India Carbon Outlook  India s only market access and collaboration platform focused on sustainability and low carbon development  today announced the launch of the Parivartan Awards for Sustainability and Innovation
Parivartan 2011 Awards for Sustainability and Innovation recognize and showcase such companies that have used innovation for making their products  processes  facilities and operations sustainable  The 2011 Awards are focused on sectors that are increasingly being driven to become more sustainable  namely: Processed Food and Beverages  Textile and Apparel  Automotive  as well as  IT and IT Enabled Services
Sustainability is emerging as the next megatrend for businesses
Businesses sourcing from India Inc  are demanding sustainability in their products and services  Price and quality are no longer sufficient  Sustainability is the new competitive edge  The 4 verticals covered by the Parivartan 2011 Awards will spend `300 500 crores per annum on sustainability related measurement and reporting alone: driven by customer pull and compliance needs
Parivartan Awards will create visibility for thought leaders
Parivartan Awards will raise awareness on organizations  and their supply chains  that are leading the charge on sustainability  Through Parivartan 2011 Awards  companies will have an opportunity to showcase unique innovations in products and services in front of business clients; as well as build market share and generate ROIs for investments made in making business operations sustainable
The Parivartan Awards will be announced at Parivartan  India s only forum to focus exclusively on driving adoption for sustainability initiatives in businesses by promoting the business case with decision makers: both on the production side as well as on the consumption front  It is the forum of choice to promote sustainably driven market development and innovation
Who can apply
Award nominations are invited from the organizations with sustainability innovations in products  processes and operations in the following sectors
  Textile and Apparel
  Processed Food and Beverage
  Automotive
  IT and IT Enabled Services
Award categories
I  Sustainability Award for Product Innovation
A  Sustainable Material Usage
B  Sustainable Packaging and Logistics Innovation
C  Easy Recycling and Reuse
II  Sustainability Award for Process Innovation
A  Process Improvement leveraging Energy Efficiency
B  Process Improvement leading to Water Conservation
C  Process Improvement for Waste Management
III  Sustainability Award for Facilities Design
IV  Sustainable Business Operations Award for IT and IT Enabled Services
A  Facilities Energy Optimization and GHG Management
B  Business Travel and Communication
Coordinator India Carbon Outlook
Parivartan Awards and Forum are being coordinated by India Carbon Outlook
India Carbon Outlook is an independent information marketplace  It employs online communications  offline publications and regular fora exchanges to make information available to the various stakeholders and to encourage cross discipline collaboration
India Carbon Outlook provides  a  in depth business and policy analyses   b  updates on the market participants and latest trends on sustainability initiatives  and  c  expert inputs on the GHG emission reduction and other abatement as well as adaptation measures being undertaken in India