The Green Awards - recognising the efforts to tackle the challenge of climate change

Welcome to the Green Awards

The Green Awards 2011 will shortly be launched.

Now in its third year the Green Awards are described by John Gormley, Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government as 'the most prestigious night in the Green calendar'.

The Awards continue to grow in importance and prestige and with the response received to date for the 2011 event, this year looks like being the biggest yet.

Categories and criteria are currently being reviewed and will be announced in due course. As ever, entry is free.

To register your interest in the Green Awards 2011, please email info@greenawards.ie and keep checking the website for updates.

Category sponsorship is now open; to get more information on supporting these prestigious Awards, please email sponsorship@greenawards.ie.

We are delighted to once again welcome Greenstar as Main Partner of the Awards, and the Irish Independent as Media Partner.

The Green Awards are organised by Event Strategies.

We look forward to welcoming you at the 2011 Awards,

The Green Awards Team.

Green Awards 2010 - Winners

The Green Awards 2010 attracted an audience of nearly 500 guests who celebrated the efforts of the 101 finalists competing to win an Award for their work in tackling climate change.

Diageo were the big winners on the night collecting three awards including Overall Green Business of the Year. Jeff Colley, editor of Construct Ireland, was awarded Green Leader. Leo Kerley from Crumb Rubber, was voted Green Entrepreneur.

Overall Green Business Award

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Greenstar, Commercial Services Managing Director, Jerry Dempsey presents the Overall Green Business Award to Colin Parry, Environmental Risk Manager for Diageo.

The Green Leader Award

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Pat Cullen, Managing Partner, Deloitte presents the Green Leader Award to Jeff Colley, Editor, Construct Ireland.

Green Small to Medium Enterprise Award

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Charles Butterworth, Managing Director, Vodafone presenting the Green Small to Medium Enterprise Award to Michael Lennon, Westport Woods Hotel & Spa.

The Green Supply Chain Award

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Kara Flannery of Greenbusiness.ie presents Paul Armstrong, Colin Parry and Breda Tanne of Diageo with the Green Supply Chain Award.

The Green Building Award

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Brian O' Brien accepts the Green Building Award on behalf of Solearth Ecological Architecture from Jeff Colley, Construct Ireland.

The Green Residential Building Award

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Jeff Colley, Editor, Construct Ireland presents James Lawlor of Melted Snow Architects with the Green Residential Building Award.

The Green Energy Award

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Kevin Greenhorn Managing Director of Airtricity accepts the Green Energy Award from Gerard O'Neill of Amarach Research.

The Green Product Award

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GreenPages.ie Publisher, Don Coughlan presents John Newell and David O' Flynn of Ecocem with the Green Product Award.

The Green Entrepeneur award

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Leo Kerley,of Crumb Rubber Ireland accepting his award as Green Entrepreneur from Elliott Griffin, Simple.ie.

The Green Innovation Award

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Richard Hayes, Chairman of EFT control systems presents Vivion McSorley of Rainvault with the Green Innovation Award.

The Green Professional Services Award

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Louise Kirwan & Paul Mc Gennis of Byrne Wallace receiving the Green Professional Services Award from Ciara O'Connor, Environmental Services Manager,Emission Zero

The Green County Council Award

Andrew Blincow, General Manager of Airtricity Utility Solutions presenting James Callery, Cllr. Tom Fortune and Philip Duffy of Wicklow County Council with the Green County Council Award

The Green Community Award

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Kevin Greenhorn, Managing Director of Airtricity presents the Green Community Award to Roger Warburton on behalf of Ballymun Regeneration Ltd.

The Green Retailer Award

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John Newell, Managing Director of Ecocem, presents the Green Retailer Award to PJ Timmons and Stephen Keating of Clery & Co.

The Green School Award

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Jo Shannon Nolan and Pauline Fahy accepting the Green School Award on behalf of Holy Family Boys NS, from Kara Flannery of Greenbusiness.ie

The Green Entertainment and Leisure Award

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Gerry Drum, Enterprise Manager, Irish Independent presenting Phoebe Larkin, Greg Davidson, Pauline McDonagh and Cllr. Tony Mulcahy from Cliffs of Moher with the Green Entertainment & Leisure Award

The Green Communications Award

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Paul Melia of the Irish Independent presenting Construct Ireland's Editor Jeff Colley with the Green Communications Award.

The Green Transport Initiative Award

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Environment Minister John Gormley presents the Green Transport Initiative Award to Barry McKenna and Martin Hughes on behalf of the Mater University Hospital and Children's University Hospital.

The Green Financial Institiution Award

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Paul Boylan from CITI receiving the Green Financial Institution Award from Minister for the Environment, John Gormley.

The Green Large Manufacturer Award

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Environment Minister, John Gormley presents the Green Large Manufacturer award to Paul Armstrong of Diageo Ireland along with Colin Parry, Audrey Smyth and Tim Holmes.

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The Overall Green Business Award
Selected from all entries

The Green Community Award
Collective approaches to sustainable living

The Green Transport Initiative Award
Environmentally driven transport initiatives

The Green Innovation Award
Reducing greenhouse gases through application of technology

The Green School/College Award
School that encourages a green ethos amongst students, teachers and stakeholders

The Green Leader Award
A person who has championed green causes in business, political and public life

The Green Building Award
The best application of green technology in building

The Green Large Manufacturer Award
Large manufacturers with ground-up green strategies

The Green Entertainment & Leisure Award

This awards is open to any business operating in the food, drink, entertainment and hospitality sector

The Green Professional Services Award
Professional services firms committed to a sustainable business practice

The Green Energy Award
Alternative energy providers enabling more sustainable business futures

The Green County Council Award
Encouraging and enabling greener practices amongst consumers and businesses

The Green Financial Institution Award
The high street lenders reducing their carbon footprint, developing sustainable business practice

The Green Communications Award
This award is for a campaign that creatively and efficiently communicated a green message across multiple media channels

The Green SME Award

This award is for Small to Medium Size Enterprises that can demonstrate a 'ground-up' green strategy designed to minimise the impact of their business activity on the environment.

The Green Entrepreneur Award

This award is open to any individual who has established a business that can demonstrate long term employment potential by providing services or products in the green business space.

The Green Product Award
This award will go to the product available on the Irish market which provides an eco-friendly solution as effective as its non-environmental equivalent.

The Green Supply Chain Award
This award is open to any organization that has implemented a green supply chain strategy that requires the suppliers they use in their core business enterprise to adhere to a specific set of guidelines to ensure optimal green practices throughout the chain.

The Green Residential Building
This award is for the sustainable Irish housing project completed since 1^st January 2008. It is open to one-off single homes or projects involving multiple units - e.g. apartment blocks to larger housing developments.

The Green Retailer Award
Any retailer with a policy on green procurement and local sourcing of goods

Main Sponsors

Green Awards 2009 are supported by Business In The Community