Past Climate Leadership Award Winners

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2023 Award Winners | Los Angeles

Organizational Leadership Award

  • Bank of America
  • ICF
  • Prologis

Individual Leadership Award

  • Ms. Kerrie Romanow, Chief Sustainability Officer and Environmental Services Department Director, City of San José
  • Steve Demetriou, Executive Chair, Jacobs

Innovative Partnership Certificate

  • BGE BDC Interconnection Partners
    Partner organizations: Bioenergy Devco (BDC) and Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE) an Exelon Company, with strong sponsorship from Maryland Energy Administration (MEA)
  • Climate Risk and Resilience (ClimRR) Portal
    Partner organizations: AT&T, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and Argonne National Laboratory
  • Freightliner Electric Innovation Fleet
    Partner organizations: Penske Transportation Solutions (Penske), Daimler Truck North America (DTNA), NFI Industries (NFI), Gladstein, Neandross & Associates (GNA), and South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD)

Climate Pioneer Leadership Award

  • Governor Jay Inslee, State of Washington

2022 Hall of Fame Award Winners | Arlington

, California Department of Water Resources
Goal Achievement Award: Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (2018), Goal Setting Certificate: Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (2015), Innovative Partnerships Certificate (2021), Organizational Leadership (2016, 2020)

Bank of America
Goal Achievement Award: Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (2017, 2021), Goal Setting Certificate: Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (2013, 2017), Innovative Partnerships Certificate (2019), Organizational Leadership (2015)

IBM
Goal Achievement Award: Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (2014, 2018), Goal Setting Certificate: Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (2016, 2019), Organizational Leadership (2012, 2017), Supply Chain Leadership (2013)

Trane Technologies
Goal Achievement Award: Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (2020), Goal Setting Certificate: Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (2012), Organizational Leadership (2016)

The Goldman Sachs Group
Goal Achievement Award: Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (2017), Innovative Partnerships Certificate (2018), Organizational Leadership (2017)

Microsoft Corporation
Goal Setting Certificate: Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (2019), Individual Leadership (2013), Organizational Leadership (2016, 2021)

Sprint
Goal Achievement Award: Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (2015), Organizational Leadership (2014), Supply Chain Leadership (2014)

California Department of Water Resources
Campbell Soup Company
Goal Achievement Award: Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management ( 2012), Goal Setting Certificate: Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (2012)

Cisco Systems, Inc.
Goal Achievement Award: Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (2014, 2019), Goal Setting Certificate: Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (2019), Supply Chain Leadership (2013, 2016, 2019)

Comerica Inc.
Goal Achievement Award: Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (2018), Goal Setting Certificate: Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (2019)

CSX Corporation
Goal Achievement Award: Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (2013), Goal Setting Certificate: Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (2021)

Dallas Fort Worth International Airport
Goal Setting Certificate: Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (2016), Organizational Leadership (2017)

Intel Corporation
Goal Achievement Award: Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (2012), Organizational Leadership (2013)

Kohl’s Department Stores
Goal Achievement Award: Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (2014), Goal Setting Certificate: Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (2014)

Lockheed Martin Corporation
Goal Setting Certificate: Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (2013), Organizational Leadership (2017)

Mastercard
Goal Setting Certificate: Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (2019), Supply Chain Leadership (2021)

San Diego Gas & Electric
Organizational Leadership (2012), Supply Chain Leadership (2013)

The Clorox Company
Goal Achievement Award: Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (2015), Goal Setting Certificate: Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (2015)

Tiffany & Co.
Goal Achievement Award: Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (2013), Goal Setting Certificate: Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (2015)

UPS
Goal Achievement Award: Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (2015), Supply Chain Leadership (2012)

Xcel Energy
Goal Achievement Award: Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (2016), Organizational Leadership (2020)

Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Goal Achievement Award: Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (2016, 2021), Goal Setting Certificate: Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (2018)

Mars, Inc.
Organizational Leadership (2016, 2019), Supply Chain Leadership (2019)

Pitney Bowes
Goal Achievement Award: Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (2016, 2021), Goal Setting Certificate: Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (2020)

