Time to Nominate for Greenest Office
by August 24, 2012 9:02 am 113 views
The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal is now accepting nominations for its annual Greenest Office & Sustainability awards.
Nominations can be made through Sept. 17 by visiting www.arkansasbusiness.com/green_office.asp. Winners will be awarded in the following five categories:
• Greenest Office: Any company embracing sustainability not just through energy efficiency and conservation practices, but by product and/or services innovation and employee behavior.
• Best Collaboration: Any entities partnering to reduce their impact on the planet while simultaneously boosting profits and/or cutting costs and providing consumers a better product and/or service.
• Vendor Award: A vendor with a physical presence in Northwest Arkansas that uses energy efficiency, conservation practices, innovation or employee behavior — or any combination thereof — to give consumers a better product while also boosting profits and/or cutting costs.
• Sustainability Champion: An individual who is making our corner of the world a better place to live through efforts to make us a more eco-friendly society.
• Best Initiative: Any volunteer program – within a company, nonprofit group or social group – that promotes sustainable practices.
Winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on Oct. 11 and all finalists will be featured in the Oct. 15 Sustainable Practices issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal.