Apr 3, 2019   SOURCE: BusinessWire

Nomination Process Is Open For Verdantix 2019 EHS Innovation Awards

Independent research firm Verdantix has launched the nomination process for the 2019 EHS Innovation Awards. Award winners will be announced at the eighth Verdantix EHS Innovation Summit ‘Achieving EHS Excellence With Innovative Technologies’ taking place in Atlanta, Georgia 24th and 25th September 2019. Previous winners of the awards include Walmart, Kinder Morgan, Total, Johnson Controls, DHL, INEOS, Nestlé and UNHCR. Nominated firms and projects can be located anywhere in the world.

Winners of the Verdantix innovation awards are selected by an independent jury of three corporate EHS executives. Precedence is given to projects which demonstrate quantitative improvements across EHS metrics, operations and finance. In 2019, there are eleven award categories: agriculture, food & beverages; chemicals; construction and building materials; consumer products and services; discrete manufacturing; metals, mining and natural resources; oil and gas; pharmaceuticals and healthcare; power utilities; public sector and ngos; transport and logistics. There is no fee to apply.

For the 2019 EHS Innovation Awards, Verdantix is accepting nominations relating to a wide range of innovative technologies and projects:

  • Analytics
  • Augmented reality
  • Chemical product compliance software
  • Digital safety passports
  • EHS software
  • Environmental data management software
  • Fatigue monitors
  • Gas detection devices
  • Mobile apps
  • Operational risk management software
  • Proximity sensors
  • Supply chain software
  • Unmanned aerial vehicles
  • Video analytics for PPE
  • Vehicle telematics
  • VR safety training

“Through our events and research, we’ve witnessed first-hand the increase in level of ambition amongst EHS executives” commented David Metcalfe, Verdantix CEO and chair of the innovation awards panel. “EHS teams are investing in innovations that help them embrace strategic change and drive business value. These awards provide a fantastic platform to share best practices to help the community learn from each other, as well as recognize and award excellence.”

Nominations must be made via the online awards submission form. The deadline for submissions is June 14, 2019 and finalists will be informed by July 8. Winners will be announced at the Verdantix EHS Innovation Awards Gala Dinner on September 24 at the Porsche Experience Center Atlanta.

Find out more and enter at https://events.verdantix.com/ehs-americas/awards/