Nominations Due for Upcoming Industry Awards Presentation

Although winners of the 2021 TRSA Annual Industry Awards were celebrated at the Annual Conference in October, nominations for the 2022 honors are encouraged immediately. These accolades are normally presented at a dinner at the Legislative Conference each March. COVID-19 canceled that conference in 2020, delaying the presentation of that year’s honors until March 2021 and pushing the 2021 ceremony until the fall. The 2022 cycle is returning the program to the traditional timetable, with nominees to be judged early in the new year.

Members are urged not to put off nominating until after the holidays. Individuals who previously nominated have noted the ease of the online process and the variety of opportunities to honor their organizations (or anyone else they nominated) for industry-leading performance or effort. Receiving an award is a great way to build credibility with customers, prospects and employees. There is no application or nomination fee.

The following Annual Awards are open to all operator and supplier partner members. Multiple companies and individuals may be honored in the same award category and companies can win in more than one category. Submit entries for any of these awards now here.

Best Plants of the Year. Winners demonstrate how a local operation improves capabilities to supply, launder and maintain textiles for business customers, taking advantage of local resources to meet global challenges and deploy industrywide best practices. Winning applications describe how these laundries’ leaders seize challenges to become more competitive.

Above and Beyond Service. For exceptional attention to customer needs, either as part of the normal course of business or perhaps a one-time effort that was especially responsive, empathetic or pleasantly surprising to customer(s).

Best Video. For a video’s effectiveness in fulfilling its intended purpose, whether purely informative, such as showcasing a company or its employees, products or services; or technical, describing capabilities, processes or product features as training for customers.

Clean Green Innovation. For one or more ways sustainability has been improved (resource reduction, discharge control, increased efficiency) or industry best practices have minimized environmental impact.

Company Community Service. For short- or long-term commitments to volunteer time, professional talent or other support, bringing to light a sense of caring and responsibility for others in the community.

Diversity Recognition. For effort(s) to value the “unlikeness” of individuals and encourage or facilitate such variation in human qualities in the workforce, perhaps taking steps regarding diverse talent, intergroup interaction or otherwise fostering inclusivity.

SafeTRSA Safety Excellence. For establishing or maintaining workplace safety as a corporate value through projects or achievements that have produced or reflected safety gains; or ongoing activities that succeed due to top management support, employee involvement, training or good communication.

Volunteer Leadership. For individuals who have been involved in TRSA, enhancing its success and benefiting their companies through this participation. Winners’ activities may have included participating in political action, benchmarking, committees, presentations or certification; or writing, reviewing or researching for publications, videos or webpages.

Award winners receive discounted or complimentary registration to TRSA’s 12th Annual Legislative Conference, March 23-24, 2022, in Washington, DC. Questions? Contact Ken Koepper at 540.613.5110 or via email.