Tetra Pak Receives Award for Work Supporting United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Tetra Pak Receives Award for Work Supporting United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

May 10, 2006

    LAUSANNE, Switzerland, May 10 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
Tetra Pak, a world leader in food processing and packaging
solutions, today announced that its Food for Development
programme has been awarded the 2006 World Business Award in
support of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.

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    The award, which recognises the significant role
business can play in implementing UN targets for reducing
poverty, was presented on behalf of the United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP), The Prince of Wales
International Business Leaders Forum and the International
Chamber of Commerce.

    Presenting the award in New York at a special ceremony
during a session of the UN Commission on Sustainable
Development, former UN High Commissioner for Refugees Mary
Robinson said Tetra Pak and nine other award recipients are
being recognised for their "pursuit of innovative and
productive approaches to sustainable development, targeted
at achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals."

    "Receiving such a prestigious award is an honour
for Tetra Pak and a validation of our more than 50-year
experience of combining good business practices with
development projects," said Tetra Pak CEO Dennis
Jonsson.

    At the heart of Tetra Pak's innovative and productive
approach to sustainable development lies the belief that
development programs should be built around economically
viable investments. To that end, in 2000 the company
established the Tetra Pak Food for Development Office
(FfDO), which initiates and supports school feeding and
agricultural development programmes through public-private
partnerships. FfDO also provides local entrepreneurs with
the company's technology and market know-how to help them
develop local food production.

    "Our school feeding and agricultural development
programmes go beyond ordinary business, but they are not
charity. They represent a long term development effort that
improves the nutritional status of children and contributes
to the development of the agricultural sector in developing
countries, while at the same time creating and developing
new markets for Tetra Pak," said FfDO Global Director
Ulla Holm.

    Tetra Pak has been involved in school feeding
programmes for children around the world for more than 40
years. Today, more than 40 million school children, 15
million of them living in developing countries, are served
milk and other nutritious drinks in Tetra Pak packages.

    Recent examples include a school feeding and dairy
development programme in cooperation with Kazakh
entrepreneurs and the government of Kazakhstan, a school
feeding and agricultural development programme in
cooperation with the government of the State of Nasarawa in
Nigeria, and a school feeding and dairy development
programme in cooperation with the Guatemalan government.

    "Only by engaging in true public-private
partnerships and by employing the private sector as an
engine for economic development can the UN's Millennium
Development Goals be realised," said CEO Jonsson.

    Note to Editors

    As a world leading company in food processing and
packaging, Tetra Pak's motto, "protects what's
good"(TM) reflects the philosophy upon which we
conduct our business in order to make food safe and
available, everywhere.

    Operating in more than 165 markets with over 20,000
employees, Tetra Pak believes in responsible industry
leadership, creating profitable growth in harmony with good
corporate citizenship and a sustainable approach to
business.

    We work closely with our suppliers and customers on
preferred processing and packaging solutions to provide
convenient, innovative and environmentally sound products
to millions of people worldwide.

    More information about Tetra Pak's Food for Development
activities can be found on: http://www.tetrapak.com/ffdo .

    For more information, please contact:

     Linda Bernier, Corporate PR Director,
     Tetra Pak, 
     Tel:    [phone]
     Mobile: [phone]
     Email:  [e-mail]

     Ulla Holm, Global Director,
     Food for Development Office, 
     Tetra Pak
     Tel:    [phone]
     Email:  [e-mail]

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