Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) has been certified under ISO 9001: 2015 (Quality Management System), ISO 14001: 2015 (Environmental Management System) and OHSAS 18001: 2007 (Occupational Health and Safety Management System) .
CCL has been given ISO certification under the Integrated Management System in three parameters, i.e., ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001. Under this, open mines, workshops, washeries, hospitals and mines rescue stations, including headquarter is also certified. It is also the first time in Coal India and its subsidiaries that washeries have been included in the certification. ISO 9001 certification is awarded for quality, ISO 14001 for Environment, OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety.
CCL has received the above certificates for compliance with the international standards, making it the first company in Jharkhand to achieve this feat.
This certification will add towards the focus of the company towards quality, environment, vocational health and safety, thus giving the leverage to the process of continuous improvement and innovation. It needs to be noted that as per this International Certification, the designated body will continuously monitor the certified process and units of the company through regular audits.
This highest certification of its own kind has not only added another feather in the crown of CCL but also set a benchmark for other organisations to follow, particularly in Jharkhand. It needs to be noted that CCL, with production of 41.65 MT coal, has registered 12 per cent growth in coal production in the first three quarters of current in comparison to the corresponding period in last FY and simultaneously registered an increase of 8 per cent in coal dispatch. In the current fiscal (2018-19), till January 31, 2019, the company has produced 48.5 Million Tonnes (MT) coal, which is 5.6 MT (13 per cent) more than the corresponding period of the previous financial year.
In the recent years, CCL management led by CMD Gopal Singh has put special emphasis on infrastructure, commencement of ambitious Greenfield projects which have been stuck for years and expansion of existing ones, whose positive outcome have started to flow now. Its live example can be seen in whopping growth in coal production in the first month of 2019 itself. The very foundation of this sustained increased growth, have been led by CCL, under the guidance of Union Railway, Finance and Coal Minister, Piyush Goyal, with unrelenting support of Chief Minister, Jharkhand Raghubar Das and in the leadership of CMD, CCL. The benefit of this have reached thermal power plants in form of quality and abundant coal supply and reaped by common citizens with unabated power supply at reduced rates. In the last five years, CCL has initiated various projects to develop infrastructures, build railway sidings for coal dispatch, acquired land for Greenfield projects and other efforts which has not only benefited the citizens at large but also given the impetus to the country’s resurgent economy. This campaign to provide electricity to the each and every household by the government of India i.e. "Power for All", which was conceptualized by the Prime Minister, has a determined support and herculean effort from CCL to make it a ground reality and the company will continue to play its pivotal role through bolstered coal production and dispatch.
The International Standardization Organization (ISO) awards quality standard certification after thorough inquiry of any company's product, process both for various features such as quality, customer satisfaction, purity and management system etc.
CCL has seen long lasting transformational changes, motivated employees, planned, executed and completed projects and many more ground breaking feats. These all could be achieved because of adoption of KayaKalp Model of Governance which lays emphasis on the followings:
