Environmental Excellence Awards - Now Accepting Applications

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NYSDEC Accepting Applications - NYS Environmental Excellence Awards

Apply Now...Receive Recognition & Lead by Example

EEAIs your organization, business, school, municipality or agency taking innovative approaches, advancing sustainable practices, generating economic growth or harnessing the power of creative partnerships?  You could be one of New York's next Environmental Excellence Award winners!

Who can apply?

  • Businesses (i.e., small, medium and large businesses, manufacturing, renewable/power generation, retail, agri-business, hospitality, sports, etc.)
  • Not-for-profit organizations
  • Academic, healthcare and recreational facilities
  • Federal, state, local government and Indian Nation government agencies

Competitive applications will focus on projects or programs that have been in place for at least one year and are achieving significant environmental benefits through:

  • Greenhouse gas emissions reductions
  • Climate change adaptations
  • Food waste reduction efforts, recycling and composting programs
  • Initiatives to "green" businesses, farms, schools, recreational, sports, health care and hospitality facilities etc.
  • Clean energy projects
  • Green infrastructure projects
  • Creative natural resource/habitat protection or restoration efforts
  • Energy efficiency improvements
  • Education and training programs
  • Manufacturing process improvements 
  • Creative urban forestry or farming practices, including programs to advance "farm to table"

Submit applications no later than Wednesday April 17, 2019. Application materials and a “Tips for Applicants” guide are posted on DEC's website. Winners will be honored at an award ceremony in November 2019.

To make sure you are getting the most up-to-date electronic information about NYSDEC award and incentive programs, subscribe to DEC Delivers. Under the “Working with DEC” category, check the box for “Awards and Incentives.”  You can also select additional boxes to receive information about other topic areas.

If you have questions or would like more information about the NYS Environmental Excellence Awards program, contact DEC's Pollution Prevention Unit at
(518) 402-8706 or via email at awards@dec.ny.gov.

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