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Better Business Bureau: Torch Awards
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Every company has an equal chance atwinning. Big or small. It is all in the application.
Torch Award Blue Crest Electric
• Interview Marketplace Excellence Award
recipient Linda Poetker of Blue Crest Electric Ltd.
Meet Aaron, newest member of the Blue Crest Electric family
Torch Award New Applications Process
• Online Submission via Adobe
Acrobat/Reader and email• Streamlined & Simplified
Applications • New Buzz Award video
applications process
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Torch Award New Applications Process
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Torch Award New Applications Process
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Torch Award Categories
Torch Award Judging Process
Marketplace Excellence
What are the judges looking for:
CRITERIA 1: Management Practices (If you are the owner of the company, with no employees, explain how ethics are used in everyday business practices)
CRITERIA 2 Customer/Vendor/Supplier/Shareholder Relations
CRITERIA 3: Marketing/Advertising/Communications/Sales Practices
CRITERIA 4: Reputation within Industry and Community
What are the judges looking for:
CRITERIA 1: Strength of program/initiativeCRITERIA 2: Demonstrated positive environmental impactCRITERIA 3: Demonstrated and significant involvement of stakeholders
(employees, supplier, customer and community)CRITERIA 4: Inspiring and compelling example of environmental
excellenceCRITERIA 5: Are the letters of support specific? Do they clearly provide
details and examples of the company’s initiatives, contributions and impacts with regards to care for the environment?
Green Award
Buzz Award for Social Media Excellence
What are the judges looking for:
CRITERIA 1: Strategy CRITERIA 2: CreativityCRITERIA 3: Outcomes CRITERIA 4: Education and Ethics
Workshop time
Discussion points
1. What does your business do in the community?2. What does your company do differently than other
companies in the same industry?3. How does your company educate the public?
Workshop time
Better Business Bureau
Torch Awards
Application Deadline: August 15, 2012