Climate Change Business Journal® presents its annual CCBJ Business Achievement Awards for outstanding business performance in 2021. Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to all the companies that submitted nominations.

About the 2021 CCBJ Business Achievement Awards: In October-December 2021, Climate Change Business Journal® (CCBJ) solicited nominations for the CCBJ Business Achievement Awards. Nominations were accepted in 200-word essays in specific categories. Final awards were determined by a committee of CCBJ staff, CCBJ editorial advisory board members and regular contributors. (Disclaimer: Company audits were not conducted to verify information or claims submitted with nominations.)

PROJECT MERIT: Climate Change Adaptation & Resilience

AECOM (Dallas) and Metrolink for completing a systemwide Climate Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Plan (CVA). Metrolink is the third largest commuter rail system in the United States, comprising 538 route miles and serving six Southern California counties with a population of 21.5 million. Metrolink has long been prepared to handle periodic flooding, wildfires, and go-slow heat orders. However, the increasing scale and frequency of extreme weather events, and with such a large population dependent on reliable service, Metrolink commissioned AECOM to complete a systemwide plan.

Given the scale of the project, a stakeholder group representing public health, climate and equity-focused NGOs, local and state government, rail companies, and member agencies provided insights to strengthen the CVA. AECOM developed climate adaptation strategies to address the most vulnerable parts and users of the network, covering a range of structural, governance and informational actions with specific funding recommendations and a focus on mainstreaming climate considerations into operations. Strategies were prioritized by assessing feasibility, co-benefits and cost-of-inaction case studies and organized into an actionable plan. Implementation of the plan will reduce costs and improve service continuity in the face of extreme weather. AECOM developed a customized interactive GIS-based dashboard so Metrolink staff can use the vulnerability data to inform future capital projects.

PROJECT MERIT: Climate Change Adaptation & Resilience

A custom mobile application is making coastal New Jersey communities more resilient in the face of severe weather events and flooding caused by climate change. In a project supported by FEMA grants, Weston Solutions, Inc. (West Chester, Pa.) is recognized for developing the emergency mobile app for the New Jersey Coastal Coalition, Inc., a non-profit organization with over 30 New Jersey member communities. The tool enables the targeted distribution of real time information and sophisticated map-based insights. Distributing a text message or email alert to registered users, it features live precipitation radar maps from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, current maps of local frequently flooded areas, safe places to park vehicles, and live evacuation route maps. Nuisance flooding occurs in many communities weekly, which creates dangerous road conditions. In addition to these protections, the power of data further empowers these communities to partner in their resiliency. Each record of flooding is archived and accessible by FEMA to focus any needed response actions during a major storm. Archived flooding occurrences can be used to justify grant requests for FEMA to construct solutions to prevent future flooding. By the end of 2022, the app will be used by more than 10 communities along the New Jersey coast.

PROJECT MERIT: Climate Change Adaptation & Resilience

AKRF, Inc. (New York, N.Y.) for leading a multidisciplinary design team providing engineering, planning, landscape architecture, urban design, and community engagement for preliminary and final design of the $1.45 billion East Side Coastal Resiliency project. AKRF is now providing construction-phase services. 

East Side Coastal Resiliency is a critical physical, social, and economic resiliency project with an integrated coastal protection system that will reduce the risk of flooding and facilitate access to the waterfront along 2.4 miles of Manhattan’s East River shoreline. Design considerations include, among other factors, the reliability of the proposed coastal flood protection system; urban design compatibility and enhancements; and improving the ecology and long-term resiliency of East River Park. AKRF also co-led the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement pursuant to federal, state, and local requirements.

In April 2021, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the beginning of major construction activities on East Side Coastal Resiliency. In 2021 East Side Coastal Resiliency was honored with a New York City Public Design Commission Award and the National Assn. of Environmental Professionals Environmental Excellence Award. In 2020 the project won an ACEC National Honor Award and ACEC New York Chapter Diamond Award. 

PROJECT MERIT: Climate Change Adaptation & Resilience

Jacobs (Dallas), in collaboration with the UK Environment Agency and BAM Nuttall, for delivering the Broadland Flood Alleviation Project, a unique 20-year scheme initiated by UK Environment Agency in February 2001 to improve and maintain 240 kilometers (149 miles) of flood defenses in the Norfolk Broads, one of Europe’s most important wetland areas, to mitigate rising sea levels. Covering 30,000 hectares (74,141 acres) of environmentally and economically sensitive land in the east of England, the program has provided sustainable and affordable, long-term flood defenses for rural communities – ensuring the protection and improvement of habitat for rare and endangered species and protection for some of the most productive farmland in the U.K.

The public private partnership scheme was delivered by Jacobs as consultant and BAM Nuttall as contractor, working together in a joint venture as Broadland Environmental Services Ltd (BESL). The flood defenses protect 28 Sites of Special Scientific Interest, 24,000ha (59,305ac) of agricultural land, 1,700 private properties, five previously undefended communities, rail and road infrastructure systems, important archaeological and built heritage structural remains, and several recreational facilities. The design philosophy sought to minimize the environmental impact of strengthening the flood banks through sourcing and using material extensively from the adjacent new soke dyke and maximizing biodiversity. This ensured that less than 5% of the total material used on the scheme was imported.

PROJECT MERIT: Climate Change Adaptation & Resilience

Arcadis (Amsterdam, Netherlands) for partnering with city leaders to safeguard the low-lying Financial District and Seaport neighborhoods of Lower Manhattan – areas particularly susceptible to the impacts of climate change, including rising sea levels, coastal storms and intense precipitation. The effort was a part of New York City’s comprehensive resiliency strategy, which centers on a conceptual design that could include extending Lower Manhattan’s shoreline up to 500 feet or two full city blocks. Elevating land to 20 feet or more above sea level, the shoreline will act as a flood barrier during storms and protect the area from rising sea levels. Additionally, Arcadis’ resilience experts will integrate the transportation, maritime and interior drainage infrastructure needed to support the shoreline extension. Connected to New York City’s comprehensive resiliency strategy for Lower Manhattan, this climate resilience master plan will also consider climate adaptation measures happening throughout the borough. The project includes an online engagement portal where visitors can learn about the project and share insights and feedback. 

