CHAIRMAN VISITS HINDUSTAN ZINC: 28TH - 30TH APRIL, 2016

DUN & BRADSTREET AWARD 2016 AWARDED TO HINDUSTAN ZINC IN NON-FERROUS & PRECIOUS METALS CATEGORY

For the 8^th consecutive year Hindustan Zinc has received ‘Dun & Bradstreet Corporate Award 2016’ in ‘Non-Ferrous & Precious Metals’ Category in a glittering function organized in Mumbai on 31st May, 2016.  The award was presented by Dr. Bibek Debroy - Permanent Member NITI Ayog, who was the Chief Guest, and Shri Anil Swarup - IAS, Secretary - Ministry of Coal, Government of India, who was the Guest of Honour.

Mr. Hemendra Sharma - AVP(Finance) received the award on behalf of Hindustan Zinc.

INDIA TODAY - VISIONARY OF RAJASTHAN AWARD FOR HZL CORPORATE COMMUNICATION

“India Today - Visionary of Rajasthan” Award has been given to Hindustan Zinc Corporate Communication in an event held in Jaipur on 27^th May, 2016. The award was presented by Rajasthan BJP President Shri Ashok Parnami Ji - Hon’ble MP of Jaipur Shri Ramcharan Bohra and Hon’ble Rajasthan Transport & PWD Minister, Shri Yunus Khan.

India-Today Visionary of Rajasthan Award has been presented to Hindustan Zinc’s for the Company’s valuable contribution towards promotion of social and economic up-liftment of rural and tribal women and providing nutrition-health-education to deprived children by way of launching Projects “Sakhi” and “Khushi”.

Mr. Pavan Kaushik – Head, Corporate Communication received the award on behalf of Hindustan Zinc.

RAJASTHAN GOVERNOR HONOURS HINDUSTAN ZINC’S CORPORATE COMMUNICATION WITH SHAN-E-RAJASTHAN AWARD

Zee News Rajasthan organized “Shan-e-Rajasthan” award function in Jaipur on 17^th May 2016 to honour the individuals who have brought laurels to the State of Rajasthan. The Chief Guest of the function was Hon’ble Governor of Rajasthan Shri Kalyan Singh Ji and the Guest of Honour was Smt. Suman Sharma, Chairperson of the Rajasthan State Commission for Women.

Hindustan Zinc’s Corporate Communication was  awarded “Shan-e-Rajasthan” for the outstanding contribution towards the cause of social and economic up-liftment of rural and tribal women in Rajasthan and providing nutrition-health-education to deprived children by way of bringing awareness through Project “Khushi” and “Sakhi”. Both the campaigns have millions of followers globally and are recognized one of the most impactful campaigns. The “Khushi” film has already reached over 1.5 crore people, viewed by 40 lakh people, with thousands of comments and shares.

Some of the other prominent “Shan-e-Rajasthan” awardees included Mr. Ashok Panagaria (NITI Ayog), Smt. Gulabo Devi(Artist), Pdt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (music) , Mr. Aditya Shastri (Vansasthali Vidyapeeth) and Mr. Jyoti Ghosh (SBBJ).

In a small interaction on the dais, Hon’ble Governor was quite pleased with the efforts and advised to continue such efforts for the betterment of the society.

In the past couple of years HZL-Corporate Communication has been recognized by Times of India-Jaipur, Public Relations Society(Jaipur Chapter), Press Club-Udaipur and Rotary International (Mewar) for promoting social cause through traditional and new media.

RDC RECEIVED ABP NEWS - GLOBAL CSR EXCELLENCE & LEADERSHIP AWARDS IN CSR

Rajpura Dariba Complex has received ABP NEWS - Global CSR Excellence & Leadership Awards in category of best CSR practices. The award ceremony was held in Mumbai on 17th February, 2016 at Taj Lands.  The Award was presented by Dr.Piers Clark. Chairman Isle Utilities, London, UK. On behalf of Rajpura Dariba Complex, the award was received by Mr. S.N. Tailor – AM, CSR and Mr. Vinay Agarwal – AM, Process.

PUBLIC RELATIONS SOCIETY HONOURS CORPORATE COMMUNICATION OF HINDUSTAN ZINC WITH “EXCELLENCE IN CORPORATE COMMUNICATION AWARD - 2016

Public Relations Society’s Jaipur (a part of Public Relations Society of India) Chapter honoured Corporate Communication of Hindustan Zinc with “Excellence in Corporate Communication-2016” for valuable contribution towards promotion of social causes.  The Award was presented by Shri Kalicharan Sharaf, Hon’ble Minister for Higher Education, Government of Rajasthan, in the presence of almost 150 public relations professionals that included high-level officials from Government of Rajasthan.

