CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development
Raising the Bar in Sustainable Business Excellence
 The Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development is a
co-creation of the apex national Chamber – the Confederation of
Indian Industry and ITC. It is a unique institution that continuously endeavours to encourage corporates to embrace sustainability by creating awareness, promoting thought leadership and building capacity amongst corporations in the quest for Sustainable Development. The Centre is a fountainhead of ideas and practices to power India’s agenda for inclusive growth and sustainable development. It enables businesses to embed the concerns of sustainable development into their own strategies and processes. The Centre is steered by its Advisory Council, led by Chairman, ITC, Mr Y C Deveshwar, and comprises members from industry, government, civil society and institutions, which provide strategic direction to the organisation.
The Centre is pioneering Corporate Sustainability Management (CSM) for the Indian industry with the strong belief that future competitiveness requires internalisation of sustainability management. It also assists companies to initiate or improve the process of sustainability reporting and stakeholder engagement.
In order to take this emerging agenda forward, the Centre conducts training and provides technical assistance & research on sustainability leadership & strategy development and has developed a training module on Leadership & Strategy under the framework of the project 'Corporate Sustainability Management in Indian Companies’ (CoSMIC).
The Centre, in September 2009, successfully launched the Sustainability Assurance Practitioner training course in India, focusing on a series of IRCA (International Register of Certificated Auditors) certified training modules & global sustainability standards.
To facilitate transfer of knowledge and sharing of experience on CSM & CSR, the Centre signed a MoU with The Ethos Institute of Business & Social Responsibility, Brazil in November 2009.
It also organised a five-day 3rd Business Leaders Programme: ‘Strategies and Leadership for Creating Sustainable Organisations’ to train key decision makers in leading organisations in sustainability strategy.
The Centre’s expertise includes training & consultancy on:
• Integration of Management Systems
• Design & implementation of Management Systems like ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, SA 8000
• Corporate Strategies for Climate Change
• Sustainability Performance Assessment |
