Tata BP Solar bags Srishti Good Green Governance Award 2006
May 11, 2007

Tata BP Solar has bagged the Srishti Good Green Governance Award for the year 2006 in the area of manufacturing industry. The awards were distributed on Earth Day celebrated on April 22, 2007, at a function organised by Srishti at Kota House, by Kamal Nath, mnister for commerce and industry, government of India.

The award, given at the national level, has been instituted by Srishti Publications to be a driving force for sustainable environmental management excellence in both manufacturing and service sectors, leading to improved corporate business performance.

Applications were invited from corporate entities in various categories from all over India - in manufacturing, service, infrastructure and utilities, education, tourism and hospitality. There were two slabs in each category, for different scales of operation, based on turnover. In all 6,000 applications were sent all over India to corporates, institutions, NGO's, etc.

This is the first time that this award has been instituted, and is given for going that extra mile towards preserving the environment than what is the required by the ISO14001 norms.