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18th February 2021

Hindustan Zinc wins ‘People First HR Excellence Award 2020’

Udaipur, 18th February:  Hindustan Zinc (HZL) the leading producer of Zinc, Lead, and Silver in India, has won ‘PeopleFirst HR Excellence Award 2020′. HZL won the highest ‘Winner’ award under the category – “Leading Practices in Technology Deployment in HR”. The award was presented to the company for its overall journey in changing and implementing HR Processes by leveraging technology and automation to eliminate manual intervention and errors.

At HZL, innovation and technology form a core for any operations. In Human Resources, the digitalization approach is based on 3 pillars, Platform – streamlining and integrating HR processes by bringing them under common platforms like SAP, SuccessFactors and Mobility SAP Fiori; People –  encouraging a culture of innovation and sharing among the workforce and activating a digital mindset through a robust change initiative; Work – leveraging digital tools, and apps to deliver solutions to change the way we work and support continuous experimentation and innovation.

Hindustan Zinc has always been at the forefront when it comes to adopting, innovating and creating solutions for a superior and technologically efficient workforce. The company especially tends to align talent with shifting realities, and technology plays a key role of significance to enable this paradigm shift in people practices.

The PeopleFirst HR Excellence Award recognizes the finest initiatives in Human Resources by organizations across geographies and provides opportunity for experts in the profession to appreciate and share world class practices adopted and implemented by them. Nominations were reviewed for usage of technology to move HR forward, either by implementing HR software and analytical systems, online recruitment, e-Learning programs, Talent Management & Development, MDP or Leadership Development.

About Hindustan Zinc Limited

Hindustan Zinc Limited (BSE: 500188 and NSE: HINDZINC), a Vedanta Group company, is the world’s largest integrated zinc producer and the third-largest silver producer. The company supplies to more than 40 countries and holds a market share of about 75% of the primary zinc market in India. Hindustan Zinc has been recognized as the world’s most sustainable company in the metals and mining category for the second consecutive year by the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment 2024, reflecting its operational excellence, innovation, and leading ESG practices. The company also launched EcoZen, Asia’s first low carbon ‘green’ zinc brand. Produced using renewable energy, EcoZen has a carbon footprint of less than 1 tonne of carbon equivalent per tonne of zinc produced, about 75% lower than the global average. Hindustan Zinc is also a certified 2.41 times Water-Positive company and is committed to achieving Net Zero emissions by 2050 or sooner. Transforming the lives of 1.9 million people through its focused social welfare initiatives, Hindustan Zinc is among the Top 10 CSR companies in India. As an energy transition metals company, Hindustan Zinc is pivotal in providing critical metals essential for a sustainable future.

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