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Organisational Profile

Certifications, Honours and Awards

Major Awards and Accolades - 2014-15

  • ITC was ranked as "India's Most Admired Company" in a survey conducted by Fortune India magazine and Hay Group.
  • ITC featured among the top 3 Companies in terms of corporate reputation in the 2014-15 Nielsen Corporate Image Monitor. It has also retained the top position in terms of being 'the most active in CSR' for the fourth year in a row.
  • ITC Chairman Mr Y C Deveshwar was conferred the Indian Visionary - Business Leader Award by The Economic Times, India's leading business daily, for being the country's most visionary corporate leader who has made "significant contribution to business growth, organisational transformation and setting forth examples of industry initiatives and trends".
  • Chairman Mr Y C Deveshwar was conferred the Management Man of the Year Award by the Bombay Management Association (BMA), one of India's oldest and premier Management Associations. The award was conferred on Mr Deveshwar in recognition of his contribution to entrepreneurship, the management movement and Indian Industry.
  • ITC was voted the 'Buzziest Brand' in the 'Corporate' category by afaqs, one of the world's largest marketing and advertising portals. In addition 'Sunfeast' and 'Vivel' were voted 'Buzziest Brands' in the Foods and Personal Care categories, respectively.
  • ITC received the CSR Impact Award in the 'Livelihoods' category, conferred by NGOBOX, Asia's biggest development sector platform.
  • ITC was conferred the Legal Era IP Award for the 'Best IP Team of the Year- FMCG'.
  • ITC's Foods Business received the 'Overall Excellence in Procurement Award' and 'Outstanding Green Initiative Award' from Conference Asia.
  • ITC was selected as the top Indian company in the "Cigarettes Sector" at the 'Dun & Bradstreet Corporate Awards, 2014'.
  • ITC Hotels won the 'Best Luxury Hotel Chain of the Year' award at the 10th Hospitality India and Explore the World Annual International Awards.
  • ITC's Education and Stationery Products Brand, 'Classmate' was voted the "Most Popular School Accessories Brand" at the 'Child Most Popular Awards' 2014.
  • ITC's Packaging & Printing Business won 4 'World Star Awards' from the World Packaging Organisation, 4 'Asia Star Awards' from the Asian Packaging Federation and 17 'India Star Awards' from the Indian Institute of Packaging for excellence in packaging solutions.
  • ITC Infotech was accorded the 'Award for Delivering Business Value in European Outsourcing' by the European Outsourcing Association (EOA).
  • ITC Infotech was featured in the Leader's Category for the 8th consecutive year in the 2014 Global Outsourcing 100 by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP).
  • Time Food and Nightlife Awards for ITC Hotels - Pan Asian, Dum Pukht and West View Bar & Grill (ITC Sonar, Kolkata); Peshawri, Chandravanshi Pavilion, Sheesh Mahal and Jal Mahal (ITC Rajputana, Jaipur) and K&K (ITC Grand Central, Mumbai).
  • ITC Maratha, Mumbai, was conferred the 13th Annual Greentech Safety Award 2014 for excellence in fire & safety management.
  • The Central Quality Assurance Laboratory of ITC Foods located at ITC Life Sciences and Technology Centre, Bengaluru has received 'Certificate of Accreditations' from the National Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) in both Chemical and Biological (Microbiology) fields, in accordance with ISO 17025 - 2005, certifying the technical competence of the laboratory (personnel and infrastructure).
  • ITC Grand Chola was awarded the 'Best Business Hotel' at the 3rd Annual Lonely Planet Magazine Travel Awards 2014. The Hotel was also accorded the 'Signum Virtutis' (Seal of Excellence) in the Hotels & Resorts category at the Seven Star Global Luxury Award.
  • ITC's Corporate Communications Department has bagged three First prizes and one Third prize at the prestigious Public Relations Society of India (PRSI) National Awards 2014.
  • ITC Limited and Dum Pukht Restaurant at ITC Maurya won the CNBC Awaaz Travel Awards 2014 presented by Madhya Pradesh Tourism. ITC Limited won the "Emerging Trend in Indian Tourism - Responsible and Sustainable Tourism" award, while Dum Pukht won the "Best Dining Experience" award.
  • The Kovai Unit of ITC's Paperboards and Specialty Papers Business received the Tamil Nadu state award for 'Green Initiatives and Environmental Best Practices,' by the Ministry of Environment, Government of Tamil Nadu, and the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board.
  • ITC's Factory at Bengaluru received the 'Overall Leader' Award at the Frost & Sullivan Green Manufacturing Excellence Award & Summit 2014.
  • ITC's Units at Bengaluru and Saharanpur received the 'Platinum' and 'Gold' Awards respectively at the India Manufacturing Excellence Awards (IMEA) instituted by Frost & Sullivan and The Economic Times.
  • ITC's Factories in Bengaluru, Munger and Ranjangaon were conferred the 'Energy Efficient Unit' by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
  • ITC Windsor, Bengaluru received the 'National Energy Management Award 2014', while the Bhadrachalam and Kovai Units of ITC's Paperboards Business received the 'Excellent Energy Efficient Unit' awards from the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
  • ITC Windsor Bengaluru received the 'Corporate Sustainability Stewardship Award 2014' at the Parivartan Sustainability Leadership Summit in recognition of the resource management leadership demonstrated by the hotel.
  • ITC's Unit at Kovai bagged the 'Award of Honour' from the National Safety Council.
  • ITC's Unit at Saharanpur and the Packaging & Printing Unit at Munger received the First Prize (Gold) at the 4th FICCI Safety System Excellence Awards.
  • ITC Hotels received the Business Leadership in Sustainability Award from the World Green Building Council, Asia Pacific Network
  • ITC's Unit at Bhadrachalam won the first prize in a Six Sigma Case Study Contest organised by the Indian Statistical Institute in Bengaluru.

