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