About GreenCo

Background

Our human destiny is inextricably linked to the actions of self and all other living things. Respecting this principle is the fundamental challenge in changing the nature of business.

To create an enduring society, businesses will need to devise a system where each and every act is inherently sustainable and restorative.

CII - Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Center has been the pioneer organization in promoting green concepts across the country. To encourage industry tread this path, CII initiated the voluntary programme "Mission on Sustainable Growth" to facilitate ecologically sustainable business growth.

As a first step towards this direction, a CII - Code for Ecologically Sustainable Business Growth was developed aiming to involve the top management of companies and seek voluntary commitments towards reducing intensity of the consumption of energy, water and other natural resources and promote ecologically sustainable growth in their companies.

The initiative launched by CII- Sohrabji Godrej Green Busieness Centre in 2008 has evoked great interest from the Indian Industry. More than 450 organizations in India are voluntarily committed to this initiative.

This clearly indicates an increasing trend of companies adopting measures towards reducing their ecological intensity in the years to come. Off late there has been a continuous demand from companies to formulate a system to evaluate the actual performance of companies pursuing ecologically sustainable growth.

This rating system will act as a holistic framework to assess and evaluate the performance of the company's activities on the green front.

How Green is your company ?

Pursuing "Green" has become the new driver for companies on the quest towards growth, competitiveness and global excellence.

With number of businesses going green on the rise and several initiatives on different areas evokes a spark in an individual's mind on "How Green is the Company". A clear holistic mechanism is presently not available for evaluating the performance of companies on the ecological front.

Against this background, CII -Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre through an extensive stakeholder consultation and interaction with experts have developed the 'Greenco rating' system for evaluating the 'greenness of companies'.

The rating system will be the "first of its kind in the world" to assess and analyze the environmental impact of the company's activities or operations The rating will also help in defining the path forward to ecologically sustainable business growth.