives

New Delhi/Mumbai : The Vedanta Group, India’s leading natural resources producer, today announced a Rs 5,000 crore social impact programme focussed on nutrition, women & child development, healthcare, animal welfare and grass root level sports, including major investments in a Corona-free village project across several States to combat the pandemic.The first of its kind social impact programme will be run under the aegis of the Anil Agarwal Foundation which will be the umbrella entity of Vedanta’s social initiatives and provide all-round development to work towards these goals over the next five years.

The company strongly believes in growing with the communities and Mr. Anil Agarwal has already pledged to give 75% of his wealth towards social good and upliftment of the masses.
‘Swasth Gaon Abhiyaan’ will be a mega project which will enhance ‘immunity in community’ to ensure minimum impact of Covid, as part of their overall objective of providing social development and infrastructure as an essential service to the nation. In addition, this will also enhance job opportunities, reskill the youth and bring in stabilityand progress which is key to economic growth for India.KPMG will be a strategic partner of Anil Agarwal Foundation in implementing this massive programme.
Announcing theRs 5000-crore holistic initiative for the development of rural India, Chairman Anil Agarwal said, “We aim to strengthen our efforts and facilitate sustainable and inclusive growth, which is the need of the hour to protect and provide for our communities. The Swasth Gaon Abhiyaan initiative is the first step in our journey to provideend to end healthcare solutions across the rural landscape covering1000 villages. This program will also complement Vedanta’s flagship NandGhar project which aims to impact 7 crore children and 2 crore women.”
He added “Our emphasis is on ‘building back better’ to collaborate and ensure social recoverywhich is backed by requisite healthcare infrastructure.”
Under theflagship initiative, ‘Swasth Gaon Abhiyaan’, Anil Agarwal Foundation plans to support and strengthen healthcare services across 1,000 villages within 24 districts and 12 states in the country, impacting over two million lives.The initiative will follow a model of interventions at the district level, such as Oxygen Generation Plants, Telemedicine services, Upgradation of Medical and Diagnostic infrastructure and Mobile Medical Van/Ambulances. The pool of interventions will be planned as per specific needs and availability of Specialist doctors at the various district hospitals in order to make the facility functional.
Major investments will be made under‘Swasth Gaon Abhiyaan’ to mitigate the impact of Covid-19, in collaboration with state governments/districts to provide a safety net for communities and invest in healthcare services. Efforts are being made to promote vaccination through special medical & wellness camps being held in remote areas. Provisions of medical amenities are also being made in district wise hospitals and health care centres to ensure quality treatment.
The new areas of focus for Anil Agarwal Foundation will be to provide shelters and aid for Animal welfare.
The flagship project NandGhar for women and child development will continue to scale up significantly, aiming to impact 7 crore children and 2 crore women across the country.
With the well-defined roadmap and a commitment to invest Rs5,000 Crore,Anil Agarwal Foundation together with Vedanta aims to take this mission ahead and achieve the dream of creating strong &resilientcommunities in India.

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