In 2011, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and its three NGO partners - The Climate Registry (The Registry), the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES), and the Association of Climate Change Officers (ACCO) – launched the Climate Leadership Awards (CLA), calling national attention to exemplary corporate, organizational, and individual leadership in response to climate change. The inaugural 2012 awards were presented to one individual and 20 organizations [see 2012 winners].

Evaluation criteria for the 2013 awards have been released with the application period opening August 22, 2012 and closing October 12, 2012.  Climate Leadership Award winners will be publicly recognized in early 2013 at an awards gala hosted in conjunction with the Climate Leadership Conference, which will be held in Washington, DC.  Awardees will be honored for their leadership in the following categories:

• Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management
  (Goal Setting Certificate)
  Recognizes organizations that publicly report and verify corporate GHG inventories and publicly set aggressive GHG emissions reduction goals.
• Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management
  (Goal Achievement Award)
  Recognizes organizations that publicly report and verify corporate GHG inventories and achieve aggressive GHG emissions reduction goals.
• Supply Chain Leadership Award
  Recognizes organizations that have their own comprehensive GHG inventories and aggressive emissions reduction goals and can demonstrate they are at the leading edge of managing GHGs in their organizational supply chains.
• Organizational Leadership Award
  Recognizes organizations that not only have their own comprehensive GHG inventories and aggressive emissions reduction goals, but also exemplify leadership both in their internal response to climate change and through engagement of their peers, competitors, partners, and supply chain.
• Individual Leadership Award
  Recognizes individuals exemplifying extraordinary leadership in leading their organizations’ response to climate change and/or affecting the responses of other organizations.

Questions?

Please direct questions as follows:

• Awards program: questions@ClimateLeadershipAwards.org
• Climate Leadership Conference: questions@ClimateLeadershipConference.org

Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to receive government recognition for your environmental efforts and highlight your leadership and competitive edge to key stakeholders.