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August 1st, 2023 : ‘Project Prayas’, a CSR initiative of Birla White at Jodhpur, Rajasthan aims to contribute to this cause by helping socio-economically marginalised women to get opportunities of sustainable livelihoods for better quality of life.

July 28th, 2023 : The world as we see today is changing rapidly with the pressure of an ever-increasing human population that is expected to cross 8 billion by 2030. Natural resources are under increasing stress globally. It is, therefore, imperative that we conserve and preserve natural resources.

July 26th 2023 : UltraTech Cement Limited’s two integrated units, Bela Cement Works and Hirmi Cement Works and one grinding unit, Magdalla Cement Works has won the 10th CII National Award for Environmental Best Practices 2023 in the ‘Innovative Environmental Project’ category for the following projects.

19 July 2023 : UltraTech announced today that it has partnered with World Economic Forum (WEF) Moving India initiative which was launched by WEF at the G20 Energy Ministers' meeting in Goa.

July 15th, 2023 : Every year, July 15 is considered as ‘World Youth Skills Day’. The theme for this year is ‘Skilling teachers, trainers and youth for a transformative future.’ As per a report from the Education Commission and UNICEF, published to coincide with World Youth Skills Day, it is estimated that only around 25 per cent of the world’s youth are on track to learn the skills they need to get a job – either through education, employment or training.

July 3, 2023 : UltraTech Cement Limited, India’s largest cement and ready-mix concrete company, has further strengthened its contribution towards circular economy by developing cement packaging bags using recycled polypropylene (rPP).

June 27, 2023 : UltraTech Cement Limited has ranked 28th in Interbrand’s ‘Best Indian Brands 2023’ ranking list. UltraTech is the only cement brand to be featured in the 2023 list.

Aditya Birla Group (ABG) has institutionalised a sustainability framework with three strategic pillars: Responsible Stewardship, Stakeholder Engagement, and Future Proofing. As a flagship cement business of ABG, UltraTech follow this framework in letter and spirit to make its business sustainable.

UltraTech has embraced the concept of ‘Miyawaki forest’ for increasing green cover and nurturing biodiversity in its manufacturing units in India.

UltraTech Cement Limited, India’s leading cement and Ready Mixed Concrete (RMC) company has achieved the distinction of registering 100 million tonnes of grey cement volume in the financial year 2022-23.  UltraTech ramped up its cement manufacturing capacity from 66.3 Million Tonne (MnT) in 2017 to 120 MnT in 2022, by acquiring Jaypee, Binani Cement and merger of Century Cement.

October, 2022 : UltraTech has announced today that it has been granted Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) certificates for four of its cement products, which are Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC), Portland Pozzolana Cement (PPC), Portland Slag Cement (PSC) and PCC (Portland Composite Cement). The grant was conferred basis Life Cycle Assessment Study conducted for these products following the standards for the preparation of Environmental Product Declaration (EPD).

UltraTech bagged four Gold trophies and one Silver trophy for its #BaatGharKi campaign at Exchange4Media's Golden Mikes Radio Advertising Awards 2022.

July, 2022: Ten of UltraTech Cement Limited's Limestone mines have been awarded a five-star rating for sustainable mine management, by the Ministry of Mines and Indian Bureau of Mines. This was awarded for FY 2020-21, with a total of ten 5-Star rating awards. UltraTech Cement Limited is India’s leading cement and ready-mix-concrete company.

January 2022: UltraTech Cement has been recognised with the Leaders Award in the Mega Large Business, Process Sector category, at the Frost & Sullivan and TERI Sustainability 4.0 Awards 2021. The Sustainability 4.0 Awards, now in its 12th year edition, recognises efforts of companies that incorporate sustainability principles into their business culture.

The Smarties APAC award is one of the most esteemed awards for brands across the Asia Pacific region that use mobile marketing effectively. Held virtually on 19th November this year, the awards received hundreds of entries from across the APAC region, covering more than 22 categories.

Leveraging on its country-wide geographic presence, through manufacturing units, UltraTech Cement’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives focus on empowering rural women, one Self-Help Group (SHG) a time.

Continuing with its winning streak, UltraTech has won four awards at 6th edition of Indian Content Marketing Awards (ICMA) 2021 for its '#BaatGharKi' media campaign.

UltraTech Cement has been recognised as the 'Brand of the Year' at the 10th edition of MMA Smarties India, one of the leading mobile marketing awards in India organised by the Mobile Marketing Association. UltraTech also bagged three Gold trophies and two Silver trophies for its #BaatGharKi and #ChanceNaLo campaigns.

UltraTech Cement is committed to contribute to mitigation of climate change through a holistic approach of decarbonising its operations. Cement is a carbon-intensive industry, and our efforts at our units ingrain the approach to carbon reduction.

