2022 National Environmental Excellence Awards

Overview

Each year, the National Association of Environmental Professionals (NAEP) seeks nominations for our annual National Environmental Excellence Awards. Applicants who are eligible to win represent a national or major achievement involving national organizations, Federal, State, tribal, or local agencies or companies; achieve a national or international contribution to the environment with verifiable results and evidence, and achieve innovation in compliance methodology and/or integration of decision-making with environmental regulatory processes.

Selected Award Winners receive a beautiful award plaque; an invitation to briefly address participants at the Annual NAEP National Conference; complimentary article space in the summer NAEP newsletter; and recognition on the NAEP website.

You may submit several nominations. Each nomination must be a separate submission through the nominations form.

The Environmental Excellence Award nomination(s) are to be submitted to the NAEP Awards Review Committee before October 31, 2021.

Eligibility

To be eligible for the Environmental Excellence Awards a project or program must:

Be located, implemented, or constructed in the United States of America (USA) and/or its territories. The project team developing the project or program does not need to be located within the USA or territories.
Be relatively new, meaning it was worked on, developed, implemented, or completed within the last five years.
Be in any stage of the project development process, meaning the project or program does not have to be implemented or constructed to be eligible.
Be any type of a private or public local, state, or federal project or program.

Materials and Information

Before submitting your nomination, be sure to have collected all the necessary Nominee Information and Materials including:

Award category
Name of project
Nominee name, email, company, and address
Brief descriptions of:

The environmental challenge or problem statement the action, program, project, or achievement addresses
How the action, program, project, or achievement emphasizes creative or novel approaches (why it stands out in its award category)
The best verifiable evidence of significant results and achievements of the action, program, project, or achievement
The beneficiaries of the action, program, project, or achievement
The unique features or methodologies used in this action, program, project, or achievement
If applicable, the committed public/private implementation funding, monetary benefits, and cost savings from action, program, project, or achievement

If the action, program, project, or achievement has any pending legal actions
Supporting documents including support nomination, letters from stakeholders, etc. (Must be submitted in a single PDF)