Safer Choice Partner of the Year Awards
Call for Submissions: 2024 Partner of the Year Awards
The 2024 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Awards will recognize the leadership contributions of Safer Choice partners and stakeholders who, over the past year, have shown achievement in the design, manufacture, promotion, selection and use of products with safer chemicals, that furthers outstanding or innovative source reduction. In support of the Biden-Harris Administration goals, EPA especially encourages submission of award applications that show how the applicant’s work involving products with safer chemical ingredients promotes environmental justice, bolsters resilience to the impacts of climate change, results in cleaner air or water, improves drinking water quality or advances innovation in packaging.
Learn more about the Partner of the Year Awards:
Making the Safer Choice program’s mission known to the widest possible audience is key to fully realizing the program’s goals and potential. The purpose of the annual Safer Choice Partner of the Year awards is to recognize partners and stakeholders who have made exceptional contributions to advancing the Safer Choice program’s mission. The Awards recognize Safer Choice partners and stakeholders that demonstrate achievement in the design, manufacture, promotion, selection and use of products with safer chemicals.
Learn more about previous winners:
- 2023 Partner of the Year Award Winners.
- 2022 Partner of the Year Award Winners.
- 2021 Partner of the Year Award Winners.
- 2020 Partner of the Year Award Winners.
- 2019 Partner of the Year Award Winners.
- 2018 Partner of the Year Award Winners.
- 2017 Partner of the Year Award Winners.
- 2016 Partner of the Year Award Winners.
- 2015 Partner of the Year Award Winners.
Eligibility
All Safer Choice stakeholders and program participants in good standing are eligible for recognition. The Awards recognize organizations from five broad categories: (1) Formulators/Product Manufacturers of both consumer and Institutional/Industrial products, (2) Purchasers and Distributors, (3) Retailers, (4) Supporters (e.g., non-governmental organizations, including environmental and health advocates, trade associations, academia, state and local governments and others) and (5) Innovators (e.g., chemical manufacturers, technology developers and others).
How to Submit
Complete and submit the application form by April 25, 2024. The application may be filled out, scanned and emailed (preferred), or submitted in hard copy by mail. Online applications must be electronically signed and sent to the Safer Choice Partner of the Year Awards lead, Aerin Kirk (Kirk.Aerin@epa.gov) and Safer Choice Support (SaferChoice_Support@abtassoc.com). Supplemental documents (e.g., photos, pamphlets, advertisement videos, audio files) may be sent with your application as PDF files (each file must be less than 12 MB). Please refer to the application materials for instructions on how to submit hard copies.
2024 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Awards Application Form (docx)
More Information About the Awards
For more information on the Partner of the Year Awards, please contact Aerin Kirk (Kirk.Aerin@epa.gov).