Each year in June, the EBC recognizes companies, organizations and individuals for outstanding accomplishments in the promotion of a sustainable, clean environment through the EBEE Awards Program. These awards were created by the EBC to encourage environmental companies, government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and environmental professionals to serve as models for others to emulate and, in doing so, further the mission and objectives of the EBC.
This year the EBEE's are being held on Thursday, June 18th at the Hyatt Regency Hotel Boston. Nominations for the EBEE Awards can be made in more that one category and are due on Monday, April 13th. Nomination submission can be made by visiting www.ebcne.org/index.php?id=219#c615.
John A.S. McGlennon Environmental Award for Corporate Leadership - This award, created by resolution of the board of directors in 1994, is presented to a public or private corporation in recognition of their outstanding corporate environmental leadership and contribution to the quality of the environment in N.E. To honor and acknowledge the special contribution of John A.S. McGlennon to the protection and enhancement of the environment in N.E., a unanimous vote of the board of directors on September 10th, 2002, advanced the name of this award to the John A. S. McGlennon Environmental Award for Corporate Leadership.
Award for Outstanding New Environmental/Energy Technology or Application - This award, established by resolution of the board of directors on March 4th, 2002, recognizes a technology developed or first implemented in an environmentally related application with or by an EBC member organization that has resulted in outstanding, distinct environmental benefit.
The Environmental Merit Award for Leadership by a Non-Profit Organization - In recognition of outstanding environmental leadership by a non-profit organization for the successful development and implementation of innovative policies and programs that have revitalized city, town and village centers, preserved cultural and natural resources and expanded economic opportunity.
The Nicholas Humber Environmental Award for Outstanding Collaboration: This award, established by resolution of the board of directors on March 4th, 2002, recognizes an environmentally-related endeavor which is a joint or shared project between an EBC member and another person or entity and which reflects the global environmental values and human spirit exemplified by Nicholas Humber.
Nicholas Humber (1941-2001) president, Brae Burn Management, was an active member of the EBC. He served as the chair of the EBC's Innovative Technology Committee from 1997 to 2000; and prior to that chaired the International Business Committee. It was a tragic loss to the EBC, Humber's family and friends when it was learned that he was a passenger aboard American Airlines Flight 11, which crashed into the World Trade Center September 11th. He worked tirelessly for the environment beginning in 1971 when he joined the newly created US EPA and co-founded the national waste-to-energy and recycling programs. As an adviser to the World Bank, a founder of Energia Global, and past president of BioMed of Boston, Humber's life and career was committed to improving the quality of the environment for current and future generations.
Paul G. Keogh Environmental Award for Government Service - This award, established by resolution of the board of directors on January 4th, 1994, recognized the significant contribution made by Paul Keough and is awarded to an organization or individual for outstanding environmental leadership in government service.
Paul Keough (1946-1994) was one of the first employees hired at the EPA Boston office when it opened in 1971 and served the agency for over twenty years, earning accolades as a hard-nosed, energetic bureaucrat with an abiding commitment to the environment. Keough began at the EPA as the agency's press secretary, and spent over 10 years as the deputy administrator for N.E. Keough had an enormous impact on the hundreds of EPA employees he worked with in the Region 1 office. He also has a major impact on the thousands of individuals from business and industry, N.E.'s many environmental organizations, and other federal, state and local government officials with whom he came in contact.
The James D.P. Farrell Brownfields Project of the Year Award - This award, established by resolution of the Board of Directors on March 4nd, 2002, is awarded to a Brownfields project in which an organization has had significant involvement and that serves as an example of excellence notwithstanding the social, economic, technical and institutional challenges imposed.
To honor and acknowledge the special contribution of James D.P. Farrell to the Brownfields Program, a resolution of the board of directors on January 10th, 2005 advanced the name of this award to the James D.P. Farrell Brownfields Project of the Year Award.
James D.P. Farrell (1958-2004) actively participated in the EBC Brownfields Committee and Brownfields programs while at the Mass. AG's office where he was chief of the brownfields unit. He was instrumental in making the brownfields redevelopment process work in Mass. and was often involved in delicate negotiations among developers, municipalities and former owners of contaminated sites. Farrell was admired for his work on complex superfund negotiations—including negotiations in N.E. As a DOJ attorney on the General Electric Pittsfield case, Farrell's ideas during negotiations helped parties reach an unprecedented settlement. Jim's work for the AG's office strengthened the partnership between EPA N.E. and the state. Prior to 1999, he worked in the environmental enforcement division at the U.S. Department of Justice and as an aide to U.S. Senator Warren Rudman of N.H.
The Stephen G. Lewis Environmental Merit Award for Service to the Environmental Industry - The award was established in 1995 to honor a senior level individual in the environmental industry in recognition of their meritorious service, leadership, and dedication to the quality of the environment and to the development of the environmental industry in New England.
To honor and acknowledge the special contribution of Stephen G. Lewis to the environmental industry, a resolution of the Board of Directors on October 2, 2000, advanced the name of this award to the Stephen G. Lewis Environmental Merit Award for Service to the Environmental Industry.
The EBC Award for Achievement in Environmental Education - This award, established by resolution of the Board of Directors on March 4, 2002, recognizes an organization or individual that advanced the dissemination of environmental knowledge to our industry and/or the public via a program, project or endeavor which is outstanding for its dedication, excellence and/or its innovation.