The Green GOOD DESIGN™ award is a very specialized edition of the GOOD DESIGN™ program, which was founded in Chicago in 1950. The idea of the award is to emphasize the importance of sustainable design and to develop a public awareness program to the international general public about which companies are doing the best job in sustainable design for our world environments. The Green GOOD DESIGN™ 2009 recipients represent the world’s most important manufacturers and design firms and leading FORTUNE 500 corporations that are forwarding a new emphasis on a more sustainable design and environment worldwide.