Situation Analysis
Mining is predominantly associated with adverse environmental impact with fewer examples of sustainable mining in India. In contrast, Vedanta Sesa Goa's pioneering Sanquelim mine reclamation project is a benchmark. This project built a butterfly garden, a pisciculture pond, a medicinal garden and a bamboo pavilion on land where once machines extracted iron-ore. The company also produced national level football players by building Sesa Football Academy and gave local community training and employment through Sesa Technical School on this land. To bolster sustainability initiatives internally and externally in the mining sector, there was a need to increase awareness and...