{"id":1486,"date":"2010-01-22T21:37:16","date_gmt":"2010-01-23T04:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ensobottles.com\/blog\/?p=368"},"modified":"2010-01-22T21:37:16","modified_gmt":"2010-01-23T04:37:16","slug":"icelandic-glacial-donates-three-tons-of-bottled-water-to-haiti-earthquake-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/?p=1486","title":{"rendered":"Icelandic Glacial Donates Three Tons of Bottled Water to Haiti Earthquake Victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00d6LFUS<\/strong><strong>, Iceland <\/strong>(January 18, 2010) \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.icelandicglacial.com\/\">Icelandic Water Holdings ehf<\/a>, makers of the award-winning <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carbonneutral.com\/\">CarbonNeutral<\/a>\u00ae natural spring water Icelandic Glacial, announced today that the company donated three tons of super-premium bottled water to victims of Tuesday\u2019s devastating earthquake in Haiti. The cases of water were among the first to arrive on the ground in the country and were delivered\u00a0by Iceland\u2019s Search and Rescue Team (ICE-SAR).\u00a0Another airlift of Icelandic Glacial water will be\u00a0delivered in Haiti over the weekend by the\u00a0United States Military.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cA tragedy of this magnitude affects everyone, everywhere. At Icelandic Glacial, we are doing our best to help search and rescue teams like ICE-SAR with their efforts on the ground in Haiti, and we pledge to ship thousands more cases of bottled water in the coming days,\u201d said Jon Olafsson, chairman and co-founder, Icelandic Glacial.<\/p>\n<p>ICE-SAR\u2019s international team operates as a special unit within the Icelandic Association of Search and Rescue. Iceland is the second most volcanically active country in the world and the international SAR team was deployed to Haiti because of its expertise in earthquake rescues.<\/p>\n<p>As the world\u2019s first CarbonNeutral\u00ae certified bottled spring water for both product and operations, Icelandic Glacial delivers a water of exceptional purity to consumers with a \u201cnet zero\u201d carbon footprint. The company uses 100% natural green energy in the form of geothermal and hydroelectric power to fuel production.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about Icelandic Glacial, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.icelandicglacial.com\/\">www.icelandicglacial.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Icelandic Glacial Natural Spring Water<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As the world\u2019s first CarbonNeutral\u00ae certified bottled spring water for both product and operations, Icelandic Glacial delivers a water of exceptional purity to consumers with a \u201cnet zero\u201d carbon footprint.<\/p>\n<p>Located in \u00d6lfus, Iceland, Icelandic Glacial is an environmental pioneer in the industry. The company uses 100% natural green energy in the form of geothermal and hydroelectric power to fuel production.\u00a0 The source of Icelandic Glacial is the legendary \u00d6lfus Spring, a naturally replenished catchment zone formed during a massive volcanic eruption more than 4,500 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Icelandic Glacial was named \u201cBest Water of 2007\u201d by industry experts BevNET, and also received accolades for the \u201cBest Sustainability Initiative\u201d at the 2007 BottledWaterWorld awards.<\/p>\n<p>Icelandic Glacial is distributed in the United States by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anheuser-busch.com\/\">Anheuser-Busch<\/a>, which took a 20 percent ownership stake in the company in July 2007.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Icelandic Glacial, go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.icelandicglacial.com\/\">www.icelandicglacial.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00d6LFUS, Iceland (January 18, 2010) \u2014 Icelandic Water Holdings ehf, makers of the award-winning CarbonNeutral\u00ae natural spring water Icelandic Glacial, announced today that the company donated three tons of super-premium bottled water to victims of Tuesday\u2019s devastating earthquake in Haiti. 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