This award in particular is in relation to promotion of “Khushi” on care for the deprived children and “Sakhi” that is bringing social & economic empowerment in rural and tribal women in Rajasthan. Both the campaigns have millions of followers globally and recognized one of the most impacting campaigns. The “Khushi” film has already reached over 1.5 crore people with thousands of comments and shares.

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INCOME TAX DEPARTMENT RECEIVES RS. 2065 CRORE DIVIDEND TAX FROM HINDUSTAN ZINC

As part of dividend tax in view of the recently declared 1200% dividend by Hindustan Zinc, the Income Tax Department received Rs. 2065 crore from the Company on 12^th April, 2016. A symbolic cheque of Rs. 2065 crore was presented to Chief Commissioner of Income Tax Smt. Neena Kumar today by Hindustan Zinc CEO Sunil Duggal and company’s CFO Amitabh Gupta. Also present on this occasion were the Additional Commissioner of Income Tax O.P. Kanther, Director Projects of HZL Naveen Singhal and Head of Corporate Communication Pavan Kaushik.

Amitabh Gupta, the CFO of Hindustan Zinc informed that the Company has recently announced 1200% dividend, Rs. 24 on a share of Rs. 2, which entailed an outflow of Rs,. 12,205 crore including dividend tax, the actual dividend being 10,141 crore. The government share of dividend was about Rs. 3000 crore, as the government possesses  29% in Hindustan Zinc.  A cheque in this regard was presented by Hindustan Zinc to the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on 11^th April 2016. 

GOVERNMENT RECEIVES RS. 5059 CRORE DIVIDEND (INCL TAX) FROM HINDUSTAN ZINC

HZL’s Special Golden Jubilee dividend of Rs 12,205 crore (including DDT) to the shareholders is second highest ever in the country after Coal India. Mr. Sunil Duggal CEO Hindustan Zinc Limited presented a dividend cheque of Rs 2,995 crore to Hon’ble Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley and the then Steel and Mines Minister Shri Narendra Singh Tomar on 11th April, 2016. The dividend was paid on account of Government of India’s residual stake of 29.54% in HZL (an erstwhile central public sector enterprise).
Secretary (Revenue) Dr. Hasmukh Adhia, Secretary (Mines) Shri Balvinder Kumar, Mr. Tom Albanese, Group CEO, Vedanta, Mr. Tarun Jain, Group Finance Director Vedanta, Mr. Amitabh Gupta, CFO, Hindustan Zinc and other senior officials of Ministries of Finance and Mines were also present on the occasion.
The highest ever dividend by a private company to the Government of India. 

SAFETY TOWN HALL MEETING AT HZL

For retreating importance and necessity of Safety culture within the organization, Hindustan Zinc conducted a 90-minute Town-Hall Meeting for the first time on Safety on 22nd March, 2016 attended by over 2700 employees including a majority of workmen and contract workers.

The Town-Hall organized at the auditorium of Head Office, Udaipur was addressed by Senior Management comprising – Mr. Sunil Duggal - CEO, Mr. Amitabh Gupta - CFO, Mr. Naveen Singhal - Director Projects, Mr. Vikas Sharma – COO Smelters, Mr. Laxman Shekhawat – COO Mines, Mr. Dilip Pattanayak - Head HR, Mr. Ramakrishnan Kasinath – Head Commercial and Mr. V. Jayaraman – Head EOHS emphasizing on day-to-day safety on site and daily lives. Besides answering the queries of the employees, Sr. Management also invited their suggestions. CEO emphasized for immediate implementation of few actions such as regular site visit by senior management, involvement of families in safety activities, risk identification and its mitigation and involvement of workmen and contract workers to improve Safety Management System.

ROAD SAFETY WEEK CELEBRATION AT HZL

Road Safety week was celebrated from 10th - 17th January, 2016 across all the units of Hindustan Zinc. The major activities undertaken during this celebration included Maha - Hastakshar Abhiyan for getting promises on safe driving and following the traffic rules, safety interaction with drivers, Roko Toko Abhiyan at parking areas, Pollution Under Control (PUC) camps, street shows, defensive and safe driving training , super bikes rally under the banner ‘Ride for Road Safety’. Various safety related competitions such as quiz, slogan, essay writing, quiz were also organized for all employees including contract workers and their families.

WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL AT UDAIPUR

A press conference on the Udaipur World Music Festival was organized on 12th February, 2016 at Hindustan Zinc office, who was also the largest sponsor of the World Music Festival. World Music Festival happened for the first time in India. It brought together internationally renowned musicians and artists of more than 17 countries, including India in Udaipur. The 2-day World Music Festival began on 13th February, 2016.

Chief Executive Officer of Hindustan Zinc, Mr. Sunil Duggal spoke about the need of such festivals towards promoting Indian culture and heritage as well promotion of international music in India. This would also be successful towards inviting tourism from across the world.

World music festival saw the performances of Symphony of Breath by Japan and India, Music of Saints of India, Strong Meditation by Tunisia, Instrumental Quintet by Serbia, Netherlands, India & Iran, Flamenco Music and Dance by Spain, African Beat Music by Ivory Coast, Rock Fusion Band by India, Omnem Terram by France & India, Fusion of Sufi & Gospel Music by India, Morroccan Saharian Soul by Morocco, and Afro Beat Venezuelan Cumbia by Venezuela, UK and Ghana.

The festival witnessed excellent footfalls with more than 25,000 people visiting the festival in two days alone. The event was held at 3 different places – Jagmandir Island Palace, Fateh Sagar Pal and Railway institute ground. 

RAM AWARDED DURING MINE ENVIRONMENT AND MINERAL CONSERVATION WEEK 2015-16

Rampura Agucha Mine received various prizes in Mine Environment and Mineral Conservation Week 2015-16 under aegis of IBM Ajmer region. 1st in overall performance in Mechanized Open Cast Mine Group- I, 2nd in overall performance in Mechanized Underground Mine Group- II, 1st in Noise, Vibration Survey & General Aesthetics - Open Cast Mine Group-I, 1st in Reclamation and Rehabilitation in Mechanized Open Cast mine Group- I, 1st in Afforestation in Mechanized Open Cast mine Group- I and Underground mine group –II, 1st in Community development in Mechanized Underground Mine Group- II and 2nd in Environment Protection measures Mechanized Underground Mine Group- II.

HINDUSTAN ZINC APPLAUDED FOR SUSTAINABLE PLUS PLATINUM LABEL

Hindustan Zinc has been applauded for the Sustainability Practices and has been recognized with Sustainability Plus Platinum Label (A rating – Score 75.38) by CII. Hindustan Zinc is one of 100 companies who were analysed on Environment, Social and Governance parameters and based on the scores company has received Sustainability Plus Label. Ten companies got Sustainable Plus Platinum, seven got Sustainable Plus Gold, and the remaining 83 companies got Sustainable Plus Bronze.

Sustainable Plus, world’s first and only corporate sustainable label is CII's initiative to provide a brand identity tool to companies to communicate to various stakeholders that they are a sustainable company. It is based on comprehensive ESG analysis of companies which helps them to measure performance as well as identify risk that challenge sustainability of their business. CII’s Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development (CESD) launched Sustainable Plus in 2012 to provide a brand identity tool to companies to communicate to various stakeholders that they are sustainable, responsible and well-governed as well as to enable them to improve their sustainability performance. The label is unique in a manner that a business association’s innovation has led to creation of a product that has the potential to compel its members in becoming more sustainable and therefore competitive.

·         Third party credibility to Sustainability Initiatives

·         Fosters Innovation in Supply Chain

·         Improve brand image & brand differentiation

·         Ease of recognition by consumers

·         Improves Sustainability Performance

PRESS CLUB OF UDAIPUR AWARDS PAVAN KAUSHIK WITH UDAIPUR RATAN AWARD

The Press Club of Udaipur, popularly known as Lakecity Press Club, Udaipur awarded Mr. Pavan Kaushik - Head Corporate Communication, HZL with ‘Udaipur Ratan Award’ for outstanding contribution in the field of launching social awareness campaign ‘Sakhi’ for empowerment of rural and tribal women and ‘Khushi’ on care for the deprived and underprivileged children. The Award was given to him in a function organized in Udaipur on 26th January, 2016.

On the occasion of 67th Republic Day, 26th January, 2016, Kayad Mine also received best CSR Work Award by District Administration.