Amway India wins three awards at the prestigious ‘Asia-Pacific HRM Congress Awards 2017’

by Shrutee K/DNS

New Delhi, 25^th September, 2017: Amway India, the country’s leading Direct Selling FMCG company was awarded the prestigious ‘Asia-Pacific HRM Congress Awards 2017 in three categories. The categories included ‘Best HR Practices in Quality of Work Life’, ‘Managing Health @ Work’ and ‘Best CSR Practice’. Eminent jury members comprising of senior leaders conferred these awards to Amway from a pool of 35 entries in each category.

The 16^th edition of Asia Pacific HRM congress Summit was held in Bangalore and witnessed a distinguished gathering of business leaders, jurists, academics, environmentalists, economists and legislators. Deepak Ramakrishnan, Regional HR Manager, South, Amway India received these awards on behalf of Amway India.

Commenting on the win Shantanu Das, Chief Human Resource Officer, Amway India said, “Amway’s core belief is helping people live better lives by giving back to the society through meaningful interventions resulting into impactful outcomes. At Amway, our endeavour has always been to implement best in class HR practices and we are honoured to have won the esteemed Asia-Pacific HRM Congress Award in three categories. These awards are an acknowledgement of our efforts towards creating a world-class people-centric organization and encourage us to work more passionately towards the betterment of penurious section of our society.”

Amway’s vision of ‘Helping People Live Better Lives’ goes beyond the statement for 750 Amway employees and more than 5lakh Amway business owners.  Under our Corporate Citizenship we put concerted efforts every single day to reach out to needy people of our society and help them to move up in their living value chain. Amway India has a comprehensive CSR program that touches & impacts lives of more than one lakh visually impaired people and thousands less privileged children of our society.  Similarly, our robust HR practices ensures work-life balance, instils learning & development, encourages innovation, promotes diversity & nurtures women leadership.

About Asia-Pacific HRM Congress Awards:

The Asia-Pacific HRM Congress Awards aims to celebrate excellence in HR and recognize organizations and individuals who are currently pushing the boundaries of people strategy. The award is conferred on organizations with robust and effective HR and people management practices, catering to the needs and all-round growth of the business, employees, industry and the nation.

About Amway India: Amway India is a wholly owned subsidiary of Amway with headquarters located in Ada, Michigan, USA.  Amway is one of the largest Direct Selling companies in the world with presence in over 100 countries & territories.

Globally, Amway is over 58 years old, US $ 8.8 billion, manufacturer and direct seller of quality consumer goods. Amway’s innovation and industry-leading R&D has seen more than 1200 patents granted and another 500 patents pending.  Amway has nearly 1000 scientists across 75 research and development and quality assurance laboratories worldwide.

Amway India sells more than 130 daily use products across categories like Nutrition, Beauty, Personal Care and Home Care through individuals who make personal recommendations regarding the use of distinctive quality products. Amway products are widely recognized and appreciated for their quality and value. These products are backed by a money back guarantee for 100% satisfaction of use.* 

Amway products are popular not just in India but across the world. Nutrilite is the world's No. 1 selling vitamins and dietary supplements brand**. Nutrilite has established itself as a leading brand in the vitamins and dietary supplements category in India as well. Amway has signed Farhan Akhtar as the brand ambassador for the Nutrilite range in India to further promote the brand. Artistry is India’s No. 1 premium skin care brand***.Amway India also offers ‘Attitude’, a premium skincare and cosmetics brand targeted at India youth. The product range has been developed keeping the needs of Indian consumers into consideration. 

Amway India is aggressively entering newer categories. Most notably, the company has launched a Weight management program called ‘W.O.W.’ (Will over Weight) which has been really appreciated by the consumers in India. Recently, Amway has forayed into the consumer durables segment with the launch of a premium cookware range Amway Queen and the Energy Drink and Sports Nutrition segment (Whey Protein) with XS. Amway’s manufacturing facility in India is located at Nilakottai in the Dindigul district of Tamil Nadu. This is Amway’s third manufacturing plant located outside of USA. The other plants are located in China and Vietnam. Amway India’s Plant in Dindigul district has achieved LEED ‘Gold’ certification by US Green Building Council (USGBC) which showcases our leadership in sustainability in the industry.

Amway India has been conferred with the ‘CSR Leadership Summit & Award’ in the category of ‘Promoting Employment for Specially-abled’. The company was recently awarded the ‘Great Place to Work 2017’ in recognition for the outstanding workplace culture.