Belgian Business Award for the environment
ABSTRACT
(1 - 2 pages maximum)
Category 3: Process
Name of proposal
Company
SME or Major corporation
Number of employees
Sector
Address
Contact person
Function
E-mail
Telephone/GSM
1. Short description of the proposal:
2. Phase of development (prototype/in the market/international):
3. Main benefits and significance:
4. Main reasons to award the prize:
5 . Location: in which country was the project developed and implemented?
6. Specify if you have included any annex to the Entry : Yes
a.
No
If yes, please mention the name and the type of the Annex's:
(CD Rom, brochures, pdf. document, other):
1.
Annex 1:
2.
Annex 2:
3.
Annex 3:
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Please specify if you have already participated in the Belgian Business Awards for the
Environment : Yes
No
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If yes, please mention the year, the category and the name of previous proposal(s):
Year(s): ........................................................................................................... .
Award category(ies):......................................... .............................................. .
Name of previous proposal(s): .........................................................................
How were you informed about this edition of the Belgian Business Awards for
environment?
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through mailing or e-mail: .................................................................
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through advertising in : .....................................................................
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through (sectorial) federation : ................................. ........................
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through press (name) : ................................................. ....................
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other:............................................................ .................................... .
Enterprise and Biodiversity: This prize is awarded to a company that competes in one of the four
categories, making a significant contribution towards stopping the loss of biodiversity and supporting
natural ecosystems.
Would you like to participate to this category: Yes
No
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ENTRY FORM
(4 pages maximum incl. summary)
Category 3: Process
Innovation
1.
Please provide the following:

A summary of the circumstances leading to the development of the new
production or process technology;
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Details of the specific innovative elements that distinguish this
technology from its predecessors or others already in use;
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Evidence that the technology performs functionally at least as well as a
comparable alternative, and meets relevant safety standards.
Environmental benefit
2.
Please provide clear, detailed and quantified evidence of the environmental
benefits of the technology. These should be stated in terms of:
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energy and material consumption;
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waste generation;
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emissions to air, water and land.
Social benefit
3.
What wider social benefits can be expected to arise from the application of the
new technology (e.g. security of employment; working conditions; quality of life for local
communities)?
Economic benefit
4.
Please provide evidence that the new technology is economically viable e.g.
with reference to capital and operating costs, time for return on investment etc.
5.
What is the potential significance of the new technology in relation to the
organisation’s overall operations (e.g. proportion of production output affected)?
Commitment
6.
What commitment exists, within your organization, to adopting the new process
or technique?
Replication potential
7.
What potential is there for the innovative aspects of this technology to be
replicated elsewhere? Please describe the processes in which the technology can be
applied and estimate the numerical scale and geographical scope of the marketplace.
Business and biodiversity
8.
Specify if you wish to be automatically entered for the Business and Biodiversity
category as well as this category. (The Jury will select the winner for the Business and
Biodiversity category from companies applying for one of the other four categories)
Yes □
No □
9.
Impact on biodiversity:1 If your activity contribute positively to the protection,
sustainable use or restoration of biodiversity, please detail:
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Which ecosystems/habitats/species are positively influenced by your
activity?
•
What is the impact on biodiversity of your action?
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Biodiversity is the variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the
ecological complexes of which they are part; this includes diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems. In other words, biodiversity
is indigenous nature in all forms; it is made up of all living organisms. That means all the ecosystems with all the plants, animals and micro
organisms living in them, but also the genes of these species and the links between them.
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Does the action protect and improve biodiversity in a broader context?
How?
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How sustainable is it? For example: are the staff appropriately trained?
Is sustainable financing in place? How is awareness raised with other actors?
Summary (one page maximum)
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