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Enter The Green Awards

Once again all Green Awards entries must be submitted online, ensuring that participation is both environmentally friendly and time efficient. Please read the How to Enter page and instructions below carefully before submitting your entry.

Please Note: All sections must be completed to submit your entry. This means you will need the following:

  • Your Entry (no more than 5 A4 pages)
  • Information required for the Green Awards questionnaire. Please see here for details.
  • 100 word summary of your entry including main points and results
  • 2 x High Res photos relevant to your entry
  • Your Logo
  • The name of the person that will accept the trophy on your behalf should you be successful

How to submit your Entry
  • Select the relevant category below and click 'Enter Online'

Page 1: Entrant Details

  • Complete the online Entry Form (Your contact details and organisation information)
  • Provide a 100 word summary of your entry, stating the main points and results

Page 2: Questionnaire

  • As part of the entry process, you will be asked to complete a questionnaire where applicable to your submission. All answered questions will be scored on a pro-rata basis as part of your entry, split with your 5 page submission 30:70 (Questionnaire:Entry). Please note you may be asked to provide support for you answers.

Page 3: Your Entry & Logo

  • This is the page where you will upload your submission. Please upload your document in the ‘Browse' field - simply click Browse, find where you have saved the entry on your computer and click OK/Open. Note: Each entry must be uploaded separately.
  • Please note that your entry must be less than 8MB and in PDF format, otherwise the system will not allow you to continue. This is the main body of your entry so please try to answer each of key points in the criteria and lay out all support information - text, tables, graphics etc so that it is easy and clear to understand.
  • Please also upload your organisation's logo in jpeg format. To do so, repeat the steps above and remember that the maximum file size is 8MB.

Page 4: Supporting Photos

  • This is the page to upload your supporting photos. Please upload 2 photos per entry to be used in the AV Presentation on the night, ensuring they are of good quality and relevant to your entry. These files must be high quality landscape, and jpeg format photographs (300dpi jpegs). The maximum size per file is again 8MB.

Page 5: Trophy Form

  • This is the page to confirm who will be your company's representative will be at the Awards in the event you should win.

Page 6: Your Entry Ref

  • This page confirms that your entry has been received. Please make a note of your reference number for any queries you may have.


If you have any queries on the online entry system, please do not hesitate to call us on 01 407 0595.

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Below are the categories for this year's Green Awards. To view the full criteria, please download the Entry Guide or click the 'Enter' button beside your chose categories.

 

The Overall Green Business Award

You cannot formally enter this category, as the winner will be selected by the judges from all the winners of the other categories.

     
The Green Leader Award

This award will go to the person that has made a significant contribution to the tackling of climate change or improving the environment in Ireland. Entrants can nominate themselves. The judges or members of the public can also nominate individuals, but if you are nominating someone please check first that they are happy to have their name put forward.


     
The Green Supply Chain Award

This award is open to any organisation 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 Building Award

This award will go to the most interesting sustainable non-housing Irish building completed since 1st January 2011. This category is open to all non residential buildings or developments - offices, educational, leisure, hotels, industrial, public sector - anything not sure for residential use.


     
The Green Residential Building

This award is for the sustainable Irish housing project completed since 1st January 2011. It is open to one-off single homes or projects involving multiple units - e.g. apartment blocks to larger housing developments.


     
The Green Energy Award

Open to any company that is involved in providing alternative energy supplies or a technology enabling the more efficient production of alternative energy.


     
The Green Professional Services Award

Open to any accountancy, law firm, and management consultancy practice operating in Ireland who can demonstrate their commitment to developing sustainable business practices.


     
The Green Travel Initiatives Award

This award is open to both public and private organisations which can demonstrate a comprehensive programme of actions, and commitment to the promotion of more sustainable forms oftravel, in terms of employee commuting, business travel and/ or fleet vehicles.


     
The Waste to Business Resource Award

This new category is designed to recognize those company's that turn the waste created by one process into a resource which can then be used in the creation of a new business opportunity.We want to see examples where the ‘re-use and recycle' approach creates revenue and employment while at the same time diverting materials away from landfill.

Please Note: Submissions which involve recovery are not suitable for entry- this award is specific to reuse and recycling.


     
The Green Retailer Award

Open to any Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland retailer with a policy on green procurement and local sourcing of goods. Internet retailers are also eligible, and any size of business can enter.


     
The Green School/College Award

Open to any school or college in the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland where teachers, pupils, families and otherstakeholders take part in a structured programme to ensure the school takes a lead in protecting the environment for future generations.


     
The Green SME Award

If you are a Small to Medium sized Enterprise (SME) that has implemented a green strategy designed to reduce the impact your business makes on the environment as you deliver yourproducts and services, then you should consider entering this award.


     
The Green Product Award

This award will go to the product introduced to the Irish market in the past 12 months which provides an eco-friendly solution as effective as its non-environmental equivalent. It could be a cleaning product, a service or anything that enables people, businesses and communities to create a more sustainable future. A key criteria is that it is an effective replacement ofnon-green traditional alternative.


     
The Green Entrepreneur Award

The award is open to people who have themselves set up a new start-up green business, or to long established entrepreneurs who have spotted an opportunity and invested in or supportedthe launch of a new "green" business. The judges will be particularly impressed by new ventures that show considerable long-term employment growth potential.


     
The Green Innovation Award

Open to all technologists and innovators who have developed a new product or service that has made a positive contribution to the environment. This award is open to anyone who has devised a new process, product or innovation that is delivering Environmental benefits.


     
The Green County Council Award

Open to county councils who have provided a comprehensive array of green-enabling services and who have actively encouraged businesses and consumers in the communities they serve tobecome greener in outlook and practice.


     
The Green Community Award

Open to any village, town or city or community group that is leading the way in ensuring a collective approach to more sustainable living.


     
The Green Healthcare Award

This award is open to any healthcare facility, of any size, public, voluntary or private, that can demonstrate a comprehensive programme to minimise the environmental impact of it's serviceswhile optimising outcomes for patients.


     
The Green Entertainment & Leisure Award

This award is open to any business operating in the food, drink, entertainment and hospitality sector who can demonstrate a comprehensive programme to minimise the impact that theirbusiness operations is having on the environment.


     
The Green Communications Award

This award is for a campaign that creatively and efficiently communicated a green message across multiple media channels.


     
The Green Financial Institution Award

Open to any lending institution on the Irish market that can demonstrate their commitment to developing more sustainable business practices.


     
The Green Corporate Citizen Award

This award recognises businesses and organisations that enrich both the environmental and social fabric of its local communities and beyond. A candidate for this award recognises the benefit of an integrated approach that drives value for people, profit and planet. So if your company has "done its bit" and has had a real impact, tell us about it and what you've achieved.


     
The Green Large Manufacturer Award

This award is open to any large manufacturer (500 employees plus) in Ireland who can demonstrate a ground-up best environmental practice in all aspects of running a large manufacturing business.