Feb 12 2008
WNS (Holdings) Limited, a leading provider of business process outsourcing (BPO) services, today announced the launch of its Green Lean Sigma Program, a company-wide initiative to address energy conservation and reduction in impact of carbon emission. The program marks WNS’ first step towards realising its vision to be a carbon-neutral company.
“Improving the environment is now a business imperative for leading companies across the world. Carbon emissions and environmental issues are going to affect how companies operate in the future. We at WNS recognize this and are committed to becoming a carbon neutral company,” said Neeraj Bhargava, CEO of WNS Global Services. “The launch of the Green Lean Sigma Program marks the first step towards realizing our vision. As part of this program, we will embed Green Lean Sigma into our business processes, and collaborate with our other stakeholders to fulfil our responsibility.”
Roger Carr, Chairman of Centrica plc, a leading integrated energy company, joined WNS at its Mumbai headquarters today to launch the WNS Green Lean Sigma Program. “Centrica seeks to decrease its overall impact on climate change through efficient energy-use in its own operations and by supporting other businesses to do the same,” said Mr Carr. “We commend WNS’ vision to be a carbon neutral company and their dedication to environmental issues.”
As part of its Green Lean Sigma Program, WNS will leverage Six Sigma, LEAN and ISO methodologies to redesign its processes to make them more energy efficient, sensitize employees and tangibly contribute to being environment friendly. The WNS Green Lean Sigma program has been developed in consultation with Greenpeace.
The WNS Green Lean Sigma Program involves the following steps:
- Business intelligence to leverage technology to drive toward becoming a paperless office
- Quality management systems to ensure environment conformance
- Continual improvement through resource optimization and energy conservation projects
- Communication to sensitize employees on the need and ways to be energy efficient