camfil awarded international trophy for equality and diversity
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From the left: Serge Christiane Minister of the EU delegation in UN, Cristina Lunghi Founder of Arbours, Agnes Genevois, EvaBergenheim Holmberg, Nyanyui Silidin (Camfil)
Sep 19, 2019 16:07 CEST
Camfil awarded international Trophy forequality and diversity
New York, United Nations HQ, September 16th: Camfil has been awarded thefirst GEEIS-SDG Trophy which positions equality as the driving force foraccomplishment of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG).The jury consisted of representatives from Arborus, UN Global Compact, UNWoman, UNESCO and UNDP.
GEEIS is an internationally recognised label for companies with an effectivecommitment to equal opportunities, diversity and inclusiveness in theworkplace. Camfil, represented by Eva Bergenheim Holmberg EVP HR, Agnès
Genevois VP HR Continental Europe & British Isles and Nyanyui Siliadin,GEEIS-D & Compliance leader Camfil France , received the award onSeptember 16th at the United Nations in New York from the hand of SergeCristinane, Minister of the EU delegation in UN.
The main Camfil initiatives being awarded the GEEIS-SDG Trophy were the“Camfilles Project” which promotes equal opportunity for school children inFrance by providing internships at the company. The projects has also beenextended to support education at the Diebougou orphanage in Burkina Faso.
“Equal opportunity and diversity are crucial for empowerment of our peopleand success of our business. With the GEEIS-SDG Trophy, we can promoteCamfil as a sustainable and attractive workplace and support our businessmission to make clean air a human right” said the Camil team in their speechhaving received the award.
Mark Simmons, CEO and President of the Camfil Group stated in a videoshowed during the ceremony that - “ embracing change, equal opportunities,GEEIS and sustainability provide a better world for generations to come."
Watch the full speech of Mark Simmons, CEO and President of the CamfilGroup, here.
Watch video on YouTube here
For more than half a century, Camfil has been helping people breathe cleaner
air. As a leading manufacturer of premium clean air solutions, we providecommercial and industrial systems for air filtration and air pollution controlthat improve worker and equipment productivity, minimize energy use, andbenefit human health and the environment. We firmly believe that the bestsolutions for our customers are the best solutions for our planet, too. That’swhy every step of the way – from design to delivery and across the productlife cycle – we consider the impact of what we do on people and on theworld around us. Through a fresh approach to problem-solving, innovativedesign, precise process control and a strong customer focus we aim toconserve more, use less and find better ways – so we can all breathe easier.
The Camfil Group is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, and has 30manufacturing sites, six R&D centres, local sales offices in 26 countries, and4,480 employees and growing. We proudly serve and support customers in awide variety of industries and in communities across the world. To discoverhow Camfil can help you to protect people, processes and the environment,visit us at www.camfil.com.
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