- The company’s Zawar Mines won the award for Environment Best Practices under the category of Innovative Project
Udaipur, 13th July 2023: Hindustan Zinc’s Zawar Mines has been awarded with the prestigious CII National Award 2023 for Environment Best Practices in the Innovative Project category. The recognition was announced at the Greenco Summit 2023 which was held in Pune, Maharashtra.
Commenting on the accomplishment, Mr. Arun Misra, CEO – Hindustan Zinc said, “As a responsible mining company, we are constantly striving towards environmental excellence. The Dry Tailing Plant at Zawar Mines demonstrates our dedication to innovation and sustainable solutions in the mining sector. This award reinforces our belief in responsible mining practices and drives us to establish new benchmarks for environmental stewardship.”
Hindustan Zinc was conferred with this award for its Dry Tailing Plant located in Zawar. The plant reaffirms the company’s commitment towards Waste Management through its advanced technology, enabling a higher recovery of water for reuse in their processes and substantially reducing freshwater consumption. By converting tailings into dry cake form, the plant optimizes the storage of higher volume of tailings and significantly bringing down their environmental footprint. Additionally, the implementation of this cutting-edge technology enhances the safety standards of the Tailing Storage Facility, effectively minimizing environmental risks and ensuring the preservation of surrounding ecosystems.
This award received by Hindustan Zinc, a Vedanta Group company, have also been ranked 3rd Globally and 1st in Asia Pacific Region in S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment under metal & mining sector. The company’s commitment towards Environment, Social and Governance has been recognized by S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook, CAP 2.0, CDP, S&P Global Platts Awards, GreenCo Certification, CII National 5S Excellence Award, Bhamashah Award and many more.
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/