Seventh Annual E4S Champions of Sustainability 2009

At the seventh annual Celebrating the Champions of Sustainability we will recognize individuals who are implementing sustainability principles. You can help us discover these leaders by nominating someone who is doing the groundbreaking work in their business or organization to install solar panels, purchase local foods, design green roofs, recycle waste water or any other project that fits the selection criteria. Most importantly, your nominee should be someone who inspires you to implement sustainability.

A sustainability champion nominee could be anyone: a business owner, purchasing agent, product designer, architect, maintenance person or sales representative. Champions can be entrepreneurs starting a new business or change agents in established businesses, government or non-profit organizations. Read the nominations.

We will celebrate these nominations on Tuesday, November 17, 2009. Click here for more details.

Nomination Instructions:

• The nominee must be present at the November 17 event in order to receive the award.
• All nominations should be submitted by filling out this brief online survey questionnaire. Call 216-451-7755 if you have any questions.
• The Nomination committee made up from representatives from the E4S Network Committee will make their selections on Nov. 6th. Those who nominated the selected champions will be contacted the week of Nov. 9th and together we will decide if we can get the champion to attend and keep the award a surprise.
  

Selection Criteria:
Five individual winners will be chosen from all of the nominations submitted. The nomination committee will be looking for Champions from different industries listed below but will not limit their selection to one per industry as we have done in the past.

• Local or Organic Food
• Healthy, High Performance Building (green building)
• Next Gen Energy (renewable or energy efficient)
• Sustainable Transportation
• Ecosystems Restoration (water, air or soil)
• Waste = Revenue or Recycling
• The Schneiderman Award for Socially Responsible Business - for more information on the Schneiderman click here.

Entries will be judged on the following criteria:

• Is the individual`s story inspirational.
• How easily can someone else translate the success.
• What is the overall impact on people, planet and prosperity.
• Does the nominee actively participate in the sustainability community.

To view past nominations and winners click here.

Recognition:

• All nominations will be acknowledged on the E4S Web site.
• Awards (certificate & small gift) will be presented to the winners by the individuals who nominated them.
• Each individual award winner will receive an E4S membership for one year for their business or non-profit.