Published 04-05-05
Submitted by EECO 2005
The list of previous winners of the GLOBE awards reads like a who's who of the Canadian environmental business community. This year's nominees include such prestigious companies as Canadian Pacific Railway, General Motors Canada, Alcan Inc., TransAlta Corporation, Purolator Courier Ltd., RBRC: Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corp., Cleantech Venture Network LLC, and The Ethical Funds Company.
Past winners include Toyota Canada, Canadian Urban Transit Association, Xantrex Technology Inc., and Carmanah Technologies Inc. The awards are sponsored by The Globe and Mail and the GLOBE Foundation of Canada.
Businesses with a track record of environmental innovation can enter the GLOBE Awards for Environmental Excellence in one of five categories:
A panel of well-known experts from the Canadian business community judges submissions for the GLOBE Awards. Finalists will be announced April 29. For detailed awards information, please visit the Globe Foundation website at www.theglobeawards.ca.
EECO, one of the most powerful economic and business summits in the Great Lakes Region, will bring together the major players of the Great Lakes Economy on May 25-27, 2005 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Canada. For more information, please visit www.eeco2005.com.