The theme for the 2016 is Leadership & Excellence and there are two award categories – one each for small-medium and large businesses.

SAWIA’s Environmental Excellence Awards for 2016 are proudly sponsored by:

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Small-Medium Business (<$20 M total gross revenue)

Large Business (>$20 M total gross revenue)

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Please attempt to answer all the questions listed below to ensure your entry is given the best chance of success.

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Program Description Please provide a brief title that describes the program(s) (less than 50 words)

Project Details:

What did you do? - Please provide a brief summary describing the program activities and key achievements (less than 300 words)

Why did you do it? – Why did you decide to invest time and effort in the program, including driving forces, rationale and objectives? (less than 100 words)

When and How Describe the program steps and timeline including when the program commenced, indicate current progress and target dates, etc (less than 100 words)

Results Describe the key attributes of the program in line with the award criteria. Explain how your program demonstrates excellence in each section below (word limits are suggestions only)

1. Scale of environmental improvement or impact (25%). Describe the significance and magnitude of key achievements and outcomes, and the nature of the improvements (less than 300 words). Highlight the leadership aspects and include quantifiable improvements achieved as well as qualitative impacts.

2. Transferability and adoptability (25%)Describe how the outcomes of the program may be applied to other organisations and other regions. For example, whilst the benefits may be site- or region-specific, the principles might be used in other regions (less than 200 words)

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Describe the methods and relative ease of how this and similar potential programs might be sustained in the future (less than 200 words)

3. Community ‘social and economic’ and stakeholder engagement and impact (25%)Describe any engagement with the broader community that was required or developed through the program’s projects (less than 200 words).

What regional, national or global benefits were derived from your program and projects? (less than 200 words)

4. Degree of innovation (25%)Describe how your program is innovative and contributes to building on best practice, for example as represented in SAWIA’s Leading Environmental Practice guides. What obstacles were overcome? What new approaches were required? (less than 300 words)

Funding What external funds were granted to assist with your program and projects (if any)? (For information purposes only.)

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Additional information may be attached to support your entry including photographs, charts, diagrams, etc.

Please list the attachments below and provide a brief explanation of how each of them supports your entry.

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