Categories

A) Natural world - For projects protecting, enhancing, valuing or restoring water and other habitats, species and other aspects of the natural environment.


B) Built environment - For actions leading to more sustainable buildings or built areas, including planning, construction, clean-up and regeneration.


C) Mobility - For initiatives in greener transport or travel, such as clean vehicles development, logistics, fleet management or staff or public transport.


D) Waste & resources - For action to improve materials efficiency, including to reduce, reuse, recycle or improve management of waste, water or materials.


E) Energy - For actions to develop cleaner energy or reduce energy consumption, for example by improving energy efficiency.


F) Climate - For initiatives to tackle greenhouse gas emissions, including accounting, measurement, process or product redesign, trading or other approaches.


G) Green product or service - For products or services offering the best sustainability gains for clients or across product life-cycles.


H) Green technology - For information, manufacturing or industrial technology initiatives or products delivering real sustainability benefits.


I) Partnership - For collaborative partnerships, achieving sustainability gains through engagement with supply chains, employees, customers or communities.


J) Sustainability vision - For creative and innovative problem-solving forward thinking in an advisory capacity or for internal sustainability goal setting.

Forum for the Future proud content partners for the sustainability vision category.


K) Public sector - For programmes demonstrating how public sector organisations can contribute to sustainability even at a time of fiscal austerity.


L) Green professional of the year - By nomination. For outstanding personal contribution to sustainability.


Association of Sustainability Practitioners and GASCO are proud content partners for the green professional of the year category.


M) Green business of the year - This category cannot be entered directly. The Green Business Awards Grand Prix for best overall environmental, carbon and sustainability innovation, management or performance.