Alcan and International Business Leaders Forum have announced the shortlist of candidates for the $1 million Alcan Prize for Sustainability for 2007. Ten organizations were selected from a field of over 155 entries from 53 countries around the world.
The prize recognizes contributions to the goal of economic, environmental, and social sustainability by not-for-profit, non-governmental, and civil society organizations
The Alcan Prize for Sustainability 2007 shortlist is:
- Centro de Servicios Educativos en Salud y Medio Ambiente (CESESMA), Nicaragua
- FARM-Africa, UK
- Institute of Integrated Rural Development, Bangladesh
- Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat, India
- Los Ninos, USA
- M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, India
- Ningxia Center for Environment and Poverty Alleviation, China
- Rural Development Institute, USA
- The Natural Step Foundation, Sweden
- Utthan Centre for Sustainable Development and Poverty Alleviation, India
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