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Apr 22, 2024 · This year, a panel of 40 judges from businesses such as Kenvue, Ecovia Intelligence, Unilever, Coty, and more selected the winners, which were unveiled at the event Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris on 16 th April.
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These award winners are Virginia Green members that have demonstrated outstanding green tourism practices. 2024 Travel Star Award Winners. 2024 Travel Leader Award Winners. Birdsong Pleasure Garden. Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center. Busch Gardens Williamsburg and Water Country USA. Elation Brewing. COVA Brewing Company.
Apr 4, 2024 · WASHINGTON – Today, April 4, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced its selections for $20 billion in grant awards under two competitions within the historic $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF), which was created under the Inflation Reduction Act as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda.
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Adaptation Award: Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, Oregon
In March 2020, Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) quickly transitioned its workforce to maximum telework. This change drastically impacted norms and processes built for an in-person environment. While this posed an unprecedented challenge for the agency, it also revealed opportunities for sustainability, efficiency, and savings. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, BPA relied on paper for nearly all administrative tasks. These deeply ingrained habits changed almost immediately. The company encour...
Innovation Award: Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare, Little Rock, Arkansas
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (CAVHS) strives to reduce its environmental footprint and has been the recipient of multiple environmental awards for 2020. CAVHS focused its recycling efforts on used oil and its products, used batteries, cardboard, lead, brass casings, and electronics. Now, it has implemented single stream recycling, scrap metal recycling, solar energy, and food composting. These new targeted areas have helped improve diversion rates for the facility. CAVHS has be...
Leadership Award: Sam Rayburn Memorial Veterans Center, Bonham, Texas
The Sam Rayburn Memorial Veterans Center is continuously improving the facility by reducing its impact on the environment. Reduced patient capacity during the COVID-19 pandemic provided an opportunity to implement process improvements throughout the facility. One area of focus was diverting prescription medication waste from landfills by training nursing staff. Pharmacy services provided a training to improve staff’s knowledge of medication waste. Nonhazardous medications are disposed of in p...
Education & Outreach Award: Presidio Trust, San Francisco, California
Beginning in 2020, alongside a new contract with their waste hauler, the Presidio Trust received more detailed information about their commingled construction demolition (C&D) waste stream. This waste stream—handled exclusively by Presidio Trust staff and contractors—consists of construction materials and other bulky items related to managing residential and commercial properties within the Presidio of San Francisco. Contents can include plywood, drywall, carpet, appliances, textiles, furnitu...
6 days ago · The European Commission has announced the winners of the 2024 Natura 2000 Award at Green Week in Brussels on Thursday. The biennial Award, this year celebrating its tenth anniversary, recognises outstanding management of Natura 2000 sites and showcases the network’s added value of conserving nature for local communities and economies across the EU.
Oct 25, 2023 · Congratulations to the Federal Green Challenge Award Winners! Searchable Table. Easily find winner stories in our interactive table. Recognition was a key element of the EPA’s Sustainable Materials Management Program and the Federal Green Challenge (FGC).
Each year, the Green Energy Ohio presents Green Achievement Awards to individuals, businesses, universities, nonprofits, and government and community entities for the work they have accomplished in advancing GEO’s mission.
