WNS Wins the Prestigious Golden Peacock Global Award for Corporate Social Responsibility 2012
April 26 2012 - 4:30AM
Business Wire
WNS (Holdings) Limited (NYSE: WNS), a leading provider of global
Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) services, has been recognized by
Institute Of Directors (IOD), with the Golden Peacock Global Award
for Corporate Social Responsibility 2012. WNS has won this
prestigious global award for its ongoing ‘Community Development and
Outreach Program,’ under the auspices of the WNS Cares Foundation
(WCF). WCF endeavors towards creating a better and sustainable
future for underprivileged children and youth at WNS’s locations
across the globe. The award was presented to WNS in a gala award
ceremony by His Excellency, Humaid Mohammed Obaid Al Qutami,
Minister of Education, Government of UAE at the 7th International
Conference on Social Responsibility held between April 24 and April
26, 2012, in Dubai. Keshav R. Murugesh, WNS’s Group CEO, also
participated in the summit as the Chair Person and chief moderator
of the key note session on “Social Innovation – The Driver of
Economic Growth.”
Keshav Murugesh, Group CEO, WNS (on the
right) receiving the award from Juma Al Majid, Founder and
Chairman, Juma Al Majid Group of Companies, UAE (on the left).
(Photo: Business Wire)
WCF received this award for its noteworthy contribution towards
the education of underprivileged children. Over 120 activities have
been conducted by WCF in a short span of 14 months, helping more
than 23,000 beneficiaries in 17 locations. Programs have included
establishment of libraries & computer centers; book, dictionary
and laptop donation drives; reading programs; sports activities,
and mentoring programs.
"We are pleased to announce that WNS is a winner of the Golden
Peacock Global Award for Social Responsibility for 2011-2012. WNS
was adjudged the winner of the Social Responsibility Global award
for continuous and significant contribution through WCF towards
education of underprivileged children," said Manoj K Raut, CEO and
Director, Institute of Directors. "Congratulations to WNS and the
WCF team for their commendable effort in supporting the
less-privileged community," he added.
"Winning this prestigious honor in the area of Corporate Social
Responsibility is a matter of great pride for us,” said Keshav R.
Murugesh, Group CEO, WNS. “Since the inception of WCF in 2011, the
entire WNS family has worked together as one team, towards
achieving our mission to 'Educate Empower Enrich' underprivileged
children and youth, as we strongly believe and understand the
importance of knowledge and education in positively shaping the
society around us. Every child has the right to education, and we
at WNS will continue our efforts to make an impact in the
communities in which we live and work.”
The Golden Peacock Awards (GPA) is a set of prestigious national
and global awards designed to improve productivity and quality in
organizations. The Golden Peacock Awards are now considered the
greatest recognition of corporate excellence in areas of
innovation, quality, training, governance, environment management
and corporate social responsibility. The Golden Peacock Global
Award for Corporate Social Responsibility are to stimulate and help
organizations to rapidly accelerate the pace of stake-holder
oriented improvement process. It is a powerful self-assessment
process and a way to build an organizations’ brand equity on
'Corporate Social Responsibility.' The preparation for the award
helps to inspire and align the entire workforce and management
functions to this end. The knowledge gained by the organization in
describing and self-assessing its operations would lead to improved
organizational performance in this field.
About WNS Cares Foundation
WNS Cares Foundation (WCF), a registered non-profit
organization, has been formed with a mission to ‘Educate, Empower
and Enrich’ underprivileged children and youth. WCF, a group
company of WNS (Holdings) Limited (NYSE: WNS), has a vision to
serve society and create a strong foundation for sustainability
initiatives at WNS. WCF offers a platform to WNS’s employees and
clients to make valuable contributions to society. For more
information, visit www.wnscares.org.
About WNS
WNS (Holdings) Limited (NYSE: WNS) is a leading global business
process outsourcing company. WNS offers business value to 200+
global clients by combining operational excellence with deep domain
expertise in key industry verticals including Travel, Insurance,
Banking and Financial Services, Manufacturing, Retail and Consumer
Packaged Goods, Shipping and Logistics and Healthcare and
Utilities. WNS delivers an entire spectrum of business process
outsourcing services such as finance and accounting, customer care,
technology solutions, research and analytics and industry specific
back office and front office processes. WNS has over 23,000
professionals across 25 delivery centers worldwide including Costa
Rica, India, Philippines, Romania, Sri Lanka and United Kingdom.
For more information, visit www.wns.com.
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