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Jubilant Life wins two awards in ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’ and ‘EHS' at CPHI

Our Bureau, MumbaiTuesday, December 2, 2014, 16:50 Hrs  [IST]

Jubilant Life Sciences has been conferred with this year’s two prestigious CPhI India Pharma Awards in Excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility and Excellence in Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) at an awards ceremony here. The CPhI India Pharma Awards recognises and rewards selected path-breaking initiatives undertaken by the Indian Pharmaceutical industry around key areas of quality, product design, cost management, packaging and environmental health & safety.

Jubilant was chosen for Excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility for its exemplary work through outreach activities that has resulted in betterment of the wider community and environmental sustainability. Jubilant through its non-profit wing, Jubilant Bhartia Foundation (JBF), has been engaged in empowering communities with initiatives that focus on primary education, basic healthcare and skill development for employability and self-sustenance.

The second award for Excellence in Environment, Health & Safety (EHS), was conferred to Jubilant for its initiatives in improving EHS standards and compliance with a positive impact on company’s profitability, external stakeholders and society at large. The award recognises Jubilant’s outstanding achievements in ensuring better regulatory compliance, reduced resource (e.g. water/ energy, RM) consumption & cost of production, reduced ecological footprint (emission/ effluent/ hazardous waste), and reduced Carbon footprint amongst many others.

Conveying his pleasure on the award, Shyamsundar Bang, executive director Manufacturing & Supply Chain, Jubilant Life Sciences said, “We are elated on winning the two prestigious awards. It is a recognition of our efforts and reflects our commitment for society and its well-being.Being a follower of principles of sustainability and inclusive growth, improvement in EHS (Environment, Health and Safety) and CSR performance always gets a special attention at Jubilant and is considered an integral part of day to day business activities.”

Adding further, Bang said, “The award is an encouragement of our efforts in CSR, where our initiatives in Education, Healthcare and Social Entrepreneurship have impacted many lives and initiatives in EHS are helping to shape a safer and cleaner ecosystem for citizens.”

Following the awards ceremony, CPhI India, one the key pharma industry event scheduled from 2nd-4th December 2014 at Bombay Convention & Exhibition Centre, Mumbai will see participation from various corporates. Jubilant Life Sciences, will be showcasing its key products and services from its key businesses in Life Science Ingredients and Pharmaceuticals.

CPhI UBM India Pharma Awards is the second edition of Pharma awards created by CPHI. CPHI is one of the sub platforms of United Business Media who organise over 20 such world scale exhibitions across industries. UBM plc is a multinational media, public limited company head quartered in London, United Kingdom. Its principal operations are live media and business-to-business communications, marketing services and data provision, and it principally serves the technology, healthcare, trade and transport, ingredients and fashion industries.

 
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