14.8.2001
GM Recognized with Prestigious Water Award in Stockholm

GM will be the first automaker to receive the prestigious 2001 Stockholm Industry Water Award for a progressive water treatment and recycling program implemented at GM de Mexico's Ramos Arizpe manufacturing facility.

GM officials will be on hand in Stockholm, Sweden, August 15 to accept the award during World Water Week - an annual symposium of corporate, environmental and engineering experts from around the world who discuss the relationship between maintaining successful industry while preserving the planet's most precious resource.

The award is given by the Stockholm Water Foundation, Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development.

The Ramos Arizpe facility is located west of Monterrey, Mexico, in an area of extreme water scarcity. GM engineers faced the challenge of expanding the plant's production while reducing water usage during manufacturing and preserving the environment overall. The engineers successfully found a way to recycle and reuse the facility's industrial and sanitary wastewater, rather than further deplete the local water supply and discharge industrial wastewater into the local environment.

"Across the globe, we at GM recognize that preserving our natural resources is absolutely essential, and we're committed to incorporating sustainability into the practice of economic development," said Dennis Minano, GM Vice President for Environmental & Energy and Chief Environmental Officer.