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The Sustainable Business Awards recognise and celebrate businesses and social enterprises operating within the City of Holdfast Bay that show outstanding initiatives in promoting sustainability, supporting the circular economy and social equity and protecting our environment. We want to acknowledge and celebrate projects, initiatives, activities, or campaigns in the following award categories:
- Climate Action Award
Recognising leadership, action, or innovation in reducing energy use and/or responding to the impacts of climate change in our region. - Circular Economy Award
Recognising leadership, action, or innovation in creating a circular business model and contributing to the circular economy. - Waste Reduction Award
Recognising leadership, action, or innovation in reducing, diverting and eliminating waste. - Biodiversity Award
Recognising leadership, action, or innovation in protecting and enhancing the biodiversity values of the Holdfast Bay area and/or other regions of Australia. - Water Conservation Award
Recognising leadership, action, or innovation in conserving our region’s water resources. - Social and Ethical Sustainability Award
Recognising leadership, action, or innovation in implementing social and ethical values and/or procurement into your business practices.
What's in it for your business?
The winner of each category will receive broad promotion from the City of Holdfast Bay. Prizes and additional promotional opportunities will be updated here shortly. All nominations and businesses in our area will be invited to our awards ceremony and networking event in September 2025.
By entering a nomination for these awards, the applicant agrees to the following terms and conditions of entry.
- Nominations for the awards open on 1 July and close 5pm on 30 July 2025.
- No responsibility is accepted by Council for late, lost, or misdirected entries.
- Judging of nominations will be based on the information provided through the nomination process.
- Nominations will be assessed based on their linkage to the category, impact, scalability, and innovation.
- The judging panel may select one or multiple winners in each category.
- Council reserves the right to withdraw a nomination from the judging process if a nominee is unable to satisfy the nomination requirements or these terms and conditions.
- The judges’ decision is final; no correspondence will be entered into.
- Winners will be notified and announced at the awards networking event to be held on Monday 1 September 2025.
- Any images, documents, and text provided by nominees may be used for promotional purposes by Council.
- All people shown in any photos provided are required to give their consent to Council to use these photos for the purposes of promoting these awards.
- The winners agree to participate, as required, in promotional activities relating to the competition, including (but not limited to) being interviewed and photographed.
- The winners agree to grant Council a perpetual and non-exclusive licence to use footage and photographs in all media worldwide.
- Businesses owned wholly or in part by City of Holdfast Bay staff or Elected Members are not eligible to nominate for these awards.