Across Canada, business and industry are finding and implementing innovative ways to safeguard the environment.  They’re not just cleaning up the environment; they’re preventing pollution before it occurs. 

CCME supports this growing emphasis on pollution prevention, knowing it’s more effective to minimize or avoid creating pollutants and waste at the source than to clean them up after they’ve been produced.  To show its support, CCME launched the Pollution Prevention Awards Program in 1997 to give national recognition to companies and organizations showing cutting-edge accomplishment and leadership in pollution prevention.

CCME presents up to seven awards of recognition each year.  Award winners are selected by a panel of representatives from government, industry and environmental non-government organizations.

2009 Pollution Prevention Awards

CCME has established a partnership with the Canadian Centre for Pollution Prevention to present the awards.  The 2009 Pollution Prevention Awards were presented as part of the 13th Canadian Pollution Prevention Roundtable in Charlottetown, PEI in June 2009.