Speaking on the achievement, T V Narendran, MD, Tata Steel India & South East Asia, said: "Greenco Rating from CII Green Building Council is a testimony to our efforts in building an energy-efficient green environment for Tata Steel Group.

"We believe that our vision of making steel and building sustainable communities is a major foundation of a sustainable world that can be achieved through resource efficiency and reduction of the environmental impact over the lifecycle of the products. Having achieved this leadership position in Greenco, Tata Steel realises its responsibility to seek further daunting targets in its journey of Sustainable Business Development".

Launched in February 2011, CII's GBC attempts to certify a company on its environment friendliness and sustainability initiatives, instead of certifying a building or part of its operations.

Tata Steel started its journey for the Greenco Rating assessment in 2015 by forming a cross-functional core team of Greenco champions. The core team worked for almost a year and several workshops were held to identify the improvement areas in line with the Greenco requirements.

Guidance was sought from the senior management of the company for improving the responses to the criteria, as and when required. The final assessment was carried out between December 6 and 8, 2016 by CII-IGBC. Many innovations undertaken inside the Steel Works under the Shikhar 25 initiative were also showcased during the assessment.

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