JKH wins global award for sustainability
Published on: Monday, November 12, 2012 //
Business
John Keells Holdings PLC won the Golden Peacock Global Award for Sustainability for 2012 at the London Global Convention held recently. The award aims to recognise entities that have taken steps in promoting overall Sustainable Development. JKH was among two other winners for the said category; namely Tata Motors in India and WPP 2005 in the UK.
 Chulendra de Silva, Vice President and Head of Sustainability and Enterprise Risk Management for JKH, accepting the Global Award for Sustainability from Dr Ola Ullsten. Chief Guest, Eric Pickles MP, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Govt. UK (left) and Lt Gen J.S. Aluwaliya, PVSM (rtd), President, Institute of Directors, India (far right), too are in the picture. |
The last year’s winners of the Global Award for Sustainability were Coca Cola Inc of US, Unilever, Europe, Doha Bank, Qatar and the Oil and Natural Gas Company, India. While the winners for 2010 were Deutsche Bank, Germany, Coca Cola Inc, Atlanta, Reliance Industries, India and Doha Bank, Qatar.
The Golden Peacock Awards was initiated by the Institute of Directors India in 1992.
This was established to recognise companies that excel in corporate excellence worldwide. Former Chief Justice of India and acting Chairman of UN Human Rights Committee, Justice P.N. Bhagwati is the Chairman of the Golden Peacock Awards Committee.
The Global Awards are finalised by a jury headed by Dr. Ola Ullsten, former Prime Minister of Sweden and Co-Chair of the World Commission on Forests and Sustainable Development.
The Golden Peacock Awards Secretariat receives over 1,000 entries per year for the various national and global awards from over 25 countries worldwide, and all institutions whether public, private, non-profit, government, business, manufacturing and service sector are eligible to apply.
“We believe that this award underscores the maturity of JKH’s internal sustainability management framework, its reporting mechanisms and the quality of the initiatives that have been carried out,” said Suresh Rajendra, President overlooking the Property Group and Sustainability and Enterprise Risk Management, John Keells Holdings PLC, expressing the Group’s progress made with regard to sustainability development.
