NEXT STEPS Linsey McGillivray VIBES Coordinator

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Hints and Tips for a winning application

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• The application form
• The judging visit

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The application form

• Basic information
• The six or ten criteria

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• All application forms
• Basic information

• Candidate site
• Number of employees
• Environmental Management System
• Annual resource use
• Business activities

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All application form General advice

• Read the guidance notes
• Size matters
• Bullet points!
• Choosing the right criteria
• Time period

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• Management application form
• The ten criteria

• Commitment
• Employee involvement
• Accountability/external comms.
• Monitoring/reporting

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• Management application form
• The ten criteria

• Environmental benefits
• Economic benefit
• Social benefit

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• Management application form
• The ten criteria

• Innovation
• Replication activity
• Future plans

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Product application form - The six criteria

• Commitment
• Environmental Benefit
• Economic Benefit
• Social Benefit
• Innovation
• Replication Activity

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Service application form - The six criteria

• Commitment
• Environmental Benefit
• Economic Benefit
• Social Benefit
• Innovation
• Replication Activity

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• Process application form
• The six criteria

• Commitment
• Environmental Benefit
• Economic Benefit
• Social Benefit
• Innovation
• Replication Activity

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• International Cooperation application form
• The six criteria

• Objectives
• Planning Resource Allocation
• Sustainable Benefit
• Equity
• Synergy
• Replication Potential

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• The judging visit
• What to expect

• The judging team
• The purpose of the visit
• A typical agenda
• Feedback

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• The judging visit
• Preparation

• Re-read the application
• Brief management and staff
• Have a stand in person prepared
• Collate documentation
• Undertake a walk-around survey
• Check notice-boards etc.

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• The judging visit
• A winning entrant

• Senior management commitment and the involvement
  of all staff.
• Improvements that have environmental, economic
  and social benefits.
• Quantitative evidence of the benefits.
• Innovative ideas
• The potential to make a good case study.
• Need to stand out from the crowd.