Since 2005, the PEP Board of Directors has presented Environmental Stewardship Awards to member companies whose work has significantly contributed to the Gulf Coast's triple bottom line - the environment, the economy and the community. The awards celebrate the innovative approaches our members take to solve environmental problems and enhance the sustainability and resiliency of our coastlines.
PEP 2024 Environmental Stewardship Award recipients:
AM/NS Calvert - From Waste to Resource: The Impact of Cooling Tower Water Recycling
BASF - Commitment to Sustainability: Reducing Hydrochloric Acid Disposal
FMC - Diamides Process Water Reclamation: Advancing Environmental Stewardship
Moffatt & Nichol - Rising Above the Tides: Graveline Bay Marsh Restoration Project
Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC - Leading Natural Gas and Nitrogen Oxides Reductions
Thompson Engineering - Transforming Education and Environment at the Fairhope NEST Learning Campus
PEP’s 2024 Community Partner Award goes to Dr. PJ Waters, an Associate Extension Professor at Auburn University. Dr. Waters has been the catalyst, innovator and “professor of oysters” along the Gulf Coast. He founded the Mobile Bay Oyster Gardening Program, a hands-on oyster restoration and education project that depends on individuals cultivating oysters on their private docs in the coastal waters of Mobile and Baldwin Counties. Dr. Waters also started The Oyster Trail, an interactive scavenger hunt through Mobile and Baldwin counties. You can’t miss the colorful and educational art of the 26 GIANT statues of painted oysters honoring local scenes along the sidewalks, in parks and at local restaurants and hotels.
This year’s recipients exhibited an exemplary commitment to the protection and betterment of Coastal Alabama and represented a diversity of initiatives. These award-winning projects combined resulted in a decrease of 6,732 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions last year. According to EPA calculations, this is equivalent to the electricity use of 1,329 homes for one year.
Special thank you to our 2024 Video Award Sponsor, Alabama Port Authority.
