The World Environment Center advances sustainable development through corporate business practices. Headquartered in Washington, D.C. with offices in Europe and Latin America, WEC creates business solutions through Executive Roundtables on key sustainability challenges, builds capacity of small enterprises in emerging markets, and honors industry excellence through its annual Gold Medal Award. WEC is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization. For more information, please visit www.wec.org.
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05-21-08
WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 20, 2008 - The World Environment Center (WEC) is inviting nominations for the 25th WEC Gold Medal for International Corporate Achievement in Sustainable Development.
The WEC Gold Medal Award is one of the most respected ...
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05-07-08
WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 6, 2008 "“ Leaders of Greenpeace, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), The Nature Conservancy, Transparency International, World Resources Institute, and World Wildlife Fund will review the role of their organizations and initiatives to achieve...
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04-30-08
Washington, D.C. - April 29, 2008 - The World Environment Center (WEC) is inviting nominations for the 25th WEC Gold Medal for International Corporate Achievement in Sustainable Development.
The WEC Gold Medal Award is one of the most respecte...
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04-03-08
April 3, 2008 - GM Holden and the World Environment Center (WEC) are joining forces to launch a program to help GM Holden and its suppliers improve their environmental performance.
Announced today at GM Holden's Port Melbourne headquarters, the ...
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04-01-08
WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 1, 2008 - ENSR, one of the world's leading global environmental management and sustainability firms, announced that it is joining the World Environment Center (WEC), a global non- profit, non-advocacy organization that is a leader in advancing sust...
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01-15-08
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01-07-08
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 7, 2008 - The World Environment Center (WEC) today announced the appointment of Frank Werner to lead its global capacity building program and serve as Director of its European Operations. Mr. Werner possesses extensive knowledge of and experience ...
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12-18-07
WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 18, 2007 - A new report issued by the Alliance to Conserve the Maya Forest-The Selva Maya Project-documents recent advances i...
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12-12-07
WASHINGTON, D.C.-December 12, 2007-The World Environment Center (WEC) today announced the election of new Officers and Members to its Board of Directors and approved the update of a strategic plan that establishes ambitious new initiatives for expanding the organization’s gl...
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12-05-07
WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 5, 2007 "“ The World Environment Center's (WEC) Twenty-Fourth Annual Gold Medal for International Corporate Achievement in Sustainable Development has been awarded to Marks & Spencer for linking sustainability extensively with its supply chain...