Mahindra & Mahindra announced the winners of the inaugural edition of ‘Mahindra Rise Sustainability Champion Awards‘. This Mahindra Automotive initiative is instituted to recognise young and rising change makers who have showcased extraordinary commitment to inspire change for a better future. A first-of-its-kind recognition by the Indian auto industry, the Award identifies emerging sustainability icons in the field of Clean Air, Clean Energy, Green Mobility and Clean Water.
By recognising and showcasing their success stories, Mahindra aims to catalyse concerted action on the sustainability front and inspire more people to rise for the larger good. The Award followed a simple three-step procedure, which included pre-screening and identifying the final four winners by eminent jury members: Madhav Pai of WRI India, Mukund Vasudevan of Moglix, Vinuta Gopal from Asar Social Impact Advisors and Dr Bhaskar Natarajan from AEEE.
Veejay Nakra, CEO, Auto Sector, Mahindra Group said, “The role played by the younger generation to help India attain its net zero goals is inspirational. The Mahindra Rise Sustainability Champion Award’ is our way of recognising and encouraging this dedicated movement towards sustainability. It is in line with our core philosophy of ‘Rise’ – to be an organisation that will be counted among the best in the world and at the same time rise for our planet to fight against climate change.”
The Awards envision growing into a unique sustainability platform that creates opportunities and design pathways for today’s young change-makers to rise as the game changers of tomorrow. To further support the winners to strengthen their contribution to India’s net-zero mission, the proceeds from the auction of the one-of-its-kind All-Electric XUV400 will be equally distributed among them.