Green Manufacturing Excellence AwardsRecognizing Excellence in Sustainable Development

2013 Edition

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About the Awards

"Sustainability for Business Perpetuity"! With this in mind, Frost & Sullivan launched the ‘Green Manufacturing

Excellence Awards’ in 2009. The objective of this award platform is to propagate the concept of sustainable

development and assist companies in adopting these concepts through assessments, feedback, benchmarking

and sharing of best practices. The annual cycle ends with recognizing companies, who have been the front

runners in the sustainable development journey on a national platform.

Organizations that have successfully embarked on their journey to sustainable development demonstrate

meaningful initiatives that mitigate long-term sustainability risks and bring in business benefits. Such

organizations have built a competitive advantage by adopting Green Manufacturing Practices and become the

preferred choice of consumers and the investor community. They will pioneer growth in the next decade and

take up the daunting task of innovating, designing and manufacturing more environmentally sound products

and embracing cleaner technologies. These will be the Leaders in Green Manufacturing!

Benefits of Participation

n Feedback on current status of Green Manufacturing Practices deployment across the supply chain

n Enhanced understanding of the sustainable development model

n Inputs on Best Practices in the area of Sustainable Development

n Comparative analysis with other companies in the country

n Recognition as a pioneer in ‘Going Green’

n Aids in regulatory/mandatory certification preparedness

n Increased Credibility with Customers and Government bodies across the world

n Providing value to your PR and Marketing efforts

n Boost employee morale

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Assessment Model and Methodology

The assessment process is designed to evaluate the progress

made by an organization towards identifying and

implementing sustainable manufacturing practices in its

operations and supply chain. Systematic identification and

effective implementation of systems towards mitigating short

and long-term sustainability risks will be assessed. Goal

setting and projects deployment for each of the 10

parameters will be evaluated in addition to assessing the

long-term objective of this initiative and its business links.

Existence of a structured approach towards systematic

deployment of sustainability goals in the organization will be

evaluated.

Initiatives taken and results achieved by organizations

towards Reduce, Reuse and Recycle of Materials, Water, Energy, Emissions, Effluents, Waste and Products and

Services will be assessed. The assessment process will also be used to understand the efforts made by

organizations towards study of Bio-diversity and its conservation, creation of a safe workplace for employees

and impact on the society on account of the plant’s operations. Efforts towards developing a green supply

chain will be also be reviewed.

Frost & Sullivan’s Green Manufacturing Excellence Model is built on 11 parameters of evaluation. The model

is built on a total of 1300 points and each parameter has a different weightage based on its importance.

Evaluation criteria and checkpoints have been pre-defined to build objectivity into the assessment process.

The assessment process will conclude

with a feedback session on the strengths

and opportunities for improvement.

Comparative analysis with other

companies in the country will also be

shared. A report highlighting areas of

improvements across the parameters of

evaluation will be submitted to the

manufacturing facility.

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Awards and Certification

There are three levels of recognition based on the pre-defined

qualifying score for each of them. The three levels of recognition

are Aspirants, Challengers and Leaders and the qualification score

is 780, 840, and 900 out of 1300, respectively. All companies that

qualify in any of the three bands will be recognized with their

respective “Certificate of Merit.”

The two highest scoring companies of the year

will be recognized with the “Super Achievers

Award” (Overall Leaders and Overall Leaders –

1st Runners up). Companies will be awarded

across three categories of participation and three

levels of recognition. Corporate Awards will be

given to organizations that have multiple

manufacturing sites and all of them show a uniform and high level of maturity on the assessment model.

Participation Categories and Fee Details

There are three categories of participation based on the sales turnover of the manufacturing site applying for

the awards process. Applications fees details are presented in the table below.

Note: The fee mentioned above is inclusive of 12.36 percent service tax / educational cess. In case of any

change in service tax by the Government of India, the tax applicable at the time of invoicing will have to be

paid.

Corporate Nominations:Organizations with multiple manufacturing sites can apply for corporate awards.

60 percent of the sites (by number and sales revenue) will be assessed to be eligible for a corporate award.

Frost & Sullivan will decide on the sites to be shortlisted for final assessment. Self-Assessment data is to be

submitted for all the manufacturing sites that form a part of the organization. Application Fee and Site

Assessment Fee will be charged for the number of sites that have been identified for final assessment.

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Schedule of Events

Shortlist communication

December 31, 2012

November 30, 2012

January 2 -March 31, 2013

April 10, 2013 May 03, 2013

Stage – 1

Receipt of application documents (Last Date)

Stage – 2

Site Assessment

Stage – 3

Awards

Finalization

Stage – 4

Awards

Event

Stage – 5

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Hall of Fame: GMEA

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Winner’s Speak

On-site assessment and sharing of best practices session provided enough learning opportunities to further

strengthen our USLP program. GMEA assessment criteria were quite comprehensive and objective. Also it

was carried out by a team of experts with in-depth knowledge on the subject. On-site assessment was a good

learning experience for the Factory Team - Hindustan Unilever Limited

GMEA assessment is carried out impartially by an eminent team in detail. Auditors have given lot of inputs,

which have prompted us to go beyond the boundaries in all the areas they have audited. We were able to

identify the gaps in the existing systems and the way other industries are working on these aspects.

Accordingly immediate actions are initiated to improve upon these fronts - Bajaj Auto Limited

“We find GMEA site assessment scientific and covering major dimensions of sustainability and the feedback

report provided the opportunities for improvement. The assessment and report has given us insight of our

location, assessed on a scientific approach in a structured way and also provided a comparative standing of

our location with other industries. GMEA enhances the awareness on the key sustainability factors and

provides area specific opportunities for improvement. This will assist our organizations in cost control,

conservation of natural resources, improvement in EHS performance and sustainability of the business”

- Hindustan Zinc Limited

“It was an excellent experience for us. This is an excellent initiative ... Proud to feel that we are a part of this

initiative” - Kansai Nerolac Paints Limited

GMEA is a very systematic assessment model, which is totally free from any personal biases and prejudices. I

will say it is an excellent process of assessment. We could learn areas of improvements, learn the best practices

being followed by other industries, identify the gaps and have made plans on how to move ahead towards

Excellence - United Phosphorus Limited

“GMEA assessment helped us to know the present efforts made by our organization towards Green

manufacturing. Outcomes and information about market leaders (in this category) will be used for further

refinement of our systems. This assessment also helped increasing the awareness towards green manufacturing

practices in the organization - Gujarat Milk Marketing Federation Ltd. (Amul - Mother Dairy)

The assessment by GMEA was an eye opener. It gave us lot of inputs for improving productivity without

adversely affecting environment. It generated awareness on the vital subject of sustainable growth thru mapping

of raw material , energy, water consumption and subsequent suitable measures to be taken for wastage

minimization, conservation of natural resources, pollution minimization, health and safety, etc. - The Supreme

Industries Limited

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