singapore Sustainability AwardS 2011

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1 singapore Sustainability AwardS 2011 Presented By: Sustainable Business Awards Green IT Awards Strategic Partners: Strategic Partners: Knowledge Partner: Knowledge Partner:

2 Objectives and Benefits The Singapore Sustainability Awards is an initiative of the Singapore Business Federation and comprises the Sustainable Business Awards (SBA) and the Green IT Awards. Inaugurated in 2009, the awards aim to recognize companies for their outstanding sustainable business and green IT practices. The attainment of long term sustainable development goals is an imperative that the Singapore business community must embrace to ensure continued success and a winning edge. Benefits 1. Gaining new insights into the adoption of sustainable business practices through participation 2. Feedback by local and international panel of judges 3. Benchmarking against other leading companies in sustainable business practices 4. Benefitting the brand image and positioning of the company with the growing worldwide attention on sustainability 5. Induction into SSA Awards Club with regular updates on the latest sustainability-related news, events and trainings, etc. 6. Special invitation of award winners and participants to join as speakers at CEO Roundtable or other local and international business events to share their experience and success stories 7. Special invitation of award winners and participants to be featured in exhibitions and showcase 8. Winner can have endorsed SSA logos on their name cards and marketing collaterals 9. Winner will become one of the featured case studies in the Singapore Sustainability Awards Winners Case Studies Book

3 1 Green IT Awards 2011 Registration Form

4 2 Green IT Awards 2011 Registration Form & Questionnaire for Submission of Entry Inaugurated in 2010, the Singapore Green IT Awards aim to provide recognition to holistic green IT solutions, which meet the needs of the business, ecology and society. It is targeted to give recognition to Singapore based enterprises with outstanding sustainable IT practices. The objective is also to create a Green IT Adoption Index (GIAI) by which Singapore businesses can be evaluated in terms of their Green IT adoption. The awards are to be given in 2 categories: Large Enterprises, and Small and Medium Enterprises Please highlight how your organization has adopted Green IT, emphasizing the aspects of Green IT Implementation, Corporate Environment Responsibility, and Impact Measurement, through the following questionnaire. Kindly quote examples, illustrations and case studies (documents may be attached to the questionnaire) to support your response for the questions. Kindly note that the information provided in relation to this participation will be held confidential and used by the Green IT Awards Judging Committee throughout the judging process. Kindly submit your responses by 31 March 2011, 5pm. Please send the completed Participation Form to: SSA AWARDS SECRETARIAT Singapore Business Federation 10 Hoe Chiang Road, #22-01 Keppel Towers, Sinapore For more information, you may contact the Awards Secretariat at: Tel: (+65) industry@sbf.org.sg Website:

5 3 Nomination Form for Green IT Awards 2011 A. CATEGORY OF AWARD Enterprise Green IT Award Small & Medium Business Green IT Award B. CORPORATE INFORMATION Company Name : Company Address : Postal Code : Website : Telephone : Fax : Registry of Companies and Businesses (RCB), Registration Number : Date of Registration (DD MM YYYY) : Nature of Business : Is your company a subsidiary? If yes, please state parent company: Yes No Name : Address : Has your company and/or parent company taken part in any previous Green Awards? Yes No If yes. please stated name of Award : Details of CEO OR Equivalent Salutation : Dr/Mr/Mrs/Mdm/Ms Name (English) : Designation : Telephone : C. BUSINESS INFORMATION (Please tick where appropriate) Business Services Engineering Services Hospitality/Travel Wholesale/Distribution/Retail Manufacturing Information Technology / High Tech Logistics Real Estate / Construction Wholesale trade and commision trade Retail trade Manufacture of food products and beverages Manufacture of textiles, apparel, footwear & accessories Manufacture of paper and paper products Manufacture of chemical and chemical products Manufacture of rubber and plastic products Manufacture of machinery, equipment, electronic products and components

6 4 Other (please specify) : Please provide a brief description of your company s products/services and the markets in which you operate : D. MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING STRATEGIES On a separate sheet, please highlight how your organization has adopted Green IT, emphasizing the following aspects: 1) Green IT Implementation: Examples of IT initiatives in your organization designed to minimize impact on environment through reduced energy consumption, recycling and reduced natural resource consumption, reduction in greenhouse gas emission, etc. 2) Corporate Environment Responsibility: How does long term IT planning in your organization incorporate environmental responsibility? 3) Impact Measurement: What processes are in place in your organization to measure the environmental impact and economic gains realized from adoption of Green IT? E. DECLARATION I hereby declare the information enclosed herein and in all attachments and appendices to be true and correct. I understand that the information provided in relation to this participation will be used by the Green IT Awards Judging Committee throughout the entire Award Judging Process. I agree: To provide relevant company information should the organizers need to verify the data provided in the nomination form (upon request). To provide relevant information on my company for purposes of inclusion in the Green IT Awards related collateral To abide by the rules and regulations of the Award selection process outlined by the Green IT Awards Secretariat To abide by the final decisions of the judging panel; and To abide by the final decisions of that the award may be revoked by the organizers in the event that any of the conditions are breached. I further authorise the use and public release, in connection with the Green IT Awards, of my name, my company s name, nonfinancial information, photographs, videos and audio recordings of me from any source. I agree that no compensation shall be due to me or my company for such usage. Name: Designation (CEO or equivalent): Signature & Date: _ Contact person for verification purposes: Designation: Contact Number: Company Stamp:

