Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (Powergrid) has been conferred the "CSR World Leader 2022" Award at a carbon neutral presentation ceremony at the Houses of Parliament, Palace of Westminster in London.
The award was received on November, 21, 2022. by V. K. Singh, Director (Personnel).
"The honor was bestowed upon POWERGRID in appreciation of its commitment to a successful Corporate Social Responsibility program that has its credentials as A Company that Cares about its community, colleagues, clients, suppliers and the environment," Powergrid stated.
Powergrid is the only Indian entity to have been honored with this international recognition competing against 500 Global nominees.
Earlier, on May 30, 2022 POWERGRID was honored with International CSR Excellence Award 2022 at The Waldorf, London.
Corporate Social Responsibility is embedded into POWERGRID's business model.
Much before the CSR Act 2013 was enacted, Powergrid had been consistently contributing in the field of social development in and around its business establishments spread all across the country.
Adopting a 360-degree approach towards implementation of CSR interventions, the Company consults and engages with all its stakeholders.
With well-defined and customized Exit Policy for the implemented CSR projects this state utility emphasizes on Community Participation by way of effective Collaboration, Capacity Building and Sustainability aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.