Karachi - At least 26 companies and two environmental journalists received awards at the 4th Annual Environment Excellence Awards (AEEA) distribution ceremony, organized by National Forum for Environment & Health (NFEH) at a local hotel on July 4, 2007.
The Sindh Minister for Environment and Alternative Energy Dr. Saghir Ahmed and Secretary of the department Mir Hussain Ali gave away the awards to the companies and journalists.
Annual Environment Excellence Awards are designed to recognize and promote the organizations which make an outstanding contribution to sustainable development.
They aim to highlight policies, practices, processes and products from all sectors of business in the country, which help achieve ‘economic and social development without detriment to the environment and natural resources upon the quality of which continued human activity and further development depend.’
The following companies received the awards: AES Lal Pir (Pvt) Ltd, Attock Refinery Ltd, BGP (Pakistan) International, English Biscuit Manufacturers (Pvt.) Ltd., Engro Asahi Polymer & Chemicals Ltd., Engro Chemical Pakistan Ltd, Engro Vopak Terminal Ltd, Habib Oil Mills, Indus Motor Company Ltd, Kohinoor Energy Ltd, KSB Pumps Company Ltd, National Refinery Ltd, Nestle Pakistan Ltd., Oil & Gas Development Company Ltd, Pak-Arab Refinery Ltd, Pakistan Oilfields Ltd, Pakistan PTA Ltd, Pakistan Refinery Ltd, Pakistan State Oil Co. Ltd , Pharmevo Pvt Ltd, Shell Pakistan Ltd, Siemens Pakistan Engineering Co Ltd, Sui Southern Gas Company Ltd, Thal Engineering, Tourism Promotion Services (Pak) Ltd., W.M.C Pvt. Ltd.
Ms. Shabina Faraz, a freelance journalist and Mr. Jamshed Bukhari of daily Jang were awarded Environmental Journalist Awards. The NFEH also organized the National Conference on Environment for Development on the occasion.
The prominent speakers of the conference were S. Tariq Naeem, EBM; Mr. Gulzar Firoz, Chairman of Standing Committee on Environment, FPCCI, Dr. Kaiser Waheed, M. Naeem Qureshi, Dr. Sami-uz-Zaman, Member Technical Environmental Protection Tribunal; Mirza Arshad Ali Beg, Former DG – PCSIR; Mr. Zaheer Baig, Chief Advisor – NFEH; Ms. Saima Beg, IUCN.
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