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Runaya is one of the companies in the manufacturing to achieve >50% women employees and aim to achieve >50% women across its workforce, including contract employees. Runaya’s vision towards “Build Future Positive” is only possible when there are equal opportunities to all genders, and we are aiming to reach there, thus contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals of the world.
2) Women Empowerment through addressing the grass root issues that hinder women from achieving their dreams. While our People, Social & Equal Opportunity policies are pivotal in providing equal opportunities to women, we needed more vigour and focus to address the Women Empowerment.
Thus, Runaya embarked on the journey of Project Laadli through our CSR Initiatives, to address the key challenges that stem women completing the education and joining the work force. Through our CSR Approach, we are aiming to boost women empowerment in the local communities and help the company’s objectives in achieving Gender Diversity, better Employee Retention Rates, and geographic diversity, especially in the backward and tribal regions of Odisha, near our Jharsuguda Operations
Despite being the 11th largest state in India, more than 80% of the population of Odisha still lives in Rural Areas. Given that, women empowerment is quite challenging, especially when the drop out rates in schools are very high in the adolescent years among girl children. The challenges arise from basic sanitation requirements like menstrual hygiene and other health related issues like Anaemia. Jharsuguda, despite being industrialized district, is facing many challenges in the nearby villages to bring girl children to school and the dropout rates are high. To address these challenges, Runaya aimed to create awareness among the nearby communities regarding the importance of educational and social development, especially of adolescent girls. Thus, ‘Project Laadli’ was launched in Jharsuguda as a CSR initiative of Runaya Refining.
Project Laadli, initiated in 2022, aims for the development and brighter future of the adolescent girls. Runaya envisages empowering them through education and health initiatives and thus contributing to the growth of girl children in the society.
Runaya, with the help of Prayatn Sanstha, conducted a household survey in the nearby 10 villages under panchayats of Dalki and Katikela of Jharsuguda District in 2022, to understand the baseline of women empowerment. Following the survey, we identified the following recommendations to improve the awareness and reduce the dropouts among the adolescent girls.
Focusing upon improving educational and health status of adolescent girls, should be initiated with tribal community with the initiation of community-based development as well as awareness building
Community awareness building on general aspects of physical and mental health care and nutrition of adolescent girls
Regular life skill education sessions with adolescent girls
Strengthening of public health and nutrition services like Anganwadis and public health centers/sub-centers by enhancing their connect with the community
Providing remedial education support to academically lagging, irregular girls from elementary level onwards so that they do not drop-out because of poor academic performance and failure later and strong academic foundation is laid for them
Developing community awareness on importance of continuing education of girls beyond elementary level
Ensuring child and adolescent friendly teaching learning environment in government schools through capacity building and sensitization of teachers, strengthening of school management committees and developing modern and child/adolescent friendly infrastructure in remote schools
To increase girl child enrollment number in government run schools by reducing drop-out rate.
To improve health of adolescent group by adopting suitable remedial measures.
Bringing behavioral changes among peer groups, parents, and community for improving the health and educational status.
Provide Opportunities to develop employable skills by engaging peer support leaders.
To achieve the objectives and to support in the groundwork, Runaya has partnered with an NGO named Anchalik Jana Kalyan Anusthan (AJKA), Jharsuguda, under the CSR initiative of Runaya Refining LLP. This collaboration aims to bring change in life of girls through education and health awareness and by personal, social, and educational development.
Implementation of the recommendations were initiated in the Month of August 2022 through following Programs
Under the chairmanship of BDO, Jharsuguda and other key people, detailed aims, objectives, activities, and way forward has been shared for suggestion and feedback.
Lives Reached - Not Applicable OutcomeA quarterly review has been planned for progress and updates on the project. Ensured the support and cooperation for the implementation of the project
Under the chairmanship of BDO, Jharsuguda and other key people, detailed aims, objectives, activities, and way forward has been shared for suggestion and feedback.
Lives Reached - Not Applicable OutcomeA quarterly review has been planned for progress and updates on the project. Ensured the support and cooperation for the implementation of the project
Through these initiatives, Runaya aims to empower women by focusing on the grass root issues at schools among the adolescent girls. Project Laadli contributes to the Sustainable Development Goals of Good Health and Wellbeing (SDG 3), Quality Education (SDG 4) & Gender Equality (SDG 5) by Improving the education and health conditions for Adolescent girls for their development and growth in the society. Going forward, for FY23, Runaya aims to reach 6000 lives with a focus on 400 adolescent girls in the villages under the panchayats of Dalki and Katikela of Jharsuguda Districts. The project is poised to reach further heights by involving more villages and panchayats in the Jharsuguda district by 2025.
The world produces ~65 million tons of Aluminium per annum, which results in more than 1 million ton of Aluminium dross being produced every year out of which more than 100k is produced in India. The environmental impact of this hazardous waste is a global problem that needs to be addressed on priority. Runaya addresses one of the biggest challenges facing the aluminium industry, relating to handling, evacuation, and processing of dross in an environmentally friendly manner with zero waste and zero discharge.
Ever since the inception, Runaya has based its operations on three pillars- Sustainability, Innovation and Resources. Leveraging our core strategy, Runaya has partnered with Vedanta Resources Ltd to manage waste from the largest Aluminium Smelter plant in Asia. With the proprietary technology, licensed from TAHA, Runaya has recycled almost 21500 Tons of Aluminium Dross at Jharsuguda in FY2022. Runaya is poised to reach 36000 Tons of Aluminium Dross Processing per year by FY2023, through its Operations at Jharsuguda and Korba locations of Vedanta Aluminium and Bharat Aluminium. By FY2025, Runaya is aspiring to build the capacity to process 60000 Tons of Aluminium Dross per year.
Runaya’s Aluminium recovery from dross include the key steps of Hot Dross Processing and Cold Dross Processing. Runaya recovers ~40% of dross as Aluminium through above processes and the other ~60% of the dross is processed into Briquettes. These briquettes are sold to the steel industries as Steel Slag Conditioner. In FY22, of the 21500 tons of dross processed, we have recovered 7515 tons of Aluminium and produced saleable product from remaining 14000 tons of depleted dross.
Runaya’s dross recovery process promoted circularity in the Aluminium industry through recycling 7515 tons of Aluminium in FY22. By FY25, Runaya will be adding capabilities to recover 25000 tons of aluminium every year and thus contributing significantly to the low carbon aluminium value chain.
The Aluminium recovery through the current process is one of the most carbon efficient Aluminium produced in the world, with only 655 kgs of CO2 per ton of Aluminium produced (Based on DNV Certification for Restora Ultra, for Q4FY22), compared to 15600 kg of CO2 per ton of Aluminium produced through traditional route (Based on Integrated Report of Vedanta Resources of FY22). In FY22, through this recovery, Runaya was able to avoid more than 112000 tons of CO2 Emission per ton of Aluminium recovered. Due to its lower Carbon footprint, our partner Vedanta was able to brand the recovered Aluminium under Restora Ultra, thus contributing to the low carbon aluminium value chain (https://vedantaaluminium.com/products/restora-low-carbon-aluminium/). FY25, Runaya’s Aluminium Recovery will avoid ~375000 tCO2 emitting to atmosphere.
Under the chairmanship of BDO, Jharsuguda and other key people, detailed aims, objectives, activities, and way forward has been shared for suggestion and feedback.
Lives Reached - Not Applicable OutcomeA quarterly review has been planned for progress and updates on the project. Ensured the support and cooperation for the implementation of the project
