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 The European Business Awards sponsored by HSBC (www.businessawardseurope.com) has announced today that CO2logic is to represent Belgium in the prestigious 2010 Awards programme. CO2logic beat off stiff competition to be selected as one of 220 Country Representatives around Europe and will now compete for a coveted Ruban d’Honneur in the next round of the competition. Final category Award winners will be unveiled in Paris on 16th November.
Now in its fourth successful year, the European Business Awards has identified some of Europe’s brightest businesses based on their ability to demonstrate the three core principles at the heart of the Awards programme. The esteemed panel of judges were looking for organisations to represent Belgium who exhibited innovation, business excellence and sustainability. “At CO2logic we’re absolutely thrilled to be selected to represent Belgium. We’ve been operating for 4 years in the CO2 sector and it’s an honour to be recognised as one of the leading organisations in our country and in our field. The European Business Awards is apparently widely recognised as the showcase for Europe’s most dynamic companies. We’re looking forward to the next round of the competition where we’ll be competing across Europe to receive a Ruban d’Honneur and hopefully win the category for Environmental Awareness Award. The European Business Awards is dedicated to raising the visibility and progress of companies who excel in delivering innovation twinned with successful commercial results whilst acting responsibly and positively affecting the social environment they operate in. In 2009, the 99 Ruban d’Honneur recipients had a combined turnover greater than €570 billion and recorded an average annual profit growth of 56%. Adrian Tripp, CEO of the European Business Awards says, “Over the past 4 years we’ve received an incredibly high standard of entries from organisations who are passionate about their business. However, very few get the chance to fly the flag for their country and compete across Europe to be recognised as one of the EU’s leading companies. It really is an exceptional accolade to be picked as a Country Representative, and together with HSBC we’re looking forward to seeing Belgium in the next round. Alan Keir, HSBC Group General Manager and Global Co-Head Commercial Banking, comments, “As we start to turn the corner from what has been an unprecedented chapter for businesses, we believe it is essential that we both acknowledge and celebrate the ingenuity that has enabled many companies to survive and often thrive across Europe during this time. “The financial uncertainty and fragility of the last two years has left businesses with a great many challenges to overcome, but we are seeing many take valuable lessons from these experiences and employ new strategies to build better, stronger business models for the future. The European Business Awards provide an excellent platform to highlight these strategies and demonstrate best practice and we encourage organisations across EU countries, sectors and business size to get involved.”
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