Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia, and Rose Marcario, Patagonia's president and CEO.

 

The Environmental Law Institute (ELI) was pleased to give its 2019 Environmental Achievement Award to Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia, and Rose Marcario, Patagonia's president and CEO. 

                        

      

This award is in recognition of their visionary leadership and outstanding environmental stewardship at Patagonia. The 2019 Award Dinner was held on Tuesday, October 22 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington DC.  For questions on timing of panels, registration, reception and dinner please go here.

 

In honor of ELI's 50th anniversary, the ELI Founders award was given to Thomas Alder, Craig Mathews, and James Moorman and the ELI Futures award was given to Nick Bryner, Jordan Diamond and Seema Kakade. 


 

 ELI would like to thank our Super Star Sponsors:

 

Arnold & Porter

Baker Botts

Beveridge & Diamond

Crowell & Moring 

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

Hunton Andrews Kurth 

King & Spalding

Latham & Watkins

Sidley Austin

 

and our Star Sponsors of the 2019 Award Dinner

Alston & Bird

Akin Gump

Babst Calland

Baker Hostetler

Bayeco

Bergeson & Campbell

Bracewell

Center for Climate & Energy Solutions 

Climate Leadership Council

Conservation Lands Foundation

Earthjustice

Dan Emmett

Environmental Defense Fund

Exelon

Farella Braun + Martel

Geosyntec

Greenberg Traurig

Haynes & Boone

Hess

Hogan Lovells 

Holland & Knight

 Husch Blackwell

 IBM Corporation

Jenner & Block

K&L Gates

Katten Muchin Rosenman

 

 Keller & Heckman

Kelley Drye & Warren 

Kirkland & Ellis

Locke Lord

M.J. Bradley & Associates

Monterey Bay Aquarium

The National Audubon Society

The Nature Conservancy

NRDC

Paul Hastings

Perkins Coie

Pfizer Inc. 

Shook, Hardy & Bacon

Sive, Paget & Riesel

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates

Stoel Rives

Michael and Shirley Traynor

Toyota

Van Ness Feldman 

White & Case

The Wilderness Society

Wiley Rein

 Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr

 

 

 

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