U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in association with three other NGOs, is inviting nominations for the Climate Leadership Awards intended to recognize and honour corporate, organizational, and individual leadership in response to climate change. These awards also motivate actions that assist in reduction of GHG emissions in internal operations and throughout the supply chain. The NGOs that will partner EPA in these awards include The Climate Registry, the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, and the Association of Climate Change Officers.
Award Categories
– Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management: Goal Setting Certificate
Recognizing organizations that publicly report and verify corporate GHG inventories and publicly set aggressive absolute GHG emissions reduction goals.
– Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management: Goal Achievement Award
Recognizing organizations that publicly report and verify corporate GHG inventories and achieve aggressive absolute GHG emissions reduction goals.
– Supply Chain Leadership Award
Recognizing organizations that have their own comprehensive GHG inventories and emissions reduction goals and can demonstrate they are at the leading edge of managing GHGs in their organizational value chains.
– Organizational Leadership Award
Recognizing organizations that exemplify leadership both in their internal response to climate change and through engagement of their peers, competitors, partners, and value chain.
– Individual Leadership Award
Recognizing individuals exemplifying extraordinary leadership in leading their organizations’ response to climate change and/or affecting the responses of other organizations.
Eligibility and Nomination
Businesses with annual revenues over $100 million and governmental entities and academic organizations with annual budgets over $100 million are eligible for nomination in the first four recognition categories. In addition to meeting other criteria, nominees must be able to demonstrate that the bulk of their GHG management activities and achievements have occurred within the United States. In the case of the individual leadership award category, nominees must be employees of organizations that are eligible for the other categories and must reside within the United States.
Corporations, organizations, and individuals may self-nominate or nominate others for a Climate Leadership Award. Entrants may be nominated for multiple awards. Each category requires a separate submission.
An event to honour award recipients will take place on the evening of February 29, 2012 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in conjunction with the first annual Climate Leadership Conference, which will be held from February 29-March 1, 2012. The conference will feature thought leaders from the public and private sectors who will share key insights and innovative ideas on topics related to the awards such as: energy efficiency, clean energy, and other practical applications for managing and reducing emissions.
Last date for submitting the nominations is October 14, 2011.
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