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Green Business Awards

Extended deadline for entries: Friday 15 August 2008

Judging Panel

Judging panel to be announced

Judging Process

The judges are looking for a number of key factors when assessing the quality of entries to the Green Business Awards. First they are looking for originality. The case being offered should be new and refreshing. Either the idea or the way in which it has been applied or executed must be new. The entrant must show that they have approached the policy or initiative in a rigorous manner.

They should have planned and executed it to ensure it has the greatest impact on their green record and is as sustainable as possible. Whilst this may not always be possible or relevant to the entry, the judges are assessing whether new ideas will be replicated by others and therefore have a wider impact on business and society.

The judges welcome entries from divisions, departments and business units and from small to medium sized enterprises as well as large companies.

The judges will be looking at the quality of planning, the level of teamwork involved, and whether it has met its objective so far. They will be looking at the entrant's long-term plans and expectations for its green initiative.

In the first instance entrants are called upon to send in a short written summary of their initiative, with all relevant supporting documentation and evidence.

The judges will assess each entry on its own merits. Clearly, every entry will have its own story to tell and the criteria (below) are there to help create a disciplined benchmarking process. No entry will be penalised if it has created an original and sustainable green initiative in a way that is different from the norm.

The judges are looking for evidence that entrants have shown leadership, originality, innovation and flair in helping to shift British business towards environmental sustainability specifically, the following points:

1) Originality/innovation
2) Evidence of benefits, which must include specific environmental benefits
3) Evidence of continuity (long-term benefits)
4) Evidence of replicability (can others learn from entrants' example)
5) Involvement of internal and external stakeholders
6) Obstacles overcome
7) Relationship to legal requirements
8) Quality of entry application

Chairman of the Judges
Professor John Chesshire

The Judging Panel

Andreas Arvanitakis
Senior Analyst
Point Carbon

Alison Austin
Environmental Affairs Manager
Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd.

Martin Baxter
Deputy Director
Institute for Environmental Management and Assessment

Professor Martin Charter
Director
The Centre for Sustainable Design, University for Creative Arts

Richard J Martin
NetRegs Programme Manager
Environment Agency of England and Wales

Dr Richard Mattison
Managing Director
Trucost

Margaret Mogford
Head of Climate Change
BG Group

Nick Rowcliffe
Editor in Chief
ENDS

Jonathan Selwyn
Executive Director
UK CEED

Gareth Stace
Head of Environment
EEF