Nokia’s Chennai plant bagged the prestigious Golden Peacock Environment Management Award 2010, under the Telecom/IT-Hardware category; instituted by the World Environment Foundation (WEF). The jury for the award selection was headed by Justice P N Bhagwati, former Chief Justice of India and Member, UN Human Rights Commission. Kirsty Britz – Senior Global Campaign Manager, Nokia Southwood formally accepted the award on behalf of Nokia India Pvt. Ltd presented at a special Award function held recently at the National Liberal Club in London.

More than 380 organizations including big corporate houses in India applied for the prestigious award this year. The key factors taken into consideration during the selection process were Environmental governance, Legal compliance, Training and awareness on environment protection, Monitoring of environmental performance and Clean technologies.

According to Prakash Katama, Director, Nokia Chennai Factory, “Environment management is one of our organizational cornerstones and therefore is an important part of all our business activities. Our employees have demonstrated sincere efforts, commitment and a continual improvement spirit in achieving eco-friendly business environment which has helped Nokia create a minimal environment impact in any industrial and business activity.”

“Getting an award of such high prestige in our first application effort itself has reinforced our belief that we have chosen the right path and that we will continue to take our GREEN journey to new levels of success”, he added.