2025 AHPA Award Nominations now open

• By: AHPA
• On: 11/18/2024 05:55:49
• In: AHPA News

November 18, 2024

The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) is pleased to invite members to nominate standout individuals and organizations in our community for the 2025 AHPA Awards. First presented in 2006, the annual AHPA Awards recognize individuals and organizations for making positive and substantive contributions to the herbal and natural products industry.

Nominations must be submitted by Friday, Dec. 13, 2024 in order to be considered for one of the following awards:
 

• AHPA Herbal Hero Award: Recognizes an individual who makes outstanding contributions to AHPA committees or initiatives. (Nominee must represent a current AHPA member company.)
   

• AHPA Herbal Industry Leadership Award: Recognizes a company that sets an example of outstanding business practices or an organization that works to move the industry forward above and beyond normal business practices. (Nominee must be a current AHPA member company.)
   

• AHPA Herbal Insight Award: Recognizes an individual or non-commercial organization that has a significant impact on furthering knowledge and understanding of botanicals and their uses. (Nominee does not need to be associated with a current AHPA member company, but this award is limited to individuals or non-commercial organizations only.)
   

• AHPA Herbal Diversity & Inclusion Award: Recognizes an individual, organization, or company that demonstrates excellence in commitment to the values of diversity, inclusion and equality benefitting both the herbal products industry and broader society. (Nominee does not need to be associated with a current AHPA member company.)
   

• AHPA Environmental Impact Award: Recognizes an individual, organization, or company that has implemented innovative sustainable or regenerative business practices that will continue to have a meaningful positive impact on the environment. (Nominee does not need to be associated with a current AHPA member company.)

Nominations can be submitted using the online nomination form (preferred) or by email to communications@ahpa.org. Nominations must be received by 11:59pm PT on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024 to be considered. Please note the deadline will not be extended.

After the nomination period closes, nominees will be reviewed by members of the AHPA Communications Committee, which represents a diverse group of industry stakeholders. The AHPA Communications Committee recommends recipients for each award category and presents these recommendations to the AHPA Board of Trustees for approval.
 
Winners will be notified in January 2025, and AHPA Awards will be presented at the AHPA Annual Member Meeting on Tuesday, March 4, 2025 at Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim, CA.
 
More information about the awards, including a list of previous winners, is available here.