Prestigious Golden Peacock is an international benchmark for corporate excellence
Dubai-headquartered Tristar Group was recently recognised as the winner of the first Golden Peacock Global Award for ESG (GPGAESG), at the 2023 Annual London Global Convention of the Institute of Directors, India (IOD).
Tristar Group CEO Eugene Mayne received the award from Sir Alok Sharma KCMG MP, President of COP26 and Member of Parliament for Reading West, UK, and Lt. Gen. Surinder Nath, PVSM, AVSM (Retd.), President, IOD.
This is the first time IOD has instituted an Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) award under its Golden Peacock Awards initiative, after they were first introduced in 1991. Since then, the Golden Peacock has come to be regarded as a benchmark of corporate excellence around the world. In earlier years, Tristar has won four Golden Peacocks for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), two for Occupational Health and Safety, and one for Sustainability.
Keynote speaker
Eugene Mayne was also invited to be a keynote speaker at the four-day IOD event being held in London, themed ‘The Board’s tryst with ESG and making corporate governance work in the new world economy.’
Addressing the international audience, he pointed out how fast ESG is becoming the language of corporate boards as the ‘ABC of sustainability’ and urged them to embed it into corporate agendas and operations.
“If boards do not include ESG as part of long-term strategies, the fact is that someone else probably will. Regulators, activists, customers, or the public may do it for them in ways that will be costly in terms of resources, respect, and reputation,” he explained.
