2025 Finalists
Avian Project Award:
- Anglo American, Quellaveco
- Ashland, Hopewell, VA
- Ashland, Old York Road, NJ
- Vulcan Materials, Azusa Rock
Awareness and Community Engagement Project Award:
- Boeing, Pollinator Prairie
- Buzzi Unicem, Stockertown Plant
- Cemex, Merida = Xtepen + Caliza II (Mexico)
- Cemex, Zapotiltic: La Zoromutera + Palos Colorados (México)
Bats Project Award:
- Ashland, Hopewell, VA
- Ashland, Old York Road, NJ
- Freeport-McMoRan, Morenci Mine
- WM, Monarch Hill
Forest Project Award:
- CRH Americas, Gravette Quarry Site
- ITC Holdings, Corporate Headquarters
- Sibelco, Unidade Jaguaruna
- Solvay, Paulinia Site
Formal Learning Project Award:
- General Motors, Spring Hill Manufacturing
- Ontario Power Generation, Niagara Operations Sites
- WM, High Acres Landfill and Recycling Center
- WM, Orchard Ridge Recycling and Disposal Facility
Grasslands Project Award:
- Boeing, Emery Landfill – Wichita
- Exelon, Hitt’s Siding Prairie
- Exelon, Morton Arboretum
Green Infrastructure Project Award:
- Davey Resource Group, WSSI Native Habitat
- General Motors, São José dos Campos Plant
- General Motors, Toluca Complex and TREC/CCA
Invasive Species Project Award:
- Bruce Power, Bruce Site
- California Resources Corporation, Bolsa Chica Wetlands Ecosystem Partnership
- CRH Americas, Gravette Quarry Site
Land Conservation Agreements Project Award:
- BP, Cherry Point Refinery
- General Motors, Toluca Complex and TREC/CCA (Alameda 2000 Park Conservation Agreement)
- General Motors, Toluca Complex and TREC/CCA (Parque Sierra Conservation Agreement)
Landscaped Project Award:
- Boeing, Pollinator Prairie
- CRH Americas, Des Moines Asphalt & Paving
- WM, Monarch Hill
Mammals Project Award:
- CRH Americas, Gravette Quarry Site
- Grupo México, Rehabilitación de Lobo mexicano
Other Habitats Project Award:
- Cemex, Lake Wales Sand Mine
- ExxonMobil, St. Mary’s Island
Other Species Project Award:
- Bruce Power, Bruce Site (Redd surveys on Stream C)
- Bruce Power, Bruce Site (Water temperature monitoring and redd surveys in Bothwell’s Creek)
Pollinator Project Award:
- Boeing, Pollinator Prairie
- BP, Kelley Mine Butterfly Byway
- Exelon, Hitt’s Siding Prairie
- Exelon, Morton Arboretum
Remediation Project Award:
- Boeing, Emery Landfill – Wichita
- Boeing, Pollinator Prairie
Reptiles and Amphibians Project Award:
- Ashland, Hopewell, VA
- Bayer, Muscatine Plant and Big Sand Mound Nature Preserve
- Covia, Nepheline Syenite Operations
Species of Concern Project Award:
- Bayer, Muscatine Plant and Big Sand Mound Nature Preserve
- General Motors, Warren Technical Center
Training Project Award:
- General Motors, Gravataí Plant
- General Motors, São José dos Campos Plant
- Solvay, Paulinia Site
Wetlands and Water Bodies Project Award:
- ExxonMobil, Sorrento Wildlife Habitat
- ITC Holdings, Corporate Headquarters
- Ontario Power Generation, Lennox Thermal GS
- WM, Hillsboro Landfill and Tualatin Valley Waste Recovery
For the following, only one project met the award-level criteria. Therefore, there are no finalists, only a winner to be announced June 3-4.
- Desert Project Award
- Marine Intertidal Project Award
For the following, there are no finalists, only a winner to be announced June 4.
- Corporate Conservation Leadership Award
- Employee Engagement Award
- Gold Program Award
Award finalists were chosen from WHC Certification applications submitted from January 1, 2024 – December 1, 2024.
Winners will be announced throughout the Tandem Global Conference in Detroit on June 3-4, 2025.
Award Criteria
Corporate Conservation Leadership Award
Our top award honors one company’s overall achievement in conservation efforts, and signifies an exemplary level of corporate commitment to biodiversity and conservation education, and meaningful alignments with global conservation objectives.
Employee Engagement Award
Presented to one organization, this award recognizes a company’s involvement in conservation through the sheer force of its employee teams who participate in its habitat and conservation education activities.
