SAFETY TOWN HALL MEETING AT HZL

Safety Town Hall was organized at Head Office, Udaipur on 1st December, 2017. The program started with a screening of a heart touching short film as a safety contact aimed at increasing awareness on importance of safety. During the program, Mr. Sunil Duggal – CEO, HZL emphasized on a re-audit of lifting & shifting practices for further improvement in rigging practices as well at Hindustan Zinc. Also present were Mr. Naveen Singhal - Director, Projects and Mr. Dilip Pattnayak - Head HR during the program along with other senior management officials.
The employees from all the units joined through 12 TP/VC and 8 webcasts. More than 2000 employees participated in the Town Hall.

RDM AWARDED DURING THE MINES ENVIRONMENT & MINERAL CONSERVATION WEEK

Rajpura Dariba Mines participated in 17th Mines Environment and Mineral Conservation Week 2016-17 and came first in various categories like Afforestation, Publicity and Propaganda, Reclamation & Rehabilitation, Mineral Conservation and Overall Performance and also received the second prize in Sustainable Development. The closing ceremony was held on 22nd January, 2017 wherein Rajpura Dariba Mines was felicitated with a trophy for its Overall Performance by Mr. R.K. Sinha - Controller, India Bureau of Mines, Nagpur.

SAFETY TOWN HALL MEETING AT HZL

Safety Town Hall Meeting was organized on 4th March, 2017 wherein all Units along with marketing offices, including Head Office joined the live interaction. Mr. Sunil Duggal - CEO, HZL, Mr. Amitabh Gupta - CFO, HZL, Mr. Naveen Singhal - Director Projects and Mr. Laxman Shekhawat - COO Mines addressed about 2000 employees and contract workers and recently joined GETs. The Town Hall was conducted from Udaipur from the auditorium emphasizing on safety both on-site & off-site. The Town Hall also saw interactive session wherein several employees from each location asked questions and gave suggestions towards improving safety.

HZL RECEIVED SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING AWARD

Hindustan Zinc has received the award for Sustainability Reporting for its first sustainability report in accordance with GRI G4 Guidelines during India Sustainability Leadership and Award function by World CSR Day organization on 24th November, 2016. Corporate like L&T, Shree Cement, Piramal and many other participated in various categories of awards. HZL was the only one who received the award in Sustainability Reporting
category. The award was received by Mr. Hitendra Bhuptawat on behalf of HZL.

SAFETY TOWN HALL MEETING AT HZL

Hindustan Zinc organized its 2nd Safety Town Hall Meeting on 16th July, 2016 wherein all the units of Hindustan Zinc including Head Office joined the live interaction. Mr. Sunil Duggal – CEO, HZL, Mr. Naveen Singhal – Head Projects, Mr. Vikas Sharma – COO, Smelters and Mr. Laxman Shekhawat – COO, Mines addressed about 2000 employees and contract workers along with recently joined GETs. The Town-Hall was conducted at Udaipur from the auditorium emphasizing on safety both on-site & off site. 

3rd Safety Town Hall Meeting was conducted on 25th August, 2016. Mr. Sunil Duggal – CEO, HZL, Mr. Amitabh Gupta - CFO, Mr. Vikas Sharma – COO, Smelters and Mr. Laxman Shekhawat – COO, Mines were present. The session also saw interactive session where-in several employees from each locations asked questions and gave suggestions towards improving safety.

Hindustan Zinc launched First Sustainability Report

Mr. Sunil Duggal - CEO, Mr. Naveen Singhal - Head Projects, Mr. Amitabh Gupta - CFO and Mr. Vikas Sharma - COO, Smelters released the Company's first 'Sustainability Report' on 12th August, 2016 at Yashad Bhawan Auditorium. Sustainability Reporting is one of major initiative which is the key platform for communicating sustainability performance and its impacts. HZL's Sustainability Report explores the company's Sustainability framework which integrates the triple bottom line approach of Sustainability i.e. Social, Economic and Environmental agenda with business priorities. The Four sections of the report highlights sustainability progress by mapping performance against the four pillars of Vedanta Sustainability Framework :  Zinc as CUSTODIAN,  Zinc as COMPANION, Zinc for ADDED VALUE & Zinc COMMUNIQUE. The Sustainability Report brings small and big steps that Hindustan Zinc has taken to become an exemplar of responsible business and to be the best partner in progress for all its stakeholders. The report is assured by M/s EY as per the ISAE 3000 guidelines for assurance.

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.

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

HINDUSTAN ZINC CELEBRATES 2 YEARS OF AAROHAN JOURNEY

Hindustan Zinc celebrated successful completion of 2 years of Aarohan journey at all units on 29th October, 2015. Several activities like skit, poster making, selfie with Aarohan, video making, safety marching, cultural program, quiz, etc. were conducted during the celebration at all locations of Hindustan Zinc. Employees and contract workers actively took part in the event.

On the occasion of Aarohan 2nd Anniversary celebration, Employee Safety Passport was also released by Mr. Manoj Soni - Corporate CSM Head for all employees which will be having records of safety related training and other skill development training undertaken by employees.

Process Safety Management is one of the pillars of Aarohan journey. It is directed toward preventing serious, process related chemical incidents that might affect plant personnel, off-zone communities, environment or result in significant loss of property or business. It involves the application of systems and controls to manufacturing processes in a way that hazards are identified, understood and controlled so that process-related injuries and incidents are prevented.

HINDUSTAN ZINC RECEIVES OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENT AWARD FOR CORPORATE EXCELLENCE BY 'CII ITC SUSTAINABILITY AWARD 2015'

Hindustan Zinc has received Outstanding Accomplishment Award for Corporate Excellence in the CII ITC Sustainability Award 2015. The award function was held in Delhi on 15th December, 2015. The award was presented by Dr. R.A. Mashelkar – Former Jury Chair & President Global Research Alliance and Mr. Shyam Saran - Jury Chair and Chairman of Research & Information System for developing countries. On behalf of Hindustan Zinc, the award was received by Mr. Akhilesh Shukla – Head CRDL, Mr. T.R. Gupta – Head Corporate Affairs (Delhi) and Mr. Prasad Giri – Engineer Environment.

HINDUSTAN ZINC RECEIVED SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS OF THE YEAR AWARD 2015

Chanderiya Smelting Complex has received Sustainable Business of the Year Award 2015 in the India Sustainability Leadership Summit & Awards 2015 conducted by World CSR Day & World CSR Congress on 26th November, 2015 at Hotel Taj Lands End, Mumbai. On behalf of Hindustan Zinc, the award was received by Mr. Rajesh Yadav – CSO, CSC.