| [ Annual Report 2000 – 2001 ] Worldaware
Business Awards 2000
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"Business created the single global economic space:
business can and must help sustain
it … corporate social responsibility offers one viable
and vital approach"
Professor John Ruggie, formerly UN Assistant Secretary-General
and adviser to Kofi Annan on The Global Compact, July 2001 |
In May 2000, we were privileged to have the Rt Hon Don McKinnon,
Secretary General of the Commonwealth, launch the 2000 Awards at
a packed reception in Marlborough House, jointly hosted by Worldaware
and the Commonwealth Business Council. This marked the expansion
of the awards scheme to include entries from organisations throughout
the Commonwealth. He also presented the Awards at the well attended
ceremony in January 2001, at which he paid tribute to the achievements
of five very worthy winners, and two specially commended organisations.
The 2000 Awards attracted wide interest from across the world, and
resulted in winning or commended entries from a range of Commonwealth
countries. The judges were impressed by the spread of examples of
good practice, and the fact that they featured both small and large
organisations. We were successful in generating more publicity than
ever, especially within the winners’ countries where it really
counts.
We hope to be able to fund a project to analyse the impact of the
winners of Worldaware awards in their twelve-year history, as a
contribution to increase learning and share experiences more widely
among the business, education and non-profit communities, and would
welcome any interest in supporting this. The awards ‘alumni’
provide a rich seam to mine, and we are anxious not to lose this
obvious opportunity.
Winners of the 2000 Awards
- ICICI (India) for the support and direction given to Pratham,
a non-profit organisation set up to improve primary education
of children in the slum districts of Mumbai, which has achieved
its principal goal of ensuring that every child attends a formal
school. (Rio Tinto Award for Long-Term Commitment)
- Richards Bay Minerals (South Africa) for its efforts to establish
an integrated social and economic relationship with the local
community, including building capacity within local businesses,
so that the community thrives when mining operations cease. (Shell
Award for Sustainable Development)
- Ceramica Temakloe Ltd (Ghana) for its use of imaginative and
environmentally-friendly techniques to rise from a local supplier
of glazed earthenware to a major exporter of Ghanaian ceramic
products, with potential for further expansion. (Crown Agents
Foundation Award for Small Businesses)
- Roke Manor Research Ltd (UK) for its inexpensive, simple and
reliable anti-personnel mine detector, capable of indigenous manufacture.
(Worldaware Award for Innovation)
- FARM Africa (UK/Kenya) for practical, specialist help to agriculture,
typified by the Meru Dairy Goat and Animal Healthcare project
which offers affordable vetinerary and breed improvement services,
leading directly to economic benefits. (News International Notfor-
Profit Award)
- Alain Rouveure (UK) for his work to ensure the sustained livelihood
of Tibetan weavers who are skilled in the 1,000 year-old craft
of creating hand-knitted rugs (Special commendation by the Judges)
- The Shrimati Pushpa Wati Loomba Memorial Trust (India) for successfully
tackling the difficult and sensitive task of improving the quality
of life of stigmatised widows in India and providing education
for their children. (Special commendation by the Judges)
More details of the 2000 Awards winners are in an illustrated brochure
available from Worldaware, and on
this site. We are particularly grateful to all the sponsors
of these Awards, listed above, and have pleasure in announcing three
new sponsors of the 2001 Awards: The UK Department of Trade and
Industry, The British Council, and P & O Nedlloyd.
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