PROJECT MERIT: Climate Change Adaptation & Resilience

The National Park Service (NPS) operates over 88 coastal units across the nation and its territories. EA Engineering, Science, and Technology, Inc., PBC (Hunt Valley, Md.) is recognized for working with the Coastal Geology Program of NPS’s Geologic Resources Division to address coastal geology, hazard, and climate change Adaptation & Resilience challenges.

Together, the team has executed more than 20 projects within just the first year of a multi-year contract. Tasks include identification and review of projected sea level and storm surge impacts to both existing and planned park improvements and incorporation of climate impacts into updates to existing guidance documents. Work ranges from coastal engineering and modeling to natural and cultural resources consulting to protect vulnerable properties, including nature-based bluff stabilization at the Saint Croix Island International Historic Site, storm resiliency for Bear Island Light Station, and flood mitigation at Gateway National Recreation Area. A new nationwide coastal monitoring guidance document is being developed to support consistent shoreline data collection across all coastal units. These critical projects are at the forefront of helping to resolve issues caused by climate impacts and are also setting the path forward for how NPS will deal with increasing challenges presented by climate impacts over time.

PROJECT MERIT: Climate Change Adaptation & Resilience 

Stantec (Edmonton, Canada) for developing a team of climatologists, engineers, and scientists for The City and County of Honolulu (CCH). Stantec established climate assessment timescales, determines relevant and plausible climate scenarios that impact projects, and generates local climate profiles that apply to the immediate and future challenges that projects face. Stantec was retained by CCH to review proposed USACE feasibility study level designs and provide general support services, including helping to identify opportunities for place-making and green infrastructure. Stantec worked closely with the CCH to produce multiple alternatives for the design and location of canal areas, walls and levees, and park areas. Designs also considered the incorporation of ongoing complete street planning alongside CCH goals for multi-modal transport. Concepts were provided for greening and increased safety for middle and upper watershed features. Stantec also provided alternative conceptual designs to increase normal and higher frequency flood flows. 

PROJECT MERIT: Climate Change Adaptation & Resilience

Port of Seattle and Seattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA) for embracing green building techniques in its quest to be the greenest and most energy-efficient port in North America. With the renovation of SEA’s 1970s North Satellite, new green features include:

• Nearly $21 million of recycled materials used on the project, from structural steel and concrete to plywood and carpeting; and 76% of construction waste tracked and diverted from landfills, totaling 20,000 tons.
• RNG for heating the building. RNG is a low-carbon alternative produced most often from landfill waste.
• Airport-wide gate emission and energy reduction strategy implemented in the terminal. Gates and terminal provide 400 Hz and pre-conditioned air to the airplanes to allow gated aircraft to turn off their auxiliary power unit (APU) which consumes Jet A. The strategy saves the airport thousands of tons of emissions and saves millions in fuel consumption to the airlines.
• Toilets in the North Satellite restrooms flush rainwater collected from the building’s roof.
• Baggage system employs new smart controls.
• Main concourse ceiling is made from Forest Stewardship Council certified beechwood and sourced from responsibly managed forests.
• Energy-efficient LED lighting across the facility saves approximately 1.7 million kW annually.
• Toilets in the North Satellite restrooms flush rainwater collected from the building’s roof, saving an estimated 2.8 million gallons of potable water a year.
• Ground service equipment that serves gated aircraft is electrified.

These and other green features enabled the Port of Seattle achieve a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council for the renovated airport terminal project.

PROJECT MERIT: Low-Carbon Energy

ERM (London, UK) for supporting JPMorgan Chase & Co. in the development of its new Carbon Compass methodology, which describes how they will align financing activities with the climate goals of the Paris Agreement. JPMorgan Chase has initially set sector-specific portfolio targets, established against a 2019 baseline, for three sectors that represent a significant share of global GHG emissions: Auto Manufacturing, Electric Power, and Oil & Gas. ERM worked closely with JPMorgan Chase to create a practical and future-ready methodology for these sectors. It was important to establish an approach with a high level of integrity that could be functional based on today’s science and yet ready to evolve in response to changes in climate scenarios and data availability. ERM’s deep technical expertise in the low-carbon energy transition ensured a holistic approach that builds on existing frameworks and climate scenarios to meet the needs of JPMorgan Chase and their clients.

PROJECT MERIT: Low-Carbon Energy

Henvey Inlet First Nation (Ontario, Canada) – through its subsidiary Nigig Power Corporation – for partnering with Pattern Canada to develop the 300 MW Henvey Inlet Wind LP project, generating clean, renewable energy for approximately 100,000 Ontario homes. This one-of-a-kind venture is both the largest single-phase wind project in Ontario and Canada’s largest First Nation wind partnership. The facility generates an annual income of more than $10 million for Henvey Inlet First Nation, providing a source of long-term, stable revenue for the band. AECOM obtained the required environmental permits/approvals and planned, coordinated and implemented an environmental management system (EMS). EMS data identified trends to plan for corrective environmental actions and to forecast future challenges – reducing costs and accelerating compliance. AECOM also executed environmental construction monitoring to minimize harm to species-at-risk. During peak construction, more than 1,000 workers were employed on site, creating positive economic impacts for the local economy and Henvey Inlet First Nation, including approximately $25 million in direct economic activity for local First Nations businesses. When commercial operations started, more than 20 permanent, on-site facility maintenance jobs were created, plus an additional 100 indirect jobs through the expansion of Henvey Inlet programs and services.

PROJECT MERIT: Low-Carbon Energy

Avangrid and Vineyard Wind 1 (New Bedford, Mass.) for becoming the first commercial scale offshore wind farm in the United States to achieve financial close in September 2021. Working with nine international and U.S. based banks, $2.3 billion of senior debt was raised to finance the construction of the project. A joint venture between Avangrid Renewables, a subsidiary of Avangrid Inc., and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), the milestone enables Vineyard Wind to proceed with on- and offshore construction. The first power from Vineyard Wind 1 will be delivered to the grid in 2023. CEO Lars T. Pedersen said that achieving financial close “was the most important of all milestones because it marked the move from “talking about offshore wind to delivering offshore wind at scale in the U.S.” Vineyard Wind 1 is an 800 MW project located 15 miles off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard and will be the first commercial scale offshore wind project in the United States.  The project will generate electricity for more than 400,000 homes.

