Pantnagar:- As a law-abiding and responsible organization, Hindustan Zinc stands in complete solidarity with the steps taken and efforts made by the state government and local governing bodies during these unprecedented times of flood at Uttarakhand through various relief measures. With a rapid increase in the incessant rain, there was a loss of livelihood and even houses and food in the state, so the company helped district administration and took the initiative of providing 1000 food packets to flood affected families in Uttarakhand to help them sustain themselves.
Each of the dry ration packets distributed comprised 5kg rice, 5kg wheat atta, 1 kg dal, 1kg salt and oil packet. These were handed over to District Magistrate, Rudrapur – Ms. Ranjana Rajguru along with Regional Manager, State Industrial Development Corporation of Uttarakhand Limited – Mr. Kamal Kafaltiya at the hands of Pantnagar Metal Plant unit Director Mr. Himanshu Chabbra. On this occasion other senior management from Hindustan Zinc were also present.
This is one more commendable initiative by the company towards relief efforts for the people of Uttarakhand. In addition to this emergency measure during the flood, Hindustan Zinc also provided various COVID relief support to the district administration during the first as well as second wave of COVID.
Hindustan Zinc, a Vedanta Group Company, is one of the world’s largest and India’s only integrated producer of Zinc-Lead and Silver. The Company has its Headquarter at Udaipur in the State of Rajasthan where it has its Zinc-Lead mines and smelting complexes. 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 and globally 7th in Dow Jones Sustainability Index in 2020 amongst Mining & Metal companies. Hindustan Zinc is a certified Water Positive Company, a member of the FTSE4Good Index and has scored ‘A’ rating by CDP for climate change.
Being a people-first company, Hindustan Zinc believes in inculcating the values of Trust and Excellence to have a culture of high-performance in its workforce. 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 2021’, ‘Company with Great Managers 2020’ by People Business and the PeopleFirst HR Excellence Award.
As a socially responsible corporate, Hindustan Zinc has been relentlessly working to improve the lives of rural and tribal people residing near its business locations. The company is amongst the Top 15 CSR Spenders in India and are currently reaching out to 700,000 people in 184 villages of Rajasthan, 5 in Uttarakhand and 16 villages in Gujarat. As a market leader, Hindustan Zinc governs about 78% of growing Zinc market in India.