The Hartford
Goal Achievement Award: Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (2014, 2018), Goal Setting Certificate: Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (2015, 2018)

SC Johnson
Goal Achievement Award: Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (2012,2015, 2020), Goal Setting Certificate: Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (2013, 2018)

Ford Motor Company
Goal Setting Certificate: Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (2012, 2020)

Gap Inc.
Goal Setting Certificate: Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (2012, 2017)

NRG Energy
Goal Setting Certificate: Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (2017, 2021) 

Mary Nichols | Pioneer Award 
Former Chair of California Air Resources Board; Professor, UCLA Law School; Board Member, The Climate Registry

2021 Award Winners | Virtual

Organizational Leadership Award

Entergy Corporation
Microsoft
United Airlines

Individual Leadership Award

Leo Denault, Entergy Corporation
Paula Gold-Williams, CPS Energy
Keith Kerman, NYC Fleet, Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS)
Celine Ramstein, World Bank Group
Michel Vounatsos, Biogen
Dawn Weisz, MCE

Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (Goal Achievement Award)

Bank of America
Kimberly-Clark
Pitney Bowes
Wells Fargo

Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (Goal Setting Certificate)

BMO Harris Bank
CSX Corporation
ICF
NRG Energy

Innovative Partnership Certificate

Chicago Regional Climate Action Planning Partnership
Los Angeles 100% Renewable Energy Study (LA100)
MCE
Teaching Climate Change in California
U.S. Climate Alliance
Volvo LIGHTS Project

Supply Chain Leadership Award

Mastercard

2020 Award Winners | Detroit

Organizational Leadership Award

California Department of Water Resources
Jackson Family Wines
Kilroy Realty Corporation
Xcel Energy Inc.

Individual Leadership Award

Supervisor Dave Pine, County of San Mateo
Brendan Reed, San Diego County Regional Airport Authority

Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (Goal Achievement Award)

Ingersoll Rand, now Trane Technologies
SC Johnson

Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (Goal Setting Certificate)

Baker Hughes
City of Los Angeles
Ford Motor Company
Pitney Bowes
San Diego County Regional Airport Authority
Seagate Technology
WSP Global Inc.

Innovative Partnership Certificate

Tyson Foods and EDF Partnership to Advance Sustainable Food Production
Wyoming Integrated Test Center

2019 Award Winners | Baltimore

Organizational Leadership Award

Mars, Inc.
PepsiCo
Schneider Electric

Individual Leadership Award

Nancy Sutley, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power

Supply Chain Leadership Award

Cisco Systems, Inc.
Mars, Inc.
PepsiCo

Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (Goal Achievement Award)

CH2M, now Jacobs
Cisco Systems, Inc.

Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (Goal Setting Certificate)

Cisco Systems, Inc.
Comerica, Inc.
Harvard University
IBM
Mastercard
Microsoft Corporation
Shire, now part of Takeda

Innovative Partnership Certificate

American Honda Motor Co.
Bank of America and American Forest
Electric Vehicle Charging Carbon Coalition

2018 Award Winners | Denver

Organizational Leadership Award

Citigroup
Baxter Healthcare
Corp Allergan

Individual Leadership Award

Gerard M Anderson, CEO, DTE Energy

Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (Goal Achievement Award)

California Department of Water Resources
California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS)
Comerica Inc.
IBM
The Hartford

Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (Goal Setting Certificate)

Biogen
CA Technologies
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Raytheon Corporation
SC Johnson
United Technologies
The Hartford

Innovative Partnership Certificate

Goldman Sachs
National Grid
Utah Climate Action Network

2017 Award Winners | Chicago

Organizational Leadership Award

Dallas Fort Worth International Airport
The Goldman Sachs Group
IBM
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Procter & Gamble

Individual Leadership Award

Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia, California State Assembly
Dr. Jairo Garcia, Director Climate Policies and Renewables, City of Atlanta, Georgia
Ms. Sophia Mendelsohn, Director of Sustainability, JetBlue Airways

