Westport Innovations Inc. • Awards & Memberships

"As a member of Canadian Business for Social Responsibility (CBSR), Westport Innovations is working to integrate social and environmental benefits into its core business operations. For example, while its technology is evidence of a commitment to sustainability, its research and development facilities are designed and operated to minimize the environmental impact of engine testing. Westport Innovations demonstrates the win-win spirit of sustainability—working to create business value while adding value to the environment and society. This is what the future of business leadership is all about."

Adine Mees, President and CEO, CBSR

Corporate Knights 2008 Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada
Westport Innovations was ranked 9th on Corporate Knight's definitive annual list of Canada's top corporate citizens. Westport ranked the highest for key performance indicators in industrials including waste minimization programs, downstream impact (energy efficiency of products, safety, lifecycle eco-design), eco-social product innovation, proportion of products with sustainability differentiation, green energy use, and waste diversion.
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2008 Canadian Institute of Energy Award
Westport Innovations received an award for Applied Energy Innovation from the Canadian Institute of Energy. This award recognizes innovative demand-side management of alternative energy projects which have been implemented in British Columbia. It is distinguished from the R&D award (Westport received the R&D award in 1997) in that it is limited to operational projects installed in commercial applications, as opposed to projects in the laboratory, pilot project, or design phases. In addition to demonstrated energy savings (or energy output in the case of alternative energy projects), evaluative criteria for this award include the degree of innovation, the British Columbia content, environmental benefits, and indirect benefits.
www.cienergy.org

2007 Canadian American Business Achievement Award
Westport Innovations Inc. and its industrial partner Cummins Inc., of Indiana, received the 2007 Canadian American Business Achievement Award from the Canadian American Business Council. The Canadian American Business Achievement Award is annually given to two companies, one Canadian and one American, whose joint enterprise demonstrates the magnitude of the business and trade relationship between our two countries. The winners are chosen by an international panel of judges using exacting standards that examine sustained profitability, job creation, financial strength, environmental responsibility, corporate synergy, exceptional imagination, and extraordinary innovation.
www.canambusco.org

Canadian Business for Social Responsibility
Westport has been a sustaining member of CBSR since 2001. CBSR is a non-profit, business-led, national membership organization of Canadian companies that have made a commitment to operate in a socially, environmentally and financially responsible manner while recognizing the interests of their stakeholders.
www.cbsr.ca