1. MINING, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
AND CSR-A CASE STUDY OF UCIL,
JADUGUDA
Presented by
Daizy
Junior Research Fellow,
Department of Management Studies, ISM, Dhanbad
Co-Authored by
Dr. Niladri Das
Assistant Professor, Department of Management Studies, ISM,
Dhanbad
2. INTRODUCTION
• Corporate sustainability - conjunction of two terms
sustainable development and corporate social
responsibility.
• Corporate sustainability reporting - also known as CSR
reporting and TBL reporting.
• The purpose of this paper is to analyzes the critical
issues related to the Sustainable Development and
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the Uranium
Corporation of India Ltd (UCIL)
3. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
• Sustainable development is a broad concept that
stabilizes the demand for economic growth with
environmental protection and social equity.
• Development that meets the needs of the present
without compromising the ability of the future
generations to meet their own needs.
(World Commission on Environment and
Development, 1987)
4. MINING SECTOR
• Mining is anticipated as a “dirty” and polluting
industry.
• Backbone of the industrial development .
• Complex structure
5. SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES IN THE
MINING SECTOR
INITIATIVES OBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION
ICMM
(Intrenational
Council on Mining
& Metals)
Work towards
promoting Reporting
& assurance,
environment , health
and safety, socio-
economic
development ,
materials stewardship
Established by mining companies in 2001
for performance improvement and
sustainability. Members include Rio
Tinto, Xstrata, Anglo American, BHP
Billliton Vale, Sumitomo, Barrick,
LonMin, Goldcorp, MMG, JX Nippon.
Ministry of Mines Work towards the
development of
Sustainable
Development
Framework.
Actually the Hoda High-Level Committee
reviewed the National Mineral Policy in
2005 and recommended the
development of a Sustinable
Development Framework for Indian
mining sector. The Sustainable
Development framework comprises
principles, reporting iniatives and good
practice guidelines.
6. SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES IN THE
MINING SECTOR
INITIATIVES OBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION
EITI (Extrative Industries
Transparency Initiative)
Focus for the
transparency in
disclosure in mining
and oil and gas
exploration.
Basically , its coalition of
governments, companies, civil
society and investors and support
by 80 global investment
institutions with $16 trillion in
Aum. It initiates EITI Multi-Donor
Fund, Investors’ statement.
SMI (Sustainable Mining
Initiaive) India
To enhance mining
industry’s
contribution to the
larger goal of the
sustainable
development in the
country.
The Sustainable Mining Initiative is
aligned with the proposed Mines
and Minerals Development and
Regulation (MMDR) Act of 2011,
which advocates for the mining
industry to operate within a
Sustainable development
framework.
7. LINKAGES BETWEEN THE SUSTAINABILITY
DEVELOPMENT AND CORPORATE SOCIAL
RESPONISIBILITY
Sustainable
Development
Corporate
Economic
Responsibility
Corporate
environmental
responsibility
Corporate Social
Responsibility
8. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
• Research based on a case study approach and
is based on the study of UCIL (Uranium
Corporation of India Ltd).
• Secondary data is used and collected from the
capitaline database and company website.
• Techniques used is content analysis.
• Content analysis is a research tool used to
determine the presence of certain words or
concepts within the texts.
9. URANIUM CORPORATION OF INDIA LTD
• UCIL is a public sector Enterprise under the
Department of Atomic Energy.
• UCIL play a very significant role in India nuclear
power generation programme.
• UCIL has nine operations in Jharkhand and three in
other state of India.
• It has two processing plants at Jaduguda and
Turamdih and an upcoming milling project at
Tummalepalle in Andra Pradesh. KPM opencast
mining and milling project at Meghalaya is in the
pipeline.
10. DISLCOSURE OF SOCIAL AND
ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING
Year Sustainabi
lity
Safety
mines
Human
resource
development
Environmental
and ecology
information
CSR
activities
TNP (Talent
Nurture
Program
me)
2006-
2007
× Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
2007-
2008
× Yes Yes Yes Yes No
2008-
2009
× Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
2009-
2010
× Yes Yes Yes Yes yes
2010-
2011
× yes yes yes Yes yes
11. REPORTING TIMELINE OF UCIL
Reporting 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-2010 2010-2011
Annual Report
(number of
pages)
64 17 66 65 66
Social and
environmental
information (no.
of pages)
4 4 4 4 4
Social and
environmental
information (no.
of words)
1107/556 638/291 1065/491 896/405 1332/600
12. RESULT AND FINDINGS
• The company is prohibited by the Department of
Atomic Energy’s orders.
• UCIL has been awarded with ISO Certification such
as ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004, ISO 18001:2007.
• Various HRD (Human Resource Development)
initiatives in developing human resource.
• Lack of consciousness related to sustainability
reporting and knowledge of appropriate rules and
regulations are some of the factors which are set
behind the Uranium Corporation of India Ltd.
13. RESULT & FINDING
• Uranium Corporation of India Ltd maintained
a healthy amicable and harmonious relation
to all levels.
• Gratuity fund , death Benefit fund, Karamchari
Pariwarik Sahayata Yojana, sport council,
Welfare Fund Scheme etc. has been given to
the employee of the UCIL.
• UCIL maintain websites, which contains
information on their social and environmental
performance.
14. RESULT & FINDING
• UCIL started “The Talent Nurture Programme” for
free education to the children of the economically
backward people of the surrounding villages.
• Every year, the Safety Week Campaign is devised in
the UCIL in order to increase safety awareness
amongst the employees.
• The committee is created with the motive of
implementing relevant self-sustaining welfare
schemes and provision for adequate land.
15. CONCLUSION
• UCIL’s are not aware about the sustainability
reporting framework and they are presenting
information as per department of Atomic
Energy act 1956.
• UCIL Company needs to develop and foster
technological innovations to address
sustainability concerns facing the mining
industry and to achieve sustainable mine
development.
