Project-2026-response-form

2026 Top Projects

Information required to be summitted by Clean50 Top Project Nominees for consideration the current award cycle

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Canada's Clean50 Top Project Awards: Our version of the Five I's: Innovative, Inspiring, Impactful, Informative, and able to be Imitated

The purpose of the Top Project Awards is to showcase innovative projects, and in the process, inspire other organizations to imitate the success of our winning projects to pursue the same or even greater impacts, while also demonstrating to Canadians the opportunities for prosperity in the low carbon economy. We also recognize valuable work that enables progress on climate action (think a federal hydrogen policy for example). While the last five cycles have seen us name 24 or 25 Top Projects, there is no actual limit established in advance. We will be looking for unique projects that best meet the criteria, and name as many as makes sense within that context. If you want a form to help prepare your answers, feel free to reach out to clean50 -at- deltamanagement dot com. The Clean50 would not be possible without the generous support of all of our sponsors. For the 15th straight year, the Clean50 Top Project Awards are sponsored by award founder and steward, leading sustainability & clean tech executive search firm, Delta Management Group.

Name of the Primary Contact for this Project*

Do NOT attempt to add more than one name. If there are additional team members, they can be added elsewhere, This should be THE key executive / project leader of the organization leading the project who is best able to respond to our questions, if any.

First Last Organization Title

Email #1

please triple check for accuracy!!

Mobile Phone*

enter only 10 digits please

Office Phone*

enter 10 digits with no extension

Extension if any

Please enter a number from 0 to 99999.

Is there a second organization that participated / co-led the project? Or alternatively, list a second project leader from the first organization*

In the case of a second proponent, this might include a consulting firm, collaborator, or supplier who played a significant role in the project’s success. Alternatively, another senior project leader who could provide details if requested and whose name should be listed as one of the project’s leaders,

Yes

Person 2: Name of the Primary Contact for the second organization involved – or a second project leader from the same organization*

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)

First Last Organization Title

Email #2*

please triple check for accuracy!!

Mobile Phone*

Enter only 10 digits please

Office Phone*

enter 10 digits please, no punctuation and no extension

Extension Number if Any

Please enter a number from 0 to 99999.

Was the project substantially completed since January 2022?*

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 2022) OR (b) whose results were not measurable until some point after January 2022. If this is a project completed and whose results were well understood before January 2022, and there is not an ongoing effort to continuously enhance the project i.e. Phase II etc) , then please consider submitting another project.

Completed since Jan 2022

Completed before Jan 2022 but results only available since then

Completed before then but continuously enhanced and improved with fresh results

No. Project was completed and results well understood before Jan 2022

Short "zippy" Project Title*

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”

Full Project name (up to 15 words)*

Sum up the project as a very SHORT STORY: The why, the objectives, the work accomplished, and the end result, in no more than 5 short sentences: / 100 words*

If your submission is selected as a winner, this will ideally 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” …. As you can see the short description provided the “what”, the “why”, some of the “how” – and all the most important impacts.

WHY was this project started and what were the key OBJECTIVES*

Describe the underlying need, problem(s) or issue you sought to address when you undertook the project, and your objectives at the outset.

What research or benchmarking did you undertake before you started? What were the results of the research?*

Please describe the core of the project itself – the stages, milestones, method of implementation*

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…

Describe the results achieved – the IMPACT*

Tell us both what you achieved (and most critically, provide metrics where possible – and tell us how those metrics were measured) and how results compared to your objectives / solved the problem

What were the biggest obstacles? And what went wrong? How did you overcome those challenges?*

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,

Were there external parties who played a role?*

If so, please identify the organization, their individual team members, and the form of contribution they made

What are THE THREE (3) things that, in your mind, makes this project most worthy of recognition? Keep in mind our 5 "I"s : impact, innovation, inform, inspire, and able to be imitated*

Impact Innovation Inform Inspire able to Imitate

Attendance at the Clean50 Summit*

Clean50 Summit 15.0 is an invite only affair that offers unparalleled opportunities to drive cross industry silo collaboration, and to network. It takes place in the fall of 2025 (date and location TBD within days). Project award winners are recognized over the lunch hour. While individual Clean50 Award winners’ attendance is covered by various sponsors, Top Project Award winners – as all are organization awards – are only partially sponsored by Delta Management, and there is a $425.00 cost for the first participant, and a $695.00 cost for subsequent participants. If your project was to win, how many team members would most likely want to attend the Summit?

4 (the maximum permitted)

We could not afford to send anyone unless some funding was available (we understand means tested and a maximum of $1,000 including travel and attendance)

Should your Project win, how many *EXTRA* proponents / Project Leaders should be included on the website?

Including all proponents, an absolute maximum of 5 individual and organization’s names would typically appear on the website, and adding more than 2 names starts to decrease the available space in some places to describe the project and its results (the Clean50 souvenir booklet for instance has room for ~100 words per project), so please respond thoughtfully. Consider that the Project Summary in the booklet is what most delegates to the Summit rely upon in voting for Project of the Year, so it’s not inconsequential. That said, we want to recognize ALL parties making a measurable / meaningful contribution.

0 additional (the one or two listed above are sufficient)

1 more (3 total)

2 more (4 total)

3 more (5 total)

Person & Organization 3

Person / Organization 3:*

Please be sure to be completely accurate! Later corrections are very difficult.

