Vector Receives Sustainable Development Award of Excellence, 2002

Vector Corrosion Technologies is pleased to be the recipient of the 2002 Sustainable Development Award of Excellence for Galvashield® technology in the Research & Development category. This award is in recognition of Galvashield® Embedded Anodes as an economical means to sustain the integrity of concrete structures, while maintaining the principals and guidelines of sustainable development.

The Sustainable Development Awards of Excellence Program was established in 1991 to recognize Manitobans who embrace the spirit and principles of sustainable development though various projects or ideas. The Awards recognize and honour those people, projects, and ideas that successfully translate the principles and guidelines of sustainable development into concrete and lasting achievements.

Sustainable development is an approach to daily decision-making that integrates probable consequences to the environment, the economy and human health and social well-being. The U.N. Commission described sustainable development as paths of environmental, economic, social and political progress that “…meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”.