Sustainability Awards & Recognitions
ITC won the 'Business Leader of the Year - ESG' award
ITC won the 'Business Leader of the Year - ESG' prize at the 50th edition of the Chemtech Leadership & Excellence Awards. Ms Madhulika Sharma, Chief Sustainability Officer, ITC, received the award at a ceremony in Mumbai in March 2024. The 'Business Leader of the Year - ESG' award category was introduced by Chemtech this year, with ITC being chosen winner by a jury of eminent professionals. The award honours outstanding collaborative teams that have achieved extraordinary results in Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG), inspiring other businesses to include ESG in their core agendas.ITC Maurya was recently adjudged the winner of the prestigious NSCI Safety Award viz. Sarvashreshtha Suraksha Puraskar - For commitment to reduce workplace injuries, implement best occupational safety and health practices.
ITC Narmada is the first luxury hotel in Gujarat to be awarded the LEED Platinum certification by U.S. Green Building Council.
ITC Windsor Bengaluru has been inducted into the prestigious ACREX - Hall of Fame 2023 for Excellence in Energy Efficiency and Sustainability in HVAC&R.
ITC's 21 MW wind farm in Karnataka also received 'Best Performing Wind Farm Award' in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh & Telangana by Indian Wind Power Association for FY 2021-22 and 'Performance excellence award for Solar and Wind Plants - 2022' under the Wind Category from CII.
ITC's Bengaluru unit received the "Best Performing Wind Farm" for FY 2021-22; Zone: III (Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh & Telangana) by Indian Wind Power Association (IWPA).
ITC Wins First Prize At National Water Awards by the Ministry of Jal Shakti, 2022
ITC PSPD's Unit Bhadrachalam was declared as "The Winner" in "Within the Fence" category under CII-National Awards for Excellence in Water Management, 2021.
ITC PSPD's Unit Bhadrachalam was declared as "The Winner" in "Excellent Energy Efficient Unit" award category under CII-National Awards for Excellence in Energy Management 2021.
ITC has received ratings from Sustainalytics, a leading independent ESG and corporate governance research, ratings and analytics firm in 2020.
ITC Limited has been adjudged 'Best Governed Company' at the 20th ICSI National Awards for Excellence in Corporate Governance in the Listed Segment: Large Category, 2020
ITC PSPD's FiloPack, FiloServe & FiloBev brands and Green Stiffener technology have been Awarded as 'Most Innovative Environmental Project' at 7th Edition of CII Environmental Best Practices Awards, 2020
ITC PSPD's Bhadrachalam unit received prizes for 'Excellent Energy Efficient Unit' and 'Best Innovative Project' Awards at the 21st National Awards for Excellence in Energy Management by CII, 2020
The Bhadrachalam and Kovai units won awards for Excellence in Energy Management at 20th National Award for Excellence in Energy Management in the Pulp & Paper sector category, 2019
The Tiruvottiyur unit ranked no. 1 in the CII-Southern Region EHS Excellence Awards for FMCG packaging, 2019
The Bhadrachalam and Kovai units won awards for Excellence in Energy Management at 20th National Award for Excellence in Energy Management in the Pulp & Paper sector category, 2019
The Bhadrachalam unit won the prestigious 'National Energy Leader' award under Pulp & Paper sector, while the Kovai unit received the Energy Efficiency award and the Tribeni unit won the Excellence in Water Management Award from the Confederation of Indian Industry, 2018
Unit Tribeni won the prestigious 12th edition of CII- National awards for excellent water management, 2018
ITC's Paperboards Business was recognised as the Best Performer in the pulp & paper sector by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency under the Perform, Achieve and Trade Scheme, 2018
ITC's Agri Business Division, Chirala Unit conferred the 'Sarvashreshtha Suraksha Puraskar' by National Safety Council of India, 2018
The Chirala and Anaparti GLTs received the 'Best Management Award' from Andhra Pradesh Labour Department and the 'Systematic Actions Towards Sustainable Energy Performance' awards from the Society of Energy Engineers & Managers, 2018
The Integrated Sterilisation and Grinding plant in Guntur received the 'CII Food Safety Award' for 'Significant Achievement in Food Safety', 2018
ITC won the Porter Prize for 'Excellence in Corporate Governance and Integration' for its exemplary contribution in 'Creating Shared Value', 2017
ITC won the 'Best Practices Award' from United Nations Global Compact Network India for two major game-changing initiatives of the Company - Integrated Watershed Development and Social & Farm Forestry, 2017
ITC Hotels Division was conferred the 'Greenbuild Leadership Award' by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), 2017
ITC's Agri Business Division received the 'Krishi Pragati Award' of the National Commodities and Derivatives Exchange Limited (NCDEX), 2017
The Mysuru GLT received the 'Excellent Energy Efficient Unit' award from CII, Hyderabad, 2017
ITC received an India Today Safaigiri Award in the category of "Corporate Trailblazer" in recognition of the pioneering efforts of those leading the charge in the fight for a "Swachh Bharat", 2016
The Chirala and Anaparti units received the 'Best Management Award' from the Labour Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh, 2016
The Anaparti GLT received the 'National Energy Management Award' from the CII in the 17th National Energy Management Awards, 2016
NeoWhite Bliss by ITC's Paperboards and Specialty Papers Division won an award for Excellence in Sustainability Packaging Award at India Packaging Awards, 2016
Unit Kovai 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 in 2014.
