Vedanta Aluminium Wins Multiple CII Awards for Energy Efficiency, Safety and Sustainability
30th September 2025
- The company’s refinery at Lanjigarh wins Energy Efficient Unit award and the smelter at Jharsuguda receives SHE Award.
New Delhi, 29th September 2025: Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest aluminium producer has received prestigious recognitions from the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for its excellence in energy efficiency, sustainability, and workplace safety. The company’s refinery at Lanjigarh and smelter at Jharsuguda were honoured at the 26th National Award for Excellence in Energy Management 2025 and the CII SHE Awards 2025.
At the Energy Management Awards, Vedanta Aluminium’s Lanjigarh refinery was recognised as an Energy Efficient Unit for its best practices in optimising energy use across cooling water pumps, compressor units, boilers, and digester units, a significant step towards the company’s goals of reducing GHG emissions by 25% by 2025 and achieving Net Zero Carbon by 2050. Meanwhile, the company’s smelter at Jharsuguda emerged as a frontrunner in both safety and energy management. The operations won the CII SHE Award for Odisha, receiving a 4-Star Rating and second runners-up position for the Eastern Region, in recognition of its robust safety, health and environment (SHE) practices. In addition, Vedanta’s Jharsuguda unit earned national honours at the National Award for Excellence in Energy Management 2025, where it was felicitated as an Excellent Energy Efficiency Unit and won the Most Useful Presentation Award in the metals sector.
Speaking on the recognitions, Rajiv Kumar, CEO of Vedanta Aluminium, said “At Vedanta Aluminium, we are committed to building a future-ready aluminium industry where operational excellence, sustainability, and people’s well-being go hand in hand. Our journey is guided by the vision of creating a greener tomorrow for India, through continuous innovation and responsible practices. Such recognitions are a validation of that journey, reflecting the dedication of our teams who are consistently setting benchmarks.”
Vedanta Aluminium’s operations, spanning across all its units in Odisha and Chhattisgarh, have consistently been recognised for excellence in energy efficiency, safety, and sustainability. From achieving top performer status under the BEE PAT scheme to industry honours in energy management and environmental stewardship, these accolades reflect the company’s culture of innovation and responsible operations. Such recognitions reinforce Vedanta Aluminium’s commitment to Net Zero by 2050, water positivity, and the wider adoption of low-carbon solutions, as it works to build a future-ready aluminium industry that drives India’s green growth aspirations.
About Vedanta Limited:
Vedanta Limited, a subsidiary of Vedanta Resources Limited, is one of the world’s leading Oil & Gas and Metals company with significant operations in Oil & Gas, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper, Iron Ore, Steel, and Aluminium & Power across India, South Africa and Namibia. For two decades, Vedanta has been contributing significantly to nation building. Governance and sustainable development are at the core of Vedanta's strategy, with a strong focus on health, safety, and environment. Vedanta has put in place a comprehensive framework to be the ESG leader in the natural resources sector. Vedanta is committed to reducing carbon emissions to zero by 2050 or sooner and has pledged $5 billion over the next 10 years to accelerate the transition to net zero operations. Giving back is in the DNA of Vedanta, which is focused on enhancing the lives of local communities. The company’s flagship social impact program, Nand Ghars, have been set up as model anganwadis focused on eradicating child malnutrition, providing education, healthcare, and empowering women with skill development. Under the aegis of the Anil Agarwal Foundation, the umbrella entity for Vedanta’s social initiatives, the Vedanta group has pledged Rs 5000 crore over the next five years on social impact programmes with a thrust on nutrition, women & child development, healthcare, animal welfare, and grass-root level sports. Vedanta and the group companies have been featured in Dow Jones Sustainability Index, and was conferred Frost & Sullivan Sustainability Awards 2020, Golden Peacock Award for excellence in Corporate Governance 2022 and certified as a Great Place to Work 2022. Vedanta Limited is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange.
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About Vedanta Aluminium Business:
Vedanta Aluminium, a business of Vedanta Limited, is India’s largest producer of aluminium, manufacturing more than half of India’s aluminium i.e., 2.37 million tonnes in FY24. It is a leader in value-added aluminium products that find critical applications in core industries. Vedanta Aluminium ranks 1st in the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment 2023 world rankings for the aluminium industry, a reflection of its leading sustainable development practices. With its world-class aluminium smelters, alumina refinery and power plants in India, the company fulfils its mission of spurring emerging applications of aluminium as the ‘Metal of the Future’ for a greener tomorrow.
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