PROJECT MERIT: Green Hydrogen

Apex Clean Energy (Charlottesville, Va.) and Plug Power Inc. (Latham, NY.), a provider of turnkey hydrogen solutions, for partnering on a large green hydrogen power purchase agreement and helping to advance the decarbonization of the transportation and industrial sectors. The partnership involves a 345 MW wind power purchase agreement (PPA) and a development services agreement for a green hydrogen production facility. Power purchased through the PPA will directly supply a new hydrogen production plant with 100% renewable power. The hydrogen plant, which is being co-developed by Apex and Plug Power, will be the first and largest wind-supplied hydrogen project in the United States and the largest onshore wind-powered project across the globe. The plant is anticipated to produce over 30 metric tons per day of clean liquid hydrogen, enough to fuel the equivalent of over 2,000 light commercial vehicles or over 1,000 heavy-duty class 8 trucks. “As leaders building the hydrogen economy, we are on track to build a first-of-its-kind green hydrogen generation network in North America alongside an experienced partner, Apex,” said Andy Marsh, CEO of Plug Power. “This wind-powered green hydrogen plant is important to Plug Power’s customers and to achieving our generation targets of 500 tons per day by 2025 and 1,000 tons per day before 2028.”

PROJECT MERIT: Green Hydrogen

SGH2 Energy Global (SGH2), a Solena Group company, and the City of Lancaster for signing a historic agreement launching California’s first closed loop green hydrogen ecosystem for transportation. Intended to serve as a model for the world, SG H2 Energy’s advanced gasification technology uses biogenic waste, biomass and recycled water to produce carbon negative hydrogen. The City of Lancaster—host and co-owner of the green hydrogen production facility—will facilitate the supply of guaranteed feedstock of waste paper, reducing methane produced by landfill and saving the City between $50 to $75 per ton in landfilling and landfill space costs. Iwatani will use SG H2’s green hydrogen to supply both existing and new refueling stations across the state. “This green hydrogen eco-system is environmentally superior, economically competitive and ready to scale,” said SG H2 CEO Dr. Robert T. Do. The SG H2 Lancaster plant was scheduled to break ground in Q1 2022 and begin production in Q3 2023. A consortium of global companies and institutions have joined with SG H2 and the City of Lancaster to develop and implement the Lancaster project, including Fluor, ABB, Integrity E&C, Millenium, Air Liquide, Munich RE and Stork.  

PROJECT MERIT: Green Hydrogen

Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) for global leadership in launching green hydrogen initiatives, including turning Queensland, Australia into a “renewable energy superpower”. The Global Green Energy Manufacturing Centre (GEM) in Australia is stage one of the six-stage project to establish Australia’s first multi-gigawatt-scale electrolyzer factory with an initial capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW) per annum – more than doubling current global production. Total electrolyzer investment in excess of AU$1 billion is expected, with the first electrolyzers scheduled for production in early 2023. FFI also announced it will become the largest supplier of green hydrogen to the United Kingdom after signing a multi-billion-pound deal with construction giant J C Bamford Excavators and Ryze Hydrogen. In Latin America FFI signed an MOU with the government of Argentina for an investment of $8.4 billion in green hydrogen infrastructure. FFI will also develop portfolio of major green energy and hydrogen projects in Papua New Guinea, in addition to partnering with the Kingdom of Jordan on green hydrogen.

PROJECT MERIT: Energy Efficiency

Millenium Energy Company and the City of Dearborn, Mich. for completing the HVAC Infrastructure & Energy Initiative, propelling the City to the forefront of municipal energy management and efficiency. The goal of the Initiative was to turn the City’s 80-acre building complex (across from the Ford World Headquarters) into a world-class, energy-efficient, sustainable municipal campus. Projects included upgrading HVAC, thermal, and electric infrastructure, and other energy-consuming systems in six key buildings, including the library, court, police buildings, performing arts center and powerhouse. Millenium Energy worked with Larkin Engineering to upgrade heating and cooling infrastructure that would maximize energy efficiency and minimize future energy and maintenance costs. At the heart of the solution was Millenium’s patented E~flow control system, which uses a control algorithm to satisfy a building’s real-time heating and cooling demand. Energy cost savings were estimated to be upward of $600,000 per year. The Initiative was also honored as Project of the Year by the Assn. for Energy Engineers (AEE) Region III and the American Public Works Assn., Michigan Chapter.  The project was launched in 2016 and completed in 2021.

PROJECT MERIT: Climate Change Resilient Infrastructure

ERM (London, UK), in partnership with the UK government, for developing ERM Dolphyn (Deepwater Offshore Local Production of HYdrogeN), a first of its kind, innovative integrated system combining all of the technologies required to bring the latest floating wind and hydrogen production technologies together to enable offshore wind resources to contribute to hydrogen production. 

The ERM Dolphyn concept employs a modular design, integrating electrolysis and a wind turbine on a moored floating sub-structure to produce hydrogen from seawater using wind power as the energy source. It is an economic and scalable solution, which produces green hydrogen with no carbon emissions. ERM Dolphyn has the potential to supply energy to heat more than 1.5 million UK homes with no carbon emissions, and the potential to replace 50% of UK gas by 2065. The project is a central element of ERM’s hydrogen pledge announced at the COP26 meeting in Glasgow as part of the H2Zero initiative, led by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Markets Initiative. Through projects such as ERM Dolphyn, the company intends to enable the GW-scale production of ultra-low-carbon hydrogen by 2035, while continuing to help companies implement hydrogen-based solutions.

PROJECT MERIT: Utility Risk Analysis

NV5 (Hollywood, Fla.) for applying the predictive power of four key metrics to assign a risk score to trees adjacent to transmission lines. In the face of new climate extremes – particularly heat, drought, wind, and intensifying storms – electric utilities must protect critical infrastructure from risks from trees near transmission and distribution lines. A single tree falling on electric infrastructure can cause extensive power outages. Tree damage to power lines can also result in fast-spreading wildfires that cause significant property damage, loss of life, and billions of dollars in destruction.

NV5’s utility analytics team analyzed three years of outage data and found that four key metrics related to adjacent trees had the highest predictive power. These combined metrics allow NV5 to analyze millions of trees adjacent to transmission lines and assign a risk score. The timing couldn’t be more ideal, says NV5: 2020 was a record-breaking year for wildfires. In California alone, a total of 9,917 fires burned 6,653 square miles by year’s end. With this new data, utilities can take proactive steps to reduce or prevent outages, increase safety, mitigate risk, and protect the environment with speed and accuracy.

