THE SECOND ANNUAL Kaua`i Green Business Initiative Award Sponsored by the Rotary Club Of Kapa`a

Intent: To honor local business owners who went beyond environmental compliance

to adopt and exemplify best practices in the past 12 months.

Nominations: To nominate a local business owner, please submit this Entry Form.

Award Categories: What kinds of business?

Awards will be made in 10 Categories:

1. Hotel 2. Retailer 3. Activity 4. Builder 5. Home Biz

6. Grower 7. Tech 8. Energy 9. NonProfit 10. Restaurant

Eligibility Checklist: Who should apply?

We are looking for local businesses with a track record in these five areas:

1. Efficiently using raw materials/supplies

2. Managing waste responsibly

3. Managing shipping/handling responsibly

4. Saving water

5. Saving energy

Initiative Description: What did you do? Detail the actions taken within your business. For example: • Changed light bulbs to energy efficient equivalents • Installed a solar thermal water heating system • Introduced a green travel plan • Reused incoming packaging to send out products or returned it to supplier • Changed supplier to source goods locally

Initiative Outcomes: What environmental benefits and cost savings did you achieve? Show how changes introduced to reduce environmental impact have benefited the economic performance and long-term success of your company. Where relevant, identify where they have resulted in actual cost savings, and if possible, quantify these savings. For example: • Amount of electricity saved per year • Amount of gas/diesel saved • Increase in waste recycled, as a percentage increase and /or in lbs. • Annual waste disposal costs reduced by 5%, resulting in a saving of $750 • Selling of retrieved scrap metal, generating an income of $300 per week • Reduction in pesticide used, as a percentage reduction and /or in lbs. • Volume of water saved, as percentage saving and /or in gallons

Entry Deadline: When are business entries due? All businesses seeking consideration for the 2008 Awards must file their Initiative Description and Outcome form no later than May 23, 2008.

Selection Process: What happens next? A short list of applications will be selected in each category by the judging panel (made up of representatives of the Rotary Club of Kapa`a). A site visit will be made to each short listed business to see the initiatives in place and gather further details of the activities undertaken. The judging panel will meet to consider the short-listed applications. Award winners will be announced at the 2nd Annual Kaua`i Green Business Initiative Award Dinner in June.

Contact Rodney Pascua, Vocational Service Chair, 808/322-5998 (phone/fax)
or rodney@dakauai.com