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Hindustan Zinc enters FTSE4Good Index Series for the 3rd consecutive year with significant improvement in ratings

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24 Jul, 19 05:29
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Hindustan Zinc enters FTSE4Good Index Series for the 3rd consecutive year with significant improvement in ratings

Hindustan Zinc, a Vedanta Group CompanyandIndia’sonly&World’sleading integrated Zinc-Lead-Silver producer claims itsmembershipinFTSE4Good IndexSeriesforthe3rdConsecutiveyear. The company received outstanding score on Climate change, Water use, Biodiversity, Anticorruption practices. With the latest overall score, HZL now outperforms theNonferrousmetal industry average and India country average acrossallthemes–Environment,Social, and Governance. Created by the global index and data providerFTSERussell,theFTSE4Good IndexSeries is designed to measure the performance of companies demonstrating strong Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practices. The FTSE4Good indexes are used by a wide variety of market participants to create andassessresponsibleinvestmentfunds and other products. FTSE Russell evaluations are based on performance in areas such as CorporateGovernance,Health&Safety, Anti-Corruption and Climate Change. Businesses included in theFTSE4Good Index Series meet a variety of environmental, social and governance criteria. Speaking on the achievement, the CEO of Hindustan Zinc - Sunil Duggal said, “Sustainability, Integrity & Safety have always been the core values of Hindustan Zinc. We are glad to be included in FTSE4Good Index for the 3rd consecutive year, that strengthens our commitment towards strong Environmental, SocialandGovernance(ESG)Practices.” HindustanZinc has been a flagbearer in thi s aspect through constant initiative and projects. The c o m pa n y h a s b e e n a b l e to achieve a sustainable ecosystem throughadvanced technologies and alsobelievesinthe philosophy of giving back to the society and continues its efforts towards conserving environment and community service. Hindustan Zinc has even earned 1st rank globally in environment and overall5thpositioninDowJonesSustainability index amongst mining and metal companies,platinumratingbyConfederation of Indian Industry (CII)-Indian Green BuildingCouncil(IGBC),aswellasaccolades as the most admired zinc company of the world.


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