PROJECT MERIT: GHG Mitigation

Tetra Tech (Pasadena, Calif.) for working with the San Pedro Bay Ports (Los Angeles and Long Beach) to implement California’s Clean Trucks Program (CTP) as part of the 2006 Clean Air Action Plan to reduce CO2e emissions from heavy-duty drayage trucks. Tetra Tech worked with the ports to replace the older, dirtier trucks with newer, more efficient vehicles. To date, the CTP has achieved a reduction of nearly 2.3 million metric tons CO2e.

Tetra Tech has served as the program administrator for the San Pedro Bay Ports CTP since 2008, helping to develop and manage the Ports Drayage Truck Registry, managing registration and concession programs, operating the terminal access center to support truck drivers and trucking companies for truck compliance inspection and terminal access troubleshooting, conducting public outreach during truck bans, and providing data analytics of truck gate movement data. Tetra Tech has been an integral part of every step of the process, helping the Ports to achieve significant reductions in greenhouse gas and other emissions. Tetra Tech continues to support the Ports in assessing feasibility of advanced drayage truck technologies to achieve the goal of deploying only near-zero and zero emission trucks by 2035.

CONSULTING & ENGINEERING: Climate Change Adaptation & Resilience

Matrix Solutions (Calgary, Alberta) for integrating a climate risk and resilience practice into its environmental and water resources consultancy services. Climate risk adaptation has become an essential consideration for public and private sector organizations positioning themselves to understand climate risks and build resilience into their operations. Assessing these risks and designing resilience into critical infrastructure requires a collaborative approach and the multi-disciplinary integration of environmental and climate sciences and engineering. Matrix’s services and technical disciplines have a direct or indirect relationship with a changing climate, and the firm’s integrated approach to technical service delivery provides a unique perspective for the development of effective engineered and nature-based climate adaptation solutions. Matrix has recently delivered climate risk and resilience services on infrastructure projects relating to water supply, transportation, water and wastewater treatment, and recreation.

Matrix’s strategic growth plan in this area included the addition of Quentin Chiotti, Ph.D., as Practice Lead, Climate Risk and Resilience. Dr. Chiotti has worked in climate adaptation since 1993 for government and non-government agencies. He joined Matrix from Metrolinx, Canada’s largest transit agency, where he served as Senior Advisor for Sustainability and subject matter expert for climate risk and resiliency.

CONSULTING & ENGINEERING: Climate Change Adaptation & Resilience

Tetra Tech (Pasadena, Calif.) in partnership with United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for targeting plastics globally, directly at source, and mitigating their impact on climate and health. Clean Cities, Blue Ocean (CCBO) is USAID’s flagship program to combat ocean plastic pollution. The program leverages technical expertise, paired with global grants, to test and scale locally led solutions that help cities reduce waste-linked greenhouse gasses and adapt systems for increased resiliency.

In the Dominican Republic, CCBO has supported the remediation of open dumps to prevent more than 240,000 metric tons of waste from entering nearby waterways, as well as reduce landfill methane emissions. In Asia, CCBO is improving local waste management systems and building circular economies because the best way to reduce pollution and greenhouse gas emissions is to reduce the production and disposal of new materials. As of 2021, CCBO has aggregated nearly 250,000 metric tons of waste and recyclables, of which more than 30 metric tons of plastic and other low-value waste were recovered and diverted from disposal. In addition, CCBO has improved the lives of more than 845,000 individuals who have experienced better air and water quality because of landfill remediation activities or have better access to waste services as a result of new local businesses and organizations.

CONSULTING & ENGINEERING: Climate Change Adaptation & Resilience

Weston & Sampson (Reading, Mass.) for serving as the lead technical consultant for the Resilient MA Action Team (RMAT) in developing the Statewide Climate Resilience Design Standards Tool. Championed and led by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, it is a first-in-the-nation, interactive, web-based beta tool that integrates climate exposure and risk and provides design standards to inform “climate smart” capital planning and design. It provides projects with:

• Preliminary climate change exposure and risk rating.
• Recommended climate resilience design standards.
• Guidelines with best practices to support implementation.

Grounded in scientific methodology and using the best available climate projections for Massachusetts, the tool provides dynamic recommendations for integrating climate resilience into designing buildings, infrastructure, and natural resources. Local municipalities can generate a report from the tool to include in state-funded grant applications and requests for proposals. One of the most valuable features of the tool is that the underlying methodologies can be used anywhere that has available climate projections with which to apply its algorithm, making it potentially groundbreaking in efforts to adapt to the effects of climate change across private, municipal, state, and regional planning efforts.

PRACTICE DEVELOPMENT: Climate Change Adaptation & Resilience

In 2021, EA Engineering, Science, and Technology, Inc., PBC (Hunt Valley, Md.) assembled a working group comprised of experts from across the organization charged with evaluating market trends, regulatory drivers, and cross-functional capabilities to integrate and catalyze climate change solutions across our stakeholder base—clients, employees, communities, and shareholders. The working group completed a comprehensive analysis and identified centers of excellence including resources embedded within the firm’s Coastal Resilience Strategic Initiative and existing business units already making a marked impact in the climate mitigation and adaptation space.

Achievements to date have included drafting updated regulatory guidelines, completing greenhouse gas footprint studies, addressing resilience impacts to the built environment, and promoting nature-based solutions to address sea level rise and storm intensity in coastal environments. EA’s holistic approach to problem solving for clients, combined with the firm’s interdisciplinary nature and range of expertise, support a harmonized framework for applying mitigation and adaptation solutions across federal, state, municipal, and private markets. The working group developed prioritized goals, including rollout of a comprehensive thought leadership strategy to increase stakeholder awareness and stimulate further discussion with clients and peers. Outcomes include research partnerships with federal centers of expertise, workshops, industry conference presentations, podcasts, and a soon-to-be published article.

