NMPT bags Greentech Environment Award

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November 6, 2012

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Mangalore, November 6: The New Mangalore Port Trust, the premier organization in Mangalore was awarded the 13th Annual Greentech Environment-2012 in Gold category for Port Sector for the year 2012 on October 30, 2012 at Hyderabad.

The Greentech Foundation established in the year 1999 based in New Delhi, India is a non-profit organization committed to recognize and celebrate ethos of outstanding performance issues.

Greentech Foundation has instituted Annual Greentech Safety Awards and Greentech Environment Awards and Greentech HR Awards to recognize, reward and promote exceptional goals in the field of safety and all positive aspects of environmental responsibilities. Greentech Foundation Award is a unique form of benchmarking the stringent quality standards, credibility and honoring the proactive practices of the awardees enhancing their esteem and global stature.

This year the 13th Annual Greentech Environment-2012 awards were presented to companies/units demonstrating highest level of commitment to Environmental Management. Greentech Awards serve as a catalyst to understanding the intrinsic value of Environmental Management in business excellence and sustainability. The awards aim to recognize exemplary operations, systems and the evidence of their impact to business vitality. The Port has taken environmental upgradation for sustainable development by adopting plantation, besides other measures throughout the Port Estate during the last two years.

This campaign was spearheaded by passionate environmental campaigner and Dy. Chairman of the Port, Shri T.S.N. Murthy, IRS under the leadership of Dr. P. Tamilvanan, Chairman, NMPT.

Due to this adjudication, the Port is being recognized as one of the best Environmental friendly Port amongst all major ports of the country. The greatest responsibility of the Port in environment aspects is to maintain the status without compromising its business commitments.

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