{"id":2928,"date":"2019-05-21T12:09:42","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T16:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/?p=2928"},"modified":"2019-05-21T12:09:42","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T16:09:42","slug":"maryland-green-registry-leadership-awards-winners-honored-on-10th-anniversary-of-the-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/2019\/05\/21\/maryland-green-registry-leadership-awards-winners-honored-on-10th-anniversary-of-the-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Green Registry Leadership Awards Winners Honored on 10th Anniversary of the Program"},"content":{"rendered":"
MEDIA CONTACTS:<\/span><\/h5>\n

Mark Shaffer<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

(410) 537-3056<\/a>
\nmark.shaffer1@maryland.gov <\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Maryland Green Registry Leadership Awards Winners Honored on 10th Anniversary of the Program<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Members save nearly $105 million through environmental practices<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

BALTIMORE, MD (May 21, 2019<\/span><\/span>) \u2013 <\/strong>Maryland Department of the Environment Secretary Ben Grumbles joined members of the Maryland Green Registry and National Association of Environmental Professionals \u00a0Monday evening to present the\u00a010th Annual Maryland Green Registry Leadership Awards and announce the annual membership results. Those results showed continued gains in reducing pollution, along with nearly $105 million in costs savings through environmental practices.<\/p>\n

The Leadership Award winners are:<\/p>\n

\nBaltimore Convention Center<\/a><\/p>\n

Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum<\/a><\/p>\n

Founding Farmers<\/a><\/p>\n

Inn at Horn Point<\/a><\/p>\n

The Heart of the Earth Sanctuary and Rescue, Inc.<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Winners were chosen based on their commitment to continuous improvement and environmental results achieved over the past year. The awards were presented at the annual conference of the National Association of Environmental Professionals at the Lord Baltimore Hotel in Baltimore. More information on each winner\u2019s achievements are detailed on the\u00a0Maryland Green Registry website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Also announced at the event were the designees of the 2019 Maryland Green Registry Leadership Circle. This one-year designation is for former Leadership Award Winners that have demonstrated their continued commitment to improvement through significant new sustainable practices and results.\u00a0 The 2019 members of the Leadership Circle are\u00a0AstraZeneca,\u00a0Fitzgerald Auto Malls,\u00a0and Pearlstone.<\/p>\n

MORE INFORMATION:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Maryland Green Registry was launched in 2009 to promote and recognize sustainable practices by organizations throughout the state. The free program offers tips and resources to help organizations set and meet their own goals on the path to sustainability. There are currently\u00a0more than 550\u00a0member organizations.<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n

As part of their online member profile, Maryland Green Registry members share at least one quantitative measurement.\u00a0The results are collected\u00a0to demonstrate that even small efforts among a group of committed organizations can lead to impressive results.\u00a0The results also emphasize the importance of measurement to the successful management of environmental impacts at any type and size of organization.\u00a0Registry members are currently saving nearly $105 million annually through their sustainable practices.<\/p>\n

While they represent a variety of facility types and sizes, all of the winners have several key factors in common that contributed to their success: each organization has an organization-wide commitment to environmental performance and each sets annual environmental goals and measures its results.<\/p>\n

The following results were achieved on an annual basis between 2018 and 2019:<\/p>\n