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Nominations for 2024 are now open! Join us in honoring those committed to a greener tomorrow by helping to identify diverse businesses and individuals whose leadership in environmental stewardship needs to be uplifted and honored.
Nominations must be received by February 9, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. Late and/or incomplete submissions will not be reviewed by the Selection Committee.
Awards will be given in five categories of environmental leadership: Youth, Individual, Civic & Non-profit, Small Business, and Large Business.
Nominees are considered based on the following criteria: Innovation, Leadership, Effectiveness and Environmental Stewardship and Scalability.Â
Nominations may be submitted by a nominee personally or through a third party.
Must reside in one of the nine counties of the Finger Lakes Region (Monroe, Ontario, Wayne, Livingston, Genesee, Orleans, Wyoming, Yates, Seneca).Â
Open to a group effort or to an individual.
All nominees must be 22 years or younger.
Has identified and is working to create new solutions to current environmental issues.
Nominee’s work or idea has been shown to mobilize others in the community/region.
Advocate for conservation and/or sustainability.
No age requirement.
Has identified and is working to create new solutions to current environmental issues.
Nominee’s work or idea has been shown to mobilize others in the community/region.
Advocate for conservation and/or sustainability.
Open to any nonprofit, education, community-based, or government project or program, including those that involve multiple partners.
Created an innovative, scalable and replicable solution to conservation and/or sustainability issue(s) in the community/region.
Solution(s) should be original to the nominee or must be contributing something new in terms of scale or new application to a previously existing solution.
Must show evidence of solution working.
Must show evidence that solution can be shared with/taught to others.
100 employees or less.
Must show an innovative/original solution.
Must show evidence of lowering environmental footprint or customers’ environmental footprint Solution must be replicable for other companies.
Company must have sustainability/green practices in play throughout company.
101 employees or more.
Must show an innovative/original solution.
Must show evidence of lowering environmental footprint or customers’ environmental footprint.
Solution must be replicable for other companies.
Company must have sustainability/green practices in play throughout company.
When: March 28, 2024
Where:Â Jospeh A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention CenterÂ
       (123 E. Main Street, Rochester NY 14604)Â
Tickets:Â Tickets go on sale February 16, 2024Â
Keynote Speaker: TBDÂ
Symposium Panel: TBD
Schedule:
Registration: 7:15am – 8am (45 minutes)
Breakfast and Awards: 8am – 9:15a (1 hour 15 minutes)
Networking Showcase: 9:15am – 9:45am (30 minutes)
Q&A Symposium: 9:45am – 11:00am (1 hour 15 minutes)
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