First Last Organization Title

Email 3*

please triple check for accuracy!!

Mobile Phone 3*

Person & Organization 4

Person 4:*

Please be careful to be completely accurate – later corrections are VERY difficult.

First Last Organization Title

Email 4*

please triple check for accuracy!!

Mobile Phone 4*

Person & Organization 5

Person 5*

Please take care to get this information exactly right – changes later are very difficult.

First Last Organization Title

Email 5*

please triple check for accuracy!!

You're almost done! A few last questions…

Do you have photographs, charts or other visual aids that could help us explain the project on our website? PLEASE BE SURE TO LABEL THEM AS REQUESTED!!!*

If so, please email them to us at clean50photos@deltamanagement.com, 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 START with your organization’s name (shortened is fine) and then be CLEARLY NUMBERED and CAPTIONED in the file name. **Picture 00 is the one that best shows the project**. For example: file name “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 high resolution pics please, ** PLEASE COPY THESE INSTRUCTIONS! ** PLEASE DO NOT SEND US PICTURES NOT PROPERLY NAMED, OR WITHOUT CAPTIONS!

Yes – we will email immediately – I PROMISE I copied and will follow the instructions!

Yes – we have – I need to find them. I PROMISE I copied and will follow the instructions!

Sorry – we have no pictures and no way to get any

How did you hear about the Clean50 Awards?*

Please share how you first heard of the award, and any prior experience with the Clean50, and your impressions.

License Agreement

PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY. There is absolutely no cost to be considered, nor to win any Clean50 Award. Nor any obligation to spend even nickel. We do not 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 MUST sign a licensing agreement (but not pay anything) in order to be identified as an award winner. The agreement does NOT obligate you to pay anything **UNLESS you yourselves choose to use the award to gain some commercial or reputational advantage**. The publicity we provide, the space on our website, and the reference in our media sponsor organizations are all free. And there is no obligation for the organization to self-identify as a Clean50 Project Award winner, nor to attend the Summit. HOWEVER – IF you win and IF you do want to self-identify as a Clean50 Top Project Award winner, only THEN will you be required to first pay a licensing fee (sliding scale ranging from $100. for a registered charity to ~$2,000 for a large for-profit corporation, with stops in between for very small, small and B Corp enterprises and educational institutions. The fee is a one-time payment for use of the Clean50 trademark, wordmark and logo and entitles the organization to self-identify as a Clean50 Top Project award winner and use the logo in perpetuity,

Do you understand and accept these conditions?*

Please feel free to call and discuss any questions or concerns: Gavin @ O:416-925-2005 / M:774-330-6606

Yes

No – please cancel my submission

Clean50 + Our Media Sponsors: Share your information?

At some point following the Summit, our media sponsors will tell the story of the 2026 Clean50 and recognize our sponsors, supporters and of course, the 2026 Clean50 champions, as well as the full list and pictures of the 2026 Clean50 individual honourees, the Clean50 Emerging Leaders and the Clean50 Top 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 one or both of our Media Sponsors will offer some version of “pay to play” special “Clean50 content” opportunities in their publications. Usually, a number of honourees leverage this opportunity – past examples visible on the Clean50 website under the articles tab. The typical opportunity involves the Honouree putting forward a story line, aligned with the sustainability, ESG or product information they wish to share publicly, and in a more extended way. Our media partner will prepare the article or content, and collaborate with the Honouree / their PR team to massage it, and then distribute it across their widespread channels. Costs typically vary with article length, and range from under $5K for a 500 word story to be written on your waste reduction efforts and then be distributed and promoted to over 300,000 subscribers, to as much as you might want to spend, to, for example, sponsor or co-sponsor an extensive campaign, leveraging the Media Partner’s reporters, to explore the state of something… e.g. Canada’s marine environment, our fisheries on all three coasts, and the threats they face, that involved articles, webinars and podcasts. Outside of the added publicity for the Clean50 writ large, neither Delta, or the Clean50, nor any of our team, receive any compensation or consideration of any sort should Honourees participate, nor do we serve as an agent of any sort. But clearly we see an advantage for all members of the Clean50 in additional reputation enhancement. Saying “yes” to receiving more information implies nothing beyond an interest in hearing more, and has absolutely no impact, one way or the other, on the success of your Project submission.

If your project wins a "Clean50 Top Project" Award, do you wish your coodinates to be shared with our media sponsors, for their subsequent outreach to you?*

Yes please – Very interested and we have budget for this kind of thing

Yes please – but budget may be a challenge

Not sure – would like to know more

No thanks

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Project-2026-response-form

2026 Top Projects

Canada's Clean50 Top Project Awards: Our version of the Five I's: Innovative, Inspiring, Impactful, Informative, and able to be Imitated

Person & Organization 3

Person & Organization 4

Person & Organization 5

You're almost done! A few last questions…

License Agreement

Clean50 + Our Media Sponsors: Share your information?

Canada's Clean50 is made possible thanks to the generosity and support of the following sponsors.

Delta Management

HP Canada

International District Energy Association

MACKENZIE Investments

PWC

Co-operators

Domtar

EnviroCentre

TELUS

Canada's National Observer

Energy Mix

GLOBE

Summit Sponsors

Flow Hydration

Mi5 Print and Digital Communications

Southbrook Vineyards

Staples