Sri Lanka Apparel’s ‘Garments Without Guilt’ initiative conferred CSR Leadership Award

Blue Dart Express Limited, South Asia’s premier courier and integrated express package distribution Company, and part of the DHL Group presented the inaugural Global CSR Awards.

The awards recognized corporate social responsibility (CSR) champions across various industries and were part of the first World CSR Day. The Honorable Union Minister of Corporate Affairs, Dr. M. Veerappa Moily was the Chief Guest at this event held at the Taj Lands End, Mumbai.

The World CSR Day/Global CSR Awards were in conjunction with DHL’s first Corporate Responsibility Day in India and comprised of two panel discussions – CSR: The Way Forward and Public-Private Partnership for a Greener Planet. Designed to foster discussion and awareness of corporate responsibility within the private sector, the panel discussions were well attended by customers and leaders in both the government as well as the business community. Chaired by Dr. Bhaskar Chatterjee, Director General & CEO, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs, the panel included Malcolm Monteiro, SVP & Area Director – South Asia, DHL Express and other esteemed corporate leaders.

Malcolm Monteiro, SVP & Area Director – South Asia, DHL Express, said, “ The need of the hour is to have sustainability practiced in a sustained way by more corporations and we are sure that in the days to come this cause will gain momentum in India.”

The day culminated with the Blue Dart Global CSR Awards which recognized contribution across categories such as Best Corporate Social Responsibility Practices, Support and Improvement in Quality of Education, Diversity and Human Resource, Concern for Health, Poverty Alleviation, Accounting for Climate Change, Carbon Footprint Accounting, Community Development, Regulation of Corporate Social and Environmental Behaviour, Social Entrepreneurship.

Sri Lanka Apparel ‘Garments Without Guilt’ initiative was conferred the CSR Leadership Award in recognition of its best practices in Corporate & Social Responsibility. The awards merit recognition to contributions made by an organisation which has made a difference to the people and the community. The awards are research based and decided by an Independent Jury with above perspective.

Some of the Blue Dart Global CSR Award jury included Dr. Bhaskar Chatterjee, Director General & CEO, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs; Prof. Indira Parikh, President, Foundation for Liberal And Management Education, India’s Iconic HR Leader; Dr. T.V Rao, Chairman – T V Rao Learning Systems Pvt. Ltd; Mr. Harish Mehta, Chairman & MD – Onward Technologies Ltd.; Emeritus Chairman – World HRD Congress & Founder Member – NASSCOM.