Environmental Industry Summit 2025

Congratulations to the 2024 EBJ/CCBJ Business Achievement Award Winners

EBJ Business Achievement Award

Social Contribution

Terracon Foundation demonstrated exceptional commitment to employee engagement in philanthropic projects and fundraising partnerships throughout 2024. The foundation awarded $500,000 to organizations that advance the firm’s core mission of supporting education, the built and natural environment, and equity while fostering a culture of giving among employees. Terracon approved a landmark grant of $26,000 to the AIHA Foundation (AIHF) to establish the Women in Industrial Hygiene-Terracon Leadership Scholarship. Once finalized, this endowed scholarship will award $1,000 per year to undergraduates, graduates, and professionals in the industrial hygiene (IH) space who have advanced women’s leadership in the IH profession.

Mergers and Acquisitions

True to its strategic plan, Terracon successfully expanded its capabilities and market presence by acquiring four specialized environmental firms in 2024, demonstrating dynamic acquisition leadership:  

• Sage Environmental, enhancing its environmental services in the Northeast with 33 employees and specialized remedial injections, environmental drilling, and comprehensive environmental assessments.
• Harbor Environmental, a multidisciplinary firm based in Little Rock, Arkansas with 38 employees joining Terracon, bolstering its engineering, compliance, and sustainability services.
• Flat Earth Archeology of Cabot, Arkansas, adding 11 employees and expanding environmental planning and cultural resources. Flat Earth’s expertise in archaeology and cultural resource management (CRM) complemented Terracon’s existing operations in Arkansas and surrounding regions.
• Metcalf Archaeological Consultants, a firm specializing in cultural resource management services in the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains, adding 72 employees with expertise in archaeology, architectural history, and software applications.

CCBJ Business Achievement Award

Advancing Best Practices: Emissions Reduction

In 2024, Terracon worked with the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (SRPMIC) to prepare their implementation grant application for EPA’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grant program. EPA awarded SRPMIC $9.8 million to fund the following emissions reduction measures to guide sustainable future development, promote climate resilience, and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 117,000 mtCO2e by 2030 and 677,000 mtCO2e by 2050.

Renewable Energy/Low-carbon Power

• Utilize landfill gas to produce renewable natural gas (RNG) and avoid flaring.
• Fleet vehicle electrification and installation of charging stations.
• Facilitate free home energy assessments for SRPMIC residents.
• Voucher program to exchange gas-powered lawn and garden equipment for electric alternatives.

Carbon Sequestration and Sustainable Development

• Implementation of a land buy-back program to preserve natural spaces and enhance carbon sequestration.
• Large-scale tree planting program to enhance air quality and carbon sequestration.
• Improvements to soil management to implement sustainable agriculture practices.

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Panel Discussions

“PFAS & ECs; Water & Air Quality and EPA in the DOGE Era: From Compliance to Liability & Risk Management; Devolution to State & Local Markets”

10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m., PT,  Thursday, April 3

Dana Wagner, CHMM, Vice President/National Director, Due Diligence/PFAS Co-Lead

“HR, R&R, D&I, ESG and building the Next Generation in Leadership:  How do we make everyone happy?”

1-2 p.m., PT, Thursday, April 3

Linda Yang, Vice President/Director of Growth, Environmental Services

“Competitive Framework in the M&A market: Perspectives from Sellers and Buyers on why small company deals are driving the M&A activity, how new buyers have changed the landscape, and how sellers need to react and prepare: Case studies and perspective from recent activity”

3-4 p.m., PT, Thursday, April 3

Kristi Tahmasiyan, Director of M&A

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