Hindustan Zinc celebrated “World Environment Day” on 4^th & 5^th June, 2017 at Head Office and at all its business locations. Hindustan Zinc believes World Environment Day is the opportunity for everyone to realize the responsibility to care of the Earth and to become agents of change.

During the occasion, Plantation drive was carried out at Zinc Park on 4^th June, 2017 where Sunil Duggal – CEO, HZL, the Chief Guest of the program said ‘I feel more confident than ever that the power to save the planet rests with the individual consumer. Reserve and preserve it for the future of your children.

Various activities like exhibition, painting competition, inauguration of vermicompost set-up were planned to involve employees, their families and children. Painting competition was organized for children of employees on ‘Connecting People to Nature’, the theme for World Environment Day 2017, to encourage people to get outdoors and into nature, to appreciate the beauty of planet, and to take forward the call to protect the Earth for prosperity.

V Jayaraman – Head EOHS, Ramakrishnan Kasinath – Head Commercial, Sonal Shrivastava – Dy. CFO, Neelima Khetan – Head CSR, Akhilesh Shukla  – Unit Head R&D – CRDL and other HZL employees along with their families also participated to make the planet greener’.

On 5^th June, 2017, Sunil Duggal, CEO celebrated World Environment Day with children of Padakhadri Nandghar in Udaipur along with his wife Ramdeep Duggal.

Hindustan Zinc also pledged to plant one fruit tree at every Nandghar. Apart from fruit trees, a seasonal vegetable garden was also set up at the Padakhadri Nandghar.

On this occasion, Duggal said – ‘let the children become the guardians of this planet, and let Nandghar teach them about caring and nurturing the environment’. During their visit to Nandghar, he interacted with children, participated enthusiastically in their poem recitation and other activities.

Ramdeep Duggal also interacted with the parents of Nandghar children to understand the growth and change they see in their children.

Mr. Pavan Kaushik – Head Corporate Communication said “Hindustan Zinc has implemented extensive green belt development projects and has around 1.4 million of green cover around its operations.”

Also present were  Manoj Nashine – Unit Head, Zinc Smelter Debari,  Neelima Khetan – Head CSR,  Priyanka Singh – CEO Seva Mandir and other representatives of HZL & Seva Mandir.