The World Environment Foundation (WEF) has great pleasure in inviting applications from the manufacturing as well as service organisations in India, including those given below, for the Golden Peacock Environment Management Award (GPEMA).

• All sectors of industry and commerce – including Public and Private undertakings

• Organisations in Voluntary Sector.

• Government and Semi-Government Departments

• Trade and Professional associations

• Educational, Service and Research establishments including monitoring laboratories (service industries
  include, tourism, hospital and healthcare services).

The Golden Peacock Environment Management Award is the coveted and prestigious recognition that your organization could strive to win for environment management. The World Environment Foundation (WEF) takes pride to have instituted the Award in 1998 in furtherance of its aims and objectives. [The applications for the Awards relate to performance during the previous financial year April 1 to March 31].

The Awards shall be presented at the Annual World Congress on Environment Management’, to organisations adjudged to have attained significant achievements in the field of Environment Management.

Throughout this document, the term "environment" shall be understood to include a fally integrated approach to environment, Health and Safety (EHS).

‘The Golden Peacock Environment Management Award’ stimulates and helps organisations to rapidly accelerate the pace of sustainable and effective Environment Management System (EMS) in the organisation. It is a powerful self-assessment process and a way to build organisation's brand equity on Environment Management. 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 lead to an IMPROVED organisational performance.

The unique feature of the World Environment Foundation (WEF), among its other aims and objectives of working in the field of conservation and development, is that it seeks to create awareness of and implement strategies for improving environmental management standards. The emphasis is on development, management and on country wide awareness of duties of government, corporations, voluntary sector and individuals to maintain ecological balance by minimizing adverse environmental impact. To this end, the WEF instituted GPEMA to promote best management of environmental issues by the organisations. The award is recognition of the success achieved in managing environmental concerns.

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