Tata Steel Recognised as Star Employer in the state by Government of Odisha

Bhubaneswar, swa news : Shri Mohan Charan Majhi, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Odisha, has honoured Tata Steel as one of the Star Employers in the state, during the foundation laying ceremony of 27 new industrial projects in Bhubaneswar.

Yaswant Kumar Pandey, Chief Human Resource Business Partner – Steel, Tata Steel Kalinganagar and Rabindra Kumar Jamuda, President, Tata Steel Kalinganagar Workers’ union received the token of appreciation on the occasion.   

Odisha has been Tata Steel’s largest global investment destination; the company has already invested over ₹1 lakh crore in the state and provided direct employment opportunities to 16,833 persons, over 55% of whom are from Odisha.

Tata Steel operates three major integrated steel plants in the state – Tata Steel Kalinganagar and Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited in Jajpur and Tata Steel Meramandali in Dhenkanal. Tata Steel also has long established mining operations and ferro alloys plants across Odisha.  Last year, the Company successfully commissioned India’s largest blast furnace at Tata Steel Kalinganagar, with a total investment of ₹27,000 crore in its Phase II expansion. It has augmented the total capacity at the site from 3 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) to 8 MTPA.

The steel major, through its CSR arm Tata Steel Foundation, has positively impacted 2.9 million lives in the financial year 2024-25 through interventions in Public Health, Education, Livelihoods, Gender and Community Enterprise, Infrastructure, and Tribal Identity in 27 blocks of 8 districts of the state.

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About Tata Steel

• Tata Steel group is among the top global steel companies with an annual crude steel capacity of 35 million tonnes per annum.
• It is one of the world’s most geographically diversified steel producers, with operations and commercial presence across the world.
• The group recorded a consolidated turnover of around US$26 billion in the financial year ending March 31, 2025.
• A Great Place to Work-Certified^TM organisation, Tata Steel Limited, together with its subsidiaries, associates, and joint ventures, is spread across five continents with an employee base of over 78,000.
• Tata Steel has announced its major sustainability objectives including Net Zero by 2045.
• The Company has been on a multi-year digital-enabled business transformation journey intending to be the leader in ‘Digital Steel making’. The Company has received the World Economic Forum’s Global Lighthouse recognition for its Jamshedpur, Kalinganagar, and IJmuiden Plants. Tata Steel has also been recognised with the ‘Digital Enterprise of India – Steel’ Award 2024 by Economic Times CIO.
• The Company has been recognised with the World Economic Forum’s Global Diversity Equity & Inclusion Lighthouse 2023.
• The Company has been a part of the DJSI Emerging Markets Index since 2012 and has been consistently ranked among the top 10 steel companies in the DJSI Corporate Sustainability Assessment since 2016.
• Tata Steel’s Jamshedpur Plant is India’s first site to receive ResponsibleSteel^TM Certification. Subsequently, its Kalinganagar and Meramandali plants have also received the certification. In India, Tata Steel now has more than 90% of its steel production from ResponsibleSteel^TM certified sites.
• Received Prime Minister’s Trophy for the best performing integrated steel plant for 2016-17, 2025 Steel Sustainability Champion recognition from worldsteel for eight years in a row, 2023 Climate Change Leadership Award by CDP, Top performer in Iron and Steel sector in Dun & Bradstreet’s India’s top 500 companies 2022, Ranked as the 2024 most valuable Mining and Metals brand in India by Brand Finance, ‘Most Ethical Company’ award 2021 from Ethisphere Institute, and ‘Best Corporate for Promotion of Sports’ recognition at the Sportstar Aces Awards 2024.
• Received the 2023 Global ERM (Enterprise Risk Management) Award of Distinction at the RIMS ERM Conference 2023, ‘Masters of Risk – Risk Technology’ recognition at The India Risk Management Awards, and ICSI Business Responsibility and Sustainability Award 2023 for its first Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report (BRSR), Excellence in Financial Reporting FY20 from ICAI, among several others.

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