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More than 70 projects from 33 countries submitted nominations to the 2006 World Business Awards in support of the Millennium Developments Goals. The nominations were assessed by an international selection panel drawn from business, labour, research and academic organizations, environmental groups and the United Nations.
The panel, chaired by Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and current Chair of The Ethical Globalization initiative, was very impressed by the overall high quality of the projects submitted.
The following 10 projects were presented with this year’s awards. Please click on the name for more information about each project.
Aaviskaar India Micro Venture Capital Fund
Africa Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnership (ACHAP)
EcoLogic Finance
Global Alliance for the Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis (GAELF )
Health Care Logistics, VidaGás, VillageReach, Foundation for Community Development (FDC)
Patrimonio Hoy, Cemex Mexico
Siwa Sustainable Development Initiative, Environmental Quality International (EQI)
SOLO, Eczacibasi-Georgia-Pacific / Ipek kagit
Sustainable Banking, Banco Real / ABN AMRO
Tetra Pak Food for Development, Tetra Pak
Judges also highly commended: Anglo-American's Socio-Economic Assessment Toolbox, Brandix Training Center for Water Management, Education for All, Eskom's Electrification Program for South Africa, Macy's Rwanda Path to Peace, Sustainable Development for Narino's Coffee Growers, Sustainable Farming in Equatorial Africa, Reliance HIV/TB Control Center, the Social Stock Exchange and Starbucks Integrated Approach to Coffee Sustainability.
Please click on the bolded text to link to Jon Higgin's photographs from the recipient presentations at the UN on 9 May 2006 and the awards ceremony on 10 May 2006:
Award recipients receive worldwide recognition, on the websites and in other relevant publications and events of ICC, UNDP and IBLF, as leading examples of how business can contribute to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). For detailed information on the MDGs, visit www.undp.org/mdg.
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