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Corporate Governance & Sustainability Vision Awards 2012

Objectives of the Corporate Governance & Sustainability Vision Awards:

The Corporate Governance & Sustainability Vision Awards acknowledge and reward companies that have taken positive steps to manage and measure their economic, environmental and social impacts and performance, and have integrated sustainability into their core business models. In turn these awards provide a platform to highlight leading examples of sustainable practices and performance to inspire and motivate others to adopt similar policies and practices and transparently communicate on their performance.

The Awards

·         Sustainability Performance Award: This award recognizes a company that has excelled in its overall environmental, economic and social performance.

·         Sustainability Reporting Award: This award recognizes a company that has demonstrated excellence in transparently reporting on its sustainability policies, practices and performance in line with internationally agreed reporting principles.

·         Climate Change Award: This award recognizes a company that has demonstrated commitment to manage its climate impacts through implementing relevant policies, practices and monitoring and measuring its performance.

·         Corporate Governance Award: This award recognizes a company that has demonstrated commitment to corporate governance through implementing relevant policies, practices and monitoring, measuring and publicly disclosing its performance.

Eligibility Criteria

Any company operating in India for at least past five years is eligible to apply for the ICC Sustainability Vision Awards.

Nature of Awards and Presentation

The Award will be presented by the Chief Guest of the Summit to all the Awardees.

These awards will be presented during the India Corporate Governance and Sustainability Vision Summit during February 2012 at New Delhi.

For Details Contact:

Ms Suranjana Moitra
Indian Chamber of Commerce
4, India Exchange Place, Kolkata – 700001
T: +91 33 22534293/22303242-44
C: +91 9874264503
F: +91 33 22313377/80
E: icc3@indianchamber.net