The winners of this year’s “Top Green Brands” included five Taiwanese companies — China Airlines (中華航空), Hotel Royal Chiao Hsi (礁溪老爺大酒店), Tzu Chi General Hospital (慈濟綜合醫院), Cathay Financial Holdings (國泰金控) and Uni-President Enterprises Corp (統一企業) — the organizers said yesterday.
Foreign brands chosen in the annual poll included Sony Corp for telecoms, Panasonic Corp in the home electric appliance category, IKEA in the living and furniture division, and Mos Burger (摩斯漢堡) in the food and beverage service category.
In the special awards section, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) chairman Morris Chang (張忠謀) was named Green chief executive of the year.
Chang was chosen by judges and online voters because of his efforts to promote green supply chains and establish “green factory standards” in the technology industry, said Business Next Publishing Corp (巨思文化), which has been conducting the poll for the past three years.
In the “Green City” category, Yilan County, Greater Tainan and New Taipei City won the “Best Green Tourism,” the “Best Green Industry” and the “Best Green Living City” awards respectively.
The survey was conducted online between Feb. 21 and Feb. 29, and it collected 580,221 valid votes.
A panel of seven judges made the final decisions.
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