Evening Event Wednesday 14 November | 17:45 – 22:30

  • European Business Award for the Environment Award Ceremony & Evening Gala
    17:45 - 19:30 | Palais Niederösterreich, Herrengasse 13, 1010 Vienna
    European Business Award for the Environment Award Ceremony
    European Business Award for the Environment Award Ceremony

    Gilles Gantelet, Director of Directorate A — Policy, Coordination and Resources, DG Environment, European Commission
    Jürgen Schneider, Director General, Austrian Federal Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism
    Mia Forbes Pirie, Master of Ceremony

    At 5.45pm the Business Award for the Environment (EBAE) will be presented by the European Commission at the very same place. The European Business Awards for the Environment (EBAE) are a European Commission initiative, which recognises and celebrates European companies who are at the forefront of eco-innovation, or which have a respect for the environment at the very core of their business principles.
    Winners are recognised in the following four categories: Management, Product and Services, Business Process and Developing Country Cooperation. There is also an award for Business and Biodiversity. For further information and registration, please contact: ebae@LOWeurope.eu
    Organised by: European Commission, Office of the Regional Government of Lower Austria, and Austrian Federal Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism
    19:30 - 22:30 | Palais Niederösterreich, Herrengasse 13, 1010 Vienna
    Evening Gala
    Evening Gala

    Elisabeth Köstinger, Federal Minister for Sustainability and Tourism of Austria
    Johanna Mikl-Leitner, Regional Governor of the Lower Austrian Government

    On the evening of November 14, the Province of Lower Austria is hosting a Gala Dinner in the Palais Niederösterreich in Vienna. The event will be opened at 7:30 pm by the Austrian Minister of Sustainability and Tourism and the Regional Governor of the Lower Austrian Government.
    Organised by: European Commission, Office of the Regional Government of Lower Austria, and Austrian Federal Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism