The Environmental Respect Awards have announced a new deadline for their Environmental Respect Award Self-Audit.

Retailers will now have until March 13, 2017 to submit their self-audits. The deadline is earlier to accommodate the significant rise in applications and entrants over the past two years.

“Participation in this program has more than doubled since 2010,” explains Jim Sulecki, Corporate Content Director, Meister Media Worldwide and program lead. According to Sulecki, retailers across the U.S. and Canada are eager to demonstrate their stewardship and share that information with others.

“Our right to operate as an industry depends on our ability to work safely and effectively,” says Sulecki. “There are good things happening out there. The Environmental Respect Awards is about honouring those in our industry who are doing it right – and sharing that good news with the rest of the world.”

For 26 years, the Environmental Respect Awards, sponsored by DuPont Crop Protection and Meister Media’s CropLife and AgriBusiness Global magazines, have been the ag industry’s highest recognition for environmental stewardship. An independent panel examines entries for site design, in-plant storage and handling procedures, emergency preparedness, proper application and leadership among customers and employees.

To enter, visit www.environmentalrespect.com. For questions on how to enter, call Sue Betteley, Environmental Respect Awards Coordinator at 440-602-9131.

Read more about the Environmental Respect Awards in our July 2016 edition of the Communicator.