Tetra Pak, the world's leading supplier of safe and convenient food processing and packaging, launched "Tetra Pak Green Media Awards" to coincide with the globally celebrated "Environment Day" in a press conference held here, on Monday.
The awards will cover three categories - article, report and photograph - which should be published in a newspaper or magazine of repute between June 6 and October 31, 2006 on an environment-related issue. These are the first of its kind environmental awards for the media by the corporate sector. The winners of the first and second prizes in each category would get cash prizes of Rs 50,000 and Rs 25,000, respectively.
Speaking on the occasion, Tetra Pak Pakistan Commercial Director Haroon Lodhi said, "Tetra Pak is committed to running its business in an environmentally sound and sustainable way. We set goals for continuous improvement in our development, sourcing, manufacturing and transportation activities.
"Green Media Awards is just another such activity to promote the need and importance of cleaner and healthier environment, not only for the existing society, but also for the generations to come."-PR