Green Awards 2007 – Still Time to Enter!

Due to popular demand, the Green Awards 2007 www.greenawards.co.uk have announced a final deadline extension for entries into the 14 award categories. With new categories covered this year such as ‘Best CSR Report’ and ‘Best Green Website’, the Green Awards hope to open up the hotly contested competition to companies and organizations from beyond the confines of the marketing and communications industry.

Designed to raise awareness of Green issues, and boost the role of marketing in influencing and informing consumer behaviour, the Awards provide a high-profile platform for companies to showcase their positive commitments to the planet. With support from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and an eminent panel of expert judges, the awards showcase how sustainability can be represented through creativity.

According to Eric Falt, Communications Director at UNEP “when everyone from the UK government’s chief scientist to the editor of the Sun is warning about climate change and suggesting ways of mitigating it, we all know the topic has become mainstream.”

Companies interested in entering have until the 14th September to make their campaigns count, and have a chance of scooping a Green Award at London’s Guildhall on the 26th October. Visit www.greenawards.co.uk to download the entry form.

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Notes to Editors

Brands and organisations who have produced outstanding creative work to promote some aspect of sustainability over the past year now have the chance to win real recognition for their efforts with the launch of the Green Awards 2007.

Green Awards Judges:

This year, the judging panel will be chaired by Eric Falt - Director, Communications and Public Information UNEP and will be composed of:

David Alix – Director of Communications, Green Cross International
Martin Charter – Director, Centre For Sustainable Design
Winnie De’ath – Director of Communications, WWF
John Elkington – Founder & Chief Entrepreneur, Sustainability
Lynne Franks – PR Guru, Author, SEED Network
Stephen Hale – Chief Executive, The Green Alliance
Alison Lucas - Director of Communications, The Climate Group
Peter Madden – Chief Executive, Forum for the Future
Sara Mukherjee – Environmental Correspondent, BBC
Rufus Olins – Managing Director, Haymarket Brand Media
Paul Scott - Managing Director, CorporateRegister.com Limited
David Thorp – Head of Insights, Chartered Institute of Marketing
Adeela Warley – Director of Communications, Friends of the Earth
Andrew Wilson – Director, Corporate Citizenship Briefing

Follow the Green Awards Blog, by John Grant, author of the forthcoming ‘Green Marketing Manifesto’ at www.greenawards.co.uk/publicity/blog for Green Awards news and views.