European Business Awards (EBA) has announced on the 9th of February 2016 that Finnlines has been elected by the estimable judges of EBA as a finalist and as one of the ten Ruban d’Honneur in the “Environmental & Corporate Sustainability” category.
In September last year, 678 businesses were nominated as National Champions of their respective countries in the 2015/16 European Business Awards. Finnlines was selected as one of the 15 Finnish National Champions to represent Finland. During 2014–2016 the company has been implementing an extensive EUR 100 million Environmental Technology Investment Programme, which helps to reduce the emissions and fuel consumption. Hence, Finnlines placed their submission of the EBA to the “Environmental & Corporate Sustainability” class. Now the competition process has continued and Finnlines is the sole representative of Finland in its category.
There are 11 categories featured and the total number of Ruban d’Honneurs is 110. When selecting the ten Ruban d’Honneur winners under the “Environmental & Corporate Sustainability” category, the businesses were considered in a social, cultural, economic and environmental context by the judges. According to EBA, the judging criteria also comprises of “valuing consumer, employee and eco-friendly issues amongst their core values, these corporations operate transparently and actively nurture employee development.” The award in this category celebrates businesses that have conscientiously implemented and evolved their practices to improve their business through innovation and moral modernisation towards greener purposes.
The judging process continues with several phases. Next up in March, is a face to face interview of the Ruban d’Honneurs for electing the single winner of each category. In June, the judging panel identifies the final category winners at a Gala ceremony.
Running alongside the independent judging part of the competition is a public vote for electing the Public National Champion of each country. Amongst these, the Single European Public Champion Winner will also be announced in June at the Gala.
The public voting is open until the 26th of February and the result will be announced in March. Finnlines is running in both parts of the competition: the public and the judging panel parts. Finnlines’ video entry is also still available for the public vote – so please show the company and the environment your support and vote now!
