Need to scale up CSR interventions to achieve economic growth: Rajashree Birla, Chairperson, FICCI CSR & Community Development Committee
Nov 24, 2021
- 13 companies conferred with FICCI CSR Awards & 7 companies with Jury Commendation Certificate at the 19th FICCI CSR Awards ceremony
NEW DELHI, 24 November 2021: Padma Bhushan Ms Rajashree Birla, Chairperson FICCI CSR & Community Development Committee, today gave away the '19th FICCI CSR Awards'. A total of 13 companies were acknowledged with the FICCI CSR Awards, 7 companies with Jury Commendation Certificates and 16 finalists were acknowledged with an appreciation Plaque for their commendable CSR work.
Padma Bhushan Ms Rajashree Birla, Chairperson FICCI CSR & Community Development Committee said, "Last 2 years have been unprecedented in the challenges and hardships that humanity faced all over the world. Every government has done its upmost and continues to do so. Vaccination and enhanced awareness are undeniably helping step its march. 100 crore vaccines have been administered in India with 79% of adult population having received the first dose and 38% the double dose."
Ms Birla further said, "The world of business and society, profit & purpose are intertwined. In India, we face numerous developmental challenges such as healthcare, education, digital literacy, livelihoods and poverty alleviation. We need to scale our CSR interventions in terms of quality, outreach and access for each developmental indicator. Only then we can be assured of reaching economic growth and deliver inclusive growth."
Alluding the process of shortlisting and finalizing the winners of FICCI CSR Awards, Jury Chair, Co-Chair, FICCI CSR & Community Development Committee and MD, Bain Capital India Ltd -Mr Amit Chandra said that deliberations of jury were very stringent and were assisted by detailed assessment provided by experts and appreciated the great work being done by India Inc to make our society a better place.
"I hope that the best practices that these awards seek to
highlight and applaud, India CSR leaders shall get inspired and collaborate
more ambitiously with governments and NGOs to address problems that plague our
community in the years to come," he added.
P.S. - Appended is the list of award winners
Winners of 19th FICCI CSR Awards
Category 1- FICCI CSR Award
for Women Empowerment |
Private sector
Companies with turnover of INR 3001 Crores per annum and above |
Winner- Vedanta Limited, Jharsuguda |
Category 2 - FICCI CSR Award for Skill Development
and Livelihood |
Private sector Companies with
turnover of INR 3001 Crores per annum and above |
Joint
Winner: Mahindra
& Mahindra Limited & ACC
Limited |
Category 3 -FICCI CSR Award
for Education |
Private sector Companies with
turnover of INR 3001 Crores per annum and above |
Winner- Marico Limited |
Jury Commendation
Certificate- HDFC Bank Limited |
Private sector Companies with
turnover between INR 201 Crores - INR 3000 Crores per annum |
Winner- None |
Jury Commendation
Certificate- Cybage Software Private Limited |
Category 4 -FICCI CSR Award
for Inclusive Development of PwDs |
Private sector Companies with
turnover of INR 3001 Crores per annum and above |
Winner- IndusInd Bank Limited |
Jury Commendation
Certificate- Microsoft Corporation India Private Limited |
Category 5: FICCI CSR Award for Food Security & Agriculture |
Winner- None |
Category
6: FICCI CSR Award for Environment Sustainability |
Private sector Companies with turnover of INR 3001 Crores per
annum and above |
Winner- IndusInd Bank Limited |
Category 7 - FICCI
CSR Award for Health, Drinking Water, Sanitation & Hygiene |
Public Sector Companies
(PSUs) |
Joint
Winner: Oil
and Natural Gas Corporation Limited & Indian
Oil Corporation Limited |
Private sector Companies with
turnover of INR 3001 Crores per annum and above |
Winner- Cipla Limited |
Category 8- Any other
(for domains other than the above seven categories) |
Public Sector Companies
(PSUs) |
Winner- Hindustan Petroleum
Corporation Limited |
Private sector Companies with
turnover of INR 3001 Crores per annum and above |
Jury Commendation
Certificate- Deepak Nitrite Limited |
Category 9- Exemplary
Innovation (irrespective of the turnover of the company) |
Winner- None |
Category 10- Small & Medium
Enterprises (SMEs) - companies having turnover up to INR 200 Crores per
annum |
Winner - None |
FICCI CSR Award under Special
Category- Fight Against COVID-19 |
Public Sector Companies
(PSUs) |
Winner - State Bank of India |
Private sector Companies with
turnover of INR 3001 Crores per annum and above |
Joint
Winner: Hindustan
Unilever Limited (HUL) & Jayaswal
Neco Industries Limited |
Jury
Commendation Certificate:
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FINALISTS |
The Tata
Power Company Limited |
Sterlite
Technologies Limited |
HSBC India |
Adani
Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited |
Larsen & Toubro Public Charitable Trust |
Welspun
India Limited |
Hindustan
Zinc Limited |
Nayara
Energy Limited |
UPL
Limited |
Hindustan
Copper Limited |
Hewlett
Packard Enterprise India Private Limited |
Central
Coalfields Limited |
Citibank |
Jubilant
Ingrevia Limited |
Reliance
Industries Limited |
Panasonic
India Private Limited |