This document summarizes the social responsibility efforts of Vedanta Group, an Indian natural resources company, between 2005-2010. It outlines initiatives focused on education, healthcare, livelihoods, and community development that benefited over 2.7 million people across India and Zambia. Key programs included literacy programs reaching 140,000 children and adults, health services for 5.7 million people through hospitals and health posts, and self-help groups and watershed projects supporting farmers and women. The company invested over $100 million USD over 5 years through staff, community coordinators, and NGO partners, resulting in numerous awards for its corporate social responsibility programs.
5. Outreach and impact: 2005 - 2010
Strategic focus on 552 villages and 2.7 million people in eight States in
India and four townships in Zambia
Literacy and education initiatives for more than 140,000 children and
adult illiterates
A computer literacy programme in 300 schools and 315 literacy centres
covering more than 140,000 students
28 company-run schools and a post-graduate colleges for girls reaching
out to 16,000 students
Health care services provided to 5.7 million people
18 company-run hospitals and health posts
250,000 children in 2,952 schools covered under the midday meal
programme through eight centralised kitchens in
Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Orissa
2,546 Vedanta Bal Chetna Anganwadi Centres covering 132,000
children
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Work in progress for a) the 350-bed Vedanta Cancer Hospital & Research
Centre at Raipur in Chhattisgarh and b) the Vedanta Hindustan Zinc Heart
Hospital at Udaipur in Rajasthan
13,840 acres of land brought under cultivation and watershed covering 17,425
farmers
Veterinary services benefiting 456,581 cattle
27,100 women enrolled in 2,050 self-help groups with cumulative savings of Rs.
63.4 million
100 villages covered under the Integrated Village Development Programme
A CSR Advisory Board in Orissa comprising eminent personalities to guide and
periodically assess CSR performance
CSR investment over five years of Indian National Rupees (INR) 463.6 crore
(US$100.7 million).
Our teams of 77 full-time development personnel, 342 community co-
ordinators (who are natural leaders from the same communities) and 111 NGO
and government partners have made our endeavors tremendously
successful, resulting in rich dividends.
7. AWARDS
Construction Industry Development Council(CIDC), Viswakarma Award for Social Responsibility, 2010,BALCO
Wockhardt Foundation, India Shining Initiative, "Best CSR in Mining Sector" award, 2010, Sterlite Industries (I) Ltd
Bombay Stock Exchange, Runners up for Best Corporate Social Responsibility Practices,2010, Sesa Goa
CII - National Award for Excellence in Water Management, 2009, HZL
Ms Dhanalaxmi and Ms Maria Ponnammal of the Sterlite Women Empowerment Project, 2009, received the “National
Virtual Academy Fellowship” award from the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation
The CSR Green Triangle Award, 2009, Sesa Goa
The Asian CSR Award, 2008, in the Poverty Alleviation category, HZL
‘Business Leader: Fighting Malaria’ by the Ministry of Health and Zambia Association of Chambers of Commerce and
Industry, 2008, KCM
Golden Peacock CSR Award, 2008, HZL and BALCO
Golden Peacock Global Award for CSR Reporting, 2008, Vedanta Resources plc
FICCI Award for Rural & Community Development, 2008, HZL
CII-ITC Sustainability Award, Commendation for Strong Commitment, 2008, to SIIL and Sesa Goa
Think Odisha Leadership Award, 2008, made jointly by Tefl and Times of India Group for best CSR Practicing
Company, VAL Jharsuguda
Pegasus Gold CSR Award, 2008, HZL
First Prize for Corporate Social Responsibility, for Sesa Goa Ltd by the Inspectorate of Factories and
Boilers, Government of Goa, Government of India and Green Triangle Society, Goa
St John’s Ambulance Award, 2008, VAL, Lanjigarh
National Sustainability Award by Indian Institute of Metals in Pig Iron & DR Plant Category, 2008, Sesa Industries Ltd
State Level Bhamashah Award for five units of HZL
Nirmal Gram Puraskar, 2008, to Sukhawara Panchayat, of CLZS, HZL and BALCO for Sanitation Project by the
President of India