WNS Wins the 2013 Golden Peacock Global Award for Corporate Social Responsibility
January 23 2014 - 7:32AM
Business Wire
WNS (Holdings) Limited (NYSE: WNS), a leading
provider of global Business Process Management (BPM) services, has
been recognized with the prestigious Golden Peacock Global Award
for Corporate Social Responsibility for the second consecutive
year. WNS received this award for its ongoing ‘Community
Development and Outreach Program’, under the auspices of the
WNS Cares Foundation (WCF).
His Excellency Nikhil Kumar, Hon'ble
Governor of Kerala giving the award to Keshav R. Murugesh, Group
CEO WNS, and Shamini R. Murugesh, Honorary Chief Mentor WNS Cares
Foundation at the 8th International Conference on Corporate Social
Responsibility held at Hotel ITC Windsor Manor in Bengaluru, India
(Photo: Business Wire)
WNS strives to create a better and sustainable
future for underprivileged children and youth at its locations
across the globe through WCF. Since its inception in 2011, WCF has
helped “Educate, Empower, and Enrich” more than 38,000 children
across 57 schools and 20 locations, The foundation has rolled out
many impactful programs, including the establishment of libraries
and computer centers; book, dictionary and laptop donation drives;
reading programs; sports activities; and e-mentoring programs.
“WNS has won this esteemed award for the second
year in a row, reflecting our ongoing commitment to Corporate
Social Responsibility. This recognition is a result of the
dedicated efforts of the entire WNS family towards achieving our
mission,” said Keshav R. Murugesh, Group CEO, WNS. “Among our many
other activities, ‘Mobile Library’ is one of the most recent and
unique initiatives. Through this program, we will work to ensure
that underprivileged children get a chance to learn and read even
if he / she cannot afford to attend a school. We have piloted this
program in a few localities of Mumbai, India, and intend to
globalize this initiative soon,” he added.
Globally, the Golden Peacock Awards for
Corporate Social Responsibility are given to organizations that
effectively manage social and environmental concerns in addition to
economic goals, and are able to balance financial profits, economic
value addition and social good.
About Golden Peacock Awards
The Golden Peacock Awards (GPA) are now
considered the greatest global recognition of corporate excellence
in areas of innovation, quality, training, governance, environment
management and corporate social responsibility.
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 management 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, Healthcare and Utilities. WNS delivers an entire
spectrum of business process management services such as finance
and accounting, customer care, technology solutions, research and
analytics and industry specific back office and front office
processes. As of December 31, 2013, WNS had 26,578 professionals
across 33 delivery centers worldwide including China, Costa Rica,
India, Philippines, Poland, Romania, South Africa, Sri Lanka,
United Kingdom and the United States. For more information, visit
www.wns.com
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