Benjamin Sparrow, CEO of Saltworks Technologies was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal on August 4, 2012. The medal honours citizens and permanent residents of Canada who have made a significant contribution to their fellow Canadians, their community, or to Canada over the previous sixty years. The award ceremonies cited the “importance of Saltworks’ work and significant innovations to Canada and its environment.”
“This medal belongs to and was earned by the entire Saltworks’ team,” said Mr. Sparrow. “They work incredibly hard to innovate and improve desalination technologies, particularly for use in treating highly impaired waters. It is a true honor to have our work recognized for its significance to Canadians and the environment.”
Saltworks continues to innovate sustainable and economic desalination technologies particularly suited for industrial water treatment, such as saline produced water from oil & gas or mine tailings runoff. Saltworks has a series of confidential contracts with major oil and mining firms, all seeking to improve the economic and environmental efficiency of their operations.
Saltworks Technologies is a leader in the development and delivery of solutions for industrial wastewater treatment and lithium refining. By working with customers to understand their unique challenges and focusing on continuous innovation, Saltworks’ solutions provide best-in-class performance and reliability. From its headquarters in Richmond, BC, Canada, Saltworks’ team designs, builds, and operates full-scale plants, and offers comprehensive onsite and offsite testing services with its fleet of mobile pilots.
The British Columbia Export Awards has given first prize in the Clean Technology category to Saltworks Technologies for its outstanding track record delivering innovative desalination and wastewater treatment technology to customers around the world.
Saltworks Technologies was named in the 2018 Global Cleantech 100 – making the prestigious list for the third time in the company’s history. The Global Cleantech 100 is an annual publication by the Cleantech Group of the top 100 companies in the world with innovation and technology capable of making a significant positive impact in the cleantech sector.
Saltworks is honoured to receive POWER Magazine’s 2020 Water Award for our ground-breaking ‘chloride kidney’ industrial desalination solution.
Water plays a critical role in ESG performance for many companies. With growing concerns around pollution ands consumption of water and energy, investing in responsible water management technology can improve your ESG profile and reduce operational risks.