This year’s award recipients will be recognized virtually at the 2021 Annual Business Meeting and in-person at the Specialty & Custom Chemicals Show in Fort Worth, TX on February 28-March 2, 2022.

Thank you to our judges for their leadership in reviewing all applications!

• Brian Bourgeois, HR/Employee Development Manager, ChemDesign
• Dan Hoeft, Plant Manager, Avatar Corporation
• Cathy Spigarelli, Corporate EH&S and Product Safety Manger, Encapsys LLC
• Joe Welch, Vice President of EHS&S, MFG Chemical
• Doug Wynn, Executive Vice-President of Global Operations, Colonial Chemical

The Performance Improvement Awards Program is a recognition program focusing on the five Core Principles in SOCMA’s Environmental, Health, Safety and Security Program-ChemStewards:

1. Stakeholder Communications
2. Product Stewardship
3. EHS&S in Planning and Operations
4. Employee Training and Engagement
5. Resource and Waste Minimization

Awards are submitted for a specific period of time. For the 2021 awards, applications are evaluated for 2020 Performance Improvement.

Award Applications are based on these Five Core Principles and specifically take into account best practices and principles that demonstrate continuous improvement beyond basic requirements of ChemStewards and government-mandated programs.

There are four types of awards:

• Gold Award(s)
• Silver Awards
• Bronze Awards
• Sustainability Award