7 5 KEY INFORMATION BUCKETS & COMPONENTS GREEN IT IMPLEMENTATION Questions in this section shall help establish examples of IT initiatives in the organization designed to minimize impact on environment through reduced energy consumption, recycling and reduced natural resource consumption, reduction in greenhouse gas emission, etc. TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION 1. Dose your organization s data center or data center provider use following technologies? Storage Desktop Server Data Deduplication 2. Has your organization installed HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning) Systems or Building Control Systems in the workplace? 3. Does your organization s workplace use Smart Windows instead of normal windows? 4. Does your organization enforce Conferencing Solutions (Audio/Video) instead of overseas travel? 5. Has your organization started using public or private cloud environment to improve on provisioning of IT resources? Power Management 6. Does your organization enforce best practices for Client/PC/Laptop power management? 7. Does your organization use liquid cooling for IT equipment (esp. Data center equipment)? 8. Does the organization s server room or data center (or provider) have hot/cold aisle layout? 9. Does your organization use high efficiency stand-by power systems or alternatives such as UPS, Solar, flywheel, compressed gas/air power systems? 10. Does your organization use DC power or High voltage AC power for IT equipment? 11. Has your organization installed energy efficient lighting? Equipment Management 12. Does your organization dispose or re-cycle IT equipment in an environmentally friendly manner? 13. Does your organization actively practice rightsizing (reduction to an optimal size and quantity) of IT equipment periodically?

8 6 CORPORATE ENVIRONMENT RESPONSIBILITY Questions in this section shall help in understanding the extent to which environment responsibility has been incorporated in long term IT planning. TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION 1. Does your organization have a documented Green Information Technology Policy? 2. Does your organization have a Green data centers only policy? 3. Does your organization have a policy on employees use of IT in an energy efficient manner? 4. Does your organization have a formal End of IT life management (disposal etc) system? 5. Does your organization prefer hardware vendors that offer take-back options? 6. Does your organization have a formal practice for tracking of carbon emissions? 7. Does your organization have an allocated budget for Green IT in its IT budget? (Yes, if allocation greater than 5%) 8. Does your organization use Green as a differentiator when pitching to clients? 9. Will your organization prefer the Green nature of an ICT solution on offer vis-à-vis a competing non-green solution even at a higher price? IMPACT MEASUREMENT Questions in this section shall help establish the processes that are in place in the organization to measure the environmental impact and economic gains realized for adoption of Green IT. 1. Does your organization analyse IT energy bill separately from the overall corporate bill? 2. Does your organization engage services of professionals on measurement of impact of Green IT? 3. Does your organization conduct regular power efficiency audits of IT systems and technologies? 4. Does your organization have a quantifiable metric in place in order to measure carbon footprint? 5. Has your organization taken initiatives of forming multi-function staff teams for its green initiatives? 6. Was your organization able to receive any awards/certifications from the implementation/development of the Green IT product? 7. Does your organization send staff for training/seminars/courses on Green IT?

9 Connecting Businesses to Efficient, Eco-friendly Opportunities and Solutions About SBF Sustainable Development Business Group SBF Sustainable Development Business Group (SDBG) is formed as an interest group for member companies interested in adoption and/or commercialization of clean, efficient and green solutions spanning clean energy and sustainable development. It is to connect members to various industry verticals, technology partners, link them to business leads in the clean energy and sustainable development sector and facilitate them in tapping into available schemes, incentives, and sources for funding for their clean energy and sustainable development plans. SDBG will work with various organizations to facilitate members in their adoption or commercialization of clean and green solutions in areas such as Energy Efficiency, Green Building and Facilities Management, Environmental Management, Waste Recycling, Green IT & Data Centre, Sustainable Water Solutions, Sustainable Manufacturing and Sustainable Business Practices. Another Initiative of SDBG (Sustainable Development Business Group) of SBF actively promotes commercialization and adoption of clean energy and sustainable development. Therefore, we are very pleased to support the inaugural Sustainable Business Awards. For more details of SDBG, please visit Sdbg.sbf.org.sg

10 singapore Sustainability Awards SECRETARIAT Singapore Business Federation 10 Hoe Chiang Road, #22-01 Keppel Towers, Sinapore Tel: (+65) Webside: http: //sustainabilityawards.sg