PRACTICE DEVELOPMENT: Climate Change Adaptation & Resilience 

Stantec (Edmonton, Canada) for focusing on resilient adaptation and mitigation, climate advisory services and net zero, and developing a comprehensive Climate Solutions service to support clients at every step of their climate action journey. Stantec has provided services related to climate change planning, mitigation, and adaptation for decades. The company has learned that its greatest influence on improving climate outcomes stems from creative, innovative climate solutions for clients and communities. Stantec recognizes that to fulfill its promise to design with community in mind, the company needs to consider climate change in its project work. Stantec’s Climate Solutions empower a diverse range of design and consulting professionals with the expertise they need to help clients see projects through a climate lens – and then act on what they find.

PRACTICE DEVELOPMENT: Climate Change Adaptation & Resilience

Increased wildfire frequency, intensity, and acres burned have been attributed to climate change. This change is threatening the resilience of forestlands, which in turn threatens lives, critical water supplies, and important ecological habitats. A primary challenge to ensure the resiliency of our forests is implementing programs at the scale and speed necessary to address possible impacts.

Trihydro’s Resource Resiliency Services initiative includes practice growth in the area of forest health to address this challenge. In 2021, Trihydro (Laramie, Wyo.) completed the Power Fire Fuel Reduction Strategic Plan on behalf of the Mountain Counties Water Resources Assn. The Plan provides landscape-scale area prioritization and fuel load reduction recommendations for around 17,000 acres of the El Dorado National Forest in the 2004 Power Fire burn area, which includes the priority Panther Creek, Bear River, and Cole Creek watersheds. The Plan’s recommendations are the result of a feasibility study evaluation, customized to reflect considerations specific to the Power Fire area. The Plan provides a means for planning, budgeting, and executing the project. In addition, Trihydro developed transferable tools for refinement and application at other forest locations.

PRACTICE DEVELOPMENT: Climate Change Adaptation & Resilience

WSP USA (New York, N.Y.) for launching its new Climate, Resilience & Sustainability business line in January 2021 to partner with companies, government agencies and communities across the United States to solve the dynamic challenges of equitable climate mitigation, asset and infrastructure adaptation and emergency management. The Climate, Resilience & Sustainability (CRS) business line centralizes a wide range of services within WSP, enabling the company to provide complete lifecycle sustainability and climate mitigation, adaptation and response solutions. CRS will also include the firm’s best-in-class Future Ready™ solutions. “Now is precisely the time to launch this business because the needs for our solutions, nationally and globally, and the potential funding opportunities, have never been higher in both the private and public sectors.” said Tom Lewis, the WSP executive slated to lead the CRS business line.

PRACTICE DEVELOPMENT: GHG Mitigation

When it comes to reducing emissions, zero-emission mobility can be a game changer for creating thriving cities with enhanced transportation solutions. In 2021, Wood Plc (Aberdeen, Scotland) designated its newly formed zero-emission mobility team a key growth accelerator for the business, indicating a high level of support for a significant practice necessary for the world to achieve ambitious net-zero emission goals. Wood’s zero-emission mobility team grew to more than 10 transport and decarbonization specialists and is recruiting more talent around the world. The team conducted work scopes across Canada and the United States, with opportunities in multiple additional countries, with a feasible goal to increase revenue 10 times in 2022. Proprietary software ZeroEmissionSim™ was launched in 2021, an interactive cloud-based toolkit that provides detailed analysis for converting fleets to battery or hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles. The zero-emission mobility team has the expertise to help fleet managers reduce GHG impact, from understanding emissions to full execution and consistent monitoring for the entire asset’s lifecycle.

PRACTICE DEVELOPMENT: Energy Efficiency

Johnson Controls (Cork, Ireland) for launching OpenBlue Net Zero Buildings as a Service in July to provide a one-stop shop for companies pursuing net zero carbon and renewable energy goals. A survey of more than 1,000 firms commissioned by Johnson Controls in May found over 90% had significant goals to reduce carbon emissions and energy consumption by 2030 or beyond, with over 60% targeting a 50% or greater reduction. Data centers have the most ambitious goals followed by lodging and education. Over 90% of respondents plan to pursue a LEED certification yet run into challenges with measuring emissions, notably aggregating data from multiple sources. Johnson Controls’ OpenBlue Net Zero Advisor offers real-time, AI-driven tracking and reporting of sustainability metrics.

ADVANCING BEST PRACTICES: Climate Change Adaptation & Resilience

GEI Consultants Inc. (Woburn, Mass.) for assisting the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) with the 2022 Update to the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan (CVFPP) by updating the Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) Model.  The 2012 CVFPP developed a state system-wide investment approach (SSIA), subsequently updated in 2017, by evaluating the potential effects of climate change on the Central Valley. The 2022 CVFPP Update includes a broader range of potential climate conditions representing low, median, and high projected magnitudes of change and associated impact on 50-year planning horizon. This range represents the widest sample of plausible future changes in flood risk due to climate change in the Central Valley by 2072.  

The VIC model was used to identify and evaluate the potential effects of climate change scenarios on conditions in the Sacramento River and San Joaquin River by simulating runoff and other hydrological variables while considering land cover, soil infiltration, and snow coverage. The modeling improved the understanding of changes in energy fluxes and snowpack processes as temperatures rise for various climate change scenarios. This information is for evaluating and refining SSIA as climate change plays a significant role in flood planning and investment decisions to ensure California’s water resiliency.

ADVANCING BEST PRACTICES: GHG Mitigation

ICF (Fairfax, Va.), in partnership with the California Air Pollution Control Officers Assn., for publishing a new statewide resource, the Handbook for Analyzing Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions, Assessing Climate Vulnerabilities, and Advancing Health and Equity: Designed for Local Governments, Communities, and Project Developers. This handbook is the first to provide holistic guidance on collectively analyzing air quality emissions, climate risks, and health and equity of new projects and plans, addressing three common climate issues that are inextricably linked yet have historically been addressed separately.

The handbook includes 274 emission reduction, climate risk, and health and equity measures. Quantification methods to calculate emission reductions and co-benefits (e.g., vehicles miles traveled) are provided for 86 measures based on the latest research and scientific study. The handbook also includes a novel step-by-step process to identify and score climate exposures, sensitivities, and adaptive capacities of a project to expected impacts of climate change. ICF prepared the handbook in collaboration with more than 30 stakeholders from academia, agencies, community organizations, local governments, nongovernmental organizations, and technical experts. This single unified planning handbook streamlines processes and aids agencies, land use planners, and professionals in the design and construction of projects to achieve healthier neighborhoods and more equitable and resilient communities.

