Press Release
August 22, 2012
Contact: Laura Rehrmann, 703-516-0621, press@c2es.org

2013 Climate Leadership Awards Application Period Now Open

Calling national attention to exemplary leadership in response to climate change, the Climate Leadership Awards program is seeking its 2013 crop of corporate, organizational and individual leaders. Officially opening its application period, U.S. EPA and its three NGO partners — The Climate Registry (The Registry), the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES), and the Association of Climate Change Officers (ACCO) — are now accepting applications for 2013 awards through October 12, 2012. EPA’s Climate Leadership Awards webpage details the application process.

Climate Leadership Award winners will be publicly honored in early 2013 at an awards gala in conjunction with the Climate Leadership Conference to be held in Washington, DC. Awards criteria have been updated, recognizing leadership in the following categories:

• Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (Goal Setting Certificate)
  Recognizes organizations that publicly report and verify corporate GHG inventories and publicly set aggressive GHG emissions reduction goals.
• Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (Goal Achievement Award)
  Recognizes organizations that publicly report and verify corporate GHG inventories and achieve aggressive GHG emissions reduction goals.
• Supply Chain Leadership Award
  Recognizes organizations that have their own comprehensive GHG inventories and aggressive emissions reduction goals and can demonstrate they are at the leading edge of managing GHGs in their organizational supply chains.
• Organizational Leadership Award
  Recognizes organizations that not only have their own comprehensive GHG inventories and aggressive emissions reduction goals, but also exemplify leadership both in their internal response to climate change and through engagement of their peers, competitors, partners, and supply chain.
• Individual Leadership Award
  Recognizes individuals exemplifying extraordinary leadership in leading their organizations’ response to climate change and/or affecting the responses of other organizations.

Questions?

Please direct questions as follows:

• Awards program: questions@ClimateLeadershipAwards.org
• Climate Leadership Conference: questions@ClimateLeadershipConference.org

Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to receive government recognition for your climate leadership and highlight your achievements and competitive edge to key stakeholders.

Dates to Remember

October 12, 2012
Deadline for 2013 CLA applications
January 2013
CLA winners notified
February/March 2013
Climate Leadership Awards Gala and Conference (dates to be announced shortly)

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About C2ES
The Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) is an independent non-profit, non-partisan organization promoting strong policy and action to address the twin challenges of energy and climate change. Launched in November 2011, C2ES is the successor to the Pew Center on Global Climate Change.