Food Packaging major Tetrapak  Auto sector giants TVS Motor Company and Kirloskar Oil Engines  Textile leaders Welspun and Ginni Filaments  and IT majors Infosys and Cognizant were amongst 16 large and small Indian corporates that bagged the Parivartan Sustainability Leadership Awards for 2011
The awards were presented at the Parivartan Sustainability Summit  India s first market development forum on Sustainability and Innovation held on March 24
The Parivartan Sustainability Leadership Awards  organized by India Carbon Outlook  seek to recognize Indian companies who have embraced sustainability in their business operations and supply chain and have shown leadership by taking initiatives for making their products  processes and facilities sustainable
The winners were arrived at after evaluating the second stage shortlist of 200 companies from an initial outreach of around 4500 companies actively engaged in the respective sector value chains  The nominations from these leading companies were judged by industry veterans and experts from the respective sectors such as Lars Domer of H M  the leading European retailer  Avi Sahi of Nike  Arvind Goel of Tata Auto Components  Neeraj Garg of Piramal Enterprises and Vinay Awasthi of HP
 Innovations hold the key to our success to create a green and sustainable future  Parivartan 2011 has showcased and recognized industry innovations to accelerate the growth of innovation power in India   said Prof  P  B  Sharma  Vice Chancellor  Delhi Technological University and a member of the Awards jury  who chaired the technical session on innovations in automotive sector
Echoing the sentiments  Dr  J V  Rao  Director NITRA and another member of the Awards Jury stated  The award winners included a number of innovative approaches for catalyzing sustainability in the supply chain  and it is exciting to see such forward thinking leadership by firms 
The Parivartan Sustainability Leadership Summit and Awards were supported by market leaders like SAP  cKinetics  GIZ  Shell Foundation  Intertek and CIIE  IIM Ahmedabad  amongst others  and were focused on sectors that are increasingly being driven to adopt sustainability measures in their extended supply chains
 We are extremely delighted to receive the Parivartan Sustainability Leadership Award 2011  It is a matter of pride and priority for our company to strive for environmental sustainability and we are happy that our efforts are being recognized    said Jaideep Gokhale  Environment and Communications Director at Tetra Pak
 We are very pleased to receive the Parivartan Sustainability Leadership Award 2011  It is great to be recognized at such a platform where we have been able to showcase our solutions for catalyzing sustainability to such a large number of companies operating in this space  said V K  Kripanand  Founder and Director Solutions  See Beyond Technologies  a winner in the IT sector
Earlier in the day  at the Parivartan Sustainability Summit  several of the awardees and other senior industry executives deliberated upon the sustainability imperatives facing their respective organizations as also ways in which these seemingly  painful  and  cost inducing efforts  can be successfully converted into newer business lines and revenue sources  The day s proceedings included a showcase of sustainability initiatives by more than 30 companies in front of more than 200 top managers and industry experts representing various brands  suppliers and industrial customers from these sectors
Parivartan Sustainability Summit and Awards 2011 has been organized by India Carbon Outlook  For additional details please visit www parivartanfoum in
The winners of Parivartan Sustainability Leadership Awards 2011 across various categories are
Energy Conservation Thought Leadership Awards
Kirloskar Oil Engines  Automotive
Mc Donalds  Processed Food and Beverages
Nitin Spinners   Welspun  Textile and Apparel
Infosys  IT and IT enabled services
Water Conservation Thought Leadership Awards
TVS Motors  Automotive
TechKnow Consultants  Processed Food and Beverages
Precot Meridian  Textile and Apparel
Thought Leadership in Recycling and Reuse
Maharani Paints  Automotive
Tetrapak and Daman Ganga Paper Mills  Processed Food and Beverages
Shri Lakshmi Cotsyn  Textile and Apparel
Exceptional Leadership in Catalyzing Sustainability through Waste Management
Ginni Filaments
Exceptional Leadership in Catalyzing Sustainability through Sustainable Material Usage
AnaNaFit
Exceptional Leadership in leveraging IT Products for Catalyzing Sustainability
See Beyond Technologies
Exceptional Leadership for leveraging Internal Measures in IT segment
Cognizant
Special Recognition Award
Exceptional Leadership in Catalyzing Consumer Adoption
KPIT Cummins
Special Recognition Award
Thought Leadership in Shaping Sustainable Ecosystems