The 2016 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Awards Ceremony was held on May 9, 2016 in Washington, DC. EPA honored 24 organizations with Partner of the Year Awards for actively advancing the goal of chemical safety through exemplary participation in, or promotion of, Safer Choice. Read more about the 2016 Partner of the Year Award winners.

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EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy congratulates the 2016 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award Winners. Mike Fryan from BISSELL Homecare, Inc. with Assistant Administrator Jim Jones and Director of the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics Wendy Cleland-Hamnett at the 2016 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Awards Ceremony. Steve Savage from Boulder Clean with Jim Jones and Wendy Cleland-Hamnett at the 2016 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Awards Ceremony. Marcia Frieze from Case Medical, Inc. with Jim Jones and Wendy Cleland-Hamnett at the 2016 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Awards Ceremony. Steve Davison from Clean Control Corporation with Jim Jones and Wendy Cleland-Hamnett at the 2016 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Awards Ceremony. Lisa Pankiewicz from The Clorox Company, Oakland, CA with Jim Jones and Wendy Cleland-Hamnett at the 2016 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Awards Ceremony. Alison Gutterman from Jelmar, LLC with Jim Jones and Wendy Cleland-Hamnett at the 2016 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Awards Ceremony. Lauren Danielson from Osprey Biotechnics, Inc. with Jim Jones and Wendy Cleland-Hamnett at the 2016 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Awards Ceremony. Martin Wolf from Seventh Generation with Jim Jones and Wendy Cleland-Hamnett at the 2016 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Awards Ceremony. Daniele Piergentili from BASF Corporation with Jim Jones and Wendy Cleland-Hamnett at the 2016 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Awards Ceremony. Steve Christenson from Ecolab with Jim Jones and Wendy Cleland-Hamnett at the 2016 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Awards Ceremony. Faraz Ahmadpour from Virox Technologies Inc. with Jim Jones and Wendy Cleland-Hamnett at the 2016 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Awards Ceremony. Charlie Moody from Solutex, Inc. with Jim Jones and Wendy Cleland-Hamnett at the 2016 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Awards Ceremony. Mark Salimbene from Albertsons Companies with Jim Jones and Wendy Cleland-Hamnett at the 2016 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Awards Ceremony. Jason Wadsworth and Dave Tantillo from Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. with Jim Jones and Wendy Cleland-Hamnett at the 2016 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Awards Ceremony. Bryan McGannon and David Levine from American Sustainable Business Council with Jim Jones and Wendy Cleland-Hamnett at the 2016 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Awards Ceremony. Steve Ashkin from The Ashkin Group with Jim Jones and Wendy Cleland-Hamnett at the 2016 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Awards Ceremony. Chris Cathcart from Consumer Specialty Products Association with Jim Jones and Wendy Cleland-Hamnett at the 2016 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Awards Ceremony. Sarah Vogel from Environmental Defense Fund with Jim Jones and Wendy Cleland-Hamnett at the 2016 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Awards Ceremony. Bill Balek from ISSA, The Worldwide Cleaning Industry Association with Jim Jones and Wendy Cleland-Hamnett at the 2016 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Awards Ceremony. Kevin Funk from the U.S. Sustainable Acquisition and Materials Management Practices Working Group with Jim Jones and Wendy Cleland-Hamnett at the 2016 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Awards Ceremony. Jim Jones, Deputy Director for Management and Pollution Prevention Barbara Cunningham, Wendy Cleland-Hamnett, and Director of Chemistry, Economics and Sustainable Strategies for OPPT David Widawsky with Mark Salimbene from Albertsons Companies. Jim Jones, Deputy Assistant Administrator Louise Wise, Barbara Cunningham, Wendy Cleland-Hamnett, and David Widawsky with 2016 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award winners from Osprey Biotechnics, Inc. Jim Jones, Louise Wise, Barbara Cunningham, Wendy Cleland-Hamnett, and David Widawsky with Martin Wolf from Seventh Generation. Jim Jones, Louise Wise, Barbara Cunningham, Wendy Cleland-Hamnett, and David Widawsky with 2016 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award winners from The Clorox Company. Jim Jones, Louise Wise, Barbara Cunningham, Wendy Cleland-Hamnett, and David Widawsky with 2016 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award winners from Jelmar, LLC. Jim Jones, Louise Wise, Barbara Cunningham, Wendy Cleland-Hamnett, and David Widawsky with 2016 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award winners from BISSELL Homecare, Inc. Jim Jones, Louise Wise, Barbara Cunningham, Wendy Cleland-Hamnett, and David Widawsky with 2016 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award winners from Clean Control Corporation. Jim Jones, Louise Wise, Barbara Cunningham, Wendy Cleland-Hamnett, and David Widawsky with 2016 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award winners from Case Medical, Inc. Jim Jones, Louise Wise, Barbara Cunningham, Wendy Cleland-Hamnett, and David Widawsky with 2016 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award winners from Boulder Clean
. Jim Jones, Louise Wise, Barbara Cunningham, Wendy Cleland-Hamnett, and David Widawsky with 2016 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award winners from Consumer Specialty Products Association. Jim Jones, Louise Wise, Barbara Cunningham, Wendy Cleland-Hamnett, and David Widawsky with 2016 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award winners from BASF Corporation. Jim Jones, Louise Wise, Barbara Cunningham, Wendy Cleland-Hamnett, and David Widawsky with 2016 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award winners from Virox Technologies Inc . Jim Jones, Louise Wise, Barbara Cunningham, Wendy Cleland-Hamnett, and David Widawsky with 2016 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award winners from Ecolab. Jim Jones, Louise Wise, Barbara Cunningham, Wendy Cleland-Hamnett, and David Widawsky with 2016 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award winners from Solutex, Inc. Jim Jones, Louise Wise, Barbara Cunningham, Wendy Cleland-Hamnett, and David Widawsky with 2016 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award winners from American Sustainable Business Council. Jim Jones, Louise Wise, Barbara Cunningham, Wendy Cleland-Hamnett, and David Widawsky with 2016 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award winners from Environmental Defense Fund. Jim Jones, Louise Wise, Barbara Cunningham, Wendy Cleland-Hamnett, and David Widawsky with Steve Ashkin from The Ashkin Group. Jim Jones, Louise Wise, Barbara Cunningham, Wendy Cleland-Hamnett, and David Widawsky with 2016 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award winners from the U.S. Sustainable Acquisition and Materials Management Practices Working Group.