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Winners of the Sixth Award (2007)
| Yogesh Chander Deveshwar |
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David Johnston |
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Leader Award:
Yogesh Chander (Y.C.) Deveshwar, Chairman of ITC Ltd., one of India's foremost private sector companies with a diversified presence such as hotels, paperboards, packaging agribusiness, packaged foods & confectionery and information technology, receives this year's Leader Award. Under the leadership of Y.C. Deveshwar (since 1996), ITC has transformed remarkably, focussing on a corporate strategy that synergises shareholder value creation with societal goals. Yogesh Deveshwar's vision for the company is "A Commitment beyond the Market". Y.C. Deveshwar envisioned setting up of the CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development as an example of incentivizing CSR through recognition of excellence in sustainability practices. The Centre seeks to address the institutional void in developing the requisite capability among Indian industry. The Centre will endeavour to transform Indian businesses by providing thought leadership, promoting awareness and building capacity. ITC was the first company from India and among the first 10 corporations in the world to publish its Sustainability Report in compliance (at the highest A+ level) with the latest G3 guidelines of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). Under his leadership, ITC has created multiple drivers of growth, by consolidating and strengthening its diversified businesses in Hotels, Paper & Board, and Packaging, achieving accelerated growth and profitability. Y.C. Deveshwar has led ITC's pioneering initiatives with Indian farmers, many of whom live at the margin, to help transform villages into vibrant economic communities.
Y.C. Deveshwar, an engineering graduate from the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi, joined ITC Ltd. in 1968. He was appointed as a Director on the Board in 1984 and became CEO and Chairman of the Board in 1996. From 1991 - 1994, he led Air India as Chairman and Managing Director. Mr. Deveshwar was the President of the Confederation of Indian Industry in 2005 - 2006. He is a member of the Board of Governors of the Indian School of Business and the former Chairman of the Society and Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta. He also serves on the National Executive Committees of some of India's premier trade and industry bodies. Mr. Deveshwar is also a member of the CEO's Forum instituted by the Governments of United States of America and India.
Pioneer Award:
The Pioneer Award 2007 goes to David Johnston, founder and President of What's Working Inc., a sustainable building consultancy that provides socially and ecologically responsible guidance to businesses, agencies and communities around the world. Johnston is a leading thinker behind the sustainable building movement, transforming the way how people think about building in the US. He established the first private sector sustainable building program in Denver through the local Home Builder's Association. Today, this is the largest program in the private sector and was the catalyst for the National Association of Home Builders to develop national sustainable building guidelines. His approach to sustainable building has been embraced by municipalities, homeowners, building professionals and sustainability advocates nation-wide.
Innovated by David Johnston in the mid-1990s the market transformation approach has been adapted by most major sustainable building programs. The end result is millions of tons of carbon saved, significant energy reduction over local building codes, millions of gallons of water saved, hundreds of thousands of trees saved and preservation of precious old growth forests. David Johnston is also the author of different publications about sustainable building. He designed the Denver Metro Home Builders Association's Built Sustainable Program and the Boulder Sustainable Points Program, which encourages the use of cost-effective and sustainable building practices. Johnston is also the founding designer and consultant to the Alameda County Waste Management Authority's program that stimulated market transformation programs in California and is at work to implement similar programs nationwide.
Johnston is a much sought after lecturer and keynote speaker and has represented the United States at International Energy Efficiency meetings to develop international research agreements in the area of sustainable construction. He has received numerous awards for his work, including the prestigious "Corporate Excellence Award for Sustainable Development" from the University of Colorado, and the "Environmental Hero for 2004" title by Interiors and Sources Magazine. Johnston was also named "Builder of the Year" by the Washington, D.C. chapter of the National Association of the Remodeling Industry and has been inducted into the Remodeling Magazine Hall of Fame.
 
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