Chemplast Sanmar Limited, Mettur Plant II (PVC Plant), received the Platinum Award for its safety systems under the medium size category of the FICCI Safety Excellence System Awards 2012. The gold award was won by Schneider Electric India, Hyderabad and the silver was won by ITC Ltd (PSPD Unit, Bollaram) AP. The award was received by Ramkumar Shankar from Union Minister for Labour & Employment Mallikarjun Kharge.
The focus in the awards is on the presence of robust safety systems in the organisation rather than performance. The jury for the awards consisted of Dr R Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India, Former Cabinet Secretary Surendra Singh, Former Minister of Agriculture and Member of Parliament Sompal, Rohit Relan, Managing Director, Bharat Seats Limited, and Shyam Bang, Executive Director, Jubilant Life Sciences Limited.