Sustainable Business 20

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Plant Health Care PLC

25 June 2009

 



Embargoed for release: 7am, 25 June 2009

Plant Health Care plc

('Plant Health Care' or 'the Company')

PLANT HEALTH CARE RATED AS ONE OF THE WORLD'S TOP SUSTAINABILITY COMPANIES

Plant Health Care (AIM: PHC.L), a leading provider of natural products to the agriculture and landscape industries, is pleased to announce that it has been selected as one of the world's most sustainable businesses by sustainablebusiness.com in the 2009 Sustainable Business 20 ('SB20') List. Other companies selected in the SB20 include Google, IBM and Timberland. The full list of winners is at the bottom of this announcement.

The 8th annual SB20 list, published by sustainablebusiness.com, which tracks and analyses green stocks, consists of 20 public companies that have the potential to greatly impact the goal of reaching a sustainable economy. The 20 companies where chosen by a group of judges, who are among the most respected green stock analysts in the world. The judges chose companies based on the following sustainability and financial criteria:

Sustainability criteria: The most exciting companies in terms of how they are conducting their business, or in the disruptive green technologies they are advancing that solve environmental problems and lead to a sustainable society. In particular, they must have a very strong green story, with the ability to have widespread influence. Companies must have made major announcements and/or significant progress in meeting targets over the past year.

Financial criteria: Companies are preferably profitable with strong management and balance sheets. Development stage companies must have revenue and be on track to profitability. Each company would enhance an investment portfolio although it may not be in a buying position today.

John Brady, CEO of Plant Health Care said, 'We are very pleased to be considered amongst this very elite group. Providing natural products which promote plant growth, health and yield with environmental care has always been our guiding principle. As recognised by this award, our products are ideally suited to help solve the problems associated with a growing world population and a limited amount of productive agricultural land. This is evidenced by our successful agreement with Monsanto for the commercialisation of Harpin which stimulates the growth and natural defense systems within a plant, leading ultimately to a stronger and more productive plant and improved crop yield.'

SB20 2009: First Solar: USA, Vestas: Denmark, Gamesa: Spain, Ormat: USA, WaterFurnace Renewable Energy: USA, Telvent: Spain, Novozymes: Denmark, Westport Innovations: Canada, Pure Technologies: Canada, Chipotle Mexican Grill: USA, Naturex: France, United Natural: USA, Plant Health Care: UK, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank: Australia, Novo Nordisk: Denmark, Google: USA, IBM: USA, Herman Miller: USA, Philips: Netherlands, Timberland: USA.

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About Plant Health Care plc: Plant Health Care plc ('PHC') is a leading provider of natural products for plants and soil. Established in 1995 in Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) in the United States, PHC currently has approximately 90 employees and has operations in the United States, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Spain, and the Netherlands. The Company listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange in July 2004. Ticker symbol is PHC.

PHC's products are aimed at the agriculture and landscape industries and are environmentally beneficial. Through the commercialisation of these products, PHC is capitalising on current long-term trends toward natural systems and biological products for plant care and soil and water management. Further information is available at: www.planthealthcare.com  

 

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