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. Nominations are now open - to prepare, download a list of application questions before completing the online application form (PDF). Once you have prepared, please click the "nominations open" button right to complete your application.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 | 16 September 2025 |
| Nominations close | 1 December 2025 at 12 noon |
| Shortlist announced | April 2025 |
| Awards Dinner | May 2025 |
If you are interested in attending the SCI Awards Dinner 2025, please contact conferences@soci.org.
2024 Recipients
- WINNER: Cargill - development of a biodegradable alternative to petroleum jelly used in skincare and personal care products.
- 2nd place: Johnson Matthey - recycling the platinum group metals and valuable ionomers from fuel cells and water-electrolysers using its HyRefineTM technology.
- 3rd place: Low Carbon Materials - carbon-negative aggregate that can be incorporated into a variety of concrete applications to lower its carbon emissions.
Read the report from the SCI Sustainability & Innovation Awards 2024
