Criteria

The judging panel is looking for:

"A significant and innovative initiative(s) by a Singapore based company or organisation to reduce the environmental impacts of their processes, products, or services while maintaining or improving the long term viability of the business or productivity."

Examples of such initiatives include: waste minimization; reduction in toxicity or volume of trade effluent or hazardous waste; energy conservation; design of products or packaging resulting in less waste or greater recycle-ability; adoption of cleaner production technologies; etc.

Other basis for selection include:

1. Evidence of action that goes beyond that required by legal compliance and beyond established operational standards.

2. The extent to which the initiative achieves tangible environmental improvements and addresses the cause of the environmental impact rather than the effects alone.

3. The degree of support and involvement of senior management and correlation with company / organisational policy, as well as commitment to on-going improvement.

4. Evidence that the initiative is both environmentally and commercially viable.

5. The extent to which this initiative can be similarly utilized by other organisations.