SUSTAINABILITY FRAMEWORK
As an organisation, our approach to sustainability
focuses on the economic, social, and environmental activities at all our
operational locations around the world. Our key sustainability achievements include:
HEALTH & SAFETY
With over 8,000 employees in four continents, safeguarding the health and safety of our workforce is paramount. With a strict adherence to industrial safety rules and zero-tolerance towards unsafe work practices, we work towards institutionalising a culture of safety across sites. All our operational sites have dedicated HSE (health, safety & environment) teams led by senior executives who are responsible for safety reporting, training and compliance at their respective sites.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Our employees are our ambassadors of sustainability and our strongest assets. Ensuring that our employees get ample opportunities to learn, perform and engage has been one of our focus areas towards employee retention and growth. At Essar, our employee policies are implemented at the company level, business level, and at the site level keeping in mind our highly diverse and globally distributed workforce.
EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
Essar Foundation was established in 2011 to spearhead Essar’s community engagement and social responsibility initiatives. Essar Foundation is active in engaging the local communities at all our operational sites in India.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Each business of Essar is led by a competent Board and senior management. There are company level policies that all businesses adhere to, in addition to their prescribed policies and procedures. These include Sexual Harassment Policy | Open Door Policy | Crisis Communication Policy | Group Information Security Policy
RISK MANAGEMENT
Identification, prevention, mitigation and prevention of all types of risk are an important part of our company level Sustainability Policy. Every Essar business has comprehensive methods in place to assess, monitor and communicate risks to all members of the organization.
PRODUCT RESPONSIBILITY
Our products and services lay the groundwork for all our economic activity. Our businesses benefit from our complete forward and backward integration that allows us to have complete control on the quality of our products and services, thus allowing us to serve our customers consistently and efficiently.
As a company, we are cognizant of the environmental impact of our activities and have strong policies and culture in place to ensure that our businesses have the maximum positive impact on the environment and stakeholders.
Take a look at some of our initiatives which are making a difference for a greener tomorrow.
Essar Township’s Hydroponic Farm
All-woman team from rural Surat has transformed a dumping yard into a sprawling hydroponic tomato farm
A sustainable solution to convert effluent to clean water
Essar Projects’s Sewage Treatment Plant in Jamnagar is a #sustainable solution for a better future
Rethinking Paper Usage
Essar Foundation has set up a paper recycling unit in Hazira, Gujarat, to utilise the waste paper generated from Essar offices
Leading by Example
Essar Steel’s Nand Niketan Township has become first township to be awarded with Environmental Management System certification. Watch why the township was conferred with this prestigious and unique certification. #SustainablePractices
- Essar Projects Neyveli site receives Greentech Foundation Award for Environment Management
- Essar Steel’s Vizag pellet plant wins Green Tech Foundation’s Gold Award in the metal and mining sector for outstanding achievement in Environment Management
