Honda receives ‘CII GreenCo Star Performer Award’ 2019- Becomes first & only 2Wheeler manufacturer to receive the Star Performer Award
- Honda recognised with a total of 5 awards at CII GreenCo Summit 2019
- Awards are a recognition of best environmental friendly and sustainable practises
New
Delhi, July 24, 2019: India’s
most trusted two wheeler brand Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt Ltd
(HMSI) was recently presented with coveted GreenCo Star Performer Award at the
8th edition of CII GreenCo Summit. Honda’s manufacturing plant in
Narsapura (Karnataka) was recognized with the award for its environmental
sustainable initiatives.
Taking
sustainable initiatives, Narsapura Plant reduced its water consumption by over
80,000 KL per year by the process of recycling and reuse. The manufacturing
plant has also saved around 52.8 Million kWh per year through on-site and
off-site solar energy utilization. In addition to this, several initiatives
such as solar dishes, solar sludge drying, waste heat recovery and cohesive
painting contribute towards reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
Out
of the eleven green-rated companies to receive this awardacross all industries,
Honda 2Wheelers India is the first and only two wheeler manufacturer to receive
this recognition. Mr. V Sridhar - Group
Vice President& Director, Manufacturing, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter
Indiaand Mr. Joseph Selvaraj-Division
Head-Plant Engineering, Narsapura Plant, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India received the award at CII GreenCo Summit
2019.
Speaking
on the occasion, Mr. V Sridhar, Group
Vice President& Director, Manufacturing, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter
India said, “We at Honda are
committed to give Blue Skies for Our Children and constantly work to contribute
towards the cause of environment by bringing in green technology into our
products and processes. We are very happy that our efforts towards a greener
environment have been recognized by CII. This award will further encourage us to
explore and research about more avenues to go green."
Honda
2Wheelers India wins 4 more awards
In addition to this, Honda’s
Narsapura Manufacturing plant bagged two prominent recognitions –‘Most Innovative
Project’ award and ‘Most Useful Project’ awardat
the 6th edition of CII Environmental Best Practices Award 2019, organised in
association with United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).The
award was presented for Narsapura’s project on ‘Approach towards net zero factory on water and
energy’.
Making its debut at the awards,
Honda’s Tapukara(Rajasthan) plant received recognition for ‘Most Innovative Environment Project’ award and
‘Most Useful Environment Project’ award
for its ‘Geothermal Air-Conditioning Cooling’.
Honda’s
Narsapura and Tapukara manufacturing plants were among top three winners of ‘Most Useful Project’ award. Total nine
companies all across India received the ‘Most
Innovative Project’ award at the Summit.
About CII GreenCo Summit
The
annual CII GreenCo summit is organised to further advance the need and
importance of green initiatives in the Indian industry and enable sharing of
latest green concepts and technologies. The 8th edition of the GreenCo Summit
was organised under the theme of fostering and promoting sustainable models
focusing on the manufacturing sectors, including sectors like automobile.
CII
GreenCo Star Performer Award is an award that recognises outstanding
performance among existing green rated companies which implement various
eco-friendly and innovative projects. The GreenCo Platinum is a rating system
started in 2008 by CII. The rating system is valid only for a period of three
years and makes the companies eligible to compete for GreenCo Star Performer
Award. Honda’s Narsapura Manufacturing Plant was conferred with Platinum Rating
in December 2018 and immediately won GreenCo Star Performer Award.
Environment
Best Practices Awards is presented by CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) to
the companies who make significant and measurable contribution towards
development or use of cleaner technologies, processes or practices for
environmental protection. In this 6th edition of awards, out of 140
companies all across the sectors in India, only 17 were shortlisted for the
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