4^th Edition:

• 4^th edition of YES BANK Natural Capital Awards witnessed an overwhelming participation from individuals with more than 38,832 photographs submissions and  760 organization entries

• PwC and Earth Matters Foundation were the evaluation partners for Natural Capital Awards 2018

• Winners of both individual and organization category were felicitated at the award ceremony in New Delhi on October 10, 2018 in the presence of distinguished guests from country and government partners

• Winner of ‘Capturing the Ganges’, special category which was introduced to support Government of India’s Namami Gange initiative, was felicitated by Shri Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, Director General (DG), National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG)

• Shri Pawan Kumar Chamling, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Sikkim was awarded ‘Nature Leader of the Year’ for his contribution towards Natural Capital in Sikkim

• Organisation category winners included Godrej Industries, ACC Limited, Ambuja Cement Limited, Adani Ports & SEZ Limited, Mahindra World City, GVK Biosciences Private Limited, Nano Bubbles Bangalore (OPC) Pvt Ltd, Shree Vivekanand Research and Training Institute, IIT Gandhinagar

• Some of the national and international leaders who shared best practices in the space of natural capital conservation were Shri Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, DG, NMCG; Mr James Newcomb, Managing Director, Rocky Mountain Institute; Mr John Lelliott OBE, Chairman of Board, Natural Capital Coalition, representatives from state partners Mr A K Shukla, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Arunachal Pradesh; Mr Sandeep Kumar, Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Assam and Mr Ashwani Kumar Chand, Resident Commissioner of Sikkim

• Shri Suresh Prabhu, Hon’ble Minister for Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation addressed through a video message highlighting the importance of natural capital

• Country partners included France, Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland. H.E. Mr Marten van den Berg, Ambassador of Netherlands to India; H.E. Mr José Ramón Barañano Fernández, Ambassador of Spain to India; H.E. Mr Andreas Baum, Ambassador of Switzerland and Mr Jean-Marc Fenet, Minister-Counsellor & Head of the Regional Economic Department for India & South Asia, Embassy of France shared best practices on preserving natural capital

• Charter was signed between YES BANK, UN Global Compact Network India (GCNI) and Synergie in line with Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change’s ‘Green Good Deeds’ campaign and Sustainable Development Goals through ‘Climate Literacy program’ across 100 schools in Delhi NCR

• YES BANK became the 1^st Indian bank to join ‘Natural Capital Coalition’ wherein the Bank will integrate natural capital thinking into its strategy & operations

• YES BANK also launched the report ‘Innovating pathways to sustainable finance in India’ outlining the need for institutionalizing a green finance architecture in India  

3^rd Edition:

• The 3^rd edition of NCA saw  phenomenal participation  with 522 corporates and 10,135 individual registrations

• The winners of individual category contests were felicitated at the Grand Finale organized in New Delhi

• Corporate winners included Ambuja Cement, Jain Irrigation Systems Limited and SRF Limited in the manufacturing category; Mumbai International Airport Ltd, Infosys and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation in the services category; and Terra Eco Tourism Limited in the Eco Tourism category

• Eminent leaders, such as Dr Harsh Vardhan, Hon'ble Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change; Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Shri Suresh Prabhu, Hon'ble Minister for Commerce and Industry (through video message), Mr Inia Seruiratu Minister for Agriculture, Rural & Maritime Development, National Disaster Management, Republic of Fiji, and representatives from Natural Capital Aawards’ country partner, DFI and 5 state partners were amongst the speakers at the Grand Finale ceremony

• Renowned thought leaders such as Mr Daniele Violetti, Chief of Staff, UNFCCC, Mr Nigel Topping, CEO, We Mean Business, Mr Masood Mallick, Managing Director, ERM India and Dr AK Bhattacharya, Advisor, Green Highways Division, NHAI also shared their views on mainstreaming natural capital conservation in India

• Two knowledge reports on natural capital were released, which provideinsights on best industry practices and mapping Natural Capital to achieving SDGs in India

• Key partnership agreements were signed between YES BANK and Government of Uttarakhand and the Climate Group; United Nations Technology Innovations Labs; and Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, ISTSL – SIDBI, Foundation for MSME Clusters and Quality Council of India

2^nd edition:

• In 2^nd edition of the Natural Capital Awards saw participation of 72 large corporate house teams, and 732 individual photographers

• The winners of individual category contests were felicitated at the Grand Finale organized in New Delhi

• Corporate winners included Ambuja Cement, Tata Coffee Ltd and Reliance Industries Limited in the manufacturing category; and Capgemini and Cognizant in the services category, with a special mention of GE India

• Eminent leaders, such as Shri Prakash Javadekar, the then Hon’ble Minister of State (I/C) for Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Dr Jitendra Singh, the then Hon’ble Minister of State (I/C) for Development of North Eastern Region, Prime Minister's Office, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space, Dr Ajay Mathur, the then Director General, BEE, and Mr Jaco Cilliers, the then Country Director, UNDP India were amongst the speakers at the Grand Finale ceremony

• Key partnership agreement was signed between YES BANK and Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, and Foundation for MSME Clusters

1^st Edition:

• The inaugural ceremony of the Natural Capital Awards 2013 saw an enthusiastic participation from photographers and corporates alike, with entries from large corporates like GMR, Binani, Dalmia, HCL, HCC, Indian Oil, Mantri, Nokia, Siemens, JK Paper and Tata Power

• Tata Chemicals and ACC won the corporate winners title at the awards ceremony

• The evening was graced by distinguished leaders like Dr Shashi Tharoor, the then Hon'ble Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Shri Suresh Prabhu, the then Chairperson, Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), Ms Yuki Yasui, the then Officer In-charge, UNEP-FI

• Mr Rana Kapoor, Managing Director & CEO, YES BANK and Ms Yuki Yasui signed the Natural Capital Declaration at the ceremony. YES BANK thus became the first Indian signatory to the Declaration

Esteemed Jury 2018

 

Dr. Kirit Parikh - Chairman, Integrated Research for Action and Development

Dr. Shashi Singh - Director, NIPER, Hyderabad

Dr. Ashok Khosla - Chairman, Development Alternatives

Mr. Pranay Lal - Author & Biochemist

Mr. Rajesh Bedi - Wildlife Photographer

Mr. Mukesh Gulati - Senior Advisor & Executive Trustee, Foundation for MSME Clusters¿

Dr. V Ramgopal Rao - Director, Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi

Mr. Yuri Afanasiev - UN Resident Coordinator, India

Dr. Caesar Sengupta - Founder & Director DCP Expeditions and Wildlife Photographer

Dr. Gobind Sagar Bharadwaj - Former Indian Forest Services Officer

Dr. Deepak Apte - Director, Bombay Natural History Society

Mr. Pierre Jacquet - President, Global Development Network

Mr. John Lelliott - Chairman, Board of Directors, Natural Capital Coalition

Mr. Kamal Singh - Executive Director, UN Global Compact Network India

Mr. Anders Nordheim - Natural Resource & Ecosystem, UNEP FI

Ms. Gargi Rawat - News Anchor & Editor, Environment Campaigns, NDTV