Canada Medal
The Canada Medal is awarded to a business leader for outstanding service in a Canadian industry, who has had a clearly positive impact on their business that is based on chemistry for its processes and/or services.
Sustainability Award
The Sustainability Award is presented to an individual or team in recognition of science innovation in industry which has led to significant, measurable improvements in environmental sustainability in product/process development or of business/operational processes. The award is open to an individual or team working in a company of any size or country.Established 2023
Award Information
Eligibility Criteria
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Background
- Any individual or team working in a company of any size or country
- Applicants must be able to demonstrate significant improvement to the overall environmental sustainability of the company
- An industry that has a primary focus in products/processes requiring chemistry or chemistry-related science
- Innovations must be related to science across SCI key theme areas of Global Health, Climate Change and Sustainability
- Evidence of demonstrable, measurable outcomes as a result of the innovation will be requested as part of the application process
- Applications which can demonstrate a material impact for society will be favoured
Timetable
| Nominations open | 1 September 2026 |
| Nominations close | 4 December 2026 |
| Shortlist announced | April 2027 |
| Awards Dinner | May 2027 |
If you are interested in attending the SCI Awards Dinner 2027, please contact conferences@soci.org.
2026 Recipients
- 1st place: AstraZeneca
- 2nd place: Reckitt
- Joint 3rd place: Chemetall Ltd BASF
Read the report from the SCI Sustainability & Innovation Awards 2026
