Testa Produce Wins Governor's Sustainability Award
Chicago, Il
Testa Produce has been presented with a Governor's Sustainability Award by the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center. The awards are presented to "organizations in Illinois that have demonstrated a commitment to environmental excellence through outstanding and innovative sustainability practices that will also save money and help the economy."
"These businesses and organizations have shown that it is possible to create and maintain conditions under which people and the environment can exist in productive harmony, and fulfill the social and economic requirements of present and future generations,” said Manohar Kulkarni, ISTC Director.
Twenty-one Illinois companies and organizations have been honored with Governor’s Sustainability Awards presented by the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC). ISTC is a unit of the Prairie Research Institute at the University of Illinois. Any Illinois public or private organization is eligible to apply for an award. Organizations who are winning for the first time received the Sustainability Award.
The 2012 Governor’s Sustainability Award winners are:
- Advocate Health Care – Oak Brook
- Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd. – Rosemont
- CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business – Chicago
- City of Moline – Moline
- Clarke – Roselle
- County of Will – Joliet
- Flex-N-Gate Urbana – Urbana
- Fluorecycle, Inc. – Ingleside
- Knauz Automotive Group – Lake Bluff
- The Label Printers LP – Aurora
- Lawrence Foods, Inc. – Elk Grove Village
- Naval Station Great Lakes – Great Lakes
- The Peterson Garden Project – Chicago
- Quaker Foods & Snacks - Bridgeview
- Testa Produce, Inc. – Chicago
- Wight & Company – Darien
Organizations that have won in past years and are continuing their environmental efforts are awarded with a Continuous Improvement Award:
- Caterpillar Technical Center – Mossville
- Farmland Foods, Inc. – Monmouth
- Vaughan & Bushnell Mfg. Co. – Bushnell
- Village of Schaumburg – Schaumburg
