Entries can be for one or all of the following sub-categories.
- Best Green Achiever Award
This award recognizes the organization who actively support and advocate for the protection of the environment through long-term projects and/or initiatives, that have a significant and tangible positive impact.
Success factors:
- Demonstrates a robust support of environmental protection through long-term initiatives or projects such as those related to waste management, energy & water conservation, climate change action, etc.
- Provides strong evidence of the measurable impacts of the project such as reduced waste, reduced greenhouse emissions, carbon neutrality, etc.
- Exhibit evidence of influence on clients and customers towards their commitment to environmental issue(s) addressed by the project through proactive stakeholder engagement.
- The Sustainable Brand Award
This award recognizes the brand(s) that has established an identity reflecting a sustainable imprint of its product, service, or business as a whole. The brand has created robust branding through concrete business practices and continuously adds value in terms of environment and social benefits.
Success factors:
- Exhibits a focus on sustainability reflecting a strong presence in the market(s) served
- Demonstrates transparency towards its processes such as:
- Sustainable manufacture/production of products.
- Prevention of pollution incorporated in the life cycle of products.
- Consideration of closed loop processes, etc.
- Sustainable Retailer of the Year
This award recognizes retailers who exemplify sustainability in all aspects of their business and has potentially a positive effect on the global or local environment, community, society, or economy.
Success factors:
- Demonstrates clear, measurable, and evident alignment to sustainable business processes.
- Demonstrates strong implementation with specific tangible positive impact from its ESG strategy (Environment, Social, and Governance). Examples:
- Adopting effective environmental practices,
- Contribution to UNSDG (UN Sustainable Development Goals)
- Exhibits open & transparent reporting on the Company’s impact on environment and society.
- Best CSR Performance Award
This award category focuses on the corporate social responsibility practices of the organization and their roadmap to success in the field.
Success factors:
- Demonstrates strong evidence of business as well as societal benefits
- Encompasses the basic elements of corporate social responsibility, namely:
- Marketplace (ethical sales & marketing, responsible supply chain cycle).
- Community (philanthropic, charitable activities, local sourcing, creating shared value)
- Environment (environmental initiatives, green practices, sustainable solutions.
- Workplace (responsible workplaces, safety, wellbeing, diversity, inclusion).