ADVANCING BEST PRACTICES: GHG Mitigation

Expo 2020 is a World Exposition, hosted by Dubai in the United Arab Emirates from 1 October 2021 to 31 March 2022. Jacobs (Dallas), in a joint venture with Mace (London, UK), is recognized for serving as Program Management Consultant responsible for delivering the program and integrating sustainability into all aspects of the Expo, from design and construction of the site, through event operations and the transition to District 2020. A primary objective for the Expo is managing the carbon footprint of this large global event, with Jacobs supporting the comprehensive estimate of GHG emissions, implementation of design and construction practices to minimize emissions, and offset of unavoidable emissions.

Although published and widely accepted GHG accounting standards exist from several international bodies, none are currently a fit for the assessment of limited duration events involving GHG emission sources owned and controlled by others. The Jacobs-Expo team has worked to set a new standard for carbon accounting of major events by adapting the relevant portions from the existing approaches for a project-based approach that minimizes gaps and promotes consistency in reporting between different events. The project-based approach promotes a more holistic identification of overall life cycle impacts across all suppliers and participants to the event and provides a clearer standard to avoid double counting of emissions that would occur even without the event. The Expo methodology is offered as guidance for future events in support of more transparent, consistent, complete, and accurate GHG inventories and thus a stronger basis for mitigation of climate impacts.

ADVANCING BEST PRACTICES: GHG Mitigation

As part of Victoria’s Big Build in Australia, the Metro Tunnel Project creates an end-to-end rail line from Sunbury to Cranbourne/Pakenham to untangle the City Loop so more trains can run across Melbourne; it also features rail corridor upgrades to enable modern trains to run. The Rail Infrastructure Alliance (RIA) is a partnership between John Holland, CPB Contractors, AECOM, Metro Trains Melbourne and Rail Projects Victoria. RIA is recognized for building the two Metro Tunnel Project tunnel entrances and delivering rail upgrades. RIA introduced a strategic and innovative approach to delivering sustainable outcomes, focusing on integrating sustainability into plans, designs and delivery of major infrastructure. By collaborating and building ownership across project disciplines/stakeholders, this approach has enabled significant savings in greenhouse gas emissions including:

• Portland cement reduction – with a target to reduce Portland cement content in concrete by 36%, most concrete now poured is tracking above 43% which is equivalent to 25,129 tCO2-e embodied emissions saved.
• Embodied emission reductions – the Alliance saved 988 tCO2-e of embodied emissions through smart design and sustainable materials in the Gap Road level crossing removal bridge.
• GreenPower – the Alliance has purchased 100% GreenPower electricity for its three main site offices, meaning all electricity consumed is from renewable energy.
• Biodiesel generators – the Alliance uses biodiesel generators with B20 biodiesel fuel to power lighting/ventilation units for tunnel works”

BUSINESS MODEL INNOVATION: Climate Change Adaptation & Resilience

Viridis Terra International (Quebec, Canada) for developing an innovative technological and managerial package for large-scale integrated forest and agro-forest landscape restoration (IFLR®). The package increases land and tree productivity by two to three times compared to traditional technologies while ensuring sustainability, reducing operation costs, creating new livelihoods and revenue streams for landholders and local communities, and allowing scale-up to a very large-scale and in transparent way. 

The package includes Viridis Terra’s field-based patent-pending biotechnologies for the restoration of natural forests; hi-tech tree factory for the production of high-quality seedlings for commercial purposes; biotech lab for the production of biofertilizers; and plant micropropagation by somatic embryogenesis, remote sensing and geo-traceability technologies. In addition, Viridis Terra’s digital blockchain-based platform called TreesOfLives® plays three important functions: an impact investment vehicle in projects, a project operation data management system, and a system for the sale of project outputs (certified timber, agri-food, energy wood, offsets).

BUSINESS MODEL INNOVATION: Climate Change Adaptation & Resilience

AARC Consultants LLC (Houston) for providing climate change Adaptation & Resilience planning featuring risk assessment and resilience analysis based on use of the proprietary Resilience Attributes Framework©. This process employs systems analysis to evaluate potential vulnerabilities and plan for adaptive solutions. Other tools used by AARC include RAMCAP scenario-planning, and logistics chain resilience planning. AARC Environmental Inc., an EHSS consulting firm, has been in business for 27 years. AARC Consultants emerged from its parent company in 2012 as a Woman-Owned and Minority-Owned Small Business Enterprise (MBE/WBE). Services include environmental engineering, risk and resilience management, disaster preparedness and business continuity, cybersecurity, regulatory compliance, and other support for private enterprises, municipalities, and federal installations. AARC reached a milestone in 2021, having completed Risk and Resilience Assessments and Emergency Response Plans for 33 municipalities and water utilities in compliance with USEPA guidance on implementing America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018.

INVESTMENT IN INNOVATION: Low-Carbon Energy

LevelTen Energy (Seattle, Wash.) for accelerating the clean energy transition. Since 2018, LevelTen has made it faster and easier to buy, sell, and build clean energy using its online marketplaces, cloud-based software, and other transaction infrastructure. LevelTen’s technology enables the renewable energy industry to decarbonize the grid at the speed and scale required to mitigate climate change. In 2021, LevelTen advanced the industry significantly by:

• Launching Impact+ Score on its Energy Marketplace, the world’s largest PPA marketplace. Impact+ is the first comprehensive measurement of a wind or solar project’s impact on local communities, conservation, and the climate. Impact+ provides a concise yet thorough rating for a project’s total impact beyond the carbon-free electricity that it delivers. Informed by a framework created by LevelTen, The Nature Conservancy, and The Audubon Society, Impact+ will lead to a cleaner and more equitable energy grid. 
• Leveraging its $35 million Series C investment round (closed in August; investors include Google) to create a solution that will enable a critical breakthrough: 24/7 carbon-free energy. LevelTen was also a founding signatory of the 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy Compact, launched in September by Sustainable Energy for All and UN-Energy.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: Climate Risk Manager

Jacobs (Dallas) for launching Climate Risk Manager, a cloud-based platform that brings together global climate data and location intelligence, providing clients with visual risk assessments so they can make faster and more accurate decisions on where to invest resources and guard against climate impacts. After adding assets to the platform by providing simple location information, the tool provides multiple views into the potential extent of climate exposure, including precipitation changes, extreme rainfall, extreme heat and cold, change in temperature, sea level rise, effects of wind, drought, and wildfires. Climate Risk Manager helps asset owners quickly understand the risks and opportunities for their business, enabling cost effective risk mitigation planning, prioritizing risks by site and by climate risk type, implementing actionable mitigation strategies, and disclosing climate-related risks and opportunities to assure and inform investors that the findings are being managed. Climate Risk Manager was used as part of Jacobs’ 2021 assessment of its own climate-related financial risks and opportunities in line with guidance from the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).

INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP: Natural Capital

AECOM (Dallas) together with The Lifescape Project and landowners Emilia and Roger Leese for initiating the Natural Capital Laboratory (NCL) – an outdoor research laboratory in Scotland – to develop and commercialize innovative approaches to tackling biodiversity and climate emergencies. The vision is to expand into a globally connected network of sites pioneering and sharing innovations to tackle environmental problems. 

The 100-acre living laboratory is documenting site rewilding, testing and trialing technologies to measure and monitor environmental change. The team’s 60 specialists are drawn from across AECOM, The Lifescape Project, University of Cumbria and other organizations, bringing together expertise in rewilding, natural capital, ecology, water, landscape management, acoustics, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and stakeholder engagement. 

A key focus of the NCL is to reduce the costs of acquiring, analyzing, and using data through remote sensing, AI, and drone surveys to remotely monitor habitat extent and condition to support estimates of environmental net gain. The NCL is also collecting information around the environmental and economic impacts of rewilding projects, developing new models and valuation estimates. The techniques and products being developed are generating a change in clients’ ability to understand, quantify, and value their social and environmental impacts and integrate them into stages of the impact assessment process.

INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP: Airport Resilience

The Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) and AECOM (Dallas) for a Climate Resilience Study to review and strengthen Hong Kong International Airport’s operational resilience and adaptive capacity to a changing climate. The study, underpinned by scenario analysis, developed a climate Adaptation & Resilience plan based on an assessment of prioritized physical climate risks relating to key assets and operations, and a transition risk analysis to examine potential impacts associated with the transition to a low-carbon economy. Significant engagement took place with 20 AAHK departments, as well as key external stakeholders through about 100 workshops and online assessments. A cross-disciplinary steering committee of AAHK’s senior management was also established to promote collaboration and endorse key outputs of the study that would serve to improve AAHK’s response to climate resilience. Recognizing the need to embed climate considerations into future development, AAHK and AECOM developed a guidance note for use early in the design process. Hong Kong International Airport has become one of the first airports in Asia to publish a Taskforce on Climate-Related Finance Disclosures (TCFD) Statement, setting precedence for other airports and demonstrating AAHK’s commitment to its Greenest Airport Pledge.

INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP: Net Zero

Arcadis (Amsterdam, Netherlands) for committing to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions (Net Zero) in 2035 within its global operations. The Net Zero commitment will reduce scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions in line with the science-based targets initiative supporting the Paris Agreement. The goal of this agreement is to limit global warming to 1.5°C compared to pre-industrial levels by 2050. This commitment will be met through the following measures:

• Reduction of scope 1 & 2 global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 45% by 2025 from a 2019 base year.
• Reduction of scope 3 GHG business travel related emissions by 35% by 2025 from a 2019 base year.

The plan to achieve Net Zero emissions in 2035 includes a range of short- and medium-term milestones, including:

• Offset 100% of material scope 1, 2 & 3 emissions through high quality offsets, already in place since 2020, as an interim step on the path to Net Zero.
• Source 100% renewable electricity globally before the end of 2021.
• Reduce 50% of emissions caused by domestic and international flights by 2025.

Arcadis’ strategic ambition includes making a significant, quantifiable, and positive contribution to sustainable development, and this Net Zero pledge is a crucial step.

INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP: Affordable Green Housing

Standard Communities, led by Principal and Co-Founder Scott Alter, for cultivating partnerships to produce and preserve affordable, environmentally sustainable housing. One project in which Alter played an integral part is Fort Chaplin Park Apartments (FCP), a 549-unit apartment community in Washington, D.C. Acquired in 2016, the 45-building property has since been renovated and upgraded. Under Alter’s leadership, FCP underwent expansive sustainability improvements, including a 1.28 MW solar photovoltaic system, the largest community solar photovoltaic system in Washington D.C.; a LEED Silver 15,000 sq ft Community Center (awarded January 2021); and a community that is Enterprise Green Communities Certified.

Fort Chaplin Park is now equipped with a 100% renewable solar energy system spanning all 45 buildings and generates more than 1.5 million kWh of energy annually. Hundreds of households will receive affordable renewable energy equating to over $2 million in energy savings over the life of the system. Fort Chaplin Park is just one example that illustrates Alter’s commitment to the environment. He has made a measurable impact over the past 13 years as a passionate leader and advocate for the environment.

INVESTMENT & FINANCE: M&A Transactions

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS

NV5 Global Inc. (Hollywood, Fla.) for acquiring Sage Renewable Energy Consulting, Inc. (San Rafael, Calif.), a provider of sustainable energy planning and project management services. Sage operates nationwide and expands NV5’s environmental, social, and governance (ESG) service portfolio. Founded in 2009, Sage has managed over $2 billion in clean energy projects and negotiated dozens of power purchase agreements. “Clean energy continues to grow as a percentage of NV5’s revenue,” said Dickerson Wright, chairman and CEO of NV5. “Sage’s expertise in the renewables, battery storage, microgrid, and electric vehicle planning space enhances our ESG capabilities and presents opportunities for cross-selling with our existing ESG services.”

Mead & Hunt (Middleton, Wis.) for acquiring Ambient Energy Inc. (Denver, Colo.), a design firm specializing in commissioning, energy analysis, and sustainable design, and expanding its sustainability practice. Founded in 2004, Ambient Energy began specializing in sustainable design, energy consulting and commissioning services helping clients achieve resilient, regenerative, and sustainable goals in new and existing buildings, improving occupant comfort, and reducing utility bills. Ambient serves diverse markets, including aviation, transportation, K-12 and higher education, laboratory, multi-family, federal, and state. According to Jeff Mason, Mead & Hunt Architecture & Building Engineering Group Leader, “Our team understands the need for sustainability in our industry. Ambient Energy’s impressive portfolio of zero net energy, LEED, Green Globes, and WELL projects will allow us to be responsible stewards of the communities we serve.”

