Hon. Dr Janez Potocnik is awarded the Champions of the Earth Award by the United Nations Environment
Programme
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 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 just had
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 September 2013 awarded the Champions of the Earth
Award by the United Nations Environment Programme.
Official announcement web site:
https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/european-environment-commissioner-receives-top-un-environment-award
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 numerous Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit, as documented
in the pages of this Web Site.