UltraTech Cement’s Ready Mix Concrete (RMC) division bagged four awards at National Safety Awards 2020 including a Golden trophy or the Sarvashreshtha Suraksha Puraskar Award. The prestigious National Safety Council of India (NSCI) awarded these four recognitions to UltraTech Cement’s RMC units under the MSME category.

UltraTech Cement has bagged eight awards at Campaign India Digital Crest Awards 2021 (CIDCA). UltraTech bagged four gold and three bronze trophies for its #BaatGharKi and #ChanceNaLo digital campaigns and the Company’s website won one silver trophy.

UltraTech Cement, India’s No.1 cement brand, bagged seven awards at the recently concluded Exchange4Media’s Indian Digital Marketing Awards (IDMA) 2021.

Reddipalayam Cement Works, UltraTech Cement’s integrated unit located in Tamil Nadu, has achieved the distinction of one-fourth of its fuel (heat) requirement being met through utilisation of waste materials sourced from local municipal corporations and industries. With the increased usage of alternative fuels, Reddipalayam Cement Works is now 16.25 times plastic positive. The unit has also successfully reduced CO2 emission by 2,250 tonne CO2 per annum.

May, 2021: The journey of Spoorti Jute Works took wings with a simple question in an internal team meeting of UltraTech Cement’s Andhra Pradesh Cement Works (APCW) in 2016: “Why do we need to order uniforms from commercial agencies?". More important was the context of the discussion itself wherein the team was exploring various approaches to support the local community in a sustainable manner.

April 2021: UltraTech Cement has been awarded as the ‘Advertiser of the Year’ at Exchange4Media’s Prime Time Awards 2020. The Company also won three Gold trophies and a Silver for its #BaatGharKi campaign.

UltraTech Cement’s Rajashree Cement Works' industrial training institute has helped provide new career opportunities to local youth.

The underlying hard rock of the Khor and Suwakheda areas in the Neemuch district of Madhya Pradesh, along with its soil conditions, meant 90 per cent of the area’s rainwater was lost.

Women representation in the workforce in India has been lower than desirable for a long time. For cement companies, challenges such as remote plant sites, and concerns over round-the-clock work shift hours, have been perceived as deterrents to improving gender representation in the sector.

UltraTech Cement, India’s largest producer of grey cement, white cement and ready-mix concrete, has successfully raised US$ 400 million in the form of sustainability-linked bonds. With this, UltraTech is now the first company in India and the second company in Asia to issue dollar-based sustainability linked bonds.

Awarpur Cement Works, UltraTech Cement’s integrated cement unit located in Chandrapur, Maharashtra, has been awarded with the prestigious National Energy Conservation Award, 2020.

Two of UltraTech’s grinding units- Panipat Cement Works and Jhajjar Cement Works- have won awards at the prestigious Apex India Green Leaf Awards 2019. The units were recognised for their excellent afforestation initiatives.

Birla White’s Kharia Khangar unit in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, has been conferred with the prestigious 'Golden Peacock Occupational Health & Safety Award' 2020.

Birla White has been recognized with two prestigious awards at the Apex India Green Leaf Awards 2019. Birla White won ‘Platinum’ Award for Environment Excellence and a ‘Gold’ for Energy Efficiency for outstanding performance in the respective domains. The awards reflect Birla White’s commitment to building a sustainable business.

UltraTech Cement Limited has registered a significant increase in its score in S&P's Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) by 9 points to 68. This is an increase of 15% from the previous year’s score. It is a key achievement in UltraTech’s sustainability journey.

A key milestone in UltraTech’s endeavour to drive sustainability across its value chain and its commitment to step up climate action.

UltraTech Cement has recently won four awards at the Indian Content Marketing Awards (ICMA) 2020, for its '#BaatGharKi' media campaign

Birla White’s Wallcare Rose Putty and Lemon Putty, India’s first ever scented putty, have been recognized with GreenPro Certification by the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) and are qualified as Green Products.

Birla White recently launched Wallseal Waterproof Putty, a white cement-based putty exhibiting two times water resistance. This new product underwent various quality and blind tests and has been certified as the 'Best Waterproof Putty' by Karvy in its research findings.

UltraTech Cement Limited, India’s largest producer of grey cement, white cement and ready-mix concrete, has been recognized with seven awards at the ‘21st National Energy Award for Excellence in Energy Management 2020’ conferred by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Green Business Centre.

Most of us are not aware about the quality and variety of material and products used to construct our dream home. It is only when we decide to get our own house constructed that we realize how important the choices of cement, building material, and products are.

The threat of global warming is for real and is now being acknowledged by stakeholders across the globe. As the largest cement manufacturer in the country,

The limestone mine at Rajashree Cement Works, our integrated cement factory in Karnataka, was recently conferred with the prestigious Sita Ram Rungta Social Awareness Award 2020 by Federation of Indian Mineral Industries (FIMI).

