Udaipur, 15th April, 2023: Hindustan Zinc’s Zawar Group of Mines receives Platinum Award at Apex India Green Leaf Foundation 2022 in Energy Efficiency category. The award acts as a testament to the continuous efforts taken by the organization to protect and preserve energy. Further Strengthening our commitment, several initiatives have been adopted by Zawar group of mines such as optimisation and demand-based scheduling of compressor operations through automation, reduction of power consumption in the mine ventilation system by increasing utilisation of the primary ventilation system, and reticulation of mine electrical power through bore holes to reduce line losses.
On receiving the Award, Mr. Arun Misra, CEO-Hindustan Zinc said, “We are glad to receive the platinum award for our constant efforts on monitoring the energy consumption, implementing energy conservation practices and our commitment towards the reduction of carbon footprint. We have continuously invested in technology and expanded our renewable energy portfolio over the years to make our operations more green, reliable, efficient, and sustainable.
Hindustan Zinc, a Vedanta Group subsidiary, is committed to achieve net-zero value-chain emissions by 2050. With a goal of reducing its carbon footprint by 40% and reaching carbon neutrality by 2050, the company intends to transition towards renewable energy for its entire operations and the production of green lead and zinc products.
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/