Greenomics Wins Big Five Competition in Amsterdam

12 March 2010 Amsterdam

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and ING – a 2010 Conference sponsor – today announced the winners of “The Big Five Competition” in which small and medium-sized enterprises competed for a prize worth €13,000 ($C18,000) at this year’s Conference Market Place. “This opportunity gives people from around the world visibility to some of the innovative and creative sustainability solutions coming out of British Columbia, Canada.” said Erich Schwartz, President of Greenomics.

With this competition GRI and ING aim to enhance the profile of small and medium sized sustainable organizations and provide them opportunities to present themselves at the GRI conference, the world’s largest gathering of sustainability reporting and transparency experts. Ms. Dailah Nihot, ING’s Head of Corporate Responsibility, said, “Given the global challenges in today’s world, it is clear we need more innovative sustainable solutions. The business community is an important factor in driving innovation and bringing it to the market. We co-launched this competition with GRI in an effort to encourage some of the sustainable forerunners and support them in building their businesses for the future.”

GRI received over 50 applications from nearly two dozen countries around the world. The jury, consisting of Eric Bouwmeester, Wilbert Lek, Nancy Kamp-Roelands, Jonatan Pinkse, and Giuseppe van der Helm evaluated the applications and their contribution to sustainability. The five winning organizations come from The Netherlands, France, Canada, the U.S. and the UK.

Participants of the 2010 Amsterdam Global Conference can look forward to engaging with the innovative Big Five Competition Winners throughout the two and a half day Conference. For further information on both the Conference and the Market Place, visit GRI’s Conference website.