- Under the mega plantation drive, the company planted native species like Gulmohar, Palash, Peepal, Amaltas and many more.
Udaipur, 10th July 2023: Hindustan Zinc embarked on a remarkable initiative to contribute towards environment conservation through an extensive plantation drive across its operational units. The company planted more than 4,500 saplings near Zinc Smelter Debari, Chanderiya Smelting Complex and Zawar Group of Mines which aligned with the annual celebration of Van Mahotsav from 1st to 7th July 2023. Van Mahotsav provided a great opportunity to re-emphasis the significance of creating awareness about the importance of trees & forest and encourage people to plant more trees to maintain ecological balance. Hindustan Zinc’s under biodiversity conservation initiatives continues to organize mega plantation drives periodically.
During the week-long campaign, Hindustan Zinc’s employees came together for the plantation of native species like Gulmohar, Palash, Peepal, Amaltas and many more which best suited for the flourishment in the locality. The plantation drive contributed towards the preservation and restoration of nature’s treasures, leaving a lasting impact on the nearby communities.
Hindustan Zinc has set its target to plant 1.96 lakhs saplings across all its operational units in FY 23-24, aligning with its sustainability development goals for 2025. The company’s sustainability development goals include plantation of one million trees and company is committed to accomplish its goal sooner than the set target.
About Hindustan Zinc Limited
Hindustan Zinc, a Vedanta Group company in Zinc-Lead and Silver business is world’s 2nd largest integrated Zinc producer and 5th largest Silver producer. The company governs about ~80% of the growing Zinc market in India with its headquarters at Udaipur along with Zinc-Lead mines and smelting complexes spread across the state of Rajasthan.
Hindustan Zinc is self-sufficient in power with captive thermal power plants and has ventured into green energy by setting-up wind power plants. The company is ranked 1st in Asia-Pacific for the fourth consecutive year and globally 3rd in S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment in 2022 amongst Mining & Metal companies. Hindustan Zinc is a certified Water Positive company and is the only Indian company to be recognized at the S&P Global Platts Metal Award 2022 winning two prestigious awards for ‘Industry Leadership Award – Base, Precious & Specialty Metals’ Award and ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’ Award.
The company takes pride in having some of the best-in-class people practices and employee-centric initiatives, which have certified Hindustan Zinc as – ‘Great Place to Work 2023’, ‘Company with Great Managers 2022’ by People Business and the ‘People-first HR Excellence Award’.
As a socially responsible corporate, Hindustan Zinc has been relentlessly working towards transforming lives of 1.7 million people in 237 villages in the states of Rajasthan and Uttarakhand. The company is amongst the Top 15 CSR Spenders in India.
Learn more about Hindustan Zinc on –https://www.hzlindia.com/