The Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Robert D. Hormats leads the State Department’s efforts to develop and implement economic growth, energy, agricultural, oceans, environmental, and science and technology policies to promote economic prosperity and address global challenges in a transparent, rules-based, and sustainable system. The bureaus and offices under his leadership work to:
Eleven finalists have been selected for the Secretary of State's prestigious 2012 Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE). The 2012 ACE winners will be announced at the annual ceremony hosted by the Secretary of State on November 28, 2012. More»
American companies are a highly visible and important face of the United States abroad. They can fulfill an important diplomatic role -- in particular, supporting Secretary of State Clinton's Economic Statecraft agenda, contributing to America's objectives of promoting peace, security, stability, prosperity, and sustainable development.
This year we received many outstanding nominations. 82 U.S. businesses were nominated by U.S. ambassadors around the globe.
These nominations reflect the growing number of American firms that have adopted policies that advance exemplary corporate citizenship and democratic principles in the communities in which they work.
Of those 82 nominations, 11 finalists, including 3 small-to-medium sized businesses, were chosen by an interagency selection committee that I am pleased to chair.
The 11 finalists for the 2012 ACE are:
• Chevron, Ashgabat
• Esso Angola, Luanda
• General Motors, Tashkent
• Intel, Hanoi
• Intel, Kuala Lumpur
• Microsoft Bangkok
• Microsoft, Cairo
• Microsoft, New Delhi
• Rosalie Bay Dominica,
• Sorwathé, Kigali
• Sustainable Mahogony Industries Ltd., Suva
Under Secretary Hormats: "Increasingly, what more and more nations are addressing is how to build economic power at home and how to project economic power abroad." Full Text»
Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy and the Environment Robert Hormats and Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Miriam Sapiro updated stakeholders on the model Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) review on April 17, 2012. Seated at the table left to right: PDAS Deborah McCarthy, Under Secretary Hormats, Deputy USTR Sapiro, Assistant USTR Christine Bliss.
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