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“We believe in the interdependence of the industry with the community for sustainable growth. CSR is an approach to acknowledge core values of this interdependence. We strive to achieve this by facilitating improvements in the quality of life and by supporting socio-economic development of the regions where we operate.”
Chairman-cum-Managing Director (Hindustan Copper Limited)
Since its inception, HCL has been making significant contribution towards upliftment of living conditions of the local people in the areas where it had established its mines and production units - like providing drinking water, social forestry, rural health camps, and vocational training for the local people on a regular basis.
Forty years of sailing through various market trends – upwards and downwards – the year 2007 saw HCL embracing a CSR map for socio-economic development programs for adjoining mining areas.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Philosophy
For HCL, CSR is an effort to reach out beyond copper-mining and “giving-back” to the society, taking into consideration Company’s capabilities, and expectations of the communities living in and around the areas of its operations. The objective of HCL is to play a catalytic role in the socio-economic development in the region, where the industry is located, aiming to create an enabling working environment for HCL, as well as income generation opportunities for the community - for building an empowered community for an overall sustainable growth and peaceful co-existence.
Policy Framework & Objectives
In conformity with the government directives, prevailing at the time of inception, HCL had provided employment and other benefits to the eligible land oustees, aiming at improving overall economic status of project affected people.
For the socio-economic development of the adjoining areas of existing Projects, HCL welcomes principles laid down by UNGC and the MDGs, and embraces the CII social code, for establishing and executing CSR Projects.
Objectives:-
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To provide support for basic Health Care. Educate community on essential hygiene and sanitation practises and generate awareness on health issues – specially focussing on Immunization, RCH, HIV/AIDS. |
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Women Empowerment with skills and experiences to access their rights, to improve income, to meet their own and their families’ basic needs and to participate in the development of their communities. |
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Generate alternative employment means for the community through the Self-Help-Groups (SHGs), through improved management of existing resources, better access of information and understanding of entrepreneurial technicalities to start new income generation opportunities. |
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To mobilize resources from among the rural youth that furthers development of the villages. To empower adolescents with knowledge, capacity and skills to take control of their health, hygiene and life-style. |
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Enhance agricultural productivity with sustainable environment friendly practices through capacity building and imparting trainings to farmers. |
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| Community Development
For the initial stage, five villages from each of the three units were identified for rolling-off CSR activities, focusing on health, general hygiene, sanitation, awareness generation & formation of self-help-groups, and introduction of alternative farming techniques. With the support of local NGOs and community participation the entry-point activities were carried out since April 2008.
In Rajasthan, three villages were chosen from nearby areas of Khetri Copper Complex (KCC), while the other two were selected from Chaowra, near KCC’s water-resourcing unit.
Four villages had been identified within a few kilometres distance from Malanjkhand Copper Project (MCP), in Madhya Pradesh, while the remaining one was chosen from within underprivileged tribal communities on the outskirts of the forested lands.
Villages around Indian Copper Complex (ICC) in Jharkhand, are relatively more populated and accessible than those of the other two units. As such, villages were chosen, so as to address a small sample of the population mix around the township area, as well as that of remote tribal communities.
The initial activities had built up the necessary ground-work for implementing micro-finance projects for the SHGs – towards creation of alternative employment activities and resource formation. They are now being followed up by a comprehensive approach, divided into phases. |
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