Unit Bhadrachalam & Kovai received the CII Excellent Energy Efficient Unit awards, 2014.
Unit Bhadrachalam was conferred the CII Excellence in Energy Management award, 2013.
Unit Bhadrachalam received the Most Innovative Environmental Project Award & the Most Useful Project Award at the CII Environmental Best Practices Awards 2013.
ITC PSPD was conferred the Green Product of the Year award at the India Green Business Summit, 2013.
ITC was presented the World Business and Development Award at the Rio+20 UN Summit for its Social and Farm Forestry initiative, 2012
ITC got 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, 2012
ITC won the prestigious Businessworld FICCI CSR Award in the Large Enterprise category for being the most socially responsible Indian corporates in CSR, 2012
The Bhadrachalam unit won the IPMA Environmental Award for Cleaner Technologies, 2012
Unit Kovai won the CII Best Water Efficient Unit, 2012
Unit Bhadrachalam won a CII National Award for Excellence in Water Management, 2012
PSPD's WOW - Wealth Out of Waste Initiative won the CII Best Environmental Practices Awards 2012 in the categories of 'Most Useful Environmental Project 2012' and 'Innovative Environmental Project'.
Unit Bhadrachalam and Kovai were given Globe of Honour by British Safety Council, 2012.
Unit Bollaram was awarded a 'Silver' FICCI Safety System Excellence, 2012
Unit Bhadrachalam won the CII Excellent Energy Efficient Unit, 2012
The Anaparti unit was also awarded the 'National Level Excellence in Water Management Award', as 'Excellent Water Efficient Unit' by CII, 2011
Unit Bhadrachalam won the CII National Award for Efficient Unit in Water Conservation, 2011
Unit Kovai won a CII National Award for Excellence in Water Management, 2011
Unit Bhadrachalam received the CII Most Innovative Project Award for Environmental Best Practices, 2011.
ITC PSPD was adjudged as the best performer in the Paper & Pulp category at The Financial Express 2011- Emergent Ventures India Awards presented in recognition of excellence in the area of environmental stewardship.
ITC PSPD won the Siemens Ecovatives Award 2011 in the 'Conservation' category for it's Recycling initiative - 'Well-being Out of Waste' (WOW).
Unit Bhadrachalam won a CII National Award for Excellence in Energy Management for "Excellent Energy Efficient Unit", 2011
Unit Bhadrachalam received the Excellent Energy Efficient Award from CII at the National Awards for Excellence in Energy Management, 2011.
The Chirala unit won the 'Globe of Honour' award from the British Safety Council for best environmental practices, 2010
The Chirala unit won the 'Best Management Award' from the Government of Andhra Pradesh for industrial relations & employee welfare, 2010
The Chennai unit was awarded a 'National Water Management' Award by CII for being an excellent water efficient unit, 2010
ITC received The Corporate Award for Social Responsibility from The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in recognition of its exemplary initiatives in implementing integrated watershed development programmes, 2008
ITC won the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) Award at the international conference on Sharing Innovative Agribusiness Solutions for its exemplary initiatives in agri business through the e-Choupal, 2008
ITC won the Readers' Digest Pegasus Award for corporate social responsibility, in recognition of its outstanding work done by socially conscious companies, 2008
ITC was given a United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) Award at Cairo for ITC's exemplary initiatives in agri business through the e-Choupal, 2008
ITC won the Golden Peacock Awards for 'Corporate Social Responsibility (Asia)', the Award for 'CSR in Emerging Economies 2005' and 'Excellence in Corporate Governance', 2007.
ITC received the Corporate Social Responsibility Crown Award for Water Practices from UNESCO and Water Digest, for its distinguished work carried out in the water sector in India, 2007.
ITC also received the National Award for Excellence in Water Management in the 'beyond the fence' category from the CII Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre for its leadership role in implementing water and watershed management practices, 2007
The ITC watershed programme also won the Asian CSR Award for Environmental Excellence given by the Asian Institute of Management, 2007
ITC received the Ryutaro Hashimoto Incentive Prize for Environment & Development from the Asia Pacific Forum for its contribution to sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific, 2007.
ITC won the Stockholm Challenge for its e-Choupal initiative, for using Information Technology for the economic development of rural communities, 2006
ITC won the Ashoka - Changemakers 'Health For All' Award for the Rural Health Services model for delivery of health services through the e-Choupals, 2006.
ITC received the Innovation for India Award for the Choupal in the Social Innovations category for business organizations, 2006.
ITC won the Golden Peacock Awards for 'Corporate Social Responsibility (Asia)', the Award for 'CSR in Emerging Economies 2005'
ITC won the inaugural 'World Business Award' countries by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the HRH Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF) for its significant efforts to create sustainable livelihood opportunities and enduring wealth in developing nations, 2004
The 'Enterprise Business Transformation Award' for Asia Pacific (Apac), instituted by Infosys Technologies and Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania for its celebrated e-Choupal initiative, 2004
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