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Welcome to The Summit of Sustainability Awards (SOSA) 2013

Get Bragging Rights! The City of Akron, Summit County, the Greater Akron Chamber, Keep Akron Beautiful/Greenprint for Akron and a host of sustainability sponsors want to recognize your Akron/Summit County organization for your efforts to institute more sustainable practices…or give you information and ideas on beginning a sustainability plan by sharing best practices.

In The Summit of Sustainability Awards’ inaugural year (2012), three winning and over 20 emerging organizations that applied shared great examples of how they are making sustainability part of their everyday activities for people, planet and prosperity.

Tell me more about The Summit of Sustainability Awards – SOSA.

JOIN US for Sustainability Symposiums – NEW THIS YEAR
Learn best sustainable practices from the 2012 winning organizations. Find out about current energy conservations opportunities. Get a tutoring session on how to apply for The Summit of Sustainability Award 2013. Join us:

  • Wednesday, May 29, 2013, 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., in Akron, OH
  • Tuesday, June 11, 2013, 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., in Twinsburg, OH

Register here or call Keep Akron Beautiful at 330.375.2116.

Also New for 2013: Additional Organizational Categories 
For the inaugural year, three categories existed. These were large business, small business and non-profits. After reading over the types of organizational submissions that first year, the SOSA committee decided to add 2 additional categories. As such, following are the organizational categories for 2013:

  • Small Business (25 employees or less)
  • Medium Business (26 to 249 employees)
  • Large Business (250 employees or more)
  • Non-profit/Community
  • Public Sector (Governmental/Schools)

See 2012 winners and read their application documents submitted here.

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Ready to apply for SOSA ’13?

Apply here today.
The 2013 application process is open now through September 1, 2013.

Beginning a Sustainability Plan

Don’t already have any sustainable efforts going in your organization? Well now is the time to get started.  Many organizations, big and small, are finding that being green can also save you money.  That’s correct! Doing the right thing for the planet can drive real cost savings to the bottom line.  See How To Be Sustainable, or view SOSA webinars to get great tips today.