There are THREE parts of a Sage Award Entry:

PART 1: COVER PAGE
Please provide all company contact information requested. The person submitting the entry must be an employee of the company.

Company Name:

Physical Address: (Separate by commas.)

Primary Telephone:

Fax:

Company Website:

What is your primary business?

How many years have you been in operation?

SUBMITTER'S CONTACT INFORMATION
The submitter must be an employee of the business named above. Answers are required for submittal.

Name:

Title:

Address (if different from above):

Business Phone (with extension, if applicable):

Email:

Certification:
I have read the Entry Criteria for this award and agree to abide by the Entry Requirements. All information contained in this application is accurate and up-to-date.

Name:

Date:

PART 2: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This summary should be no more than 300 words. Please address the following in your Executive Summary:

1. A brief company history.
2. Primary areas of business.
3. Overall business goals and objectives.

Executive Summary:

PART 3: DETAILED QUESTIONNAIRE

This portion of the entry form includes questions related to three specific areas: sustainable business practices, social responsibility and profitable growth. Answers must be provided in all three sections to complete your entry.

Sustainable Business Practices.
Please describe your company’s sustainable business practices. Provide actual numbers or percentages whenever possible to document environmental improvements. Be sure to note when, how and why specific practices were instituted.

The following list may help you organize your response. You need not address ALL of the points below, but make sure your response provides a complete picture of your company’s journey toward more sustainable operations. Please limit your answer for this section to a total of 750 words or less.

1. Organizational policies/procedures inside the organization related to sustainability, such as recycling, conservation, lower energy usage, promotion of employee carpooling, etc.
2. Environmental impact programs and initiatives within the company’s business operations and/or manufacturing operations that are designed to positively impact the environment, such as reducing energy usage, reducing water consumption, reducing waste, using recycled components, using certified sustainable components and any other steps designed to shrink the organization’s carbon footprint. (If available, please include documentation to help judges assess the scope of these practices and send to Sageaward@ahfa.us.)
3. Eco-friendly product design.
4. Warehousing, shipping and/or other distribution practices that reduce the use of non-renewable energy in transportation.
5. Supply chain practices designed to assist suppliers in the development and implementation of sustainability programs.

Social Responsibility.
Describe and give examples of how your company has encouraged social responsibility through any of the following:

1. Corporate policies and procedures to assess and monitor social and environmental performance throughout the supply chain.
2. Corporate community involvement.
3. Support of individual employees' community involvement.
4. Programs and policies that impact communities throughout the company's entire supply chain (such as in countries where materials, components or products are sourced).

Your response should include more than a list of organizations that receive your corporate donations. Please limit your answer to 300 words or less.

Profitable Growth.
Describe the savings and/or profitable growth experienced as a result of sustainable practices. Please include specific dollar amounts or percentage savings where possible. NOTE: We are not asking for confidential financial performance figures. The judges will be looking for assurances that your company is financially secure and for indications that sustainable practices are contributing to that security, not detracting from it. This section is limited to 300 words or less.

Is there anything else you would like to share with our judges? (Limit this optional section to no more than 250 words, so the total length of your answers in Part 3 should not exceed 1,600 words.)