Aug 31, 2022 . Read 5 min
Empowering People to Create a High-Performance Culture
By Team Vedanta
Vedanta, the leading natural resources, and mining company in India, is led by its core values that nurture innovation, creativity and diversity- safety and inclusivity being a few of them. We believe our employees are our biggest assets. Our workforce plays a monumental role in helping the organisation reach its target and constantly working towards being one of the top mining companies in India. It is the spirit of our workforce that allows Vedanta to become one of the largest diversified metals and mining conglomerates in India, with an best in class work environment.
A safe and inclusive work environment is a business imperative, and an essential element in building a high performing organisation. The idea is to create a culture that recognizes and rewards superlative performers in a fair and equitable manner. Vedanta is committed to providing employees with a safe and healthy work environment, and has put in place world-class standards in safety, environment, and sustainability. While safety is–and will always remain–our highest priority, our HR philosophy also encompasses an inclusive approach to become an industry-leading employer across all businesses.
Vedanta’s people-first approach gears towards fostering a culture that is engaging and empowering. Apart from being one of the leading companies in the natural resource sector in terms of business performance, we are also a Great Place to Work™(GPTW) certified organisation, creating an enriching employee experience by understanding the importance of inclusivity at work and having a culture of care for the employees.
At Vedanta, every decision is taken keeping in mind the wellbeing, safety and health of all involved. We are committed to protecting human health and ensuring a safe working environment for all our employees and business partner workers. A comprehensive Group Level HSE policy is in place to ensure we embed health and safety as a value across our operations. Our safety efforts also contribute to meeting the UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of Decent Work and Economic Growth.
When it comes to inclusivity, gender disparity becomes one of the biggest questions. We aim to achieve 20% gender diversity across the organization by 2030. We provide equal opportunities for all the employees by bridging the gender inequality gap and are constantly benefiting significantly from the skills, experience, and perspectives of the diverse people who work with us. We have put in place policies and procedures to ensure greater inclusion of women in the business and have set ourselves a significant target to increase female representation at work. Through our transformational social initiatives, we also empower women and children across the country through initiatives like establishing Diversity & Initiatives Council, Employee Resource Groups and talent management & skill development initiatives like V-LEAD- empowering them to become the leaders of tomorrow.
Vedanta’s consecutive GPTW certification in the last two years also brings the organisation a recruiting advantage by providing a globally recognized and research-backed verification of great employee experience. We onboard young, dynamic and best-in-class talent from premier universities across the world. We then develop these young talents by giving them the right roles, structured career path, opportunity to take up cross-functional assignments, anchoring and best-in-class benefits. Campus hiring is done with a focus on gender diversity, upliftment of minority communities, and adequate representation of all regions and demographics in India. Vedanta go awarded as one of India's Best Employers Among Nation-Builders 2022 from 10,000+ organizations from 60 countries who are partners with GPTW. This is Considered the ‘Gold Standard’ in identifying and recognizing Great Workplace Culture and to become eligible, the organization has to be GPTW certified first.
In order to keep this talent pipeline updated with the right knowledge, skills and attitude, Vedanta also focuses on competency development of the employees to meet the current and future needs of the business through robust talent development initiatives ensuring several interventions for retaining our talent. Vedanta has also embarked on an aspirational digital transformation journey and our vision is to become a technology-driven company. We provide career growth & leadership opportunities across all levels, through an array of benefits to our employees, which are benchmarked with best in class industry standards in the respective geographies. These benefits typically include - life-insurance scheme, health-insurance scheme, disability coverage, parental leave, retirement benefits and management grades that are covered under the stock options scheme of Vedanta. At Vedanta, we endeavour to develop a unified culture that exemplifies our core values and nurtures safety, excellence, creativity, and diversity. We value the significance of our people and it is our responsibility to nurture them for leading us to the future.
