Waldom Electronics Announces 2024 ESG Award Winners

Recognizing Sustainability and Circular Economy Leadership in the IP&E Distribution Industry

ROCKFORD, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Waldom Electronics is proud to announce the winners of its 2024 ESG Awards, presented during the annual Waldom Dinner held ahead of the ECIA Executive Conference earlier this week.

The Waldom ESG Awards represent the only ESG recognition program in the IP&E (Interconnect, Passive, and Electromechanical) distribution industry, honoring supplier and distributor partners who demonstrate exceptional commitment to sustainability, environmental stewardship, and social responsibility.

“At Waldom, we believe that businesses can and should be a force for positive change,” said Don Akery, CEO of Waldom Electronics. “These awards highlight our shared commitment to reducing waste, driving efficiency, and fostering a circular economy that benefits the entire electronic components ecosystem.”

Through the ESG Awards, Waldom evaluates partners across multiple dimensions—including environmental impact, operational efficiency, and contribution to the industry—using a transparent scoring model that compares performance relative to peers. The awards also celebrate participants in Waldom’s Green Stock Program, which helps minimize excess inventory and reduce environmental waste across the supply chain.

2024 Waldom ESG Award Winners

Supplier Awards

• Diamond: TE Connectivity
• Gold: ebm-papst
• Silver: ITT Cannon
• Bronze: Grayhill

Distributor Awards

• Diamond: Avnet
• Gold: Heilind
• Silver: ICkey
• Bronze: Verical

The Waldom ESG Awards reaffirm the company’s long-standing dedication to advancing sustainable distribution and promoting collaborative solutions that strengthen the electronic components supply chain.

About Waldom Electronics

Waldom Electronics is a manufacturer-authorized master distributor of electronic components, representing more than 50 of the industry’s leading IP&E manufacturers. The company sells exclusively to its global network of distribution customers, never to end users or OEMs. For more than 78 years, Waldom has empowered manufacturers and distributors to increase efficiency and maximize profitability.

Waldom’s Green Stock Program is a key sustainability initiative that manages manufacturers’ and distributors’ slow-moving and excess inventory, ensuring valuable components are re-integrated into the channel and made available again to the distribution network. The program has successfully re-integrated more than 8 billion components, preventing them from ending up in landfills.

For more information, visit www.waldom.com.