Kenneth “Trey” Walker, EHS manager at Quantix, recently won a 2023 Avetta Award for prioritizing a culture of safety and sustainability.
Walker emerged in the “Change Makers” category.
The Avetta Awards are based on a set of objective criteria and judged by Avetta safety and compliance experts in addition to a rotating panel of industry executives, entrepreneurs, innovators, and compliance experts. This year’s industry judges included Adele Abrams, president of the Law Office of Adele L. Abrams; Brian Fielkow, EVP of risk at Acrisure; and Subena Colligan, EHS coach and consultant, and principal at S. Colligan Coaching.
“Risk, safety, and sustainability innovation is at the heart of our offerings and our clients’ programs,” Arshad Martin, CEO of Avetta—a provider of supply chain risk management software—said in a news release. “These awards recognize excellence in program execution. These companies and individuals are true champions of their industries and are making a significant impact on supply chains worldwide.”
Winners were selected from a list of 36 finalists across six categories. They represent companies that have reduced global incident rates, including one winner that reduced vendor incident rates by 38% and another that improved compliance rates by 33% in only 4 months, Avetta said. Other winners include companies that have automated risk compliance through API integrations, and early adopters of new ESG and GHG solutions.
Winners received their awards June 27 at the 2023 Avetta Client Summit in Houston.
The list of 2023 Avetta Awards winners includes:
Health and Safety Leader: Companies and programs that have proven safety leadership on a global scale with best-in-class KPIs.
- Black Hills Energy
- Gamuda Australia
Digital Transformation Innovator: Through API integrations and innovative technology automation, these organizations have led their industries in digital transformation on a global scale.
- Cushman & Wakefield
- Verizon
Operational Excellence Leader: Organizations that have demonstrated the ability to drive operational excellence in supply chain risk management.
- Antea Group
- NorthWestern Energy
- BGIS (Asia Pacific)
Risk and Compliance Excellence: Companies that have expanded their compliance programs to multiple risk disciplines such as ESG, sustainability, financial risk and cybersecurity.
- Pacific National
Premier Partner: These companies have shown great collaboration and co-innovation in their partnership with Avetta.
- Honeywell (Australia & New Zealand)
- APM Terminals
- Arkema
Change Makers: Individuals within large and complex organizations who have created meaningful change within their companies through culture transformations, compliance evangelism, and thought leadership.
- Phil Varney, WHS Program Manager, EU, Amazon
- Kenneth “Trey” Walker, EHS Manager, Quantix