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CII-ITC Sustainability Award 2015 for “Outstanding Accomplishment” of Corporate Excellence in Sustainability
ACC has been recognized for its Corporate Excellence in Sustainability and felicitated with the prestigious CII-ITC Sustainability Award 2015 for “Outstanding Accomplishment” in the category A (companies with turnover > INR 2000 crores). This is one of the country's most coveted awards in the field of corporate sustainable development.
At an awards function organised by CII in New Delhi on December 15, 2015, the then CEO & MD Mr. Harish Badami of ACC Limited was presented the CII-ITC Sustainability Award 2015 trophy and certificate by a distinguished panel led by Mr Suresh Prabhu (Hon'ble Union Minister for Railways), Mr Y C Deveshwar (Chairman ITC Ltd and Chairman, CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development), Dr R A Mashelkar (former Director General CSIR and presently President, Global Research Alliance), Ambassador Mr Shyam Saran (former Foreign Secretary and presently Chairman Research & Information System for Developing Countries) and Mr Chandrajit Banerjee (Director General, CII).
The award citation mentioned "ACC is awarded Outstanding Accomplishment for Outstanding Policy, Practice and Results under category A (turnover more than Rs 2000 crores) on the journey to Excellence in Sustainable Business".
Asked to highlight critical success factors responsible for this award, ACC listed highlights of its environmental, social and economic performance in its cement plants – notably proactive environment and energy management measures that enabled overall carbon emissions to be cut by almost 33 per cent since 1990 and achieve lowest absolute CO2 emissions in the cement industry; maintain its best in-class production of low carbon Blended Cements; its success in embedding sustainability in its Corporate Governance; an effective co-processing programme for managing industrial, municipal and bio-mass wastes; the new Green building Centres programme to promote affordable housing besides a large social footprint covering half a million people over 150 villages.
The CII-ITC awards, instituted in 2006, recognise and reward organisations that are exploring ways to become more sustainable in their activities. Winners of this Award are considered as India’s Most Sustainable role models. The Awards are a part of continued efforts undertaken by the CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development to create awareness and stress the significance of sustainability practices.
ACC Limited is the only company in the cement industry to win in this group. This is the second time ACC has won this cherished award, the first time being in 2013. Such recognitions are the result of ACC’s policy on creating a harmless work environment without disturbing the natural ecosystems. Ever since its inception, ACC never compromised on the industrial regulations and promoted sustainability in its realm. Previously in 2009, ACC Limited inaugurated the Thondebhavi Cement Works in Chikkaballapur district of Karnataka, which became their second new cement plant in that district.
Being a Greenfield Project, several environmental measures like waste prevention and reduction, assessing compliance with regulatory requirements, and facilitating control of environmental practices were taken into account. At that time, this Chikkaballapur cement plant was installed with a capacity of 1.60 million tons, to produce fly-ash based Portland Pozzolana Cement (PPC).
ACC has been recognized for its Corporate Excellence in Sustainability and felicitated with the prestigious CII-ITC Sustainability Award 2015 for “Outstanding Accomplishment” in the category A (companies with turnover > INR 2000 crores). This is one of the country's most coveted awards in the field of corporate sustainable development.
At an awards function organised by CII in New Delhi on December 15, 2015, the then CEO & MD Mr. Harish Badami of ACC Limited was presented the CII-ITC Sustainability Award 2015 trophy and certificate by a distinguished panel led by Mr Suresh Prabhu (Hon'ble Union Minister for Railways), Mr Y C Deveshwar (Chairman ITC Ltd and Chairman, CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development), Dr R A Mashelkar (former Director General CSIR and presently President, Global Research Alliance), Ambassador Mr Shyam Saran (former Foreign Secretary and presently Chairman Research & Information System for Developing Countries) and Mr Chandrajit Banerjee (Director General, CII).
The award citation mentioned "ACC is awarded Outstanding Accomplishment for Outstanding Policy, Practice and Results under category A (turnover more than Rs 2000 crores) on the journey to Excellence in Sustainable Business".
Asked to highlight critical success factors responsible for this award, ACC listed highlights of its environmental, social and economic performance in its cement plants – notably proactive environment and energy management measures that enabled overall carbon emissions to be cut by almost 33 per cent since 1990 and achieve lowest absolute CO2 emissions in the cement industry; maintain its best in-class production of low carbon Blended Cements; its success in embedding sustainability in its Corporate Governance; an effective co-processing programme for managing industrial, municipal and bio-mass wastes; the new Green building Centres programme to promote affordable housing besides a large social footprint covering half a million people over 150 villages.
The CII-ITC awards, instituted in 2006, recognise and reward organisations that are exploring ways to become more sustainable in their activities. Winners of this Award are considered as India’s Most Sustainable role models. The Awards are a part of continued efforts undertaken by the CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development to create awareness and stress the significance of sustainability practices.
ACC Limited is the only company in the cement industry to win in this group. This is the second time ACC has won this cherished award, the first time being in 2013. Such recognitions are the result of ACC’s policy on creating a harmless work environment without disturbing the natural ecosystems. Ever since its inception, ACC never compromised on the industrial regulations and promoted sustainability in its realm. Previously in 2009, ACC Limited inaugurated the Thondebhavi Cement Works in Chikkaballapur district of Karnataka, which became their second new cement plant in that district.
Being a Greenfield Project, several environmental measures like waste prevention and reduction, assessing compliance with regulatory requirements, and facilitating control of environmental practices were taken into account. At that time, this Chikkaballapur cement plant was installed with a capacity of 1.60 million tons, to produce fly-ash based Portland Pozzolana Cement (PPC).
congrats to ACC for getting a prestigious award for outstanding accomplishment of corporate excellence
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Happy to hear that ACC have been awarded CII-ITC Sustainability Award 2015 for “Outstanding Accomplishment” of Corporate Excellence in Sustainability. They deserve it
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