Organized by SP’s Technology & Innovation Advisory Council, the annual Suppliers Partnership for the Environment (SP) Awards Program is designed to recognize and raise awareness of environmental sustainability successes within the automotive supply chain, while promoting knowledge sharing and transfer of proven solutions across the automotive industry.
Current SP Award Categories include,
- Demonstrating Environmental Innovation in the Manufacturing Process (Company). This award recognizes companies that demonstrate outstanding innovation in an advanced manufacturing process or technology leading to significant environmental and economic impact within the global automotive supply chain
- Creativity in Implementing Sustainable Practices (Company). This award recognizes companies that demonstrate remarkable creativity in implementing environmental sustainability programs and practices within the global automotive supply chain.
- Community Impact (Company). This award recognizes companies who strive to extend the positive impacts of their sustainability efforts to local communities and organizations outside the automotive industry through outreach and education.
- Shining Star (Individual). This award recognizes and celebrates individual emerging sustainability leaders within the SP membership for their exemplary efforts in developing and improving environmental sustainability programs, as well as their leadership and engagement in SP.
2024 Award Winners
SP’s 2024 Award Winners were announced on October 24 at an SP quarterly membership meeting in Marysville, Ohio.
► 2024 SP Community Impact Award: Toyota Tsusho America – Princeton, Indiana Earth Day Initiative
► 2024 SP Creativity in Implementing Sustainable Practices Award: Lear Corporation – ReNewKnit Sustainable Composite Material for Automotive Interiors
► 2024 SP Demonstrating Environmental Innovation Award: Blackburn Energy, Inc. – Scope 3 Emission Reduction Project with General Motors and Moonstar Express
► 2024 SP Shining Star Award: Alex Phan of Magna International
► 2024 SP Shining Star Award: Daniel Esch of Ford Motor Company
► 2024 SP Shining Star Award: Sarah Tea of General Motors
2023 Award Winners
SP’s 2023 Award Winners were announced on September 19 at an SP quarterly membership meeting in Warren, Michigan.
► 2023 SP Creativity in Implementing Sustainable Practices Award: Arkema, Advanced Bio-Circular Materials
► 2023 SP Demonstrating Environmental Innovation in the Manufacturing Process Award: UBQ Materials / Polyram / ConMet, Landfill to Product.
► 2023 SP Shining Star Award: Jeremy Galanty of General Motors
► 2023 SP Shining Star Award: Jeff Haltrecht of Call2Recycle
► 2023 SP Shining Star Award: Matt Marshall of Toyota Motor North America
► 2023 Spirit of SP Award: Vickie Lewis of VMX International
2022 Award Winners
► 2022 SP Community Impact Award: Lavergne for its Ocean-bound Plastic Recycling Initiative in Haiti.
► 2022 SP Creativity in Implementing Sustainable Practices Award: Solvay for its Sustainable Manufacturing of a Bio-Based Polymer program.
► 2022 SP Demonstrating Environmental Innovation in the Manufacturing Process Award: Henkel for its Next Generation Metal Pretreatment Process.
► 2022 SP Shining Star Award: Bridget Grewal of Magna International for her vision and leadership in promoting industry collaboration to minimize automotive packaging waste.
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2021 Award Winners
The 2021 SP Awards were presented virtually to:
► 2021 SP Community Impact Award: Magna International for its Global 6K Water Challenge program.
► 2021 SP Creativity in Implementing Sustainable Practices Award: Avangard Innovative for its plastics packaging circular economy program.
► 2021 SP Demonstrating Environmental Innovation in the Manufacturing Process Award: Li-Cycle for its Spoke & Hub technologies.
► 2021 SP Shining Star Award: Sophia Borroni-Bird of General Motors; and, Gary Vegh of ERA Environmental Management Solutions
► 2021 Spirit of SP Award: Alissa Yakali of Honda Development and Manufacturing America
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