Greg Allgood, director of P&G’s Children’s Safe Drinking Water Program; Carlos M. Gutirrez, U.S. Secretary of Commerce; Susan Arnold, president, global business unit, P&G and A.G. Lafley, chairman of the board and chief executive officer, P&G.

Procter & Gamble Receives Presidential Award

Procter & Gamble, along with Exelon Corporation and Northrop Grumman, received the 2006-2007 Ron Brown Award for Corporate Leadership. Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez announced the 10th annual winners at a White House ceremony. The Ron Brown Award is the only Presidential Award recognizing companies for outstanding achievement in employee and community relations. Procter & Gamble was honored for providing safe drinking water for children in developing countries. During the last four years, P&G’s Children’s Safe Drinking Water program has provided more than 860 million liters of safe drinking water in over 30 countries. In late 2007, P&G announced a new goal of providing two billion liters by 2012.

(l-r): Jane Fleming, president of Women in Film; Tia Lessin, filmmaker and Andi MacDowell, actress and L’Oreal Paris spokesperson.

L’Oréal’s Women of Worth ‘Vision’ Award Presented at Sundance

The L’Oréal Paris Women of Worth “Vision” Award was presented at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival to Tia Lessin, the documentary filmmaker of “Trouble the Water,” a story of a couple’s trials during and after Hurricane Katrina. The award, including a $15,000 donation to the filmmaker, was presented by actress and L’Oréal Paris spokesperson Andie MacDowell and Jane Fleming, president of Women In Film. As a Sundance Film Festival sponsor, L’Oréal Paris created the Women of Worth “Vision” award to honor a female filmmaker whose work reflects the spirit of L’Oréal Paris’ Women of Worth initiative, which was inspired by the signature phrase “Because You’re Worth It.”