Environmental Stewardship Award
Award description
The award is designed to honour IPP(s) that demonstrate commitment to sustainable energy and exemplify and role model environmental stewardship. The award recognizes IPPs who have promoted the protection of the natural environment, undertaken impactful and tangible conservation efforts and introduced sustainable practices.
Award criteria
- Entrants should submit a project description that outlines the complexity of the project in terms of:
- Size of project,
- topographical complexity,
- permitting challenges,
- technological innovation,
- level and amount of endangered vegetation.
- Detail the environmental benefits: Describe the impact on natural resource management (including MW/hectare) and positive effect/impact on the balance of the environment (e.g., hectares of land rehabilitated, conservation efforts of flora and fauna species, water sources conserved or enhanced, etc.)
- Outline the methodology, verification and reporting: Describe the rationale for the methodology, how the initiative has been validated and reported on in a manner over and above the requirements of the governed processes. Describe any safety and structural or technical integrity considerations and the rationale for actions taken to address these
- Contribution to the field: Describe how your project showcases emerging or developing technologies or ideas as they are applied to enhancing environmental or sustainability outcomes – including but not limited to the mitigation of wildlife fatality on wind farms.