KORBA,21st May, 2022: Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (BALCO), India’s iconic aluminium producer and a subsidiary of Vedanta Aluminium Business, commemorated World Biodiversity Week with several programmes such as Srishti Sanrakshan Sammelan, Fruit Orchard Development, Pond Restoration, etc., themed on ‘building a shared a future for all’.
The celebration started with a three-day long fest, Srishti Sanrakshan Sammelan, which aimed at sensitizing employees, business partners, families and the public at large on the importance of and need to conserve biodiversity, even at an individual level. Various stalls were put up such as a ‘Transformation Stall’ which displayed informative documentaries on the subject of Biodiversity for the visitors, a plant stall where local agricultural products grown by local farmers through organic farming were put up for for distribution, stalls of Korba Forest Department to distribute ayurvedic products and medicinal plants along with edifying the visitors regarding their utility, etc. Apart from this, a jungle trail was conducted for children to inform and sensitize them towards the rich biodiversity present around them.
In order to engage extended members of the BALCO family, fruit bearing plants were planted by the employees and their family members to develop a fruit orchard. With the objective of rejuvenating nearby natural water resources, around 21 ponds are being revived under ‘Pond Restoration’ project. An interdepartmental selfie contest ‘Nature Connect, Social Connect’ was organized to further increase enthusiasm of the workforce on this crucial subject.
Speaking on the importance of biodiversity conservation, Mr. Abhijit Pati, CEO & Director, BALCO, said, “World Biodiversity Day is an appropriate occasion to remind all of us to introspect and evaluate whether our activities are aligned in the direction of biodiversity conservation or not. Today, when the world is facing challenges on multiple fronts, it becomes all the more pertinent and important for all of us to focus on conservation of biodiversity. As right action at right time can bring transformative results, BALCO is committed towards fulfilling its ESG goals and to transform the society for good. The efforts at individual level are equally important along with the efforts at organizational level. Hence, we are also committed to sensitise each member of the BALCO family to take small steps to preserve the biodiversity in our surroundings and contribute towards building a shared future for all.”
BALCO has recently been awarded numerous prestigious awards for its environmental conservation efforts such as ‘Golden Peacock Sustainability Award’, ‘CII HSE Excellence Award, Chhattisgarh’, ‘CII Energy Excellence Award’, ‘Sustainable Business of the Year Award’ and ‘Energy & Environment Global Environment Award’ in recent years. This year BALCO has been conferred with ‘Best Green Business Award’ and ‘Best Green Excellence Award’.
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