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5 February 2020, Park Plaza Westminster Bridge, London
ENTRY
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Celebrating true business leadership
5 February 2020, Park Plaza Westminster Bridge, London
It’s time to get the recognition you deserve!
Hello, welcome and thank you for downloading this entry industry experts, and the bar is set high. With that in mind,
guide for edie’s 2020 Sustainability Leaders Awards – the we want to give you the best possible chance to make it
UK’s largest sustainability awards scheme, recognising through to the shortlist of finalists and – fingers crossed – win
the people, projects and initiatives that are accelerating one of our coveted trophies. That is why we’ve put together
business transformation. this entry guide, listing our top tips when putting your entry
together, along with some specific recommendations and
From the best efficiency programmes to product innovations; key considerations put forward by our judges.
from stakeholder engagement and social sustainability
I hope you find the information contained within this guide
initiatives to the people on the ground who are making
useful and I very much look forward to receiving your entry...
change happen – our prestigious Awards scheme celebrates
And, if you are lucky enough to make the shortlist (announced
and rewards sustainability excellence across all sectors.
in November), I hope to be able to raise a glass with you at
Our Sustainability Leaders Awards winners hall of fame the glittering awards ceremony at the Park Plaza London
is decorated with organisations of all shapes and sizes Westminster on 5 February 2020, in celebration of your hard
– from the largest multi-nationals to the smallest micro- work and achievements.
organisations, and everything in between. What sets these
After the Awards have taken place, we will be publishing
winners apart from the rest is that they have been bold; they
detailed case studies of our winning entries from every
have achieved measurable results; and they have ultimately
category, showing everyone exactly what it takes to be
shown real leadership when it comes to transforming
crowned a 2020 Sustainability Leader.
business, for good.
Best of luck!
Of course, with hundreds of entries pouring in each year,
winning a Sustainability Leaders Award is no mean feat. Each Luke Nicholls
of our 22 categories is independently judged by hand-picked Content director, edie
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10
steps to
enter DEADLINE:
27 SEPTEMBER 2019
ELIGIBILITY
The Sustainability Leaders Awards are open to all organisations and industry professionals: from the largest, multi-site businesses to the smallest
microorganisations; whether operating across the public or private sector – as long as the project, product or plan shows commitment, credibility and
concrete results, you are eligible to enter. On an individual level, the Awards are open to sustainability, energy and environmental professionals of all levels –
with a range of categories available for you to pick and choose from.
1 Submit your intention to enter to be kept up to date and receive a 7 If your entry is a joint nomination with another organisation please
one-week extension on the entry deadline make this clear within the relevant field. Please also have a company
logo and photos (including headshots on people categories) ready to
2 Decide on which category or categories you wish to enter upload
3 Entry is 100% online, so review the questions and criteria (on the Once your entry is ready to submit, click ‘save and go to awards
website) and we recommend preparing your entry on a Word 8
summary’. Here you will need to check the box on the right-hand side
document or similar first and submit and pay. You can pay via invoice or credit card
4 Your entry should be approximately 1,000 words in total. How you All entries must be submitted by Friday 27 September (unless you have
spread the word count across the questions is up to you, but we have 9
submitted your intention to enter, giving you an extra week)
provided guidelines
10 You will receive confirmation that your entry has been received once
5 Click on Enter on the website and create/log in to your account successfully submitted. Finalists will be notified in November and
You are welcome to submit supporting evidence. All relevant winners announced at the awards ceremony on 5 February 2020
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information regarding your entry should be made within your entry
form. One file can be uploaded only (you can merge files together or
create a zip file) ENTER NOW CATEGORIES AND CRITERIA
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Judges
Susanne Baker Tim Balcon Mike Barry Gudrun Cartwright Elaine Cohen Matthew Farrow
Head of programme, Chief executive BITC Environment Environment director Managing director Executive director
environment and IEMA Leadership Team Business in the Beyond Business Environmental
compliance Community Industries
techUK Commission
Liz Goodwin OBE Rob Holdway Chris Large Anya Ledwith Anita Longley and Mike Pitts
Director of food loss Director Partner Director Rachel Wollingscroft Interim challenge
& waste Giraffe Innovation Global Action Plan Eshcon Chair, Institute of director
World Resources Corporate Responsibility Innovate UK
Institute & Sustainability
Michael Rea Luke Redfern Trewin Restorick Rhian-Mari Thomas Nick Turton Sally Uren OBE
Chief operating officer Regional Account Chief executive OBE External Affairs Director Chief executive
Carbon Trust Manager, Transport Hubbub Chief Executive Energy Institute Forum for the Future
Energy Saving Trust Green Finance
Institute
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Judges’ guidance When writing your entry, consider the following
Here are a few useful tips and pieces of advice directly from our questions:
judges to help you create the best possible entry.
