Environmental and Sustainability Impact Award
This award celebrates the achievements of teams or individuals who demonstrate excellence and commitment to improving and managing environmental and sustainability impact when maintaining playing surfaces or undertaking an innovative project with the view to helping build a more sustainable and better future. The award also recognises commitment to best practice and implementation of new environmental and sustainable initiatives and innovations.
Deadline - 16 October 2026
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Entry Criteria
Who can enter?
This category is open to any individual or team who is undertaking or involved in an environmental or sustainable project.
Entry / Nomination Criteria
Individuals and/or teams can enter or be nominated by an employer or manager or third-party.
Judging Criteria
The judges will be looking for evidence to support your entry in the following areas: 1) Evidence of how the environmental and sustainability impact and/or initiative(s) were identified, planned, and measured. 2) Evidence of raising awareness around the initiative(s) to promote the scheme among employees or team members (where applicable). 3) Evidence of active engagement of employees/team members/key stakeholders in the environmental and sustainability initiative. 4) Evidence of the successful impact of the environmental and sustainability initiative, including relevant data where applicable. 5) Judges will take into consideration any legislative, environmental and sustainability directives.
1. Contact Information
Please select if this application is for a team or an individual
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Full name of team contact or individual
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First Name
Last Name
Phone number of team contact or individual
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Email address of team contact or individual
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2. Facility Details
Place of work
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Facility postal address
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Street Address
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Postcode
Approximate size of site
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3. Resources and responsibilities [10 marks]
What resources do you have in relation to the project? For example, any machinery, technology, outsourcing, people involved, and your position/responsibilities regarding the facility/project.
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4. Budget [10 marks]
Indicate the size of the budget and specify how this was used in relation to the facility/project or any product(s).
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5. Feasibility Study [10 marks]
Was a feasibility study carried out and if so, was it completed by a third party? Give details. Was the nominee involved in the planning stage? If yes, give details of their involvement and in what capacity
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6. Planning, design, health and safety [10 marks]
How thorough was the planning stage? What were the benefits, i.e.: how did this help to avoid any pitfalls? Did the plan meet its objectives? Do you have the following in place? H&S policy; risk assessments; safe systems of work; training and inductions. Explain how health and safety is implemented.
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7. Initiatives [10 marks]
Has the project/product been driven by any Government or other initiative? Did you receive a funding grant? Do you have a benefactor?
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8. Scale of the project/product [10 marks]
What is the planned use for the project/product? If this is already underway, is the project/product achieving its objectives?
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9. Impact on the industry [10 marks]
Could the project/product be used by other organisations within the grounds industry? If so, will it have a positive impact on the Environment and Sustainability of the wider industry?
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