This year’s award recipients will be recognized at the 2022 SOCMA Summit in New Orleans from November 14-16, 2022.

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

• Dan Hoeft, Plant Manager, Avatar Corporation
• Lee Gauthier, Chief Operating Officer, Boulder Scientific Company
• Tom Willis, HES Manager, ChemDesign, Inc.

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 2022 awards, applications are evaluated for 2021 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 five types of awards:

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