Green Philippines Islands of Sustainability (GPIoS), will honor 85 companies at the ECOSWITCH Awards Ceremony at the Asian Institute of Management Conference Center in Makati on September 22, 2011, 1 to 6pm.
The ECOSWITCH Awards marks the end of the first phase of the four-year initiative (2009-2013), which sought to contribute to an improved environmental and sustainable industrial development of Metro Manila and CALABARZON regions. It will recognize the companies which successfully implemented environment-friendly measures within their organization. Among the awardees are GMA Network (GMA7), Lufthansa Technik Philippines,Toyota, Ford Motors, and Globe Telecommunications.
Led by the Technical University of Ostrava (VSB), Czech Republic, the Project Consortium also includes the Center for Appropriate Technology (GrAT), Austria Recycling (AREC),Asia Society for Social Improvement and Sustainable Transformation (ASSIST), Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP), Philippine Business for the Environment (PBE) and STENUM, a member of GrAT. Around 250 guests are expected in the event, with the representatives from the EU Delegation, Ambassadors of Austria, Germany and Czech Republic to the Philippines, and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
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Posted on August 26, 2011 in Ecoswitch Updates by Jill Padua