Corporate Environmental Achievement Award

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Corporate Environmental Achievement Award

Deadline for Nominations: January 9, 2008

The Board of Trustees of the Society recognizes that many of its Corporate Members have made significant but largely unrecognized improvements in the stewardship of our environment. In 1997, the annual Corporate Environmental Achievement Award (CEAA) was established to honor outstanding environmental achievements made by Corporate Members in the field of ceramics.

These achievements represent either:

a significant improvement of an existing process and/or product, or
the development and implementation of a new process and/or product

In both cases the process and/or product should demonstrate improvements in one or more of the following areas:

reduction in undesirable effluent streams
expanded recycling of materials
measurable environmental benefits over previously established processes

The award winners will be selected by a sub-committee made up of members of the Committee on Ceramic Environmental Stewardship. A maximum of two awards may be made each year. Nominations can be submitted by any member of the Society on behalf of a Corporate Member company. It is not necessary for the process and/or product to be developed solely by one company; joint nominations may be submitted.

The Nominating Process
Any member can submit a nomination on behalf of an organization, which must be a current corporate member or join as a corporate member in order to qualify for the award. Nominations should consist of a concise description of the achievement (500 words maximum) outlining its significance and its impact on the environment. Appropriate backup documents that would further aid in the evaluation also are requested. It is strongly recommended that these backup documents be closely coordinated with the summary description. Nominations will be evaluated, and the winners selected will be forwarded to the Board of Directors for approval. Those nominees not selected for an award will remain eligible for two years. Joint nominations in which two or more companies have combined resources to develop a process and/or product can be submitted. In this case, it is recommended that a representative from one company be selected to coordinate the effort and act as a spokesperson. To better understand what is expected, read the evaluation process instructions given to subcommittee members as a basis for judging the nominations.

Send nominations to:
Marcia Stout The American Ceramic Society 735 Ceramic Place, Suite 100 Westerville, OH 43081	E-mail: mstout@ceramics.org Phone: 614-794-5821 Fax: 614-794-5882