Major Awards Over the Years

  • Chairman Mr Y C Deveshwar was conferred the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India (2011).
  • Harvard Business Review ranked ITC Chairman Mr Y C Deveshwar as the 7th Best Performing CEO in the World in its January-February 2013 edition.
  • Chairman Mr Y C Deveshwar was conferred the Global Leadership Award by the US India Business Council of the US Chamber of Commerce (2010).
  • ITC Chairman Mr Y C Deveshwar was conferred the Business Leader of the Year Award by the All India Management Association (AIMA).
  • ITC's Chief Financial Officer, Mr Rajiv Tandon, was ranked the 'Best Overall CFO' at the 'Business Today-Yes Bank Best CFO Awards 2013'. He was also declared the winner in the category of 'Sustained Wealth Creation (large companies)'.
  • ITC was presented the World Business and Development Award at the historic Rio+20 UN Summit for its Social and Farm Forestry initiative.
  • ITC has been presented the AIM Asian CSR Award by the Asian Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility (AFCSR), in recognition of its contribution to the creation of sustainable livelihoods and fostering economic growth in rural communities in India.
  • ITC won the prestigious 12th Businessworld FICCI CSR Award in the Large Enterprise category. The award recognises the most socially responsible Indian corporates in CSR.
  • The FICCI Outstanding Vision Corporate Triple Impact Award, presented by the then Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh (2008).
  • The FICCI Award for Outstanding Achievement in Rural and Community Development, presented by the then Finance Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee (2010).
  • Chairman Mr Y C Deveshwar received the Business Person of the Year Award from UK Trade & Investment (2006).
  • Chairman Mr Y C Deveshwar was awarded the SAM/SPG Sustainability Leadership Award in Zurich (2007).
  • The National Award for Excellence in Corporate Governance from the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (2007).
  • ITC was ranked 2nd among top Indian companies in the first of its kind Standard & Poor Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance ratings (2008).
  • ITC ranked 2nd among top companies in India and 7th in Asia in the first of its kind Asian Sustainability Rating released by CSR Asia (2010).
  • ITC became the first Indian Company to gain Membership with WWF-GFTN for Responsible Forestry (2010).
  • ITC was ranked the world's 6th largest sustainable value creator among consumer goods companies according to a Report by Boston Consulting Group (2010).
  • ITC won the top UNIDO Award at the International Conference on Sharing Innovative Agri Business Solutions at Cairo (2008).
  • ITC was conferred the Corporate Social Responsibility Crown Award for Water Practices from UNESCO and Water Digest (2008).
  • The Asian CSR Award for Environmental Excellence, given by the Asian Institute of Management (2007).
  • ITC was the 1st Indian Company and 2nd in the world to win the Development Gateway Award for its trail-blazing e-Choupal initiative (2005).
  • Inaugural World Business Award by UNDP for ITC's e-Choupal initiative (2004).
  • ITC e-Choupal won the Stockholm Challenge Award (2006).
  • ITC was rated amongst Asia-Pacific's 50 biggest listed companies in 'Asia Fab 50' by Forbes (2010).
  • All ITC's super premium luxury hotels accorded LEED® Platinum certification, making ITC Hotels the 'Greenest Luxury Hotel Chain in the World' (2011).
  • ITC's Paperboards and Specialty Papers Units at Bhadrachalam, Bollaram, Kovai and Tribeni are FSC Chain of Custody certified (2011).
  • ITC's Unit in Bhadrachalam has been awarded the Forest Stewardship Council Forest Management (FSC-FM) certification by the SmartWood Programme of the Rainforest Alliance (2011).

