April 13, 2005—The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently presented national awards for exemplary environmental outreach and performance to nine members of its National Environmental Performance Track program. EPA also welcomed 73 new Performance Track members and honored the program’s first three Corporate Leaders.
Companies that won Environmental Performance Awards were: 3M, Nevada, MO; Durango-McKinley Paper Company, Prewitt, NM; Ideal Jacobs Corp., Maplewood, NJ; and Rohm and Haas, La Mirada, CA.
Outreach Awards winners were: 3M ESPE Dental Products, Irvine, CA; International Paper, Franklin, VA; Motorola GTSS Ocotillo, Chandler, AZ; Pfizer Inc., Terre Haute, IN; 3M Corp., St. Paul, MN (which will receive the first corporate-level Performance Track Director’s Award for Outreach within and outside the company).
Performance Track Corporate Leaders (companies with multiple facilities in Performance Track, and corporate-wide commitment to environmental stewardship) were: Baxter Healthcare Corp., Deerfield, IL; Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ; and Rockwell Collins, Cedar Rapids, IO.
With the addition of the new members, Performance Track now has 351 facilities in 46 states and Puerto Rico. More information about the program is available from EPA/Performance Track.
