ITT Employees Commemorate World Water Day
March 22 2010 - 12:03PM
Business Wire
Today at ITT Corporation locations around the world, employees
will engage in volunteer events to commemorate World Water Day, an
annual observance designated by the United Nations to draw
attention to the need for safe drinking water and sanitation. As a
global leader in the transport, treatment and control of water and
wastewater, ITT will engage its employees at approximately 100
facilities in local events tied to water quality and
conservation.
“Our employees take great pride in the opportunity to express
their dedication to addressing the global water crisis on a daily
basis—through both our business operations and their personal
involvement in volunteer efforts,” said Steve Loranger, ITT
chairman, president and chief executive officer. “ITT is proud to
mark World Water Day by applying our expertise in our local
communities to make an impact on a global scale.”
ITT’s World Water Day efforts support the company’s year-round
mission to provide innovative and energy-efficient systems and
technologies to solve pressing clean water and wastewater needs
around the globe. ITT Watermark®, the company’s signature corporate
citizenship program, leverages ITT’s technologies to provide safe
water, sanitation and hygiene education to children and families in
schools and in disaster-struck areas of the developing world.
In honor of World Water Day, ITT’s 40,000 employees around the
world, will mark World Water Day through global volunteer events
ranging from conducting river clean ups to working with students to
test the quality of local water bodies. As part of these efforts,
Bjorn von Euler, director of corporate philanthropy for ITT, will
join ITT volunteers in Yunnan, China to visit two schools that ITT
Watermark has recently provided with safe water pumps, latrines and
hand-washing stations.
ITT is also raising funds for its nonprofit partners—Mercy
Corps, Water For People and China Women’s Development
Foundation—through a Facebook campaign. From March 22 - March 26,
ITT will donate $1 to safe water solutions for every new fan of the
ITT Watermark Facebook fan page. According to Water.org, the
average estimated global cost of providing water to one person for
a lifetime is $25. This means for every 25 new fans, water can be
provided to one person for life. ITT is encouraging its employees,
customers and operating communities to log on to Facebook and
become a fan of ITT Watermark by visiting
www.ittwatermark.com/facebook.
The 2010 observance of World Water Day is part of ITT’s larger
commitment to promoting the sustainable use of the world’s water
resources. ITT is co-chair of the World Business Council for
Sustainable Development’s water initiative, founder of the
Stockholm Water Prize, and the global sponsor of the Stockholm
Junior Water Prize—all of which address the conservation of water
worldwide.
Since its launch in 2008, ITT Watermark has provided safe water
to more than 500,000 children and families in locations around the
globe. This includes installing safe water pumps, latrines and
hand-washing stations at 184 schools in India, China, Guatemala and
Honduras. The program has secured critical water supplies and
provided response training and equipment for more than 350,000
people in disaster-struck countries such as Myanmar, Nepal, China,
and Haiti.
About ITT Corporation
ITT Corporation is a high-technology engineering and
manufacturing company operating on all seven continents in three
vital markets: water and fluids management, global defense and
security, and motion and flow control. With a heritage of
innovation, ITT partners with its customers to deliver
extraordinary solutions that create more livable environments,
provide protection and safety and connect our world. Headquartered
in White Plains, N.Y., the company generated 2009 revenue of $10.9
billion. www.itt.com.
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