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Introduction
Globally the concept of environmental pollution control has undergone a paradigm shift during last few decades. The command-and-control approach for environmental regulation is gradually making way to self monitoring, self regulation and partnership between the regulator and to be regulated. Corporate responsibility for fulfilling environmental obligation has become the buzz word even in countries like India.
The protection and preservation of environment is possible only through joint efforts of the regulators, industries, local bodies, non-governmental organisations, and other service sector agencies. Whereas, the industries and the local bodies are required to take effective steps to control pollution from industrial and municipal sources respectively, the non-governmental organisations and other service sector agencies are required to initiate environmental protection programme and spread environmental awareness among people. The service sector agencies are on one hand facilitating various services and on the other hand they are also responsible for environmental protection and preservation.
Conception
In order to recognize and encourage such proactive institutional efforts for betterment of the environment, implemented through a structure policy, dedication to the cause, self monitoring and compliance, in the year 2002, the West Bengal Cleaner Production Centre (WBCPC), a collaborative effort of the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) and the Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC), instituted the "Environment Excellence Award" of its first kind. The award is aimed at driving environment management as a tool of competitiveness within different groups.
Environment Excellence Award, 2006
In 2006, the Environment Excellence Award was announced through newspaper advertisement inviting applications and the application procedure and application forms were made available in the websites of the WBPCB and the ICC. Separate Jury Committees, composed of luminaries in the field of environment, short listed the applications based on well developed qualifying criteria. After the primary screening, the environmental performance of the applicants was assessed through extensive site visits and interactions with various stakeholders.
On February 6, 2007 in a programme held at the Hotel Hyatt Regency, Shri Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal in presence of Shri Sailen Sarkar, Minister-in-Charge, Department of Environment, Government of West Bengal felicitated the following awardees.
Industry Sector
Four industries were felicitated with the Environment Excellence Award 2006.
| M/s. Budge Budge Generating Station, Pujali, Budge Budge, 24 Parganas (South) | - First |
| M/s. Bakreswar Thermal Power Project, Bakreswar, Birbhum |
- Second |
| M/s. ITC Limited,Kidderpore, Kolkata | - Joint Third |
| M/s. Ambuja Cement Eastern Limited, Dhulagori, Sankrail, Howrah | - Joint Third |
Small Industry Sector
One organisation received the Environment Appreciation Certificate 2006
| M/s. Reliance Potteries,T. N. Banerjee Road, Khardaha |
Service Sector Organisations
Three organisations received the Environment Appreciation Certificate 2006
| Technopolis: Phoenix Software Limited , Salt Lake City |
| SembRamky Environmental Management Pvt. Ltd. , Topsia Road (South), Kolkata |
| Westwind Residents Welfare Association , Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Kolkata |
Non-Governmental Organisations
Two organisations were felicitated with the Environment Excellence Award 2006.
| Haldia Vigyan Parishad, Haldia, Purba Medinipur | - First |
| Bio-Parivar, Madanpur, Nadia | - Second |
With a view to encourage and recognize the efforts of all sectors that are contributing to the protection of the environment in the state of West Bengal, the WBPCB and ICC will award eligible industries (large scale and small & medium scale), NGOs and the service sector organisations who have shined as leaders in the field of environment management and have shown commendable efforts to protect and preserve the environment through pro-active environmental management practices during the year 2007. The Awards will be given in the following categories:
N.B.:
Application of the industries and organisations who have received the Environment Excellence Award during 2005 and 2006 shall not be considered for the Environment Excellence Award, 2007.
Shri Sailen Sarkar, Hon’ble Minister-in-Charge, Department of Parliamentary Affairs and Environment, Government of West Bengal in a press conference held on 20th August, 2007 at Paribesh Bhawan, Bidhannagar, Kolkata – 700 098 briefed the press regarding the categories of the Award and the application procedure. The press conference was also attended by Shri M. L. Meena, I.A.S., Secretary, Department of Environment, Government of West Bengal and Chairman, West Bentgal Pollution Control Board, Shri Debal Ray, I.F.S., Member Secretary, West Bengal Pollution Control Board and Shri B. K. Singh, Chairman, Environment Expert Committee, Indian Chamber of Commerce. On the ocassion, Hon’ble Minister also released the application brochure of the Environment Excellence Award, 2007.
The details regarding application procedure are also available free of cost from the website of the Indian Chamber of Commerce (www.indianchamber.org).
The last date for submission of completed application forms is September 30, 2007.
The applications have to be submitted to the Environment Management Centre of the Indian Chamber of Commerce.
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