Awards, Recognitions and Certifications

Tata Steel Group – Some Key Awards

• The crowning glory this year was the Deming Application Prize 2008, which is the highest award for quality in the world. Tata Steel India earned the unique distinction of being the first integrated steel company outside Japan to win the Deming Prize.
• The Golden Peacock Global Corporate Social Responsibility Award for its continual commitment to ethical behaviour and its contribution to economic development while improving the quality of life of its workforce, their families as well as of the local community and society at large.
• The Economic Times Company of the Year Award for making a fundamental difference to the way business is done.
• The Best Establishment Award by the President of India, Mrs. Patibha Devi Singh Patil.
• The Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise (MAKE) Asia Award for the fifth time.
• The TERI Corporate Award for its HIV/AIDS initiatives.
• The Think Odisha Leadership Award for 100 years of service to the nation.
• National safety awards to the West Bokaro and Jharia divisions.
• HMS Faglig Forum, the organisation of professional and industrial bodies for health, environment and safety professionals in Norway awarded its 2008 prize to Corus Packaging Plus in March 2009.
• Corus’ Scunthorpe site was recognised by the North Lincolnshire Health and Safety Group as one of the most improved companies for accident prevention within the group in March 2009.
• Corus Tubes Maastricht received a national ‘Good Practice Award’ from the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work in November 2008.
• Corus Distribution UK and Ireland’s help in setting up a new approach to work experience was recognised with a CSR award from Walsall Town Council in March 2009.
• Confidex Sustain^®, the world’s first cradle-to-cradle CarbonNeutral building envelope from Corus Colors, was recognised by four major awards, including:
  1. A 2008 Welsh Marketing Award from The Chartered Institute of Marketing in Wales.
  2. The Chartered Institute for Waste Management’s award for Sustainable Product Development of the Year, which rewards environmental excellence and products that have been designed or produced to improve sustainability.
• NatSteel Holdings bagged the Platinum Singapore HEALTH (Helping Employees Attain Life Time Health) Award in November 2008.
• For the third time running, NatSteel Holdings won the Work-Life Excellence (WLE) Award in August 2008.
• SCSC, a subsidiary of Tata Steel Thailand, received the Excellence in Manufacture Award for Quality, Environment and Safety Management and the award for Logistics Management from the Department of Primary Industries and Mines of Thailand’s Ministry of Industry.
• NatSteel Xiamen Ltd. received accreditation from the Australian Certification Authority for Reinforcing Steel (ACRS).
• Wuxi Jinyang Metal Products Co. was awarded the ISO 14001 accreditation for environment protection.
• TSTH subsidiary, SISCO received the ISO 9001:2000, TIS 18001:1999 and OHSAS 18001:1999 quality management certifications.