Award for Corporate Excellence

Secretary Rice hosts 2007 ACE multinational winner GE. more photos

The Award for Corporate Excellence, established by the State Department in 1999, recognizes the important role U.S. businesses play abroad as good corporate citizens. The Award sends a strong signal of the Department's commitment to further exemplary practices worldwide and highlights our increasing role in business-related issues. Winners include both multinational (MNE) and small-to-medium size enterprises (SME).

U.S. companies are nominated by Chiefs of Mission and the winners are recognized with a handsome, copyrighted award in a formal ceremony hosted by the Secretary of State in Washington, DC. The ceremony, attended by representatives from Congress, the Diplomatic Corps and leaders from both the business and NGO communities includes participation, via satellite, with winning Chiefs of Mission, in-country company executives and invited guests. The event is open to the media in Washington and overseas.

ACE Finalists Selected for 2008:

Eleven U.S. companies operating abroad were chosen as Finalists for the prestigious Secretary of State's Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE) from the more than 60 nominations submitted by U.S. Ambassadors worldwide. The Interagency ACE Principals' Selection Committee is Chaired by Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery III. This year marks the 10th Anniversary of the ACE program.