2022 DuPont Award Selects Top Initiatives in Occupational Health and Safety

Written by Paulo Nogueira

Published on 23/11/2022 at 17:21

Updated on 02/02/2023 at 19:24

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In Its 12^th Edition, Largest Contest in Latin America in the Area of Safety Will Recognize Innovative Projects in Five Categories. First Places Can Win a Trip to the US

São Paulo, SP, November 2022 — A reference in the area of safety, the DuPont Award for Worker Health and Safety is entering its 12th edition. The event will again recognize companies and professionals from across Latin America who have created and developed innovative projects for the preservation of physical integrity using DuPont technologies, improving the safety culture in the workplace. Registrations are open and can be made on the award’s website, which also provides more information.

In addition to companies and professionals, the award, held annually, seeks to recognize and honor students and influencers involved in promoting safety in the workplace, as well as enhancing employee comfort and increasing productivity in industry and service provision.

This edition of the DuPont Award for Worker Health and Safety includes five categories: Tyvek^® and Tychem^®; Nomex^® and Kevlar^® Sustainability; Influencer of the Year; and Students.

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2022 DuPont Award Selects Top Initiatives in Occupational Health and Safety

In Its 12^th Edition, Largest Contest in Latin America in the Area of Safety Will Recognize Innovative Projects in Five Categories. First Places Can Win a Trip to the US

About DuPont Water & Protection

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2022 DuPont Award Selects Top Initiatives in Occupational Health and Safety

In Its 12th Edition, Largest Contest in Latin America in the Area of Safety Will Recognize Innovative Projects in Five Categories. First Places Can Win a Trip to the US

About DuPont Water & Protection

About DuPont

While an average building in London or New York takes three years to be completed, in China a 26-story tower went up in five days with about 100 workers, and the global modular construction market already moves US$ 95 billion per year.

A Chinese factory in Guangdong is assembling a humanoid robot every 30 minutes while Tesla, Figure, and Boston Dynamics still struggle to deliver 10 thousand per year.

Australia installs giant concrete structures on the seabed 800 meters from the shore to create an ocean intake for desalination that will draw in saltwater and produce 30 million liters of drinking water per day.

Secret chamber sealed 4,500 years ago found in the Pyramid of Khufu, and Hawass announces its opening to the world in 2026

A public school student single-handedly created a machine capable of treating water for up to 50 people using only solar energy. It was awarded third place at one of the most important science fairs in the world.

Germany installed vertical solar panels on a lake in Bavaria, and the result broke conventional logic: instead of producing energy at midday peak, the plant generates more early in the morning and in the evening, exactly when families turn on appliances and factories are in full swing.

While communities suffer from water scarcity and the advancing desert, women in Morocco use nets high up in the mountains to trap fog droplets, fill reservoirs, and transport drinking water through more than 10 km of piping.

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It seems like something out of a movie, but it’s real: how technology uses invisible sound waves to extinguish small fires without water, without chemicals, and without destroying household furniture.

Chinese boats accelerate the collapse of fishing in Senegal, cause an annual loss of US$ 300 million, affect 1.3 million people, and help transform West Africa into the epicenter of 40% of the planet’s illegal trawling.

Super airplane Phantom 3500 advances towards its first flight, promising 60% lower fuel consumption, a windowless cabin, operation above 51,000 feet, technology validated by DARPA, and a billion-dollar order of 300 jets before certification.

In Its 12^th Edition, Largest Contest in Latin America in the Area of Safety Will Recognize Innovative Projects in Five Categories. First Places Can Win a Trip to the US