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The first annual Eco Choice Awards
co-sponsored by GREENRetailer
and the NYIGF were a big hit.
Check out the winners
in the three judging
categories.
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inners of the first-ever
Eco Choice Awards were
selected by retailers at
the August 2009 New York
International Gift Fair
®
(NYIGF
®
),
with top honors bestowed to
“green” gift and home products in
three categories: Most Innovative,
Most Sensitive Use of Materials
and Most Sellable. The winners are
outlined in the pages that follow.
The awards, which are co-sponsored by GREENRetailer
magazine and NYIGF, recognize the industry’s most
innovative, environmentally responsible products. More than
175 “green” products in NYIGF’s SustainAbility: design for a
better world
®
display were considered by retailers, and
winners were selected for inventiveness, newness, aesthetics
and functionality.
“NYIGF’s SustainAbility display exists to showcase the
industry’s best examples of ‘green’ product design,” said
Dorothy Belshaw, NYIGF director and GLM senior vice
president. “We’re taking it a step further by asking retailers to
identify those products which they find particularly compelling.”
“GREENRetailer magazine’s core mission is to help raise
awareness of eco-friendly business practices in the gift and
home furnishings industry,” said Patricia Norins, publisher.
“The Eco Choice Awards recognize companies who are already
leading by example.”
For more information about the upcoming NYIGF, visit nyigf.com.
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