Invitation

The Golden Peacock Awards Secretariate (GPAS) has great pleasure in inviting applications for
The Golden Peacock Award for Climate Security (GPACS). The Golden Peacock Award Scheme was
instituted by the Institute of Directors in February 1991 to create a competitiveness and to encourage
improvements in both manufacturing as well as service organisations in India including :

• All sectors of agriculture, construction, logistics industry and commerce – both Public and Private undertakings

• Organisations in Voluntary Sector.

• Government and Semi-Government Departments / NGOs

• Educational, Service and Research establishments including monitoring, and laboratories

The GPCS Awards are normally presented each year, to organisations in different sectors adjudged to have made the most significant achievement and contribution to protect the health of the planet.

The Golden Peacock Award for Climate Security stimulates and helps organisations to rapidly accelerate the pace of customer-oriented improvement process. It is a powerful self-assessment process and a way to build an organisations’ brand equity on protection on the health of the planet. The preparation for the award helps to inspire and align the entire work force and management functions. The knowledge gained by the organisation in describing and self-assessing its operations leads to IMPROVED organisational performance.

The Awards

The Golden Peacock Award for Climate Security is awarded Annually. The award winners may use the Golden Peacock Award logo on their printed and promotional material for the next 3 years. Selected organisations may be given a commendation card. The Golden Peacock Award for Climate Security will be given separately for type of manufacturing and service organisations in different sectors under the following groups:

Groups

Eligibility

Manufacturing or Service organizations or parts of organisations (self accounting profit centres) operating in India may participate in the Golden Peacock Award for Climate Security. The decisive factor for eligibility is that the operations of the applicant must reasonably correspond to the Award criteria and which can be verified at the time of evaluation. The operations of the applicant must be carried out independently, meaning that responsibilities, authorities, results, etc. are clearly defined. This must be documented, for example, in the annual report, organisation plan or equivalent.

Categories

The Golden Award for Climate Security would be considered separately for the following categories of products / services:-

1. Telecommunication / IT Sector

2. Education & Training Sector

3. Pharmaceutical and Health Care

4. Food & Beverages and Agriculture Sector

5. Automobile Sector

6. Energy Sector (Incl renewables)

7. Chemical & Fertilizer Sector

8. Oil & Petroleum Sector

9. Coal/Mining and Steel Sector

10. Non-Ferrous Metallurgy Sector

11. FMCG & Consumer Appliances Sector

12. Hotel, Travel and Tourism Sector

13. Transportation – Shipping /Aviation

14. Banking Financial and Insurance Sector

15. Entertainment Industry - TV/Film/Music

16. Social Service / NGOs

17. Government Sector

18. Any other Sector, as the jury deems fit.

Rules and Regulations

• Decision of the Awards Jury Council on the recommendations of the Jury is final and no appeal or correspondence will be entertained.

• Awards Committee reserves the right to award more than one organisation as the winner and also to withhold award(s), if the required standard is not met.

• Awards Committee accepts no liability for any loss resulting from the disclosure of information concerning an entry to Assessors and Jury members, though all reasonable precautions will be taken to maintain secrecy.

• Awards Committee cannot undertake to return documents or supplementary material submitted with an entry.

• Awards Committee reserves the right to alter the Award Scheme, at any time.

• Finalist Award applicants may also be invited to make a brief presentation to the Jury and/or one of the assessors may be nominated to confirm or clarify certain facts at site.

Short-listed finalists, whose sites have to be visited, will bear the actual cost of the visits. These may cover the cost of one assessor travselling to the site, and accommodation, if required.

Non-Disclosure & Confidentiality

Names of applicants, commentary and scoring information developed during the review of applications are regarded as proprietary by GPAS and are kept confidential. Such information is available only to those individuals directly involved in the assessment and administrative process. GPAS will take all reasonable action to ensure that applications and information therein are treated in strict confidence. However, in no way can GPAS be held responsible for any loss of confidentiality to a third party. Moreover, GPAS cannot be held liable for any damage (to goods, or persons, financial loss or consequential) incurred through the breach of confidentiality or otherwise by the applicants or any third party.

GPAS reserves the right, prior to or subsequent to the Award Presentation, to publish and made public the salient details of the Award Winners, as a step towards sharing of knowledge in the national interest.

Application Fees

The application fee for Large enterprises and SMEs is Rs. 39,500

The fee should accompany your application, in the form of demand draft/cheque in favour of 'World Environment Foundation', payable at New Delhi.

Global Peacock Award for Climate Security is a complex and multi-faced issue .Solutions are not easy and will require a long term commitment and adequate resources to address effectively. This Award helps to project organizations that enjoy enviable support from government and society for their contribution to protect the health of the planet.