London, 27 September
2010 Greening the Blue - the website covering
all issues relating to the United Nations's
sustainability performance - has won an
international award
for 'Best Website'.
IVCA - the International
Visual Communications Association - exists
"to promote effective business and
public service communications of the highest
ethical and professional standards".
Their Clarion Award Scheme was established
in 2003 to support social inclusion, CSR,
sustainable development and ethical debate.
Greening the Blue won the award for Best
Website in the Public Sector Category.
Marco Forgione, Chief
Executive of IVCA, commented:
"To qualify as
a finalist is excellent, to win is a tremendous
achievement. Congratulations to all of those
who were shortlisted and of course many
congratulations to Greening the Blue for
their excellent and much deserved winning
entry."
Niclas Svenningsen,
Head of the Sustainable United Nations team
at the UN said:
"We are delighted
that Greening the Blue has been recognised
in this way. One of our objectives in making
the UN more sustainable was to lead by example,
and this award is evidence that we're doing
exactly that".
Imogen Martineau, the
consultant behind the website, said:
"Delivering communications
for the UN on sustainability is the sort
of job I always dreamed of doing. It's been
a real adventure getting it off the ground,
and I'm overjoyed that the IVCA has recognised
the efforts of the whole team with this
award."
The website was developed
for the United Nations by Martineau and
Co and Enable Interactive.
