Gavin Anderson & Company Sponsors Mission Antarctica's Environmental Clean-up Effort.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 23, 2001 For Gavin Anderson Employee, Antarctica Expedition Offers Unique Opportunity Daily Web Updates Allow Armchair Travellers to Take the Journey Gavin Anderson & Company, a global corporate, financial and public affairs communications firm, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : OMC OMC Organisation Mondiale du Commerce (French: WTO) OMC Organización Mundial del Comercio (Spanish: World Trade Organization) OMC Organização Mundial do Comércio ), announced today its corporate sponsorship for Mission Antarctica in its quest to preserve Antarctica as a pristine wilderness for future generations through the renewal of the Environmental Protocol to the Antarctic Treaty in 2041. "We are very pleased to be a part of this unique environmental and educational effort," said Richard Constant, 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. . "At Gavin Anderson we are always looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. ways to put into practice the beliefs that form the core of our corporate culture - learning, leadership, international teamwork, and communication." Mission Antarctica has officially joined with the Russian Government to remove 1,000 tons of waste from the Bellingshausen Antarctic Research Station. As part of this effort, Mission Antarctica has invited sponsoring companies to send employees to visit the clean-up operation onboard its expedition ship, a round-the-world yacht named '2041'. With the support of its parent, Omnicom (the leading US-listed marketing communications group), Gavin Anderson held a worldwide contest among its offices to give one employee the opportunity to join the expedition. As a result, Jennifer Haefeli, a Managing Associate at Chlopak, Leonard, Schechter & Associates, the Washington DC based firm acquired last year by Gavin Anderson, will spend three weeks on board '2041' to help plan and prepare for the clean-up and removal of some 1,000 tons of scrap from the scientific base in Antarctica. "I see Mission Antarctica as a tremendous learning opportunity and a chance to contribute to greater international awareness and understanding of global environmental issues." says Jennifer Haefeli. "I am honored and thrilled to be given the opportunity by Gavin Anderson to join this expedition." "We believe it is important to assist in raising awareness to help preserve Antarctica's fragile environment," added Richard Constant. "We are fortunate to align ourselves with a great organization such as Mission Antarctica which is mobilising young people internationally in a common endeavour to safeguard the world's last frontier." About Gavin Anderson & Company/Chlopak, Leonard, Schechter & Associates (CLS (Common Language Specification) The structure and syntax of .NET and CLI programming languages. See .NET. ) Founded 20 years ago, Gavin Anderson & Company is an international advisory firm specializing in financial, corporate and public affairs communications and issues management. The firm advises many of the world's leading companies, and has nearly 300 staff. Gavin Anderson & Company has offices in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and Washington, London, Paris, Frankfurt, Brussels, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra. CLS, founded in 1992, is a strategic communications consulting firm that works to shape public policy, affect business decisions and manage clients' reputations in the US and around the world. Based in Washington DC, CLS was acquired by Gavin Anderson in October 2000. It has an office in New York, and employs staff of 40. The firm's exceptional client list includes Oracle, Verizon, GE, The World Bank, The World Health Organization, Amtrak Amtrak, the National Railroad Passenger Corp., authorized to operate virtually all intercity passenger railroad routes in the United States. Amtrak was created by Congress in 1970 in response to more than two decades of continuous operating deficits by privately run , Walker Digital, Seagram Co, Hyundai, Zenith and The Pew Center on Global Climate Change The Pew Center on Global Climate Change is a non-profit advocacy organization that was established in 1998. Its Board of Directors includes Kenneth Arrow and Klaus Töpfer. [1] It is supported by The Pew Charitable Trusts, which "is working to create a policy environment . About Omnicom Group Inc. Omnicom Group Inc. (www.omnicomgroup.com), the leading marketing communications company in the world, consists of advertising agency networks BBDO BBDO Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn BBDO Bringing Biogeographic Data Online Worldwide, DDB Worldwide, and TBWA TBWA Tampa Bay WorkForce Alliance (Florida) TBWA The Big What Adventure TBWA Texas Bottled Water Association TBWA Tampa Bay Water Authority (Florida) TBWA Tiny Bubbles With Attitude Worldwide. The group also includes Goodby, Silverstein & Partners; Diversified Agency Services (DAS), which operates a number of leading, independently branded companies in public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most , marketing services, and specialty communications; Omnicom Media Group, which includes two leading international media buying and planning services, OMD OMD Doctor of Oriental Medicine. OMD, n.pr Doctor of Oriental Medicine. OMD 1. Oculomuscular dystrophy 2. Organic mental disorder and PhD; and Communicade, which manages significant minority investments in leading internet and digital media companies. About Mission Antarctica Mission Antarctica is an organisation dedicated to ensuring the preservation of Antarctica for future generations through the renewal of the Environmental Protocol to the Antarctic Treaty in 2041. Notes for Editors: You can follow Jennifer's daily experiences, as they happen, at: www.gavinanderson.com/news_and_research.asp Please visit Mission Antarctica website and give them your support by signing your online pledge: www.missionantarctica.com |
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