Tuesday, February 26, 2013
The Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy awarded its Chairman's Award to IBM for the Smarter Cities Challenge, a three-year, $50 million competitive grant program to make cities around the world smarter and more livable.
CECP, an organization that leverages the work of global corporate leaders to address societal challenges, announced today that IBM (NYSE: IBM) and The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) are the recipients of the 13th annual Excellence Awards. CECP recognizes these companies’ commitments to the communities around them and for exemplifying the Award’s four rigorous Standards of Excellence: CEO leadership, partnership, dedication to measurement, and innovation...