Gold Program Award
This award recognized the overall depth of one exceptional program in the Gold Certified tier.
Avian Project Award
Awarded to one of the highest-scoring projects in this theme, the project demonstrates adequate monitoring of targeted species and at least 1 associated factor (e.g. food sources), and the project must be adaptively managed.
Awareness and Community Engagement Project Award
Awarded to one of the highest scoring projects in this theme, the project meets a need identified by an external group, company or community group based on study or other information (e.g., environmental equity), must clearly relate to a habitat or species project on-site (or support some other conservation project), and must collect good data that can be collected over time.
Bats Project Award
Awarded to one of the highest scoring projects in this theme, the project demonstrates adequate monitoring of targeted species and at least 1 associated factor (e.g. food sources), and includes evaluation of monitoring results to develop next steps for the project.
Caves and Subterranean Habitats Project Award
Awarded to one of the highest scoring projects in this theme, the project must have appropriate adaptive management practices, adequate monitoring, and includes evaluation of monitoring results to develop next steps for the project.
Desert Project Award
Awarded to one of the highest scoring projects in this theme, the project must have appropriate adaptive management practices, annual monitoring, and includes evaluation of monitoring results to develop next steps for the project.
Forest Project Award
Awarded to one of the highest scoring projects in this theme, the project must be adaptively managed using appropriate techniques, and monitored adequately at least once per year with results evaluated to create next steps.
Formal Learning Project Award
Awarded to one of the highest scoring projects in this theme, the project must be mappable to academic standards, clearly relate to a habitat or species project on site (or support some other conservation project) and must collect good data that can be compared over time.
Grasslands Project Award
Awarded to one of the highest scoring projects in this theme, the project demonstrates adequate monitoring of vegetation at least two times a year or adequate monitoring of vegetation at least annually, demonstrates adequate monitoring of at least 1 additional aspect (e.g. wildlife use), and uses the evaluation to create next steps for the project.
Green Infrastructure Project Award
Awarded to one of the highest scoring projects in this theme, the project demonstrates that there are multiple features of the project that directly impact biodiversity, and the information about the biodiversity impacts should be shared.
Invasive Species Project Award
Awarded to one of the highest scoring projects in this theme, the project demonstrates adequate annual monitoring, and the control and prevention methods should incorporate appropriate practices.
Landscaping Project Award
Awarded to one of the highest scoring projects in this theme, the project has an adequate monitoring protocol, and the results of the evaluation are used to create next steps for the project.
Mammals Project Award
Awarded to one of the highest scoring projects in this theme, the project demonstrates adequate monitoring of the targeted species, and the monitoring results are used to create next steps for the project.
Marine Intertidal Project Award
Awarded to one of the highest scoring projects in this theme, the project must be adaptively managed using appropriate techniques, and monitored adequately at least once per year with results evaluated to create next steps.
Other Habitats Project Award
Awarded to one of the highest scoring projects in this theme, the project is adaptively managed using appropriate techniques and monitored adequately with results evaluated to create the next steps for the project.
Other Species Project Award
Awarded to one of the highest-scoring projects in this theme, the project demonstrates adequate monitoring of targeted species and at least 1 associated factor (e.g. food sources), and the project must be adaptively managed.
Pollinator Project Award
Awarded to one of the highest scoring projects in this theme, the project demonstrates adequate monitoring of targeted species at least once per year and at least 1 associated factor (e.g. food sources), and should have a policy integrated into overall site operations to minimize, eliminate or apply responsible use practices of pesticides and herbicides with supporting documentation.
Remediation Project Award
Awarded to one of the highest scoring projects in this theme, the project demonstrates that outcomes have some direct ecological benefit, and the information about the biodiversity impacts are shared.
Reptiles and Amphibians Project Award
Awarded to one of the highest scoring projects in this theme, the project demonstrates adequate monitoring of the targeted species and at least 1 associated factor (such as food sources), and uses the results of monitoring data to create next steps in the project.
Species of Concern Project Award
Awarded to one of the highest scoring projects in this theme, the project must include a commitment to long-term or permanent protection, and the data collected about the target species during monitoring is shared with external organizations.
Training Project Award
Awarded to one of the highest scoring projects in this theme, the project must meet a need identified by an external group, company or community group based on study or other information, and the project must clearly relate to a habitat or species project on-site ( or support some other conservation project).
Wetlands Project Award
Awarded to one of the highest scoring projects in this theme, the project demonstrates adequate monitoring and use of monitoring data to create next steps in the project.