Supply Chain Leadership Award

Clif Bar & Company
United States Postal Service

Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (Goal Achievement Award)

Bank of America
The Goldman Sachs Group

Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (Goal Setting Certificate)

Bank of America
Gap Inc.
NRG Energy

Innovative Partnership Certificate

Atlanta Better Buildings Challenge
San Mateo County Regionally Integrated Climate Action Planning Suite (RICAPS) Initiative

2016 Award Winners | Seattle

Organizational Leadership Award

California Department of Water Resources
Ingersoll Rand
Mars, Incorporated
Microsoft Corporation

Individual Leadership Award

Thomas G. Day, United States Postal Service

Supply Chain Leadership

Cisco Systems

Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (Goal Achievement Award)

Best Buy Co., Inc.
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Pitney Bowes
United Technologies Corporation
Xcel Energy

Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (Goal Setting Certificate)

Dallas Fort Worth International Airport
IBM
MetLife, Inc.

Innovative Partnerships Certificate

The Government Authorities for the Home Energy Renovation Opportunity (HERO) Program
King County-Cities Climate Collaboration (Washington State)
Minneapolis Clean Energy Partnership

2015 Award Winners | Arlington

Organizational Leadership Award

Bank of America

Individual Leadership Award

Mayor Bill Finch, City of Bridgeport, Connecticut

Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (Goal Achievement Award)

The City and County of San Francisco, California
The Clorox Company
DPR Construction
SC Johnson
Sprint
UPS

Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (Goal Setting Certificate)

Brown-Forman Corporation
California Department of Water Resources
Capital One Financial Corporation
CH2M HILL
The Clorox Company
EMC Corporation
The Hartford
Tiffany & Co.

Innovative Partnerships Certificate

Chevrolet Clean Energy Campus Campaign
San Diego Regional Climate Collaborative

2014 Award Winners | San Diego

Organizational Leadership Award

City of Chula Vista
Sprint
University of California, Irvine

Individual Leadership Award

Sam Brooks, Associate Director, D.C. Department of General Services
Robert Taylor, Energy Manager, Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission

Supply Chain Leadership Award

Sprint

Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (Goal Achievement Award)

The Boeing Company
Caesars Entertainment
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Ecolab
The Hartford
IBM
Johnson Controls
Kohl’s Department Stores
Mack Trucks
Novelis

Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (Goal Setting Certificate)

Fruit of the Loom, Inc.
Hasbro, Inc.
Kohl’s Department Stores

2013 Award Winners | Washington

Organizational Leadership Award

Boulder County, Colorado
City of Austin, Texas
Intel Corporation
Port of San Diego
Sonoma County Water Agency

Individual Leadership Award

Tamara “TJ” DiCaprio, Senior Director of Environmental Sustainability, Microsoft Corporation
J. Wayne Leonard, Former Chairman and CEO of Entergy Corporation (retired)

Supply Chain Leadership Award

Cisco Systems, Inc.
IBM
San Diego Gas & Electric Co.

Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (Goal Achievement Award)

Abbott
CSX Transportation, Inc.
Limited Brands, Inc.
Office Depot
Raytheon Company
Staples, Inc.
Tiffany & Co.
Turner Construction Company

Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (Goal Setting Certificate)

Bank of America
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
SC Johnson & Son, Inc.
Wells Fargo & Company

2012 Award Winners | Fort Lauderdale

Organizational Leadership Award

IBM
San Diego Gas & Electric

Individual Leadership Award

Gene Rodrigues, Director of Customer Energy Efficiency & Solar, Southern California Edison

Supply Chain Leadership Award

Port of Los Angeles
SAP
UPS

Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (Goal Achievement Award)

Campbell Soup Company
Casella Waste Systems
Conservation Services Group
Cummins Inc.
Fairchild Semiconductor
Genzyme
Hasbro
Intel Corporation
International Paper
SC Johnson

Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (Goal Setting Certificate)

Avaya
Bentley Prince Street
Campbell Soup Company
Ford Motor Company
Gap Inc.
Ingersoll Rand