Anheuser-Busch awarded for vision.Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc., St. Louis, has been awarded for its "long commitment to environmental causes and its innovations in conservation, recycling and animal rescue and rehabilitation rehabilitation: see physical therapy. ." The company was selected by Keep America Beautiful Keep America Beautiful is an environmental organization founded in 1953. It is the largest community improvement organization in the United States, with over 560 affiliate organizations (similar to local chapters) and more than 15,000 participating communities in their signature Inc. to receive the 2003 Vision for America Award. Anheuser-Busch Chairman August A. Busch III accepted the award at an event at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago in late October. "Anheuser-Busch has demonstrated a very clear commitment to finding innovative ways to abide by To stand to; to adhere; to maintain. See also: Abide Keep America Beautiful's tenets of 'reduce, reuse reuse - Using code developed for one application program in another application. Traditionally achieved using program libraries. Object-oriented programming offers reusability of code via its techniques of inheritance and genericity. and recycle,'" Steve Reinemund, chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of PepsiCo Inc. and chairman of the Vision for America Award Dinner Committee, says. "Aluminum cans used by the beverage industry have undergone dramatic improvements in design over the years, in large part because of Anheuser-Busch's support," Reinemund adds. Anheuser-Busch is the 18th recipient of the Vision for America Award. Since 1986, Keep America Beautiful has presented the award annually to corporations that have significantly enhanced civic, environmental and social stewardship throughout the U.S. Anheuser-Busch offers additional information on its environmental efforts on-line at www.abenvironment.com. |
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