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| | At ICC's 33rd World Congress in Budapest on 5 May 2000, ICC and UNEP presented 12 companies with the first business awards for environmental achievement. The Millennium Business Award for Environmental Achievement recognizes companies for their sound environmental management - well constructed policy, improved resource management and technological innovation. A panel of international experts in business and the environment selected the winners from more than 120 candidates worldwide. A total of 38 companies from 21 countries were put forward by ICC national committees for the final selection process.
The winners are listed below. The great range of size and sector includes a major Japanese electric power utility and a Peruvian brewer, an aluminium producer in Bahrain and a printer in southern England.
Altos Hornos de México
Aluminium Bahrain
Bahia Sul Celulose
Beacon Press
BSES
Cervesur
HiPP
International Forest Products
Nesher Israel Cement Enterprises
Rohner Textil
Siam Compressor Industry
Tokyo Electric Power Company
News item:
Corporate environmental excellence finds its reward
Budapest, 5 M ay 2000
