2021 Sustainability Award Winners Announced by the Business Intelligence Group
PHILADELPHIA, PA—September 7, 2021—Today, the Business Intelligence Group announced the winners in the 2021 Sustainability Awards program. The Sustainability Awards honor those who have made sustainability an integral part of their business practice. For-profit and not-for-profit organizations of all sizes submitted nominations to reward team members and gain exposure for the organization, its initiatives, and the exemplary accomplishments of its leaders as they work to reduce their impact on our environment.
“We are so proud to reward and recognize all of our winners and finalists, as they provide the leadership and vision needed to protect our environment,” said Maria Jimenez, Chief Nominations Officer, Business Intelligence Group.
The 2021 Sustainability Award winners are:
Sustainability Hero of the Year (Executive)
Francisco Morocz, Co-Founder and CEO, Heila Technologies
Apolónia Rodrigues, President, Dark Sky®
Michael Tuohy, Vice President, Environment & Sustainability, Intelex Technologies ULC
Kyra Whitten, Vice President, Sustainability, and President, Flex Foundation, Flex
Sustainability Champion of the Year (Non-executive)
Jennie Galbraith, Group Head of ESG, British American Tobacco
Dr. Debbie Mielewski, Technical Fellow of Sustainability, Ford Motor Company
Fabien Thibault, Global Manager of Product and Packaging Sustainability, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
Sustainability Initiative of the Year (Project)
Arkema's Advanced Bio-Circular Materials and Sustainable Castor Bean Farming Initiatives
Brightmark’s Ashley, Indiana Plastics Renewal Facility
IIFL Home Finance’s Kutumb
Bausch + Lomb ONE By ONE Recycling Program
RESOLUTE FOREST PRODUCTS
DuPont Water Solutions
Great Eagle Green Influential Programmed
T-Mobile USA Inc.
NextWave Plastics, convened by Lonely Whale
EarthKind: The Year of the Monarch
Powercast: Using RF Power for battery replacement to significantly reduce E-waste
U.S Army, AMCOM Logistics Center (ALC) Distribution Center (DC) RFID Warehouse and SCM Solution
Recyclops: Bringing Recycling Where It Doesn't Exist
Sustainability Leadership Award (Organization)
Adore Me
Banyan Water
Belkin International
CVS Health
Dark Sky Association
Distell
FedEx Ground
IBM
ITRenew
Kohler Co.
Lattice Semiconductor
Longevity Partners
Mastercard
Naturepedic
Origin Materials
PepsiCo Beverages North America (PBNA)
RESOLUTE FOREST PRODUCTS
Skullcandy
Treehugger
World Energy
Sustainability Product of the Year
An Phat Bioplastic JSC
Back to the Roots
Bellwether Coffee - The Bellwether Roaster
Disruptive Technologies Temperature Sensor
Dow Polyurethanes - Dow SPECFLEX Microcellular Polyurethane
Dow Polyurethanes - Dow SYNTEGRA Polyurethane Dispersions for Microfiber
DuPont Water Solutions
Enablon - Vision Platform
EVPassport - Open Charging Platform
Ford Motor Company - F-150 Lightning
HydroGreen Grow System
Intelex's Environment, Social Governance (ESG) Software
Kohler Tier 4 Final KD Series Generator
Krungthai Bank
Ledesma NAT - Spiral Notebook
Livinguard PRO MASK
Ottonomy
PakTech - Full Circle Packaging with PakTech - Pak to Pak Handles
Persefoni
Mastercard - Sustainable Materials Directory
Stericycle, Inc. - MedDrop Medication Collection Kiosks
Verdigris Smart Building Management System
Zorlu Enerji - ZES (Zorlu Energy Solutions)
Sustainability Service of the Year
Flowspace Network Optimization
Green Food Lab - Experts in telling and selling the story of green food
LRS
Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, United Arab Emirates - Sustainability Initiative
Sensormatic Solutions - Visual Source Tags Recirculation Program
Victory Hill Capital Advisors - VH Global Sustainable Energy Opportunities plc
Zebra Technologies - Zebra Circular Economy Program
Zen Ecosystems
The judges also named several finalists including: Accord Healthcare; Agilent Technologies, Inc.; Cleancult; Crothall Healthcare; CubicFarm Systems Corp.; Dole Packaged Foods; Dow Consumer Solutions; Dow Performance Silicones; Eastman Kodak Company; Federal Package; JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd; LG Electronics; Morrison Healthcare; Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc.; RubberJet Valley Srl; Smithfield Foods; Solo New York; Sonoma-Cutrer Vineyards; Türk Ekonomi Bankası; The Duckhorn Portfolio; and Utilimarc.