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June
2024
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Call for Nominations – 2024 YVR Green Excellence Award

We are excited to announce that the nomination period for the 2024 YVR Green Excellence Awards is now open! Since 2011, the YVR Green Excellence Award has commended and awarded Sea Island organizations for the steps they have taken to reduce the environmental impact of their operations and raise awareness of environmental issues through education and outreach.

For this year’s YVR Green Excellence Award, we are encouraging businesses on Sea Island to submit nominations for environmental initiatives that fall into the following three categories:

  1.  Environmental Innovation Award – Demonstration of creativity and ingenuity in the development and implementation of an environmental initiative.
  2. Environmental Stewardship Award – An environmental initiative with the greatest positive environmental impact, encompassing carbon, energy, waste, water and broader ecosystem health.
  3. The Community Eco-Champion Award – Initiatives that involve actively engaging local communities to promote environmental awareness and action.

Although the three award categories are broad, here are specific examples from last year’s winners:

  • Environmental Innovation Award Winner – Purolator Inc. implemented and expanded their use of reusable pallet skid wrap in their operations, reducing their usage of plastic shrink wrap.
  • Environmental Stewardship Award Winner – Air Canada electrified their ground support equipment by replacing several diesel tractors with electric counterparts.
  • Community Eco-Champion Award Winner – Fairmont Vancouver Airport hosted several clean-ups at both McDonald Beach and YVR’s East Loading Dock, collecting 90 pounds of waste.

To learn more and submit a nomination for your organization’s project, program, or initiative, please review and complete the online nomination form by Monday, September 30, 2024, at 5:00PM (PST). If you know of another organization who has done great work in the above categories, nominate them as well through the form. 

Good luck to all nominees!