Hon. Dr Janez Potocnik is awarded the Twelve Stars for the Environment Award, by the European Environmental Bureau (EEB)

Hon. Dr Janez Potocnik, European Commissioner for the Environment (2010-2014), Slovenia, was honored by FLOGEN with the 2011 Fray International Sustainability Award (Official Award Web site here: https://www.flogen.org/index.php?p=20&sp=1&bio=Potocnik) at FLOGEN's 2011 Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit (SIPS 2011) in Cancun, Mexico.

Dr. Florian Kongoli, President of SIPS and President of FLOGEN, awarding HE Stephan Vavrik, Minister, Deputy Head of European Delegation in Mexico, on behalf of Hon. Janez Potocnik with the Fray International Sustainability Award from Dr. Florian Kongoli at FLOGEN SIPS 2011


Hon Dr Janez Potocnik's acceptance address to SIPS 2011 delegates and to Dr. Florian Kongoli, President of SIPS and President of FLOGEN, on the occasion of receiving Fray International Sustainability Award at FLOGEN's 2011 Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit (SIPS 2011) in Cancun, Mexico.

Fray International Sustainability Award was the first Award given to Hon. Dr Janez Potocnik who had just started his job as European Commissioner for the Environment.

Following the footsteps of other FLOGEN award recipients who have subsequently achieved further recognition, Hon. Dr Janez Potocnik was awarded in December 2014 the Twelve Stars for the Environment Award, by the European Environmental Bureau (EEB)

Official announcement web site: https://2014.conference.eeb.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2014/11/Rationale-Janez-Potocnik.pdf

As usual, with its prestigious awards, FLOGEN has opened/validated and/or confirmed the pathway to further high honors for individuals who have greatly contributed to science and technology, as detailed in previous similar cases given in these pages. We wish similar future successes for all previous FLOGEN Award winners that were honored during the numerous Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit, as documented in the pages of this Web Site.