SP Green Committee
SP Green Buddy Award 2005
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Background
The Ministry of the Environment launched the ‘Green Leaf Award’ at the 1991
Clean and Green Week campaign. Since then the award is presented annually by the
Minister of the Environment, during ‘Clean and Green Week’, to individuals, youths
and organisations who have made outstanding contributions to the preservation of the
local environment. SP was a winner of the Green Leaf Award in 1999.
This year, the National Environment Agency (NEA), a statutory board formed by the
Ministry of the Environment (now renamed as the Ministry of the Environment and
Water Resources) launched the inaugural Singapore Green Plan (SGP) 2012 Awards
which build on the former Green Leaf Award. These awards also recognize
outstanding individuals, organisations and companies that are role models of
environmental protection and have contributed significantly to Singapore’s effort to
achieve environmental sustainability and attain some of the targets set out in the SGP
2012. The SGP 2012 is Singapore’s blueprint for environmental sustainability.
The SP Green Committee initiated the Green Buddy Awards in 2000 for SP staff,
students and Schools/Departments. Since then we have identified, recognised and
rewarded several champions – staff, students and Schools/Departments. We would
like to continue with the Green Buddy Award and entrench the position of SP in its
support of the national effort of the Singapore Green Plan.
Objectives
To recognise Schools/Departments, staff and students who have over the one-year
period (within the last 12 months), suggested/implemented effective programs for
either the promotion or implementation of Green activities at the Singapore
Polytechnic level.
The Award
The Green Buddy Award will be presented annually in three categories, viz. ‘Staff’
category, ‘Student’ category and ‘School/ Department’ category during the Clean and
Green Week celebration.
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SP Green Committee
Guidelines – Individual Category
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Open to staff and students of SP.
Outstanding achievements that have been contributed over the year or will
contribute to significant protection, preservation and improvement of the
environment in SP will be considered. These could include innovative ideas or
projects undertaken within the last 12 months.
Contributions could be in the area of energy efficiency, community clean-up,
environmental beautification, transportation efficiency, soil conservation,
institutional/community environmental education, e.g. ‘Clear the Crockery
Campaign’, air pollution reduction, wildlife flora conservation, public awareness
campaigns, freshwater protection, waste minimisation, environmental health and
sanitation, marine conservation and ISO 14000 achievements.
Guidelines – School/ Department Category
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Contributions could be in the form of innovative ideas, promoting environmental
awareness or carrying out activities which lead to, or will lead to significant
protection, preservation and improvement of the environment in Singapore
Polytechnic.
Contributions should be extraordinary efforts, over and above the normal course
of performing one’s duties for which one is remunerated.
Contributions should be recent, with particular attention to activities or
programmes undertaken within the last 12 months.
[See NOMINATION FORM on next page]
SP ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
Singapore Polytechnic will protect, care for and continually improve our
environment by complying with relevant legislation and requirements, and
maintaining an effective Environmental Management System that enables us to
create a cleaner and healthier environment for ourselves and future generations.
SP GREEN PLEDGE
We pledge to:
Green our campus,
Reduce, reuse and recycle,
Educate ourselves on green issues,
Encourage others to do likewise, and
Nurture a love for our environment
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SP Green Committee
Nomination Form (Closing date for nomination/s is 31 October 2005)
Name of nominated School (Department) / Staff /
Student*:
Name of nominating person:
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Please indicate designation of Staff for Staff
Category:
Designation: _________________________
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School/Department: ___________________
I declare that the information provided is accurate
to the best of my knowledge.
Contact No: __________________________
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Signature
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Date
*Delete whichever is not applicable
Please attach a 1 – 2 page summary describing the School’s (Department’s)/Staff’s/Student’s environmental contributions and achievements in
chronological order. The following details should be included in the summary: a) Year/month of participation/involvement/undertaking, b) Brief
description of the environmental activities and programmes, c) Role/scope of work of the nominee in the environmental activities or
programmes, d) Any accolades/awards won for the environmental efforts.
Kindly send your nomination(s) to: Secretary: SP Green Committee, c/o School of Chemical & Life Sciences
For further enquiries: please contact Dr Pho Lay Koon (ext 1898), SP Green Committee
Do visit our SP Green Page on what we are doing: http://www.sp.edu.sg/greenpage/
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