Hart Energy is proud to announce the 2021 honorees of the Energy ESG Top Performers Awards
Hart Energy is recognizing innovations in reducing environmental impact, social efforts and community contributions, as well as leadership practices/directives and company cultures within a corporate structure.
Nominations were open to producers, operators, services companies and midstream companies in the oil and gas industry. As they say, actions speak louder than words. Winners were chosen based on achievements, not only on goals. This included completeness of company disclosures, internal measurement metrics and methodology, benchmarked against UN and Value Reporting Foundation standards, ESG performance against industry metrics, and proprietary Clear Rating formula and metrics.
ESG Champion
Public Midstream
Public Service Company
Private E&P
Private Midstream
Private Service Company
Congratulations to the 2021 honorees of the Energy ESG Top Performers Awards

Sri Sridharan, HSE adviser, and Henry Hill, sustainable development senior staff, received an Energy ESG award on behalf of Pioneer Natural Resources, which is being recognized in the public E&P category. (Source: Joseph Markman, Hart Energy)

Crestwood Equity Partners received an ESG award in the public midstream category. On hand to receive the award was Joanne Howard, Crestwood's vice president of sustainability and corporate communications. (Source: Joseph Markman, Hart Energy)

MPLX was a recipient of an ESG award in the public midstream category. Receiving the award on behalf of MPLX was Shawn Lyon (pictured right), vice president of operations with MPLX GP LLC and president of Marathon Pipe Line LLC; Laurie Wilkins (middle), vice president terminals, Marathon Petroleum Corp.; and Edward Cimaroli (pictured left), vice president G&P west region operations. (Source: Joseph Markman, Hart Energy)

On behalf of Baker Hughes, Nate Pepper (right), director of corporate and community affairs, and Allyson Anderson Book (left), vice president of energy transition, received an Energy ESG award in the public service company category. (Source: Joseph Markman, Hart Energy)

On hand to accept an Energy ESG award on Schlumberger's behalf was Lees Rodionov, vice president of global stewardship. The company won in the public service company category. (Source: Joseph Markman, Hart Energy)

Whitney Eaton (left), executive vice president of compliance & ESG, and Gabriel Rolland (right), manager of HSE, were on hand to receive the Energy ESG award bestowed upon TGS in the public service company category. (Source: Joseph Markman, Hart Energy)

Vallourec was recognized with an Energy ESG award in the public service company category. Amy Paff (left), North America environmental and sustainability program manager, and Joe Mook (right), environmental manager, accepted the award on the company's behalf. (Source: Joseph Markman, Hart Energy)

PureWest was an Energy ESG award recipient in the private E&P category. PureWest's Kelly Bott, senior vice president of ESG, land and regulatory, accepted an Energy ESG award on the company's behalf.

Keila Hand, head of ESG with Quantum Energy Partners, accepted an Energy ESG award on behalf of Sentinel Peak Resources. Sentinel is being recognized in the private E&P category. (Source: Joseph Markman, Hart Energy)

Sean Willis, president and COO, and Chad Grinnell, production manager, proudly accepted the Energy ESG award on behalf of Tug Hill Operating in the private E&P category. (Source: Joseph Markman, Hart Energy)

XRI Holdings was recognized with an Energy ESG award in the private midstream category. John Durand (left), president and chief sustainability officer; Susan Cellura (middle), director of marketing and communication; and Mark DePaul (right), senior vice president, corporate strategy, accepted the award on the company's behalf. (Source: Joseph Markman, Hart Energy)

Milestone Environmental Services received an Energy ESG award in the private service company category. President and CEO Gabriel Rio accepted the award on the company's behalf. (Source: Joseph Markman, Hart Energy)

CEO Paul Danos accepted the Energy ESG award on behalf of Danos. The company was recognized in the private service company category. (Source: Joseph Markman, Hart Energy)

Allyson Anderson Book, vice president of energy transition with Baker Hughes, is being honored as this year's ESG Champion. (Source: Joseph Markman, Hart Energy)
Hart Energy would like to thank Clear Rating for reviewing all submissions and providing their expertise during the judging process.
ESG Advisory Board
Hart Energy formed a board of advisers of ESG experts in the industry that guided our team of editors throughout the entire process—from how to assess and measure achievements to choosing the appropriate award categories.
Thank you to our panel of experts:
Paul Davies, Co-Chair of ESG Task Force and member of Sustainability Committee, Latham & Watkins LLC
Emily Easley, CEO, NOVUS Energy Advisors
Greg Englert, Partner, Risk Advisory Services, Weaver
Eric Johnson, Partner, and Co-Chair of ESG Advisory Team, Winston and Strawn
James West, Senior Managing Director, Evercore
Editorial Contacts
- Ariana Hurtado Senior Managing Editor ahurtado@hartenergy.com
- Faiza Rizvi Senior Associate Editor, ESG and Business frizvi@hartenergy.com
Sales Contact
- Chantal Hagen Senior Director of Business Development chagen@hartenergy.com