The photo above was submitted by Gary Haney, Office of the Secretary, in a prior Earth Day Photo Challenge.

The Department of Commerce is calling for nominations for the 2023 Sustainability, Energy, and Environmental (SEE) Ambassadors program.  The SEE Ambassadors program recognizes individual Departmental employees for outstanding performance in implementing exceptional projects and/or programs helping the Department meet sustainability, energy and water reduction, clean energy, climate change adaptation, resilience, and/or environmental performance goals.

Who is eligible?

This recognition program is independent from the Department’s Annual Energy and Environmental Stewardship Awards and is offered as an alternative way to highlight individual achievements of Department of Commerce employees. The SEE Ambassadors program is not currently offered to contractors. The Department will make selections for recognition when the individual has gone above and beyond typical day-to-day responsibilities to help achieve mission success, including staff who may not otherwise receive such recognition through the Departmental or the Federal awards programs.

Nomination details

OSEEP is now accepting nominations for accomplishments that occurred between October 1, 2022 through August 7, 2023.  Nominations are due by August 7, 2023 and must highlight the efforts of one individual, not a team.  To nominate a Departmental employee for this special recognition, download the form below and send it to Sarah Yardley at [email protected] by August 7, 2023.

Special recognition

The 2023 SEE Ambassador awardees will be announced in late August and will receive a certificate of recognition. They will be featured in a Commerce-wide broadcast email and OSEEP communications channels. 

Download the SEE Ambassadors nomination form.