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Do NOT attempt to add more than one name. If there are additional team members, they can be added elsewhere, This should be the executive project leader of the organization leading the project
The Clean50 mailing list is used judiciously, to communicate with Project nominees, and to share the names of the Clean50 Award winners, and their stories. By checking you agree we may email you these updates. Consent may be withdrawn at any time.
This might include a consulting firm, collaborator, or supplier who played a significant role in the project’s success.
Do NOT attempt to add more than one name. If there are additional team members, they can be added elsewhere, This should be the executive project leader of the second organization leading the project (i.e. a consultant or partner org)
The Clean50 mailing list is used judiciously, to communicate with Project nominees, and then to share the names of the Clean50 Award winners, and their stories. By checking you agree we may email you these updates. Consent may be withdrawn at any time.
Our intent is to recognize projects completed during the most recent couple of years, with some exceptions. We consider projects that are either (a) substantially completed in the past 2 years (since January 2019) OR (b) whose results were not measurable until some point after January 2019. If this is a project completed and whose results were well understood before January 2019, and there is not an ongoing effort to continuously enhance the project i.e. Phase II etc) , then please consider submitting another project.
If you win, this will be the short and descriptive way that we refer to the project. Definitely fewer than 10 words and ideally fewer than 5. Do NOT include company name, For example, the “50 Main Street Energy Benchmark, Energy Retrofit and Building Automation System Installation Project” would get shortened to “50 Main St Energy Efficiency Project” or, even better, something more descriptive for those not familiar with “50 Main St”, such as “Community Landmark Office Building Energy Efficiency Retrofit” or “Century-old Office Energy Efficiency Retrofit”
If your submission is selected as a winner, this will be the VERY short description of the project we use to describe it in our publication, and on the Clean50 website. It should include key results and impacts. You have 500 characters to work with.
Here’s one example from our 2014 archives:
“Two years ago, CN launched EcoConnexions, a program to engage its 24,000 CN railroaders in environmental action and stewardship. Central to the program – and to the principle of sustainability – is a spirit of partnership and collaboration. Through internal efforts and partnering with leading organizations to help, in the first 2 years, more than 7,000 CN employees attended EcoConnexions launch events, and 550 EcoChampions were trained. CN employees have since completed 209,000 “acts of green”, avoiding over 5,770,000 kgs of GHGs
Describe the underlying need or issue you sought to address when you undertook the project, and your objectives at the outset.
Take us through, in summary, step by step, as though continuing the story on from “After the research (if any) and setting our objectives”… We began by…
Tell us both what you achieved (provide metrics where possible – and tell us how those metrics were measured) and how results compared to your objectives / solved the problem
Part of our motivation in recognizing great projects is to both inspire others to copy you – and also to help them do so with fewer mistakes than you made! No project flows perfectly (and frankly, if nothing went wrong, the project was just too easy and not deserving of an award!) and we often award points for transparent disclosure of pitfalls and work-arounds,
If so, please identify the organization, their individual team members, and the form of contribution they made
Impact
Innovation
Inform
Inspire
able to Imitate
The Clean50 mailing list is used judiciously, to share the names of Clean50 Award winners, and their stories. By checking you agree we may email you these updates. Consent may be withdrawn at any time.
The Clean50 mailing list is used judiciously, to share the names of Clean50 Award winners, and their stories. By checking you agree we may email you these updates. Consent may be withdrawn at any time.
The Clean50 mailing list is used judiciously, to share the names of Clean50 Award winners, and their stories. By checking you agree we may email you these updates. Consent may be withdrawn at any time.
If so, please email them to us with a RE line of PROJECT PICS and your organization name. i.e PROJECT PICS – Acme Corporation (If you have more than 1 project you are submitting please differentiate) Send multiple emails if needed to avoid size limitations.
The pictures should be CLEARLY NUMBERED and CAPTIONED in the file name. Picture 00 is the one that best shows the project. For example:
Delta 00 Delta CEO Gavin Pitchford welcomes incoming Clean50 honourees.JPG. / Delta 01 Clean50 honourees discuss clean transportation policy led by facilitator Mary Ganesh.JPG etc etc, Ideally, Between 4 and 10 pics please,
** PLEASE COPY THESE INSTRUCTIONS! **
PLEASE DO NOT SEND US PICTURES NOT PROPERLY NAMED, OR WITHOUT CAPTIONS!
The Vancity Investment Bank Community Champion Award
This award is designed to recognize “Community Builders” – organizations that are already community focused and driving positive social & economic change, but which aren’t as frequently recognized for their positive environmental impact.
