- The company has implemented several standard procedures and best practices to enhance security, occupational health, and safety offerings
Dariba, 23rd September 2022: Hindustan Zinc’s Dariba Smelting Complex achieved a Five-Star rating by successfully completing the best practice in Occupational Health and Safety Audit conducted by the British Safety Council. The Five-Star rating demonstrates Hindustan Zinc’s commitment towards continuously enhancing their occupational health and safety management systems and associated arrangements.
The strategic charter of Hindustan Zinc’s operations has always prioritised safety and well-being. Dariba Smelting Complex has implemented several standard procedures and best practices to enhance security, occupational health, and safety offerings. The smelters’ occupational health and safety policies, processes, and practices were subjected to a comprehensive, quantitative, and meticulous assessment. Document review, interviews with senior management, employees, and other key stakeholders, along with the sampling of operational activities, were all part of the audit process. The audit evaluated performance according to the key health and safety management as well as carried out a thorough assessment of over fifty-five component elements. Following the audit, Dariba Hydrometallurgical Zinc Smelting Complex was awarded a five-star rating, demonstrating that Hindustan Zinc adopts only the best-practices for its operation.
Mike Robinson CEO, of British Safety Council said, “The award of a five-star grading following our occupational best practice Health and Safety Audit is an outstanding achievement and is reflective of a proactive organisation which is committed to continual improvement in its health and safety arrangements and managing risks to workers’ health, safety and well-being.”
Hindustan Zinc, India’s largest & only integrated producer of Zinc, Lead & Silver, has smelters in Rajasthan’s Dariba, Chanderiya, and Debari locations. These smelters are attaining new heights to achieve business targets, strengthening safety measures and working towards a more sustainable future. The company is moving forward in the future with their exemplary performance.
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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