Individuals, teams, units, regions, and project organisations will be recognised and honoured for their remarkable achievements, commitment, and activities that have had a positive influence on sustainability through the GCPIT’s Global Sustainability Awards. The Global Sustainability Awards serve as an inspiration for inclusive transformative action, business excellence, and environmental management around the world, whether by helping to improve natural resource management, demonstrating new ways to combat climate change, or raising awareness of emerging sustainable challenges.
Our Earth is the most valuable asset that all businesses share. Individual and corporate initiatives to preserve this critical resource are not only necessary, but also profitable. Seeking acknowledgment for your environmentally friendly effort is also a wise commercial decision. We congratulate you for taking the first step toward distinguishing your company from the competition.
The Sustainability Awards program allows your organisation to achieve global recognition from a panel of volunteer judges who are business executives and experts.
The Sustainability Awards will recognise those who have incorporated sustainability into their business practices.
Objectives
Encourage and motivate employees to embrace best practices and serve as role models for others towards sustainability. Encourage the implementation of strategies to improve the quality of operations for advancing sustainable development. It boosts the management’s, concerned team’s, employees’, and other stakeholders’ morale.
Eligibility
All large, medium, and small scale industrial / service sector companies/organisations, as well as their areas / units, are eligible to nominate projects for these awards. Academic institutions are also eligible to compete for the award.
Application for the Global Sustainability Awards, complete with all information and papers, must be received by the Secretariat in soft form by November, 2021.
Application /Selection Process
- Online nomination
- Screening and Clarification
- Confirmation, Awards and Press Release
- Case study & Interview publication
Winner Benefits
- Entering the Global Sustainability Awards opens the door to a world of new commercial opportunities for your company.
- Prestige for your company, as well as potential access to the relevant international networks!
- The Global Sustainability Awards not only provide recognition for your company, but they also provide numerous opportunities to meet like-minded individuals, allowing for plenty of business networking opportunities during the awards ceremony and beyond.
- Online wall of fame on www.gcpit.org
- Media coverage across 100+ news portal
- Achievement Medals
- Be the globally acclaimed Sustainability expert by being part of any of the 12 global alliances under the Global Council for the promotion of International Trade (GCPIT)
Global Sustainable Development Mission is on a mission to discover stories about SDG success demonstrating the commitment, creativity and partnership capacity of all stakeholders at different levels – from national governments to community actors, and from corporation that are working relentlessly to contribute their expertise and support to private sector organizations who are committed to social responsibility and sustainable partnerships – targeting one or more of the SDGs across all regions of the world.
Program Schedule on 17th Dec’2021 Global Sustainability Awards 2021
19.00-19.05 IST : Opening Remarks by Ms. Aparna G Kumar, Global Co-Chairperson, GCPIT
19.05-19.10 IST : Keynote address by Shri Vinamra Mishra, Director (Technical & Projects), Ministry of MSME, Government of India
19.10-19.15 IST : Richard Lackey, Chairman, World Food Bank Group & Mediae Group Ltd
19.15-19.20 IST: Dr Poonam Malik, Startup Growth-Exec & Mentor| Board-Advisor Consultant| Non-Exec Director| Board Member| Social Entrepreneur (Scotland)
19.20-19.25 IST : Dr. Ingrid Vasiliu-Feltes, CEO, Institute for Science, Entrepreneurship and Investments
19.25-19.30 IST : Dr. Karen Landmark, Director for Business Development & Strategy Greenstat ASA
19.30-19.35 IST : Kanika Pal, Award-winning CSR and sustainability professional
19.35-19.40 IST : Ramanan Ramanathan, Former (First) Mission Director Atal Innovation Mission
19.40-19.45 IST : Arnay Agarwal, Change Maker, TEdx speaker, Founder of eReadingShala, StoryLOK, The Talk Bar
19.45-19.50 IST : Riyad Maroof Hassan, Author & Founder & Chief Executive Officer, The Clippers Child Council of India
19.50-19.55 IST : H.E Amb. Shanta Lana Hereford, Managing Partner, Zuka Africa Global Alliance
19.55-20.55 IST : Felicitation of Awards
(2 Minute speech by each awardee)
20.55-21.00 IST : Closing Remarks by Ms. Rita Kakati-Shah, Global Chairperson, WCombinator, GCPIT
The 2021 award recipients are as follows:
Not-for-Profit Businesses:
- Micro Electricity Generation Association (MEGA MPOWER), Ireland
- Glimmer of Hope Foundation, Ghana
Government Organisations:
- National Water Mission, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India
For-Profit Businesses:
- Innoses, China
Individuals:
- Cai Cai, Chief, Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (UNESCAP), Thailand
- Urvashi Prasad, Director, Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office, National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog), Government of India
- Bharat Dahiya, Director, Research Center for Sustainable Development and Innovation, School of Global Studies, Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Sara Abbas, Founder, Fashion Designer, Inventor, Always A Muse, United States
- Ravindra Vitthal Kale, Scientist D, National Institute of Hydrology Roorkee (R&D Under Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Gov. of India)
- Simay Akar, CCO and Co-founder, Innoses, China
- Noha Hefny, CEO, People of Impact, UAE
Youth:
- Mariam Oyiza, Executive Director/ founder, Learning through skills acquisition initiative (LETSAI), Nigeria
- Polina Meshcheryakova, Founder, Influencer, The Art of Communication, Russia
- Victoria Yates, Student, University of sussex, United Kingdom
- Ashley Goeken, Founder at Opalus, United States, Ambassador for UNA-Chicago
- Hasini Lakshminarayanan, Founder, The First Step, India
- Khouloud Ben Mansour, African Youth Ambassador for Peace, African Union, Tunisia
- Yusuff Liadi Abiodun, Executive Director, Youth Leadership Parliament Nigeria (YLP NIGERIA)
- Manasi Patil, Founder/ Author/ GenZ Changemaker, GenZenovate (India)
- Prasiddhi Singh, Founder & SocialEntrepreneur, Prasiddhi Forest Foundation (India)