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Coca-Cola India won the Delhi Government's Bhagidari Award for the 4th consecutive year for its efforts in Water Conservation and Community Development. The award was presented on the second day of the two day Bhagidari Utsav at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi on February 3, 2007 by the Hon'ble Chief Minister of Delhi, Smt. Ms. Sheila Dikshit. We took this opportunity to also present the Water Calendar 2007 to the Hon'ble CM.
The Bhagidari Utsav is an annual event to celebrate the success of 'Bhagidari' - A public
-private-community partnership program launched by the Delhi government a few years ago.
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Among the highlights of the Utsav was an exhibition cum display by some of the partners of the Delhi government, where each partner showcased its initiatives to make Delhi a 'better' place. In recognition of Coca-Cola's efforts in Water Conservation and PET Recycling, we were given two stalls to outline our initiatives in these areas. Ms. Dikshit was one of the first to visit our PET Recycling stall and after being briefed on our PET Recycling program, she urged the Company to spread the awareness on PET Recycling not just amongst the visitors to the Bhagidari Utsav but also among people at large.
Our Water Conservation stall was visited both by the Hon'ble Chief Minister Ms. Sheila Dikshit as well as by the Hon'ble Mr. A. K. Walia, Minister for Finance, Planning, P.W.D & Urban Development, Delhi Government, who were briefed about the various programs undertaken by the Company to spread awareness and to conserve water. The dignitaries were very appreciative of our efforts. We had showcased a device called 'Drip Gauge' for the first time in the country at the stall. Drip Gauge is a simple but effective tool to sensitize people to save water. A 3-D Rain Water Harvesting (RWH) model demonstrating the utility, functioning and commissioning of Rain Water Harvesting projects at individual households & residential colonies was also on display. In addition, people were apprised of simple methods to Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Recharge water in their daily lives.
Our stalls evoked tremendous response from all stakeholders and nearly 3000 people visited our stalls during the event. Of these, nearly 2500 participated in the two quiz contests that we ran at the stalls. Several Resident Welfare Associations and NGOs also approached us seeking our guidance and help for RWH and PET Recycling programs in their colonies.
St. Agnes College (Mangalore University) Wins The First Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Partnership Award In India
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President Jimmy Carter & Ms Rosalynn Carter personally presented the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Partnership Award for Campus-Community Collaboration to St. Agnes College (Mangalore University) for the exemplary work done by them in the field of 'Watershed Management & Development'. The award has been brought into India by Coca-Cola India in association with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI).
The coveted award serves as one of the highest recognition for academic-service learning to educational institutions for outstanding 'Campus Community' Learning programs.
St Agnes received a special handcrafted golden globe trophy, a citation & a cash prize of US $ 10,000. The 2nd and 3rd runner's up i.e. Punjab University for its Literacy Program & Aligarh Muslim University for its Pulse Polio Immunization Program also received a citation and a cash prize of US $ 3000 and US$ 2000 respectively. The winner was selected by the Foundation based on the combined merits of each program out of scores of applications received for the award.
Speaking on the occasion, President Jimmy Carter said,"This will be the first presentation of this award outside the United States, and it is particularly significant to me that India is the next country to embrace this recognition of service. Many years ago my mother, who was a nurse and Peace Corps volunteer, ministered to Indian citizens. That experience touched her deeply, and the emotion she felt, and also the love for India has filtered through to me through her recollections." Also present at the Award Ceremony were Shri Kapil Sibal, Honorable Minister for Science & Technology & Earth Sciences, Government of India & Aparna Sen, noted film actor, director.
According to Atul Singh, President & CEO, Coca-Cola India, "President Carter and Coca-Cola share a strong belief in the benefit of working for the local communities. As an example our Company is actively spearheading water sustainability and conservation programs in India. We have so far commissioned more than 220 rain water harvesting structures in 17 Indian states both at bottling plants and in the local communities. We are constantly trying to benefit the communities where we operate."
Carter Partnership Awards celebrate schools, communities, and businesses working together to make a difference in the lives of people in need. The Award aims to be a powerful motivator for the academic community to develop community service programs in their curriculum and encourages the student community to inculcate values of selfless service and empathy towards the community.
Other members present at the function included, Mr S K Poddar, President FICCI, Dr Sue Sehgal, Founder & President, Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Partnership Foundation, Shri Farookh Abdullah, eminent parliamentarian, Naveen Jindal (Member of Parliament) & other well known personalities.
World Environment Foundation Awards - 2005
Golden Peacock Environment Management Award to Kaladera unit
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The
World Environment Foundation (WEF) awarded the prestigious Golden Peacock Environment
Management Award 2005 (GPEMA) to the Coca-Cola bottling plant at Kaladera,
near Jaipur, in recognition of its world-class environment practices. Coca-Cola
Indias ultra-modern ISO 14001 certified bottling plant in the State won this
top award in the medium scale Food & Beverage category from amongst more than
17 entries. The Kaladera unit is the fourth plant to get this distinction in the
Coca-Cola India after Baddi (Himachal Pradesh), Ameenpur (Andhra Pradesh) and
Dasna (Uttar Pradesh).
The Award was presented to the plant team at a
glittering function at Palampur by Dr. Ola Ullsten, former Prime Minister of Sweden.
The Kaladera unit qualified on stringent selection criteria of an eminent
international and national jury of experts after a thorough evaluation of the
plants compliance with a WEF prescribed program assessment format covering various
issues related to environment management. The assessment covered a period of one
year from 1st April 2004 to 31st March 2005 and several environmental performance
indicators were monitored and evaluated according to WEFs stringent parameters,
for grant of this award. Some of the environmental performance monitors are: energy
use, water use, wastewater discharge, compliance with Government regulations and
positive impact on
local community.
The Golden
Peacock Environment Management Award
The GPEMA is designed to encourage
and recognize effective implementation of environmental management system and
this achievement has been made possible by the plants adherence to Coca-Colas
total quality program called The Coca-Cola Quality system (TCCQS). TCCQS is all
encompassing management system (Total Quality) covering environment management
and other business aspects such as safety and loss Prevention (SLP), product quality,
packaging quality, process capability improvement and customer satisfaction.
GPEMA has been instituted by the Institute of Directors in association with World
Environment Foundation (WEF) and is designed to encourage and recognize effective
implementation of environment management system. The awards are given separately
for manufacturing and service organizations, and are assessed under the following
categories, viz, Large Enterprises (251 and above employees), Medium Enterprises
(51 to 250 employees), and Small Enterprises (upto 50 employees).
WEF
is a non-profit NGO, which strives to foster partnerships and improve links between
industry and environmentalists for developing innovative strategies to minimize
the environmental degradation.
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