Green Business of the Year Award Application

Green Business of the Year Award Application

Applicants merit this award because of their outstanding efforts in continually reducing their environmental footprint and improving their progress on a continuum of qualifying sustainable criteria. Green businesses and organizations are committed to working toward sustainability and have documented efforts to refine their practices to protect the environment in their community.

In the form below, please tell us why you think your business would be a good choice to win the Green Business of the Year award, and please cite examples. Feel free to expand on your explanation; the more information you can provide, the better we will understand their efforts. If you are nominating a business for an award, we encourage you to work with that business to ensure that the information provided is specific and accurate to that business's sustainability practices. Supporting documentation and photographs are good to add—if you have them—but they are not a substitute to completing this nomination form.

Name of business/organization*

Your name*

Address

Phone number

Phone

Email*

Website

Type of business*

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Business info*

We would like to know just a bit about this business. Briefly, please provide an overview of what the business does and/or produces?

Waste reduction*

Waste reduction is a key to sustainability. What does your business do to recycle, reuse items, and avoid creating waste?

Energy conservation*

What steps has this business taken to reduce energy use? Details such as amounts/dollars saved are always good to know.

Water conservation*

What steps has this business taken to reduce and/or reuse water. Details are a plus.

Wastewater/stormwater protection*

How does this business protect area streams from on-site pollutants?

Community*

Sustainable businesses educate their staff and customers about what they do; how does this business do that?

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion*

How does your business incorporate equity into the project/work?

Hazardous materials*

How does this business manage hazardous materials?

Sustainability*

Green Businesses of the Year go "above and beyond" both competitors in their field and in the community as a whole. What things does this business do that stands above the rest?