REXDALE, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 31, 2006--On the morning of June, 2, 2006, join GE Water & Process Technologies, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), and the Hon. Laurel Broten, Minister of the Environment, in honouring Unilever Canada with the 2006 global ecomagination Leadership Award. The award will be presented to Unilever Canada for their environmental leadership, which demonstrates that with strategic dedication, companies around the world can simultaneously produce better business and better environmental results. Unilever Canada was able to significantly reduce their use of municipal water use, raw materials, and emissions at a time when population growth, regulatory issues, and competitive industrial demands are becoming a global challenge.
WHAT:
GE 2006 ecomagination Leadership Award Open Media Breakfast & Press Conference
WHO:
Hon. Laurel Broten, Minister of the Environment, Ontario
Jeffrey Allgrove, president & CEO of Unilever Canada
Jeff Garwood, president and CEO, GE Water & Process Technologies
WHEN:
Friday, June 2, 2006
8:00 a.m. Breakfast
9:00 a.m. ecomagination Leadership Award Press Conference & Tour of Plant
WHERE:
Unilever Canada, Rexdale Plant
195 Belfield Road
Rexdale, ON
M9W 6N1
416-246-1650
Contacts
GE Water & Process Technologies
Ellen Mellody, 215-942-3307
Cell: 215-989-3025
[email protected]
or
GE Canada
Kim Warburton, 905-858-5678
Cell: 416-561-8316
[email protected]
or
Unilever Canada
Stan Reid, 416-240-4706
[email protected]
General Contact Information
GE Corporate
[email protected]
1-203-373-2039