{"id":28438,"date":"2023-10-28T07:13:11","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T07:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newswiredelhi.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/28\/vedanta-aluminium-recognised-for-business-and-energy-excellence-by-cii-2\/"},"modified":"2023-10-28T07:13:11","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T07:13:11","slug":"vedanta-aluminium-recognised-for-business-and-energy-excellence-by-cii-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newswiredelhi.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/28\/vedanta-aluminium-recognised-for-business-and-energy-excellence-by-cii-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Vedanta Aluminium Recognised for Business and Energy Excellence by CII"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1297\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/primexnewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Image-139.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Vedanta Aluminium Recognised for Business and Energy Excellence by CII<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The awards were presented to Vedanta for its outstanding energy management and safety digitalization in supply chain.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jharsuguda (Odisha) [India], October 28: \u00a0<\/strong>Vedanta Aluminium, India\u2019s largest producer of aluminium, has garnered industry acclaim at the prestigious Confederation of Indian Industry\u2019s IQ National and Regional Excellence Practice Competition and National Energy Awards for Excellence in Energy Management. The company has won two gold awards for its project \u2018Supply Chain Operations &amp; Safety Digitalization\u2019, and also emerged as the winner of the Energy Award for Excellence in Energy Management fromamong a diverse pool of industries like metal, power, cement, engineering, paper, automation, and others.<\/p>\n<p>Vedanta Aluminium achieved this remarkable success through several strategic initiatives, including the implementation of 100% Graphitized Cathodes to enhance energy efficiency, resulting in 7.93 million kWh annual energy savings. It has also adopted biomass co-firing for generating energy to power its operations, reducing coal consumption by using biomass pellets.<\/p>\n<p>Vedanta has also deployed the OSI-PI Monitoring System, which facilitates efficient data management, while switching to electric forklifts reduced its carbon footprint. Additionally, it optimized supply chain operations, minimized manual intervention by 75%, improved safety compliance with AI\/ML-based video analytics, and enhanced training through Virtual Reality Solutions.<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting Vedanta\u2019s robust efforts towards business excellence, <strong>Mr. Sunil Gupta, COO, Vedanta Aluminium Business remarked, \u201c<\/strong>We\u2019re honoured by the recognition at the CII Awards. This award underscores our commitment to consistent business excellence by digitalizing our supply chain, enhancing our energy efficiency and safety operations. We\u2019re dedicated to leading the digital transformation within the manufacturing industry, setting new and higher benchmarks<strong>.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This accomplishment adds to a distinguished array of awards that Vedanta has received over the years for its pioneering efforts in the realm of business excellence. Some notable recognitions include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Certificate of Merit<\/strong> <strong>for Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing Sector at Frost &amp; Sullivan\u2019s Awards:<\/strong> The project includes real-time predictive alerts on the health of equipment to control unplanned breakdowns, an increase in equipment availability, the import of power cost optimisation due to fewer unplanned setbacks, and ongoing results fine tuning to align business parameters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Business World\u2019s Supply Chain Resilience Summit &amp; Awards 2022<\/strong> for disruptive innovative solution implementation towards supply chain optimization.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Exceed Occupational Health &amp; Safety Award<\/strong> by Sustainable Development Foundation for showcasing exceptional safety measures and practices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00a0Sustainable Manufacturing Excellence Award<\/strong> <strong>by the Times Group<\/strong>: Vedanta Jharsuguda received the award for exceptional demonstration of sustainable operations aligned with Environment, Social and Corporate (ESG) practices and governed by the vision of \u2018Zero Harm, Zero Waste, Zero Discharge\u2019 to achieve net zero-carbon by 2050.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Vedanta Aluminium, a part of Vedanta Group, is India\u2019s largest producer of aluminium, manufacturing more than half of India\u2019s aluminium i.e., 2.29 million tonnes in FY23. It is a leader in value-added aluminium products that find critical applications in core industries. Vedanta Aluminium ranks 2nd in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) 2022 world rankings for aluminium industry, a reflection of its sustainable development practices. With its world-class aluminium smelters, alumina refinery and power plants in India, the company fulfils its mission of spurring emerging applications of aluminium as the \u2018Metal of the Future\u2019 for a greener tomorrow.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vedantaaluminium.com\/\">www.vedantaaluminium.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vedanta Aluminium Recognised for Business and Energy Excellence by CII The awards were presented to Vedanta for its outstanding energy management and safety digitalization in supply chain. 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