On the back of its successful debut project, Emirates has announced the continuation of its ‘A Greener Tomorrow’ initiative for a second year, allocating USD 150,000 to support environmental or conservation-based not-for-profit organizations in safeguarding their local environment.
With three finalists winning the award last year, Emirates is hoping to attract even more organizations that have innovative ideas and solutions in the areas of conservation or environmental protection. Funds for ‘A Greener Tomorrow’ have been raised through internal recycling programmes across the Emirates Group.
Organizations are invited to submit project plans describing their project and the impact it will have on the local environment. Applications will then be assessed by a committee within Emirates Group comprised of Senior Executives and members of the Environment team. Submissions that meet the awarding criteria and clear the first committee review will be invited to the second stage, where they will present their project proposal in detail to the committee for final review.
When the project was first launched, more than 400 organizations globally were nominated for the award by passengers, Emirates’ social media network, universities, environmental and conservation organizations and the general public. Applications came from countries across the Emirates network and beyond, and spanned environmental initiatives such as animal, land and tree conservation, biogas, environmental research, and green transportation. The applications were of such a high standard that Emirates awarded the funding to three separate projects.
Application forms must be submitted before 10th April 2015. More information about the initiative and nomination criteria can be found at:
www.emirates.com/greenertomorrow. Those who wish to nominate an organization for the award can send the organization’s name, email address and contact telephone number to
greenertomorrow@emirates.com.