Healthy Workplace Programs

Dalmia Sports Committee creates a year-round itinerary for enjoying, practising and initiating sports activities not only with in the Group but also in industry level competition. Every year, the talents of Dalmia Bharat Group take part in inter-corporate sports carnival, “Oxygen”, wherein corporates across Chennai and surrounding locations participate. Dalmia Cement bagged second runner up award consecutively for two years.

Yoga is a group of physical, mental and spiritual practices or discipline which takes care of needs related to body, mind and soul. A few organisation-wide programs include Yoga classes, Prerna, Anandam, Prarambh, etc. The WINLIFE monthly calendar includes organising Yoga workshops, meditation classes, motivational talks by speakers from different walks of life again ensuring the participation from the talent and immediate family.

As part of their work-life balance philosophy, Dalmia Bharat Group ensures that all talents mandatorily avail their entire leave accrued during the financial year. This is the message to the employees that spending time with family or self is as important as time at work. Indoor games are conducted on an annual basis to promote physical activity among talents including the third-party stakeholders and support staff (housekeeping, drivers and security staff).

The Group ensures that their employees stay in a healthy environment. While doctors visit their head office in Delhi thrice a week, they have their own clinics attached to their plants to maintain a healthy environment. Fogging is done in the townships and schools at regular intervals. They believe continuous communication is key to keeping their flock healthy. Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) mailers are sent to talents on various topics.

Communication on fire safety and mock fire drills are organised for all talents. Emergency Response Teams (ERT) have been created across locations by following proper procedure and the entire communication is done through internal emails and WhatsApp messaging to all talents. News updates (i.e. newspaper articles, social media updates) about Dalmia Bharat Group companies are shared on a weekly basis with all talents through internal emails.

The Group communicates and live by their values – Integrity, Trust and Respect, Humility and Commitment. The Dalmia Bharat Group Values were signed off by following the methodology of launching E-poll for talents. Talent Surveys are conducted to know the pulse of the environment and on the basis of the result, an Employee Value Proposition (EVP) is created and executed.

The Group’s CSR teams help make the last mile connectivity of all Centrally Sponsored Schemes of the Government of India. The Group also actively takes part in ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan’. It started with their offices, then moved to their premises and plants and now, to their houses and societies. Sustainability is the fourth important pillar for them and they have taken a pledge to be the greenest company in the next few years.

In collaboration with Information Management (IM team),  the Group clears electrical waste as per Government of India guidelines. All their CFLs are replaced with LED lights in their offices and they are now donating LEDs to nearby villages as part of CSR.