EHS Certifications

  • ISO 14001: Environment Management System
    Manufacturing units and Hotels of ITC (except new commissioned units; ITC Grand Bharat, My Fortune, Bengaluru and Foods unit at Malur) and the ITC Life Sciences & Technology Centre at Bengaluru.
  • OHSAS 18001: Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems
    Manufacturing Units of ITC (except the newly commissioned Foods Unit at Malur)
  • SA 8000: Social Accountability
    Leaf processing plants at Chirala, Anaparti and Mysuru, Cigarette factory at Kolkata, Packaging and Printing Unit at Tiruvottiyur and Haridwar and ITC Infotech Bengaluru.
  • Food Safety: ISO 22000/HACCP Food Safety Management System:
    ITC Maurya, ITC Mughal, ITC Maratha, ITC Grand Central, ITC Sonar, ITC Windsor, ITC Kakatiya, ITC Rajputana, WelcomHotel New Delhi and My Fortune Chennai and Foods Units in Haridwar and Pune.
  • LEED Platinum Rating by US Green Building Council - Existing Building category
    Hotels: ITC Maurya, ITC Windsor, ITC Maratha, ITC Grand Central, ITC Mughal, ITC Sonar, ITC Kakatiya and ITC Rajputana.
  • LEED Platinum Rating by Indian Green Building Council - New Construction category
    ITC Gardenia, ITC Grand Chola and My Fortune Bengaluru
  • LEED Platinum Rating by Indian Green Building Council - Green Factory Building
    ITC's Units at Saharanpur, Bengaluru, Munger and Pune
  • Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment (GRIHA) by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India
    5 star rating for ITC Grand Chola
  • LEED Gold rating by Indian Green Building Council
    Packaging and Printing Unit at Haridwar and Leaf processing plant at Mysuru
  • FOREST STEWARDSHIP COUNCILTM - Chain of Custody And Controlled Wood by Rainforest Alliance
    Paperboards and Specialty Paper Units at Bhadrachalam, Tribeni, Kovai and Bollaram
  • BEE 5 Star rating by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Government of India
    ITC Green Centre at Manesar
  • LEED Platinum rating (core & shell) by Indian Green Building Council and LEED Platinum rating (commercial interiors) by US Green Building Council
    ITC Green Centre at Manesar

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