ddms, inc. Receives Seventh EBJ Business Achievement Award
Environmental Data Consulting Firm Recognized with Project Merit Award for Centralizing Data Across Portfolio of Freeport McMoRan Americas (FMI) Mining Sites
St. Paul, MN (February 2026) —Environmental Business Journal®* (EBJ), an independent business research publication that has provided strategic market intelligence to the environmental industry* since 1988, has honored de maximis Data Management Solutions (ddms) with a Business Achievement Award for Project Merit in 2025.
The Awards
Environmental Journal recognizes firms for business achievement in Growth, M&A, IT, AI, Technology, Project Merit, Industry Leadership and Social Contribution. The 2025 EBJ awards will be presented live and in-person at the EBJ Business Achievement Awards banquet at Environmental Industry Summit XXIV on April 1-3, 2026, in San Diego, along with CCBJ Business Achievement, Lifetime Achievement and 50-Year Company anniversary awards.
“In a year of growth but some volatility for the $570-billion U.S. environmental industry in 2025, a number of companies distinguished themselves with business model evolution, new practices, technical innovation, M&A, or signature projects that merit the special recognition of an EBJ Business Achievement Award. With traditional environmental markets in infrastructure, air quality, remediation, water and wastewater, as well as energy transition and climate resilience, it is understandable that companies report growing demand for environmental technology and services,” said Grant Ferrier, editor of Environmental Business Journal and chair of the EBJ Business Achievement Award selection committee.
“Pivoting with political change and overcoming the multiple challenges of inflation, supply chains, wage increases, labor shortages and changing markets has almost become routine for the resilient leaders in the environmental industry.”
The Project: Centralizing Data Across a Portfolio of Sites
ddms and Freeport McMoRan Americas (FMI) established a working team to centralize FMI’s environmental data management practice across its mining portfolio, establishing a unified, standardized platform for water quality data and paving the way to incorporate soil, sediment, air and additional site media. The initiative replaced decentralized spreadsheets and varied legacy systems with EarthSoft’s EQuIS, implemented in partnership with ddms.
The project emphasized out-of-the-box configuration over customization, common templates and reporting, and portfolio-wide governance, giving leadership consistent visibility into compliance and performance. A parallel ddms-FMI team structure accelerated delivery (governance, migration, input, reporting), while facility cohorts and ddms rolled out, trained, and tested functionality to ensure quality and adoption.
About ddms
de maximis Data Management Solutions (ddms) is an independent firm focused solely on environmental data management. As experienced environmental data scientists, ddms understands environmental data from the ground to the cloud. The ddms team joins client teams as trusted partners, delivering actionable insights, proactive problem-solving, and deep technical and scientific expertise. With decades of experience serving a global client base, ddms specializes in Environmental Data Management, Environmental Chemistry Services, and Enterprise Geospatial Services. A partner of Esri, AWS, and EarthSoft, ddms also uses its propriety software, Project Portal. For more information, visit www.ddmsinc.com.
About EBJ
Environmental Business Journal has been published since 1988 by Environmental Business International Inc., an independent research and publishing company focused on the environmental and climate change industries.
*Environmental Business Journal® provides strategic market intelligence to executives and investors in 13 business segments of the environmental industry including environmental consulting & engineering, remediation & industrial services, water & wastewater equipment, air quality & pollution control equipment, hazardous waste management, resource recovery, solid waste management, water/wastewater infrastructure, renewable energy and environmental instrumentation & information systems.