Blackstone (New York, N.Y.) for the acquisition of Sphera (Chicago, Ill.), a provider of environmental, social and governance (ESG) software, data, and consulting services, from Genstar Capital in a deal valuing Sphera at $1.4 billion. Founded in 2016, Sphera has around 1,000 experts worldwide working with organizations to “surface, manage, and mitigate ESG risk” in EHS and sustainability, operational risk management and product stewardship. The company has more than 3,000 customers globally. “The increasing importance of environmental, social, governance issues to businesses globally is a key thematic investing focus for Blackstone,” noted Eli Nagler, senior managing director at Blackstone.

McKinsey & Company (New York, N.Y.) for two acquisitions in the UK, strengthening its sustainability and climate change capabilities. Vivid Economics (London, UK) specializes in strategic advisory and economic policy related to sustainability and adds more than 120 consultants and staff to McKinsey in the UK, the Netherlands and the United States. Also joining McKinsey was Planetrics, part of the Vivid Economics group, which specializes in the design of climate-change risk and opportunity modeling. “The addition of Vivid Economics will accelerate our existing Sustainability and Risk & Resilience capabilities and talent, while the Planetrics suite will help our clients generate detailed company and business models that depict the impact of decarbonization and other moves related to climate risk,” McKinsey stated.

TPG and The Rise Fund, managed by TPG, for acquiring a majority stake in Element Markets LLC (Houston), an independent marketer of renewable natural gas and environmental commodities in North America. Founded in 2005, Element Markets provides greenhouse gas reductions via offsets and renewable natural gas to Fortune 100 companies. Element has transacted over 50,000,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas credits. The acquisition was Rise Fund’s second in the climate and renewable energy space after it acquired 1 gigawatt of solar PV projects from Trina Solar to anchor the portfolio of newly created Madrid-based Matrix Renewables.

Quanta Services Inc. (Houston) for acquiring Blattner Holding Company (Avon, Minn.), one of the largest providers of utility-scale renewable energy infrastructure solutions in North America for a consideration of approximately $2.7 billion. Founded in 1907, Blattner provides front-end engineering, procurement, project-management and construction services to wind, solar and energy storage developers. Blattner generated full-year 2020 revenues of approximately $2.4 billion. The acquisition will significantly increase Quanta’s exposure to the utility-scale renewable energy market. Quanta delivers infrastructure services to the utility, communications, pipeline and energy industries and reported revenues of $3 billion in the second quarter 2021.

Fusion energy startup Helion Energy (Everett, Wash.) for raising a $500 million Series E round to build Polaris, an electricity generator to demonstrate net electricity from fusion in 2024. Silicon Valley investor Sam Altman led the round, with participation from existing investors Mithril Capital, Capricorn Investment Group, and Dustin Moskovitz, co-founder of Facebook. Funding includes commitments of an additional $1.7 billion tied to key performance milestones. Helion’s long-term goal is to produce electricity with no carbon emissions for 1 cent per kilowatt-hour. In June 2021 Helion announced exceeding 100 million degrees Celsius in its sixth fusion generator prototype—the first private company to do achieve to reach this temperature and a critical engineering milestone as it is considered the ideal fuel temperature at which a commercial power plant would need to operate. PitchBook reported the transaction as ‘the largest deal in clean energy ever’.

Each year EBI, Inc. and its award selection committee presents Business Achievement Awards in a number of categories to worthy recipients in the environmental and climate change industries. Winners are announced by email, on our website and in press releases in late January. This years Business Achievement Awards Ceremony will be held virtually over two days, February 4-5, 2021. Click here to register for this free event!

EBI has two business achievement award programs: one for Environmental Business Journal (EBJ) and one for Climate Change Business Journal (CCBJ). Each are administered by the separate publications.

From October-December each year, EBJ solicits the environmental industry community via e-mail, website, social media, referrals from industry advisors and word-of-mouth for nominations for the annual EBJ Business Achievement Awards.

Nominations are accepted in 200-word essays in either specific or unspecified categories. Categories or size designations of environmental business awards may be adjusted depending on the volume of nominations or the number of worthy recipients. Final awards are determined by a committee of EBJ staff and EBJ editorial advisory board members.

* The same projects or accomplishments should not be submitted for multiple categories. Please limit nominations to four per company for EBJ and two per company for CCBJ.

Business Achievement (small, mid-size & large firms: <$5mil, $5-20 mil, $20-100 mil, etc.): Winners are generally awarded based on growth in the most recently closed year, or achievements in profitability, major new project wins, staff hires or new clients.
Mergers & Acquisitions: Deals announced or closed in 2020
COVID Response: Initiatives in response to COVID-19 in new business units, projects or revenue generation
COVID Adaptation & Resilience: Initiatives in response to COVID-19 in new management, communication or productivity gains
Project Merit: Projects completed or passed a significant milestone in 2020 noted for innovation or unique solution or partnership (water, remediation, NRM, EC or other areas)
Technology Merit: Demonstration, development or commercialization of a new technology
Information Management: Use of information or IT to support revenue growth, project efficiency, demonstration or visualization or software or system to collect, manage, analyze or display information, data, visuals or analytics
New Practice Areas: New services or dedicated service teams, or new client platform or region or territory
Social Contribution: Employee engagement in philanthropic projects or fundraising partnerships
Diversity & Inclusion: Programs for engagement and advancement of under-represented staff and executives and all levels of the firm
Industry Leadership: Active leadership in national, state or local issues that impact policy, programs or funding to support environmental industry growth or mission; Educational partnerships to heighten awareness of key issues
50-Year Recognition: Companies in the environmental business in or around 1970 may submit a corporate history for recognition as a 50-year member of the environmental industry
Lifetime Achievement Awards: Individual awards for lifetime accomplishments in service to the environment or the environmental industry

CCBJ Categories

Climate Change Adaptation & Resilience: Practice growth or initiatives or projects in CCA&R.
GHG Mitigation: Practice growth or initiatives or projects in GHG emissions reduction
Low-Carbon Energy: Practice growth or initiatives or projects in RE or low C power/energy