INDIANA– The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is now accepting applications for the 2024 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Awards. The awards will recognize the leadership contributions of Safer Choice partners and stakeholders who, over the past year, have shown achievement in the design, manufacture, selection, promotion, sale and use of Safer Choice or Design for the Environment (DfE)-certified products, that further outstanding or innovative source reduction.
As part of the EPA’s mission to protect human health and the environment, the Safer Choice program partners with businesses to help consumers and commercial buyers identify products with safer chemical ingredients without sacrificing quality or performance. Similarly, the DfE program helps people find disinfectants that meet high standards for human health and the environment.
In support of the Biden-Harris Administration’s goals, EPA especially encourages submission of award applications that show how the applicant’s work involving products with safer chemical ingredients promotes environmental justice, bolsters resilience to the impacts of climate change, results in cleaner air or water, improves drinking water quality or advances innovation in packaging.
Submissions are due by April 25, 2024. Award winners will be recognized at a ceremony later in 2024.
Learn more about the awards, including the application form, submission process, and past winners.
