DuPont Announces 2009 Safety Award Winners
This year's DuPont Safety Awards were presented to: Danone Waters (France) for Performance Improvement, British Sugar (UK) for Innovative Approach, London Underground Limited (LUL) Nominee (UK) for Visible Management Commitment, Borealis AG (Austria) for Sustainable Business Impact and Egyptian LNG (Egypt) for Cultural Evolution. Furthermore DuPont also highlighted an overall outstanding project with Eskom Hendrina Power Station (South Africa). More information about the winners and projects: www.europeanmediacenter.dupont.com
Geneva (Vocus/PRWEB ) November 12, 2009 -- DuPont today announced the five winners of the 2009 DuPont Safety Awards. The award, now in its eight edition, recognizes companies and organizations that have undertaken outstanding initiatives towards workplace safety enhancements and accident prevention in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region.
Every year DuPont presents the awards to five individuals, companies or organizations selected as the most deserving in one of the following categories: Performance Improvement, Innovative Approach, Visible Management Commitment, Sustainable Business Impact and Cultural Evolution.
This years DuPont Safety Awards were presented to: Danone Waters (France) for Performance Improvement, British Sugar (UK) for Innovative Approach, London Underground Limited (LUL) Nominee (UK) for Visible Management Commitment, Borealis AG (Austria) for Sustainable Business Impact and Egyptian LNG (Egypt) for Cultural Evolution. Furthermore DuPont also highlighted an overall outstanding project with Eskom Hendrina Power Station (South Africa).
More information about the winners and projects: www.europeanmediacenter.dupont.com
“The worldwide demand for protecting lives and the environment is one of the four key megatrends DuPont will intensively focus on with innovation and products in the future”, Koen van Neyghen, President, DuPont Safety Resources, Europe, Middle East and Africa explained during the award ceremony. “The winners of the 2009 DuPont Safety Awards recognize that growth-oriented companies have not taken their focus off of safety or SHE matters - a testament that safety is a business value and catalyst for growth.”
The awards are organized by an independent organizing committee, called Nexdor. Together with a panel of renowned experts, this committee considers all programs, projects or contributions in the field of safety in the workplace or in society in general. It also considers printed works containing important innovations or implementation of improvements connected to safety. Details of the categories, online application forms and a wealth of information on the DuPont Safety Awards can be accessed at www.leadersforum.dupont.com/awards.
DuPont is a science-based products and services company. Founded in 1802, DuPont puts science to work by creating sustainable solutions essential to a better, safer, healthier life for people everywhere. Operating in more than 70 countries, DuPont offers a wide range of innovative products and services for markets including agriculture and food, building and construction, communications, and transportation.
Since 2001, DuPont has been promoting the Leaders Forum and DuPont Safety Awards in order to stimulate safety initiatives in companies around Europe, Middle East and Africa as well as to promote safety in all walks of life.
DuPont is the authority on safe workplaces, with a proven track record in consulting and training in workplace safety and operational excellence. Leveraging the Company’s 200 year history of safety knowledge and experience, DuPont helps leading-edge companies gain sustainable improvement in insurance and operating costs, security, productivity, product quality, public image and employee morale.
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