2006 Cleantech Awards recipients

Cleantech Emerging Enterprises of the Year – 2006
SunPower Corporation
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SunPower Corporation designs, manufactures and markets high performance solar electric technology worldwide. SunPower's high-efficiency solar cells and panels generate up to 50 percent more power per unit area than conventional solar technologies. SunPower's PowerLight subsidiary is a leading global provider of large-scale solar power systems with plans to compete with retail electric rates by reducing overall system costs by 50% by the year 2012.

Schmack Biogas AG
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Established in 1995, Schmack Biogas AG has aggressively invested in the construction and operation of its own biogas plants, building 171 plants with combined nominal output of 41MW.

Cleantech Pioneer Award Winners - 2006
Claude Fussler, advisor to the UN Global Compact, chair of the Sustainability Panel of the EDF Group and board director of the Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction
http://www.unglobalcompact.org/

Fussler is regarded as an expert on business and issues management in sustainable development and corporate social responsibility. He is also a director of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), where he principally acts as special advisor to the UN Global Compact. Previously Fussler worked for Dow Chemical for more than 30 years on a number of international assignments.

Reto Ringger, founder and CEO of the SAM Group, Sustainable Asset Management
http://www.sam-group.com

Ringger founded SAM (Sustainable Asset Management) Group in 1995 and quickly built the firm into a leading provider of sustainability investments. Before establishing SAM, Ringger held the post of Managing Director of Vontobel Pacific AG, prior to which he was personal assistant to the CEO of Bank Vontobel. Ringger also launched the Dow Jones Sustainability Index.

Cleantech Corporation of the Year – 2006
Wal-Mart
http://www.walmart.com/

Wal-Mart began in 1962 with a single store in Northwest Arkansas, and has since grown to become the world’s largest retailer, serving more than 176 million customers each week. Wal-Mart is actively working to integrate sustainable practices into its business, and in doing so on such a large scale, has been single-handedly driving many cleantech markets.