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We are pleased to report the successful close of a wonderful 29th Gold Medal celebration: On May 9, Unilever won this year's Gold Medal for International Corporate Achievement in Sustainable Development, and Unilever’s CEO Paul Polman accepted the award on behalf of the company at the Gala dinner and award ceremony. On May 10, Gold Medal Colloquium participants were treated to an exclusive conversation with Unilever executives and other sustainability leaders. For photos of both events, like us on Facebook!
This year, WEC Chairman Mike Barry and WEC President & CEO Terry Yosie invite you to view their Top 12 Take-Aways from WEC's Gold Medal Week, an exciting glimpse into Gala speeches, Colloquium panels and even the meeting of WEC member companies. We welcome your thoughts on these latest sustainability trends.
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I am delighted to have been appointed the new Chair of the World
Environment Center (WEC). In the face of the growing sustainability challenge
businesses
need a ‘big tent’ in which they can share experiences and solutions.
WEC is just such an organization. Under the leadership of its CEO Terry Yosie
and my predecessor as chair, Jeff Seabright of The Coca-Cola Company, WEC has
become a key player in identifying in very practical terms why and how business
needs to change.
I’m determined that WEC will continue to grow in influence with a real
focus in helping our members develop the right strategies, change programmes
and skills to become very much more sustainable with the simple aim of always
creating greater value for business, society and planet. In the 2 blogs here I
outline why in 2013 we as businesses need to make greater progress on the
sustainability journey whilst proposing some practical solutions to some of the
challenges we face.
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Supported by Boeing, CH2M HILL, Dow and Shell, we are in the throes of preparation for an exciting and timely roundtable, "Preparing the Next Generation of Engineering Students to Implement Sustainable Development.
This event will be held on June 10 and 11 in Washington, D.C.; full details available on our roundtable event page.
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