Golden Peacock Awards

Golden Peacock Awards Secretariat is now inviting applications, for the following Annual Institutional Awards (4th cycle) for the year 2014, from all Corporates/ Industries including multinationals, SMEs, Public, Private and Government Enterprises of India and abroad, as given below:  GLOBAL Awards:                   1. Golden Peacock Global Award for Excellence in Corporate Governance (GPGAECG)                 2. Golden Peacock Global Award for Sustainability (GPGAS)  NATIONAL Awards:                  1. Golden Peacock Award for Excellence in Corporate Governance (GPAECG)                2. Golden Peacock Award for Sustainability (GPAS)            3. Golden Peacock Innovation Management Award (GPIMA) The last date for submission of completed applications for the above Awards, is 5th September 2014.   The Application form cum Guidelines can be downloaded from www.goldenpeacockawards.com.  The Awards Jury is chaired  by Justice (Dr.) Arijit Pasayat,  former Judge, Supreme Court  of India and former Chairman, Competition Appellate Tribunal & Authority  for Advance Ruling (Customs, Central Excise & Service Tax).  This year’s above Awards, under various sectors, will be conferred in Mayfair at a Special Golden Peacock Awards Ceremony, during IOD India's "14th LONDON GLOBAL CONVENTION on CORPORATE GOVERNANCE & SUSTAINABILITY" and GLOBAL BUSINESS MEET, being held on 28 - 31 October, 2014 in London (UK). Contact :   Dr. A. N. Saksena (former Financial Advisor, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Govt of India) Director General Golden Peacock Awards Secretariat INSTITUTE OF DIRECTORS M-52 (Market), Greater Kailash Part-II, New Delhi – 110048, INDIA Board Nos. : +91-11- 41636294, 41636717, 41008704, Fax:  +91-11-41008705 Email: info@goldenpeacockawards.com Web: www.iodonline.com , www.goldenpeacockawards.com

Shree Cement in WEF New Sustainability Champions

With the aim to identify, understand and relay unconventional sustainability business practices, in May 2010 the World Economic Forum’s Centre for Global Growth Companies initiated the “Sustainability through Innovation” project.This report presents the project’s key findings from the in-depth research and interviews conducted with experts and chief executive officers of emerging market corporations. It showcases 16 companies designated “New Sustainability Champions” and highlights their unique practices that offer new approaches, not only for doing business in resource-constrained and population-stressed environments but, more importantly, for shaping a positive vision for future growth.

Shree Cement, established in 1985, is today among the five largest cement manufacturers in 

India, with a capacity of 14 million tons in eight plants and four grinding units. Revenues reached US$ 800 million in 2009.When it comes to energy use, the company has introduced an intelligent system that not only protects its operations against the power interruptions that are common in areas of operation, but also ensures a higher level of energy efficiency. It was the first cement company in the world to be certified EN 16001, which is designed to continuously monitor and document energy use, identify action targets, and provide the necessary resources and employee training. The company uses biomass in captive power plants. It also reuses bed ash waste, which contains unburned particles of carbon, as a fuel in the production of the clinker material for Portland cement.It became the first company in the cement industry worldwide to register “Optimal Utilization of Clinker” by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), resulting in 0.45 million certified emission reduction units.

Jain Irrigation and Suzler are other Indian firms in the list.

Ennovent-Sustainable Enterprise Fund

Ennovent offers complementary solutions to advance for-profit innovations in energy, water, food, health and education that have a sustainable impact at the BoP in India. They assist clients to:

• Spot the best innovations globally,
• Invest financial capital in innovations,
• Support innovations to maximize impact.

Contact: Digbijoy Shukla, Director Services, +91- 9818422682| digbijoy.shukla@ennovent.com

Siemens Ecovatives Awards 2010

Siemens and IBNLive.com are instituting a hunt for India’s EcovativesTM – initiatives by Organizations who are combining protection to environment, reducing harmful effects to the environment with innovations to create leadership positions. These could range from the use of green energy to ecological protection, from lowering pollution to recycling of resources, and more.Last date 25th October. Only Large and Medium scale industries are eligible to participate. Contact person: Tanushree Rana 9920161186 Award Categories           EcovativesTM Responsible   Initiative to reduce harmful emission of toxic waste, effluents, bio-medical waste, harmful gas etc. in:   Air OR   Water OR   Land     EcovativesTM Low Energy   Initiative to reduce usage of non-renewable sources of energy like   Coal   Petroleum     EcovativesTM Conservation   Initiative to reduce wastage of (efficient usage of) natural resources     EcovativesTM Building   Building (for business unit) contributing towards reduction in usage of water, energy and generation of solid waste.     EcovativesTM Earth Care   Initiative taken by a corporate for improving the ecosystem external to its regular business and not with the interest of earning profit.			L

Sustainable Brands Innovation Open (SB Innovation Open)

The winners of the second round has innovations of interest to India. BioLite stove, Tremont Electric's (kinetic energy to electrical energy,) bring innovations we are familiar with seems to have been engineered better.