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UNEP, LG
Electronics Agree to Partner on Champions of the Earth
Awards
Seoul, Korea,
31 May 2009 - The
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and LG
Electronics (LGE), a global leader and technology
innovator in consumer electronics, agreed to be partners
in the recognition of outstanding global environmental
leaders through UNEP's Champions of the Earth Awards.
The agreement was signed
by Angela Cropper, Deputy Executive Director of UNEP and
Young Kee Kim, Executive Vice President of LGE, at a
ceremony held in Seoul, Korea. Under the three-year
partnership, LGE will contribute KRW 0.7 billion
(approximately USD 560,000) per year to support the
Champions of the Earth.
A total of USD 200,000 in
prize money will be awarded yearly to winners, starting
in 2010, with the contribution from LGE.
Established in 2004, the
Champions of the Earth is the flagship global award
presented each year by UNEP to outstanding environmental
leaders. This year the award has been revamped to
distinguish environmental heroes not just in the field
of Policy Leadership, as was the case in the previous
years, but also in the areas of Science and Innovation,
Entrepreneurial Vision, and Inspiration and Action.
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