14th Annual Bellmon Sustainability Awards

Bellmon Winners pose with their Awards for efforts in the 23-24 Scor3card Cycle. From right to left: Philip Mba Wright of Cherokee Area Council #469, Dr. Ann Money of the Oklahoma Aquarium, Jerry Denton of Spirit AeroSystems, Andrew Dixon of Maxcess OKC, and Claire Farr of ES2 representing UScellular Operations Support Center Chicago.

On March 13th, 2025, The Sustainability Alliance held the prestigious Bellmon Awards to recognize the top achievers in the 23-24 Scor3card cycle. Each year, Scor3card members work to track and improve their sustainability initiatives by tackling up to 59 high-impact organizational activities and collecting up to 140 quantifiable KPIs. Some of these activities include conducting waste audits, evaluating Scope 1-3 emissions, upgrading to energy efficient appliances or lighting, providing sustainability education and training, planting trees and pollinator habitats, and volunteering within their communities.

This year's winners were:

OVERALL CATEGORY

Spirit AeroSystems - Tulsa

LARGE CATEGORY

UScellular Operations Support Center - Chicago

MEDIUM CATEGORY

Maxcess International - OKC

SMALL CATEGORY

Oklahoma Aquarium

MICRO CATEGORY

Cherokee Area Council #469 (Scouting America) - Bartlesville

This event focused on highlighting the triple-bottom-line strategy: People, Profit, and Planet - a systematic approach developed by The Sustainability Alliance to promote the adoption of practices by organizations across industries at all sizes, which support community resilience, economic vitality, and environmental stewardship. This year's winner's join a list of changemakers representing more than 55 organizations, businesses, and projects who have won these awards since 2010.

Watch a recap of Bellmon Winners over the years:

Hosted at the historical Circle Cinema, a locally owned and operated theater in Tulsa's Kendall Whittier district, members and the general public gathered to celebrate "business as sustainable" and watch the winner's stories come alive on the silver screen.

Check out the winner videos or scroll below to discover more!

Spirit AeroSystems Tulsa

UScellular Operations Support Center Chicago	Maxcess International OKC
Oklahoma Aquarium	Cherokee Area Council #469 Scouting America

Winners met various criteria to be eligible for these awards: they completed the 23-24 Scor3card cycle and achieved at least gold-level ranking in the program, their responses were reviewed and assessed to be high-quality by an independent board of verifiers and completed an application to be considered as Bellmon winners.

At the event, almost 100 individuals gathered on the green carpet - tasting local hors d'oeuvres catered by Chef Nico of Burning Cedar Sovereign Wellness and raising green goblets to toast the growth of sustainability in our region and beyond. Watch our event highlight reel below!

14th Annual Bellmon Awards Highlights

Thanks to all who supported this event, and contributed to the growing impact The Sustainability Alliance is making through these awards and programs like Scor3card. Get involved by reaching out to morgan@thesustainabilityalliance.org today. See you at next year's Bellmon awards in Q1 of 2026!