Building on the enthusiastic industry response and success from previous years, the 2015 Award categories were shaped to recognize and appreciate thought leaders of sustainability in the Indian industry. Award Nominations were invited from the companies, organizations, service providers, institutions and individuals who consider sustainability in the process of value creation.
Parivartan Sustainability Leadership Awards 2015 were announced at the evening plenary of Annual Summit of the Sustainable Business Leadership Forum (SBLF) on October 15, 2015.
Jury
Category 1: Leadership in Sustainable spaces and facilities
Subcategory 1 – Innovations in Alternate Technologies and Applications for enabling cooling in commercial as well as industrial buildings
- Eco Green Systems LLP
- Thermax Limited
- Orja Energy Engineering Services
- TORO Cooling Systems
- Arka Clean Technologies
- REHAU Polymers
| Thermax has developed an innovative Triple effect Vapour Absorption Chiller which has 25% more C OP than conventional double effect chillers on a commercial scale – substantially reducing the operating costs. It makes the direct fired VAMs more commercially viable and allows expansion into comfort cooling markets where low grade heat sources [steam /exhaust] are not easily available. |
Subcategory 2 – Innovations using Smart sensors and IT tools promoting resource efficiency in facilities/buildings
- Surmount Energy Solutions
- UrjaGreen Technologies
- Ronds Solar
- AUTOMAT – Netsoft Group
| Urja Green Technologies has a Smart Metering and Smart Monitoring solution. In one of the deployed spaces (1.3 Lakh s qft office space in Bangalore), the environment has been 100% ASHRAE compliant and 34% energy has been saved (leading to ~ INR 1.5 Lakhs/month savings). The initiative reduced usual AC systems cycling from ~70 cycles per day to ~8 cycles/day improving equipment life and operations – and the savings are equivalent to 22 Tons of less CO2 into the environment every month. |
Subcategory 3 – Leadership in creating sustainable facilities
- Mindtree
- Schneider Electric
- SKF India
- Mahindra Gears
Schneider Electric launched a companywide program called Schneider Energy Action (SEA) to drive energy efficiency and energy cost savings in SE facilities through the use of in-house IT based energy monitoring and energy management solutions. The initiative resulted in achieving ~30% (~8 million kWh) reduction in energy consumption at target sites in India, corresponding to CO2 reduction of 8600 tonnes; as compared to the 2011 baseline. This has resulted in avoided energy costs of INR ~50 million INR, with an investment of less than INR 20 million.
Category 2: Leadership in Sustainable production
- Mahindra & Mahindra, Nasik
- Pratibha Syntex
- Volkswagen India
- SKF India
| Mahindra & Mahindra (Nasik) has undertaken ongoing and multiple energy and water efficiency initiatives. Their efforts have led to water use reduction of 61% till March 2015 (saving 301550 cubic meter water); Electrical Energy reduction of 38% (saving 199 lakh KWh and INR 2997 lakhs in revenue); Thermal reduction of 36% over financial year 2008-09 (saving 4684 KL diesel); Green Supply Chain Management for waste reduction, packaging improvement and reduction in CO2 emissions. |
Category 3: Leadership in Material or Waste Re-use
- EcoAd
- PRiti International
- Fastbuild Blocks
- Smarter Dharma
Smarter Dharma has a cradle-to-cradle solution in construction industry to manage waste generated from natural stone (granite, marble etc) usage. For one of the clients, granite slurry bricks and pavers are created out of 15,000 tonnes of waste, generated on site annually. The product reduces groundwater contamination (resulting from leaching on sites where the granite slurry was dumped) and air contamination (granite powder dumped on open land).
Category 4: Leadership in Branding for Sustainability
Subcategory 1 – Corporate Branding Actions for Sustainability
- Pratibha Syntex
- International Paper APPM
- Ricoh India
- Reckitt Benckiser Group
| International Paper APPM has a innovative Farm Forestry Initiative to employ unutilized and degraded waste land for a gainful purpose where farmer utilizes waste land for growing trees and gets a steady income and mills get its precious raw material-wood, for its paper manufacturing. With success of this initiative, wood consumption from farm forestry of about 250000 MT annually has gone upto 7,00,000 MT annually. |
Subcategory 2 – Consumer Engagement Actions for Sustainability
- Gosolar Ventures
- Energystar Technologies
- BINBAG
- Eco Reco
Energystar Technologies developed Glowship.com – first of its kind marketplace for energy & environment related products, solutions & services. Glowship partners directly with manufacturers or their authorized sellers and is continuously expanding its reach, selection & offerings to become the marketplace of choice in the energy & environment category.
Category 5: Innovation towards Sustainability through big data and analytics
- Zenatix Solutions
- Entrib Technologies
- Software Associates Information Technologies
- MachinePulse
- Algo Engines
Entrib Technologies has developed ‘ShopWorx’ – a Real Time Monitoring, Digital Production Log, Process optimization software product for Plastics Manufacturers to digitize their shop floor operations, set alarms for critical machine events. ShopWorx has helped its customers reduce the response time for machine breakdown and increase production Efficiency by upto 30%.
Category 6: Disruptive Innovations in Distributed Renewable Energy
- Windstream Technologies
- Simpa Networks
- Claro Energy
- Energy Guru®, SharperSun
- Naturetech Infra
- Aartech Solonics Limited
Simpa Networks has developed an innovative solar leasing business model – “solar-as-a-service” to energy-poor households and micro-enterprises in rural India. Customers make a small down payment to have a high-quality solar home energy system installed, and then pay for energy service by purchasing “energy days” from local agents. The patented prepaid metering technology provides revenue assurance for the company, and for the investors that help underwrite the up-front capital costs of the distributed solar assets.
Category 7: Emerging Sustainability Innovators
- SmartrHomes
- Basil Systems Technologies
- Promethean Energy
- Desolenator
- New Leaf Dynamic
- Oorja Energy Engineering Services
- Switch
Simpa Networks has developed an innovative solar leasing business model – “solar-as-a-service” to energy-poor households and micro-enterprises in rural India. Customers make a small down payment to have a high-quality solar home energy system installed, and then pay for energy service by purchasing “energy days” from local agents. The patented prepaid metering technology provides revenue assurance for the company, and for the investors that help underwrite the up-front capital costs of the distributed solar assets.
Special Mention
| Proklean has fully bio-degradable, non-toxic formulations using a very innovative probiotic fermentation technology. These formulations replace toxic chemical surfactants currently being used by certain industries such as leather processing and textile processing. In the textile sector, these products have resulted in water savings by 10-15%, COD reduction in ETP by 10% and TDS reduction by 15%. |
Trailblazer of the Year
| Madhav Pai co-founded EMBARQ India in January, 2008 with a vision to change the paradigm for mobility in cities from moving cars to moving people. Today, EMBARQ India is considered a leader on urban mobility issues in India. Through five cleverly designed initiatives (Scaling BRT, Bus Karo, Rickshaw Rising, Raahgiri and Safe Access to Mass Transit) the 40+ members EMBARQ India team has catalyzed real outcomes nationally, in over 15 cities across the country. In 2014, EMBARQ India’s work has helped catalyse over 346 million passengers trips, 37 million hours saved, 38,200 tons of CO2 reduced, and 414 million USD public investments leveraged to improve sustainable transport. |