Environmental Achievement Awards Program
The AMI Environmental Achievement Awards are won by those member companies that go beyond environmental compliance by designing and successfully implementing an innovative plant upgrade or environmental program.
1. Resource Conservation (reduced use of
water, electricity, natural gas)
2.
Pollution Prevention (reduced solid or toxic
waste, recycling, cleaner production
practices)
3. Upgrades to Improve
Environmental Sustainability (advanced
technology, upgraded systems, software)
4.
Environmental Outreach to the Public (including
green marketing)
5. Environmental Training
Programs
In order to be eligible for the AMI Environmental Achievement Award, all participants must submit supporting data on natural resource, financial or other metrics to document the achievements claimed in the submitted application. Graphs, charts or photographs are also helpful. In addition, all applicants must have achieved and still be eligible for one of the four tiers of the Environmental Recognition Program Awards.
Submission for the 2009 program is now closed. Award winners
were honored on October 28, 2009 as part of
AMI's Annual Convention at the Worldwide Food
Expo in Chicago, Ill. in October 2009.
Details
for the 2011 Environmental Achievement Awards
will be released Spring 2011. To review a listing of 2009 award winners, visit the Environmental Achievement Awards Recipients page. For questions concerning the awards program, please contact Marie Ternieden at 202-587-4228 or Jessica Mosley at 202-587-4252 or by email at mternieden@meatami.com or jmosley@meatami.com. |
For more information on the MAPS
Recognition Awards Program, click
here.
Collection of metrics is a required part of all AMI environmental awards. The following worksheet is designed to help you chart your "environmental footprint," by identifying key environmental measurements to track progress from season to season and year to year. Use these comparisons to determine key aspects in your plant operations to focus your EMS, or to support your application for an Environmental Achievement Award.