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    Volvo the most sustainable company in the automotive sector in Brazil

    The Volvo Group’s long-term commitment to sustainability in Brazil is paying off.  Volvo stood out among 200 participating companies in the areas of energy efficiency, traffic safety programs and community actions in the business publication Exame Magazine’s Sustainability Guide for 2014.The selection of companies included in the guide is based on a methodology created by the Getúlio Vargas Foundation, a post-graduation institute in Brazil that evaluates the economic, social, environmental and general aspects of the companies. Being recognized as the most sustainable company in its sector

    Award for technology behind “The Epic Split”

    Volvo Dynamic Steering makes the truck driver’s job both safer and more comfortable. Now six of the people behind the system are receiving the Volvo Technology Award 2014. It will be handed over by President and CEO Olof Persson at AB Volvo’s annual general meeting on April 2.“Volvo Dynamic Steering elevates the steering of heavy commercial vehicles to an entirely new level. This technology gives the driver better control over the vehicle and makes the working conditions much easier. Thanks to first-class engineering work we are the first vehicle manufacturer in the world to be able to

    Chinese glaciologist and climate scientist awarded the Volvo Environment Prize

    The Chinese glaciologist and climate scientist Dr. Qin Dahe has been awarded this year’s Volvo Environment Prize. The award winner is a key contributor to the fifth assessment report from the UN climate panel (IPPC), whose first section, the “Physical Science Basis”, was released in September. He attracted wide attention last year with a report on how climate change leads to more extreme weather events.Dr Qin Dahe had a leading role in last year’s special report from IPCC on extreme events and catastrophes. It was the first report to show scientifically what many had already suspected, that

    Leading researcher in biological diversity and ecosystem services to receive the Volvo Environment Prize

    Professor Harold Mooney of Stanford University in California has been named recipient of the 2010 Volvo Environment Prize. He is one of the world’s leading researchers into biodiversity and ecosystem services, an area currently attracting global attention.The Volvo Environment Prize is an annual scientific award now presented for the 21st time. This year’s prizewinner has for many years been a leading light within research into biological diversity and especially how important it is for the functioning of ecosystem services. This concept has been widely acknowledged in recent years, perhaps

    Fredrik Persson receives the Assar Gabrielsson award for dissertation on genomic imbalances in tumors

    Today, May 11, Medical Doctor Fredrik Persson received the Assar Gabrielsson award for his dissertation at the University of Gothenburg on the treatment of genomic imbalances in tumors. The award included a prize of SEK 50,000 with the potential to receive a research grant of SEK 100,000 in autumn 2010.Fredrik Persson works at the Department of Oncology at Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg. He received the award for his dissertation on “Studies of Fusion Oncogenes and Genomic Imbalances in Human Tumors.” In his dissertation, Fredrik Persson studied genomic imbalances in tumors.

    Susan Solomon wins the Volvo Environment Prize for 2009 – delivering findings on ozone layer depletion and prominent on the UN climate panel

    One of the world’s leading atmospheric scientists will arrive in Sweden this autumn to receive what has become over the last 20 years one of the scientific world’s most respected environmental prizes: the Volvo Environment Prize, awarded by an independent foundation. In expeditions to Antarctica Susan Solomon was able to map the mechanisms underlying the hole in the ozone layer. In recent years, she has led the most prestigious working group within the UN’s climate panel and recently warned that manmade global climate changes may be irreversible — that is, even if human carbon dioxide

    Award-winning ecologist on the financial crisis: The financial markets have a lot to learn from eco-systems and crisis

    Politicians and policy-makers all over the world struggle to stabilize the global financial system. But perhaps regulations and command-and-control won’t do much good. Instead, governments should take a closer look at the research on resilience – the capacity of an eco-system to cope with shock and then rebuild and renew itself.This is the message from two prominent researchers on resilience, Professor Crawford “Buzz” Holling, who receives the Volvo Environment Prize on Nov 6 in Stockholm, and Professor Johan Rockström, executive director at the Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm

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