Voting now open for the 2024 Cox Conserves Heroes program

ATLANTA, October 7, 2024 — From nearly 750 nominations, an independent panel of judges selected nine environmental champions as finalists for the 2024 Cox Conserves Heroes program. Visit CoxConservesHeroes.com/vote until Oct. 13 to vote for your favorite environmental enthusiasts in the categories of adult, youth and nonprofit.  

First-place winners in each category will be awarded $30,000 from the James M. Cox Foundation to donate to their environmental nonprofit of choice. Second-place winners will receive $15,000 and third-place winners will receive $5,000. 

The winner of the nonprofit category will also receive the Jim Kennedy Conservation Award to honor Cox Enterprises Chairman Emeritus and James M. Cox Foundation Chairman Jim Kennedy, an environmentalist who started Cox Conserves in 2007. The James M. Cox Foundation has awarded more than $95 million to environmental and conservation causes between 2011 and 2022. 

Choose your Heroes 

About Cox Conserves Heroes
Cox Conserves Heroes is part of Cox Enterprises' national sustainability initiative, designed to recognize individuals and nonprofits making a positive impact on our environment. The Heroes are actively reducing or reusing carbon/energy and water, or are minimizing waste sent to landfills, in line with Cox's own sustainability goals. The program has honored more than 200 volunteers across the nation since 2008. 

About Cox Enterprises
Cox Enterprises is dedicated to empowering people to build a better future for the next generation. Cox is a leader in the broadband, automotive, and media industries, as well as a leading investment platform with strategic positions in emerging technologies driving the future of agriculture, renewable energy, healthtech, and public sector software. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Cox is a global company with $23 billion in annual revenues and a proud 125-year history. To learn more about Cox and its commitment to its people, planet and communities, visit coxenterprises.com.