Essar Steel Pune Facility records turnaround performance in FY 15-16
Mumbai, 29th June 2016: The Essar Steel Pune Facility (ESPF), a manufacturing unit that is integral to Essar Steel India’s value-added steel portfolio, today announced that it has recorded a turnaround performance in the financial year ended March 2016. ESPF’s sales volume rose 71% to cross 462,000 tonnes, as compared to 270,000 tonnes in the […]
Creating neutral platforms for candid discourse on CSR
Essar Foundation’s Knowledge Series CSR practitioners are impacted by a plethora of internal and external challenges in functioning within an environment of complexities. Beginning with forging sustainedrelationships with stakeholders, maintaining relevance with local context. Managing accentuated and often conflicting government expectations from CSR in view of the new CSR law is another complex area. Besides, […]
Essar Foundation and Essar Steel, Hazira organise the third edition of Essar Freedom Cup in Surat
19th – 20th May, 2016, SuratThe third edition of the Essar Freedom Cup, a cricket tournament for the differently-abled, was held on 19th and 20th May, 2016 at Lal Bhai Contractor Stadium in Surat. The event was organised by Essar Foundation and Essar Steel India Limited, Hazira, in association with the Viklang Kalyan Society Trust, […]
Free health check-up camp organised in four villages in Madhya Pradesh
In line with its philosophy of improving the quality of life of the communities living in and around its area of operations, Essar Foundation, along with Essar Power, MP limited, partnered with the local health department, to organise a health check-up camp. The camps were set up in Bandhaura, Khairahi, Nagwa and Karsualal villages, in […]
Essar Foundation’s Knowledge Series discusses India’s public health landscape
Essar Foundation organised its 18th Knowledge Series roundtable along with John Snow, Inc., India, a renowned global non-profit that specialises in public health. The event examined India’s public health landscape and explored global best practices in the sector. This was the first in a series of three roundtables under the title “Improving Public Health in […]
“I dream of becoming an air hostess”
Hailing from a community that doesn’t set much store by education, Aasiya is waging a war against convention. She is among the many young women who work at Essar Foundation-established Salaai Stitching Centre in Salaya in Gujarat’s Devbhumi Dwarka district. But Aasiya is also the only one among her peers to understand the value of […]
Essar Foundation and Essar Steel’s Hemophilia Day Care Centre completes a year of operation
A year ago, Essar Foundation and Essar Steel Hazira supported the New Civil Hospital in Surat in setting up Gujarat’s first Hemophilia Day Care Centre. The centre was inaugurated on April 24 last year. The Hemophilia Day Care Centre at Surat addresses the needs of over 600 patients a day. These patients are treated free […]
Essar Foundation’s Knowledge Series set to discuss best practices in CSR health programmes
Essar Foundation, in association with John Snow, Inc. India is organising a roundtable, as part of its ongoing Knowledge Series. The roundtable is set to discuss public health in India, as well as the global best practices of Corporate Social Responsibility health programmes. This event will be the first, in a series of three roundtables […]
Reduce, reuse, recycle : A step-by-step guide to recycling waste paper
It may look a little complicated, but the process of installing and using a paper recycling unit is relatively straightforward. In fact, we reckon that it can be done in four simple steps. Don’t believe us? Read on to learn how to recycle a ton-load of waste paper. Step 1 – Get a paper recycling […]
Educating India’s youngest generation is essential for future economic growth
There are few occasions in India when children, irrespective of their age or social status or what part of India they live in, can truly just be children. Now there’s an exception: Indradhanush, a two-day annual event in Jamnagar, in the state of Gujarat, India, that takes place in February. It’s a programme specifically designed […]