• How did you research and scope the initiative before you started?
Please note that our judges are volunteers and kindly give up their • What did you initially investigate or reject and why?
valuable time to judge the high number of entries we receive.
Entries will be expertly analysed by the judges and entrants are • What was the budget? (And how much did it actually cost?)
given specific feedback about their entries. To give yourself the best
• What was the proposed timescale? (And how long did it actually take?)
opportunity, please read this guide carefully and familiarise yourself
with what the judging panel will be looking out for when they • What were your benchmarks for success and what targets did you set
convene to review all entries. yourselves?
• What did it involve and how was it implemented?
• How many suppliers were involved and who were they?
• Why were they selected?
• What disruption to operations did you anticipate?
• What was put in place to mitigate that?
• Did those measures work?
• What has been the payback?
• How is it performing against target?
• What would you do differently?
• What have you learned?
• What is it that makes YOUR entry stand out from the others?
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Do your homework
Judges’ statistics, results…all are massively important when it comes
Research your potential entry – are there similar products or top to reviewing your entry.
systems already in place or on the market? If so, how does Use the right language
yours compare or differ? Find out and draw on these
comparisons in your entry. This will impress the judges far
tips Write your entry in plain English – please only provide
more than you just assuming you are the ‘first’, or not detailed technical information when it is completely pertinent
knowing that similar products exist. to the entry.
Bullet points are a great way of communicating key
Create a strong opening summary information points in a short and ‘to the point’ way.
If you have included lots of impressive facts and figures A well-crafted entry should also include facts and figures that
further into your entry, talk about them up front. A summary back up your statements. You can submit images, graphs and
should be just that – summarise your entry with key facts and reports as part of your ‘Supporting materials’ and these may
figures in a brief paragraph to grab the judges’ attention well be used to determine a winner where two or more
from the first line. finalists are level-pegging in the judges’ eyes.
Provide all the necessary Include impacts and results
information You may have the perfect project or product, but if you do
If you are submitting an entry from a larger not back this up with the impact it has had and/or results it
organisation, do not assume the judges already know has driven the judges cannot determine how successful your
your operations, business or product. Smaller or lesser entry has been.
known organisations will sometimes submit far more
detailed entries giving background information and “A high-impact entry does not necessarily mean a
statistics to help put their entry into perspective. higher score.”
When submitting your entry, remember to include the little
Use facts & figures things as well as the high-impact results – the judges want
Year on year our judges come back to us with the same to hear all the impacts and effects and they know that not
comments: why don’t entrants tell us the figures? Financial all of them will be on a global scale. They are just as
savings, implementation costs, industry comparisons, year- interested in positive impacts on the local community
on-year internal evaluations, before and after figures, overall and environment.
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Finally... Give yourself plenty of time to complete
your entry so you can incorporate our
top tips and judges’ recommendations.
Look at the criteria for each category
before you enter by going to the
categories and criteria page; familiarise
yourself with the questions and
requirements before you enter; do your
research and be select about what you
Questions...
submit. If you have any questions or need further
Good luck with your entries and if you information please contact:
have any further questions regarding the Carla Staden, Senior event executive
entry process please do contact us.
Tel: 01342 332016
carlastaden@fav-house.com
Entry deadline: 27 September 2019
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