Celebration Week is the culmination of a months-long process that ends with the recognition of companies from around the world receiving an Environmental Respect Award for their commitment to environmental stewardship and sustainability. The program, sponsored by Corteva Agriscience and presented by AgriBusiness Global and CropLifemagazines is now in its 29th year and has during that time honored hundreds of companies from more than 35 countries.
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The Environmental Respect Awards Celebration Week kicked off Monday, 30 September, in Washington, DC, with the annual poster session. Representatives from 17 companies from around the world descended on the Hyatt Regency just down the road from the Capitol Building, where they will spend the week learning from one another and being honored for their commitment to sustainability and environmental stewardship.
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Dean Weldert from Valley Agronomics reviews one of the posters that tells the honorees' stories. The posters will be displayed again later in the week where the delegates will get to sign them and offer words of encouragement. Each company will then get to take their poster home as a memento of the week.
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Jenny Dowil, International Product Stewardship Manager, Corteva, talks with Rich Lloyd, COO of Valley Agronomics, during the poster session at the start of the 29th annual Environmental Respect Awards program.
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Delegates from around the world being honored for their commitment to the environment mingle with representatives from Corteva, the company that sponsors the Environmental Respect Awards program. The assembled had the opportunity to enjoy some appetizers and drinks before the more formal part of the evening began.
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Keith Fricke, Prairieland FS, (left) visits with Bill Belzer, Corteva's Director of Global Stewardship. Belzer helped introduce brief videos about each of the companies and the representatives who said a few words about their operations.
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Ray Forney, Global Product Stewardship for Corteva, served as the evening's emcee and shared company introductions with Bill Belzer, the company's Director of Global Stewardship.
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Sreedham Jagannatharao, Sri Srinidhi Ago Chemicals, (right) sits with Shabnam Hussein, Corteva Representative based in India, during the poster session event that opened the Environmental Respect Award Celebration Week.
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Cem Tolga Korkut with Kut-San (left) poses next to the poster that highlights the company's commitment to Environmental Stewardship. He is joined by Haran Toksoz, the Corteva Representative based in Turkey.
This year, 17 companies will be added to the list. Representatives of those organizations came to the Hyatt Regency in Washington, DC, to participate in Celebration Week, which began with a poster session. The night’s events included posters that featured information highlighting the activities that earned each company an ERA honor.
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The night also included short videos featuring each company and introductions that gave the companies an opportunity to introduce themselves to their peers. Activities later in the week include a dinner cruise on the Potomac River, visits to DC’s world famous Smithsonian Institution, meetings with members of Capitol Hill for the representatives from the U.S. or embassies for the delegates from the rest of the world.
The week ends with a grand finale gala celebration where the delegates will receive their trophies and the four Ambassadors of Respect will be recognized. These are the four companies honored for their truly special commitment to the ideals of environmental stewardship and sustainability. The four ambassadors will come from four regions around the world: North America, Latin America, Europe/Middle East/Africa, and Asia Pacific.
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