The 2013 award categories were shaped so that initiatives are rewarded that are both innovative and impactful in hopes to further aid thought leadership and catalyze Indian industry’s move towards sustainability.
The award winners were felicitated at the evening plenary of the Annual Summit of the Sustainable Business Leadership Forum, India’s first market development forum on Sustainability and Innovation, held in New Delhi on October 17, 2013.
Jury
Dr. David A. Dornfeld
Chair Professor of Sustainability and Manufacturing
University of California at Berkeley
Corporate Sustainability Stewardship Awards
Subcategory: PSU
- Oil & Natural Gas Corporation
- Indian Oil Corporation
- GSECL
GSECL has a new vision & direction for generation of green power by installation of unique and innovative ‘canal top solar PV power project’ (for example, at village Chandrasan). It has effectively integrated ‘jalshakti with urjashakti’ resulting in a saving of land of @ 5 acre per MW & substantial water savings due to reduced evaporation of water in the canal.
Subcategory: Logistics & Services
- ITC Sheraton
- Essar Shipping Limited
- Cognizant Technology Solutions
- IBM India
- Infosys
- HCL India
Subcategory: Manufacturing
- TVS Motor Company Limited
- Mahindra & Mahindra
- Kirloskar Oil Engines
- Schneider Electric
- Larsen & Toubro Limited
- Grundfos
- Hindustan Construction Company
- Essar Steel
- Shree Cement
- Pratibha Syntex
- Hindustan Unilever Limited
- Welspun
| 38.1% of ITC’s energy requirement in 2013-14 was derived from renewable sources. About 93.9% of the renewable energy at ITC is derived from biomass, 5.9% from wind and the remaining from solar. |
Subcategory: Strategic Ecosystem Engagement
- SAB Miller
- Coca Cola
- Marks and Spencer
Sustainability Innovation Challenge Awards
Sustainability Innovation Challenge Awards
Subcategory: Innovative Material Recycling Solutions
- Tara Machines & Tech Services Pvt Limited
- ECOCON Consulting India Private Limited
- Abellon Clean Energy
- GreenOil Energy Sciences
- Geocycle, ACC
- NITRA
Subcategory: Resource Monitoring Systems
- Mansi Research
- Cognizant Technology Solutions
- See Beyond Technologies
- Schneider Electric
Subcategory: Innovative Recycling Solutions and Models Enabling Post-use Recycling
- Attero Recycling
- Greencon
- Gravita Exim
- Vasudha Ecofriends Projects Private Limited
Attero has developed a patent-pending, environmentally friendly and efficient way to extract pure metals from e-waste. The company has developed a Pan-India reverse logistic service as part of the Clean E-India initiative to enable properly handling and collection of e-waste in the supply chain.
Subcategory: Energy Storage Systems
- Greencon
Greencon saves cooling energy in the form of ice at night and uses the same during hours of load shedding to save on diesel and reduce CO2 emissions by over 50%. Ice thermal storage creates values for many stakeholders.
Sustainable Brands of the Year Awards
Subcategory: Product Innovation
- Barrix Agro Sciences Private Limited
- Vaishnavi Biotech Limited
- Eram Scientific
Subcategory: Innovation in Business Model
- Nokia
- Larsen & Toubro
- DyStar
- Aspiration Energy
- Enfragy
- Marks & Spencer
Aspiration Energy has successfully rolled out ETC technology that delivers heat based ‘Energy as a service’ model to support industrial process heat applications with no initial CAPEX.
Sustainability Disclosure Leadership Awards
Subcategory: Corporate
- ITC
- Tata Consultancy Services
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) for the most consistent public disclosure on Sustainability parameters over the 3 year period between 2010 and 2013.
Subcategory: PSU
- Oil & Natural Gas Corporation
- Gas Authority of India Limited
Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL) for the most consistent disclosure by PSUs (Public Sector Undertakings) on Sustainability parameters over the 4 year period between 2010 and 2013.
Subcategory: Most Improved Disclosure
- Neyveli Lignite
- ACC
Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL) for the most consistent disclosure by PSUs (Public Sector Undertakings) on Sustainability parameters over the 4 year period between 2010 and 2013.
Industry Sustainability Compass of the Year Award
- CDP
CDP with its activities in India has helped raise the profile of conversation on carbon, energy and water issues amongst Indian corporates.
Sustainable Trailblazer Awards
Subcategory: Sustainability Entrepreneur of the Year
- Mandar Kaprekar
- Shreyaskar Chaudhary
- B C Jain
Subcategory: Sustainability Youth Icon of the Year
- Amrita Choudhary
- Preethy Iyer
- Ashwin Subramanian