Greenest Office Event Set for Thursday
by October 9, 2012 10:51 am 108 views
The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal will hold its annual Greenest Office & Sustainability Awards ceremony from 5-7 p.m. Thursday at the Waste Management Sustainability Center in Rogers.
The event is free and open to the public. Heavy hors d’oeuvres, courtesy of Kruton’s Catering, and drinks will be served.
John Coleman, former city of Fayetteville sustainability director, will be the featured speaker. Coleman currently serves as the director of Viridian’s Northwest Arkansas regional office. Viridian is an independent sustainable-building consulting firm based in Little Rock.
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.
• Greenest Supplier: A vendor with a physical presence in Northwest Arkansas that uses energy efficiency, conservation practices, innovation or employee behavior to give consumers a better product while also boosting profits and/or cutting costs.
• Sustainability Champion: An individual who is making Northwest Arkansas a better place to live through efforts to make us a more eco-friendly society.
• Collaboration Award: 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.
• Greenest Initiative: Any program — within a company, nonprofit group or social group — that promotes sustainable practices.
Winners will be featured in the Oct. 15 Sustainable Practices issue of the Business Journal. The event is sponsored by Bentonville Plaza.