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Overall Environmental Excellence
A facility that demonstrates excellence in several or each of the below judged categories is recognized with this award.

Winner: St. Marys Cement Inc., Charlevoix, Mich.
Runner Up: Lafarge North America, Sugar Creek, Mo.
Finalist: CEMEX, Davenport, Calif.; Suwannee American, Branford, Fla.

Environmental Performance
Honoring facilities that take steps beyond those contained in environmental laws, regulations, permits and requirements to minimize their impact on the environment. Recognition for this award is given for pollution prevention, waste minimization, distinctive environmental controls, environmental management systems, and facility recognition.

Winner: St. Marys Cement Inc., Bowmanville, Ontario
Runner-Up: Suwannee American, Branford, Fla.
Finalist: Holcim (US) Theodore, Ala.

Land Stewardship
Recognizing a plant’s efforts to protect and enhance the surrounding land through landscaping, species protection, and remediation and rehabilitation of quarries, wetlands, and other features.

Winner: CEMEX, Davenport, Calif.
Runner Up: St. Marys Cement Inc., Charlevoix, Mich.; St. Marys Cement Inc., Bowmanville, Ontario
Finalist: Lafarge North America, Ravena, N.Y.

Outreach
These facilities strive to enhance community, employee, and government relations through communication, partnerships, voluntary efforts, contributions, and other measures.

Winner: Holcim (US), Theodore, Ala.
Runner Up: St. Marys Cement Inc., Charlevoix, Mich.; Lafarge North America, Ravena, N.Y.
Finalist: CEMEX, Davenport, Calif.; Holcim (US), Morgan, Utah

Innovation
This category recognizes the development and application of innovation technologies and techniques relevant to environmental protection or energy efficiency.

Winner: CEMEX, Knoxville, Tenn.

Energy Efficiency
The winner of this award focuses on energy planning, applications of efficient technologies and practices, and climate change mitigation efforts are rewarded in this category.

Winner: California Portland Cement Company, Mojave, Calif.
Runner Up: St. Marys Cement Inc., Bowmanville, Ontario
Finalist: Lafarge North America, Calera, Ala.