The Green Manufacturer Award

This award is open to manufacturers in Ireland with 50+ full time employees who can demonstrate a ground-up best environmental practice in all aspects of running a large manufacturing business. You must explain what you have achieved so far, particularly over the last 12 months, and what you hope to achieve in the future. And we need to see evidence of an overall strategy that sets out your targets and how you plan to achieve them and hard statistics demonstrating year-on-year comparisons. Entry is by a 5-page A4 PDF submission; the judges will be looking for a clear plan and evidence that it is delivering on core objectives, paying particular attention to the criteria listed below.

• Background: Summarise your sustainability strategy, its development, and objectives. Explain how your approach supports environmental best practices in manufacturing.
• Commitments: Detail your commitments to sustainable sourcing, resource management, supply chain greening and transparency, and community contributions. Highlight any results and innovations achieved.
• Targets & Results: Describe your measurable sustainability targets related to energy, waste, water, and overall environmental impact. Provide data on the results achieved and any innovations introduced, including year-on-year comparisons.
• Culture: Explain how sustainability is integrated into your organisation’s culture, including senior management support and staff training on sustainability initiatives.
• Commercial Benefits: Discuss the positive impacts of your green initiatives on your business, such as increased productivity, cost savings, regulatory compliance, and attracting talent and investors. Include relevant metrics.
• Future Sustainability Goals: Outline your future sustainability targets and plans. Explain how these goals will further your environmental efforts and address any remaining challenges.
• Recycling & Waste Management: Describe the steps taken to reduce and recycle waste within your organisation
• Use of Sustainable Materials: Describe any efforts to engage with “green” suppliers, or to source local, Irish, and sustainable products/materials, to ensure the achievement of your sustainability objectives.
• Bio-diversity / Improving Natural Habitats: Describe any activities your organisation has recently taken to conserve biodiversity, use biological resources sustainably, improve natural habitats.
• Energy / Water efficiency: Describe the steps your organisation has taken to improve energy efficiency and/or water efficiency.
• Sustainable Transport Initiatives: Describe any sustainable transport initiatives your organisation has taken, e.g., to reduce congestion, to green your fleet, or any other any other actions that result in fuel savings, CO2 emission reduction.
• Community Engagement: Describe how you engage with your community and support the local economy. Include any specific efforts your organisation has made to contribute to its surrounding environment or community.
• Staff Engagement: What commitment has been made to staff training and communication of your green initiatives? What is the level of senior management buy in? Does it form a central part of the culture?
• Bio - Diversity: Describe any activities your organisation has recently taken to conserve biodiversity, use biological resources sustainably, improve natural habitats.