This is the second consecutive year that Henkel India has won the Frost & Sullivan Sustainability award. It bettered its performance this year by progressing from winning the ?Challengers Award? last year to being awarded the ?Leaders Award? this year. The Sustainability 4.0 Awards are presented to companies in three major categories: Leaders, Challengers and Believers. ?Achieving more by using less resources and tripling the efficiency by 2030 ? that is the goal of Henkel?s Sustainability Strategy. Henkel India has been making year-on-year progress on this front. Our employees are our Sustainability Ambassadors. They also run Henkel India?s CSR initiatives, Educare and Lighting Lives, at locations close to our offices and production sites across the country. This award reflects our commitment to sustainability and will inspire us to do even better in the future,? said Shilip Kumar, President, Henkel India.

The awards assessment framework has four major parameters and 13 sub-parameters, recognising the efforts of front runners via a thorough benchmarking process. The model also takes into consideration global sustainability frameworks and future requirements of reporting. ?Henkel India has improved the relationship between the created value and the environmental footprint. We are delighted to receive the ?Leaders Award? under the Large Business, Corporate Category from Frost & Sullivan for Sustainability, as it confirms that we are on the right track in our journey on Sustainability,? said Bappa Bandyopadhyay, Director ? Operations and Projects (Adhesives), Henkel India.