Hindustan Zinc : Dariba Smelting Complex receives Five-Star Rating in British Safety Council’s Occupational Health and Safety Audit

• The company has implemented several standard procedures and best practices to enhance security, occupational health, and safety offerings

Dariba, 23^rd 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.

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 headquarters 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 upwind power plants. The Company is ranked 1st in Asia-Pacific and globally 5th in Dow Jones Sustainability Index in 2021 amongst Mining & Metal companies. Hindustan Zinc is a certified Water Positive Company, a member of the FTSE4Good Index & S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook 2022 and a Bronze Medal winner at the S&P Global Sustainability Awards.

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 2022', '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 1.4 million people in 234 villages 184 in Rajasthan, 34 in Uttarakhand and 16 villages in Gujarat. As a market leader, Hindustan Zinc governs about ~80% of the growing Zinc market in India.

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