MUMBAI, June 27, 2013 – Abbott, India’s leading health care company, today announced that it was honored with the Golden Peacock Global Business Excellence Award for 2013 at the recentGlobal Convention on Business Excellence in Dubai.
The Golden Peacock Global Business Excellence Award recognizes Abbott’s strong foundation of stakeholder engagement, a commitment to transparency, a workplace environment that enables its employees to achieve their greatest potential, high standards of ethics and compliance for the company and its partners, and the quality of its involvement with communities. It also recognizes Abbott’s broader economic, social and environmental performance.
“Abbott is committed to advancing healthcare and improving the lives of millions of patients and customers by partnering with healthcare professionals, governments, non-governmental organizations and other stakeholders,” said Bhaskar Iyer, Divisional Vice President, Established Pharmaceuticals, Abbott in India. “Being a responsible corporate citizen involves more than health care innovation and outreach. Good citizenship also extends to the way we run our business in a sustainable manner to benefit our many stakeholders.”
The Golden Peacock Global Business Excellence Award was created by the Institute of Directors to encourage Business Excellence achievements in both manufacturing as well as service organizations globally. This category of award recognizes companies in areas such as leadership, vision, financial performance, managing risk and corporate sustainability.