India is witnessing rapid urbanization which has spurred an unprecedented increase in construction activity across our country. This has created a favourable environment for catalyzing employment in the infrastructure sector.

To provide customers with a one-stop-shop solution, UltraTech pioneered the UltraTech Building Solutions (UBS) concept. Today, most products and services are available under one roof – in shopping malls or retail chains or even on e-commerce websites.

Road connectivity is a key enabler of economic growth of the country. We have seen how improved road connectivity has in the previous decades catalyzed rapid economic development in the southern states and the National Capital Region.

UltraTech has been a reliable partner in India’s development and stood firmly by the nation, as the country grew from strength to strength, over the past few decades. Even now, as India prepares itself for another sprint to make its mark on the global landscape, UltraTech, as always, is geared-up to provide support by way of its wide-range of specialized and customized building solutions.

At UltraTech Cement, customer centricity is at the core of all our initiatives. We call it ‘Mission Happiness.’ Delighting our customers is the key objective of Mission Happiness. We reach out to our customers to take their feedback on our products and services.Customers include individual house builders (IHBs), masons, engineers, and channel partners like dealers & retailers.

UltraTech Cement Limited has been recognized as among the Top 100 ‘India’s Best Companies to Work For 2020’ across all sectors and industries in India by Great Place To Work® Institute in association with The Economic Times.

Our MD, Mr Kailash Jhanwar shares his views on the importance of sustainable business and sustainable living habits, especially in a post COVID-19 world.

UltraTech Cement was recently conferred with "Silver" at EMVIEs Awards 2019 under the 'Best Media Research and Analytics Using Data and Technology' category.

UltraTech has been ranked amongst the top 10 companies, internationally, on Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) in the 'Construction Material' Industry sector of the S&P Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI).

UltraTech as a brand understands the IHB"s real motivation behind building a home. For the home builder, home is not just a structure but an important milestone and the most important project of their life.

Baga Cement Works, an integrated cement of UltraTech Cement in Himachal Pradesh, was recently conferred with Golden Peacock Environment Management Award 2019 under the Cement Sector. The award recognizes the efforts of the unit in sustainable environment management in and around its vicinity.

Three ready mix concrete (RMC) plants of UltraTech Cement have received the prestigious GreenPro Certification from the Confederation of Indian Industry's (CII) Indian Green Building Council.

Hindalco Industries and UltraTech Cement, the metals and cement businesses of the Aditya Birla Group, collaborated to launch an innovative green product for the transport industry. On World Environment Day, Hindalco sold its first indigenous dry bulker, especially for cement, to a trusted logistics partner of UltraTech Cement.

UltraTech Concrete, the ready mix concrete (RMC) business of UltraTech Cement, recently won the Innovation for Sustainability award at the Economic Times Innovation Awards held in Mumbai.

Birla White, UltraTech Cement’s brand that is synonymous with white cement, celebrated its 25th anniversary at its Kharia Khangar (Rajasthan) plant on 11 April 2013.

UltraTech Concrete, the ready-mix concrete business of UltraTech Cement Ltd, achieved a unique benchmark of saving 100 million litres of water through concrete recycling, with 2013 as the baseline year.

The Research & Development (R&D) Centre at UltraTech Cement has received accreditation from National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL).

UltraTech"s integrated cement unit Rawan Cement Works (RWCW) has been recognized as"Excellent Energy Efficient Unit", at the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) National Award for Energy Management 2018.

UltraTech Cement Limited, India"s largest cement company, is setting up waste heat recovery systems (WHRS) at five of its units over the next two years with a cumulative capacity to generate 63 MW power.

UltraTech Cement Limited safely co-processes over two lakh tonnes of waste material including 80,000 tonnes of non-recyclable plastic waste as fuel annually.

UltraTech Cement announced today that it has been certified to be more than two times water positive by DNV – GL, a global quality assurance and risk management company.

The Aditya Birla Group is a US $43 billion corporation, operating in 35 countries. It is anchored by an extraordinary force of over 120,000 employees, belonging to 42 nationalities.

Protecting and conserving biodiversity through biodiversity management practices are a priority for the Aditya Birla Group, and at UltraTech, it is integral to our commitment towards environment stewardship.

Eleven limestone mines of UltraTech Cement recently received 5 star rating for sustainable management of the mines from the Ministry of Mines and Indian Bureau of Mines.

UltraTech Cement has been recognised at National Energy Conservation Award 2017, with two of our units winning awards at the event.

At UltraTech we always strive to find effective, responsible and sustainable business solutions.

UltraTech Cement today commenced construction work for a greenfield cement plant at Ballara village, Pali district, through a unique digital ground-breaking ceremony performed by The Honourable Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Smt. Vasundhara Raje Scindia, from her office in Jaipur.

UltraTech Cement, the largest cement player in India, is supporting municipal corporations in eliminating municipal solid waste (MSW) by burning the waste in cement kilns at its manufacturing units.