Crowdog
12-07-2001, 10:08 PM
Jack Smith Named Co-Chairman of
The Nature Conservancy's Campaign for Conservation
General Motors Chairman to Guide $1 Billion Fundraising Effort
ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 19 -/E-Wire/-- John F. "Jack" Smith, Jr., chairman of General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM), has been named co-chairman of The Nature Conservancy's "Campaign for Conservation," a $1 billion capital campaign that will raise money to preserve key natural areas in more than 200 places in the Americas, Asia and the Pacific. The Nature Conservancy preserves habitats and species by saving the lands and waters they need to survive.
General Motors has been a prominent supporter of The Nature Conservancy for many years, and Smith has served on the board of governors for The Nature Conservancy since 1997. From 1994 through 1999, General Motors donated $5 million in the form of financial support and trucks to the Conservancy's Campaign for the Last Great Places. In 1999, General Motors again confirmed its commitment to the Conservancy with another $5 million pledge to The Campaign for Conservation. To date, The Nature Conservancy has received over 100 trucks from General Motors for use on Conservancy project sites in the United States. In addition, the company's Cadillac division has also agreed to help sponsor The Nature Conservancy's 50th Anniversary photography exhibit, which will feature the work of 12 well-known artists and appear in galleries worldwide starting in 2001.
"Jack Smith has been an exemplary member of our board, and under his direction General Motors has been the leading corporate contributor to our conservation work," said W. William Weeks, executive vice president for The Nature Conservancy. "He is going to be a great Campaign for Conservation co- chairman."
Smith said, "General Motors strongly believes in the work The Nature Conservancy is doing around the world. By preserving plant and animal species and threatened ecosystems, The Nature Conservancy is helping to make sure that our children will be able to enjoy the same natural wonders that we enjoy. Rarely does one find a nonprofit organization so dedicated to specific, measurable results."
In addition to being chairman of General Motors, Smith is a director of Proctor & Gamble Co., Detroit Renaissance and the U.S.-Japan Business Council. He serves as chairman of Catalyst, president of the Beta Gamma Sigma Director's Table, the Chancellor's Executive Committee of the University of Massachusetts, and the board of trustees to Boston University.
The Nature Conservancy is a private, international, nonprofit organization established in 1951 to preserve plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive. To date, the Conservancy and its one million members have been responsible for the protection of 11.9 million acres in the United States, and have helped through partnerships to preserve more than 61 million acres in Latin America, the Caribbean, Canada and the Pacific. The Conservancy owns and manages 1,340 preserves, the largest private system of nature sanctuaries in the world. You can visit the Conservancy on the Internet at www.tnc.org .
General Motors (NYSE: GM), the world's largest vehicle manufacturer, designs, builds and markets cars and trucks worldwide. In 1999, GM earned $5.6 billion on sales of $176.6 billion. It employs about 388,000 people globally. GM is investing aggressively in high technology and e-business within its global automotive operations and through such initiatives as e-GM, GM BuyPower, OnStar and its Hughes Electronics Corp. (NYSE: GMH) subsidiary. GM also operates one of the world's most successful financial institutions, GMAC. More information about GM's environmental progress in the areas of products, plants and partnerships can be found at www.gm.com/environment
SOURCE The Nature Conservancy
http://ens.lycos.com/e-wire/Oct00/19Oct0005.html
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The Nature Conservancy's Campaign for Conservation
General Motors Chairman to Guide $1 Billion Fundraising Effort
ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 19 -/E-Wire/-- John F. "Jack" Smith, Jr., chairman of General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM), has been named co-chairman of The Nature Conservancy's "Campaign for Conservation," a $1 billion capital campaign that will raise money to preserve key natural areas in more than 200 places in the Americas, Asia and the Pacific. The Nature Conservancy preserves habitats and species by saving the lands and waters they need to survive.
General Motors has been a prominent supporter of The Nature Conservancy for many years, and Smith has served on the board of governors for The Nature Conservancy since 1997. From 1994 through 1999, General Motors donated $5 million in the form of financial support and trucks to the Conservancy's Campaign for the Last Great Places. In 1999, General Motors again confirmed its commitment to the Conservancy with another $5 million pledge to The Campaign for Conservation. To date, The Nature Conservancy has received over 100 trucks from General Motors for use on Conservancy project sites in the United States. In addition, the company's Cadillac division has also agreed to help sponsor The Nature Conservancy's 50th Anniversary photography exhibit, which will feature the work of 12 well-known artists and appear in galleries worldwide starting in 2001.
"Jack Smith has been an exemplary member of our board, and under his direction General Motors has been the leading corporate contributor to our conservation work," said W. William Weeks, executive vice president for The Nature Conservancy. "He is going to be a great Campaign for Conservation co- chairman."
Smith said, "General Motors strongly believes in the work The Nature Conservancy is doing around the world. By preserving plant and animal species and threatened ecosystems, The Nature Conservancy is helping to make sure that our children will be able to enjoy the same natural wonders that we enjoy. Rarely does one find a nonprofit organization so dedicated to specific, measurable results."
In addition to being chairman of General Motors, Smith is a director of Proctor & Gamble Co., Detroit Renaissance and the U.S.-Japan Business Council. He serves as chairman of Catalyst, president of the Beta Gamma Sigma Director's Table, the Chancellor's Executive Committee of the University of Massachusetts, and the board of trustees to Boston University.
The Nature Conservancy is a private, international, nonprofit organization established in 1951 to preserve plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive. To date, the Conservancy and its one million members have been responsible for the protection of 11.9 million acres in the United States, and have helped through partnerships to preserve more than 61 million acres in Latin America, the Caribbean, Canada and the Pacific. The Conservancy owns and manages 1,340 preserves, the largest private system of nature sanctuaries in the world. You can visit the Conservancy on the Internet at www.tnc.org .
General Motors (NYSE: GM), the world's largest vehicle manufacturer, designs, builds and markets cars and trucks worldwide. In 1999, GM earned $5.6 billion on sales of $176.6 billion. It employs about 388,000 people globally. GM is investing aggressively in high technology and e-business within its global automotive operations and through such initiatives as e-GM, GM BuyPower, OnStar and its Hughes Electronics Corp. (NYSE: GMH) subsidiary. GM also operates one of the world's most successful financial institutions, GMAC. More information about GM's environmental progress in the areas of products, plants and partnerships can be found at www.gm.com/environment
SOURCE The Nature Conservancy
http://ens.lycos.com/e-wire/Oct00/19Oct0005.html
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