L&T Leadership Development Academy awarded Gold Rating

Jaipur, April 02, 2019: Larsen & Toubro’s Leadership Development Academy (LDA) at Lonavala, built by Building & Factories business, has been awarded the prestigious Gold Rating under the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), Green Campus certification.

IGBC Green Campus certification encourages implementation of green concepts and techniques to address national priorities like conserving natural resources, demand side energy and water efficiency, adoption of renewable energy, management of consumer waste, occupant health and comfort and biodiversity.

Mr. Yogi Sriram, Senior Vice President, Corporate HR, L&T said, “As a responsible corporate, L&T has been setting examples with several sustainability initiatives in the Indian corporate world. The campus of L&T’s Leadership Development Academy (LDA), which is known as a unique corporate university in India, has rightfully earned this Gold Rating by IGBC. We are delighted to receive the IGBC Gold Rating for Green Campus.”

IGBC evaluated LDA’s 24-acre landscaped campus in eight parameters. Site planning and management, sustainable transport, water conversation, energy efficiency, material & resource management, health & wellbeing, Green education and Innovation & Development.

To reserve the pristine purity of its environment, LDA has put in place policies, practices and processes that will ensure a minimal carbon footprint. Generating substantial power through solar panels, recycling of waste water, battery operated cars for conveyance, expert horticulturists’ supervised landscaping facility, green – field medicinal plant area and a nursery are few of LDA’s green initiatives.

Set in the tranquil environs of Lonavala, Pune the LDA offers world-class infrastructure facilities to develop future leaders and global corporate entrepreneurs. Since its inception in 1997, the LDA has benefitted several of L&T’s businesses as well as those of other select corporates.

(For LDA website please click here; for a video tour click here)         

Background:

Larsen & Toubro is an Indian multinational engaged in technology, engineering, construction, manufacturing and financial services with over USD 18 billion in revenue. It operates in over 30 countries worldwide. A strong, customer–focused approach and the constant quest for top-class quality have enabled L&T to attain and sustain leadership in its major lines of business for eight decades.