Vedanta Lanjigarh wins prestigious Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Social Responsibility 2022
1st February 2023
- The award recognises Vedanta’s efforts to foster the development of its communities
Lanjigarh, Odisha; February 1, 2023: Vedanta Limited, Lanjigarh, India’s premier producer of metallurgical grade alumina, was recently awarded the Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Social Responsibility in recognition of its developmental initiatives in Kalahandi and surrounding areas. This comes as a significant recognition of the company’s holistic developmental efforts in the spheres of education, healthcare, livelihood, grassroots sports and art & culture, with a special focus on women and child development.
One of the most prestigious awards of its kind in India, the Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Social Responsibility assesses and recognizes companies who focus on social concerns in addition to their business goals, encouraging the adoption of a more balanced approach toward achieving financial profits, economic value addition and social good.
Sharing his thoughts on the recognition, Mr GG Pal, Dy. CEO – Alumina Business, Vedanta Limited, said, “Vedanta Limited, Lanjigarh is keenly focused on achieving significant social transformation through its operations, in close step with the UN sustainable development goals of quality education, good health, zero poverty, sustainable communities, and decent work & economic growth. Towards this end, we believe in offering to the community several avenues for positive change, through our interventions in the realm of education, healthcare, livelihood, grassroots sports and art & culture, with a focus on women and child development. This award gives us impetus in our endeavour to continue creating positive socio-economic impact.”
Vedanta Lanjigarh’s community transformation efforts has taken shape via several initiatives, including:
- Project Arogya, which focuses on ensuring quality healthcare in underserved areas, has helped achieve 598 successful cataract surgeries in four years, and undertake mega heath camps across 114 villages in the region.
- Project Sakhi, which focuses on the socio-economic empowerment of rural women through entrepreneurship, supports the initiatives of the Shaktimayee Foundation, which is today a 3943-members strong group. It aids members in identifying new income-generating activities and linking them to appropriate social security schemes, towards achieving sustainable socio-economic progress within their communities.
- Dhokra and Saura Art projects, which seeks to preserve ancient artforms of Odisha by facilitating new market and training avenues for rural artisans. The initiative has helped the artisans develop a product portfolio comprising of over 100 art and craft designs, under the ‘Kalahandi Craft’ brand.
Vedanta Aluminium, a business of Vedanta Limited, is India’s largest producer of aluminium, manufacturing half of India’s aluminium i.e., 2.27 million tonnes in FY22. It is a leader in value-added aluminium products that find critical applications in core industries. Vedanta Aluminium ranks 2nd in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) 2022 world rankings for aluminium industry, a reflection of its sustainable development practices. The company operates a 2 MTPA (million tonnes per annum) capacity alumina refinery in Lanjigarh (Kalahandi district, Odisha), India since 2007 and an associated 75 MW captive power plant. 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.
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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