It will be awarded to an organization that is primarily bringing community / social benefits and which is ALSO taking action to bring environmental change
We’re very pleased to have the support of Vancity – itself a driver of positive social and environmental impacts – as our champion in creating the award, and supporting our search for a deserving winner!
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Please indicate the size of the organization and especially if you are serving needs unmet by other local organizations.
Does the organization monitor, record, or report its energy usage? If so, what percentage of energy use is produced from renewable sources?
Have conservation and efficiency improvements led to energy savings for the organization’s facilities? If so, by how much?
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Should your submission win – AND the COVID pandemic permits- The Clean50 Summit will be in Toronto, on October 1, 2021 (or some other date once COVID does permit). Will someone from your team be able to attend to participate in the Summit? Cost for Project winners is $295 for the first person and $595 per person thereafter. (Individual Clean50 winners are free, compliments of Delta Management – so if you win both, you can leverage the free ticket).
License Agreement
Please read this carefully.
There is no cost to be considered, or to win any Clean50 Award.
Nor do we require that finalists buy an expensive dinner for 8 people to attend an award ceremony as some Awards insist nominees do.
Winning individuals and projects are notified they have won and not dependent upon anything, other than as outlined below.
IF you win, you will need to sign a licensing agreement (but not pay anything) in order to accept the award. The agreement does not obligate you to pay anything unless you choose to use the award to gain some commercial or reputational advantage.
The publicity we provide, the space on our website, the reference in the Globe and Mail are all free. And there is no obligation for the organization to self-identify as a Clean50 Project Award winners.
HOWEVER – if you win and you do want to self-identify as a Clean50 Top Project Award winner, you will be required to first pay a licensing fee (~$1,500 for a corporation, half that for a B Corp, or ENGO. $100. for a registered charity.) The fee is a one time payment for use of the Clean50 logo and entitles the organization to self-identify as a winner in perpetuity,
Please feel free to call and discuss any questions or concerns: Gavin @ 416-925-2005 x 2300
Clean50 + The Globe & Mail: Share your information?
At some point following the Summit, – likely during Earth Week 2022 (April 22) The Globe and Mail is generously providing us with two pages in the Report on Business to tell the story of the Clean50 and recognize our sponsors, supporters and of course, the 2022 Clean50 champions, as well as the full list and pictures of the 2022 Clean50 individual honourees, the 10 Clean50 Emerging Leaders and the Clean50 Top 15 Projects.
The full story of each honouree in all categories will appear on our web pages and in the Summit Program.
The above is all at no charge to the individuals or organizations who won, and does not require payment of any licensing fees.
Beyond that, we expect there will again be 7-10 pages of special coverage of Clean50 winners as part of a Special Clean50 Report series in the Globe and Mail, to run during the same week, with several pages each day in the ROB, similar to those produced over the last 3 years (and visible from the Clean50 website). Some honourees or their employers may be interested in considering advertising participation in the section, either to congratulate the honouree – or to tell the organization’s bigger sustainability story.
As part of our arrangement with the Globe & Mail, we have enabled such advertising to be purchased at a very significant discount – and all of the paid advertising space will be matched by editorial content about the Clean50 and individual honourees / their organizations. Advertisers are provided significant opportunity to propose interesting topics for inclusion in the report, and in most cases, where good content can be found, written coverage of the advertiser’s story includes content equal to about 75% of the advertising space purchased.
Some participants elect to forego the advertisement and focus entirely on content.
The Clean50 organization obtains no direct financial benefit from the Special Report, but obviously sees great reputational value for the Clean50 and participants alike from the coverage the Special Report affords.
The timing between learning one is on the Clean50 list – and the deadline for committing to becoming part of the special report is sometimes very short. Please consider now…. If you win, would you wish to be contacted about further publicity? The response to this question has absolutely no bearing on judging – and will only be shared with senior representatives from the Globe (not our advisory team). Because of deadline issues you MAY be contacted before final determination of your Clean50 Award is made, so that if you are interested, the appropriate people in your organization can begin to consider the content of any message you may wish to share, should you ultimately make the list. Inclusion in the special report is limited to current and past Clean50 winners, their employers, and current sponsors. “Well Wishers” are welcome but not themselves eligible for coverage. Content is restricted to issues related to the objectives and those things measured by the Clean50, but not exclusively the accomplishments of the Honouree. The Clean50 has some editorial control, and exercises that to prevent “greenwashing” or inclusion of any story not aligned with Clean50 objectives / values, or issues likely to be controversial to Honourees (i.e. is nuclear power “clean” power?)
Costs typically run between 5K for an 1/8th of a page and 25K for a full page ad + 75% space match story. Past examples are visible on the Clean50 website.
