2025 Leadership-in-Action Award
Claude Morris
Senior Engineer IITakeda
Award Category: Championing Technology Innovations
Claude has built a career leading sustainability and EHS programs across power, manufacturing, and pharma industries. At Takeda’s Covington, Georgia plant, he launched a biomedical waste initiative that diverted over a million pounds of plastic from landfills, created recycling partnerships, and cut Scope 3 emissions by 9,000 tons each year. His collaborative leadership and technical expertise turned this project into a model for circularity and environmental impact.