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In an impressive confirmation of the company’s commitment to sustainability, KHS has again been awarded the coveted gold status by rating agency EcoVadis. The Dortmund systems supplier has further improved over last year’s assessment – now earning 73 points out of 100 in the completely revised evaluation method.

Christopher Whitfeld and Wenqi (Jonathan) Zhao from the United Kingdom receive the prestigious Stockholm Junior Water Prize 2024 for their work on PFAS pollution in the Thames Basin. HRH Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden presented the winners with their award during a ceremony at World Water Week in Stockholm.

Pfeiffer Vacuum, a member of the global Busch Group, has once again been awarded the prestigious EcoVadis Gold Medal for its site in Asslar. This places the company among the top 2% of organizations evaluated over the past twelve months by the world’s largest sustainability rating provider.

Pentair plc is pleased to announce the 2024 recipients of the Pentair Foundation’s Water Grants Program. The Pentair Foundation is awarding $1.15 million in grant funding to nine water-focused programs in support its mission to support and advance inclusive and sustainable communities.

The Wilo Group has been named “Europe’s Climate Leader 2024”. For this accolade, the Financial Times and the statistics portal Statista evaluated hundreds of European companies based on their progress in reducing their carbon emissions.

Xylem (XYL) announced that teams from the Philippines and Algeria were the grand prize winners of its 2024 Xylem Global Student Innovation Challenge. The annual program invites high school and university students worldwide to develop solutions to the world’s biggest water challenges.

There was great joy when Mona Neubaur, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Affairs of North Rhine-Westphalia, presented the NRW.Global Business AWARD 2024 to Flender CEO Andreas Evertz on June 24th. Flender was one of four winners honored at the 20th anniversary of the AWARD at the K21 Ständehaus in Düsseldorf.

The British Pump Manufacturers Association is once again calling for your Pump Industry Awards nominations! This annual awards programme has been recognising and rewarding the achievements of pump businesses, large and small for well over two decades. Throughout that time, it has established itself as one of the leading events to serve the industrial arena.

Pfeiffer Vacuum’s Yreka facility participated in the prestigious Blue Sky Business Partner Program. It awards companies that cover 100% of their electric usage with renewable energies. In honor of the award presentation, an event was held on the premises of Pfeiffer Vacuum Valves & Engineering.

The Wilo Group was honoured three times with the German Brand Award at a ceremony yesterday in Berlin. Gold in the category “Excellence in Brand Strategy and Creation: Brand Communication – Storytelling & Content Marketing” went to the “Scoring for Sustainability” campaign, which Wilo launched together with Borussia Dortmund. Together, the sports club and technology company want to place the importance of sustainability even more firmly at the centre of public attention.