The Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Robert D. Hormats leads the State Department’s efforts to develop and implement economic growth, energy, agricultural, oceans, environmental, and science and technology policies to promote economic prosperity and address global challenges in a transparent, rules-based, and sustainable system. The bureaus and offices under his leadership work to:
This year we received many outstanding nominations. 62 U.S. businesses were nominated by U.S. ambassadors around the globe. These nominations reflect the growing number of American firms that have adopted policies that advance good corporate citizenship and democratic principles in the communities in which they work. Of those 62 nominations, 13 finalists, including 4 small-to-medium sized businesses, were chosen by a selection committee of senior officials from across the U.S. government.
The 13 finalists for the 2011 ACE are:
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Under Secretary Hormats: "Increasingly, what more and more nations are addressing is how to build economic power at home and how to project economic power abroad." Full Text»