Responsible Care® Awards

Sarah Sherwood

ACC’s Responsible Care^® Awards Program recognizes chemical industry leaders that have made an exceptional commitment to EHS&S performance, sustainability and sound chemicals management.

In 2024, ACC recognized the following member and Partner companies through the Responsible Care Awards Program.

Responsible Care^® Employee of the Year

Presented to one ACC member company employee and one Responsible Care Partner company employee for exceptional leadership in Responsible Care:

Member Company Employee of the Year: Amela Morgan, Plant Manager at Ingevity Corporation
Partner Company Employee of the Year: Angie Griffin, Chief Commercial Officer at Third Coast

Responsible Care^® Initiative of the Year

Recognizes companies in each size category that have implemented a specific program or activity that demonstrates leadership in the areas of employee health and safety, security, or environmental protection:

Nisus Corporation (Small Size Category)
Indorama Ventures (Medium Size Category

Product Safety Awards

Recognizes ACC member companies with laudable achievements implementing product safety and stewardship programs:

Trinity Industries: Trinsight™ Platform

Responsible Care^® Partner Company of the Year

Recognizes the superb performance and safety record of companies involved in the distribution, transportation, storage, use, treatment, disposal and/or sales and marketing of chemicals:

Highway Transport Logistics, Inc
Kinder Morgan Liquids Terminals LLC
Total Quality Logistics, LLC

Waste Minimization, Reuse and Recycling Awards

Presented to companies with substantial achievements in waste minimization, reuse and recycling:

Afton Chemical Corporation
- Filter Aid Waste Minimization
- Drum Recycling Efforts
Arkema
- HPP Raw Material Recovery Project
Eagle Transport (Partner)
- Corporate Waste Minimization and Beneficial Reuse Project
FMC Corporation
- Waste to Beneficial Reuse
Occidental Chemical Corporation
- Removal of Nessler's Reagent*
- #2 Penn Snift Gas Compressor Reliability
- Brine Sample Point Recovery
- KOH Wooden Pallet Cradle to Grave Improvement
- Deer Park Chlorinated Byproduct Reuse*
- Oxyhydrochlorination HCl Conversion Optimization
- Column Metal Packing Recycling
- Catoxid Catalyst Reuse
- Chlorine Recovery from Deer Park Heavy Ends Byproduct
- Wet EDC Tank Cleanout*
- Muriatic Acid Burner Cleaning Improvement
- Diaphragm Cell Conversion and Asbestos Elimination*
- Utilizing Alternative Methodology for Remediating Soil
Trinity Industries (Partner)
- Coatings Waste Reduction - EP921 Solvent Reclamation*
Trinseo
- Reclaiming Unreacted Monomers in Latex Production*

*Denotes exceptional merit

Energy Efficiency Awards

Recognizes ACC member companies with commendable achievements in improving energy efficiency and/or reducing greenhouse gas related or other environmental impacts:

Afton Chemical Corporation
- Houston and PATX Energy Efficiency Projects*
- LED Retrofit and 100% Closed Fume Hoods
Albermarle Corporation
- Spray Dryer Auto Dilution
Ashland Inc.
- Wilmington Campus Solar Panel Installation*
BASF Corporation
- Triple S Process Energy Reduction
- Tinuvin Flare Gas Reduction
- Reduced Steam Losses
- Corporate Energy Management Process*
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC
- Old Ocean Continuous Improvement*
- Orange Year on Year Energy Improvement
Eastman Chemical Company
- Azeo Column Stability Improvements and Energy Optimization
- A Column Control Scheme Steam Reduction*
- Condensate Recovery Enabled by Pressure Powered Pump
GATX Rail (Partner)
- Flare Optimization Project
Hexion Inc.
- Reduce Electrical Consumption during Idle State*
Intercontinental Terminals Company, LLC (Partner)
- ITC LEED Silver Administrative Building
Occidental Chemical Corporation
- GT3 Filter House Replacement
- Salt Pad Material Use at Brine Fume Scrubber
- Reactor Condenser Flush Water Savings
- LED Lighting Upgrades
- Ethane Feed Preheat Optimization
- E-250 Reboiler Efficiency
- Chlor-Alkali Plant Steam Trap Condensate Recovery
- Condensate Heat Recovery*
- Membrane Energy Efficiency Improvement
- Chlorine Vent Load Recovery
- Diaphragm Cell Conversion
- Reducing Steam Consumption in the Diaphragm Caustic Evaporation Process
- Diaphragm Cell Low Voltage Anodes
- Diaphragm Cell Depositing Improvements to Reduce Energy Consumption
- New Anode Design Installation
Trinseo
- Decarbonization Project*

*Denotes exceptional merit

Facility Safety Awards

Presented to companies with significant achievements in employee health and safety performance:

Afton Chemical Corporation
Albemarle Corporation
Arkema, Inc.
Ascend Performance Materials, LLC
Ashland Inc.
Avient
Axalta Coating Systems LLC
BASF
Braskem America, Inc.
Cabot Corporation
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC
Clariant Corporation
Climax Molybdenum Company
Covestro LLC
Dow
DuPont
Ecovyst Inc.
El Dorado Nitrogen L.L.C.
Evonik Corporation
Evonik Oil Additives USA, Inc.
ExxonMobil Product Solutions Company
FMC Corporation
GATX Rail
Hallstar
Honeywell
ICL
Indorama Ventures
Ingevity Corporation
Intercontinental Terminals Company
Kinder Morgan Liquids Terminals, LLC
Kraton Corporation
Kuraray America Inc.
LANXESS Corporation
Linde PLC (formerly Praxair)
MEGlobal Americas Inc.
NOVA Chemicals Corporation
Occidental Chemical Corporation
PMC Group N.A., Inc.
PQ Corporation
Pure Salt, LLC
Quantix DC – Export
Quantix Dry Bulk Transportation
Quantix In-Plant Services
Quantix Liquid Transportation
Solvay America, Inc.
Stepan Company
Synthomer Plc.
Texas Brine Company, LLC
The Chemours Company LLC
The Lubrizol Corporation
Third Coast
Trinity Industries
Trinseo
W.R. Grace & Co