“Biznes i Ekologia” [”Business and Ecology”] together with EMI company, convinced that people and business are leaders in saving Our Planet and development of the human species,

 announce the Competition for the title of:

“SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER”

 ZR/SD Manager 2010, for short

The goal is to promote individuals and companies who:

- chose to start out on the sustainable development course,

- are known for their superior management culture,

- in management take into account capital in the classical meaning of the word but also global human capital and natural capital of the globe,

- stimulate development of innovative products/services which deserve to be called sustainable development products/services.

Assessment criteria for the “ZR/SD Manager 2010″ title stem from the definition of ZR/SD Manager specified by EMI.

The competition is an amended edition of the Competition/Popularity Contest EKOBIZNESMEN ROKU [ECO-BUSINESSPERSON OF THE YEAR], announced several years ago by the magazine “Biznes i Ekologia.”

The results of the Competition will be announced in 2010 during one of the events of the International Festival of Sustainable Development and Music in Opole ( Festival ZR/SD-M). The winners will receive diplomas and throughout 2011 will be entitled to use the Winner of ZR/SD Manager 2010 Competition (Sustainable Development Manager) graphic symbol.

Honorable Titles “ZR/SD Manager 2010″ will also be granted, also to people who are not businesspersons, but contribute to implementation of principles of sustainable development.

The application form for Candidates for the title “ZR/SD Manager 2010″ is published on EMI’s website. Registration will be accepted till April 30, 2010. Applications for 2010 will be accepted till 30 June, 2010.

Apart from experts from EMI and “Biznes i Ekologia” also a group of invited experts and interested Internet users will participate in the assessment process, and they will be provided with a special form for selecting the winners in October and November 2010.

Huge Companies and MSP  from all Europe are cordially invited to participate in the Competition!

All Internet users are cordially invited to select their candidates for winning.

Some Rules for the Edition of ZR/SD Manager 2010 Competition

1. Natural person representing a firm or a member of management board can become candidates for the “ZR/SD Manager 2010″ title. In exception manager in lower position can be the candidate if his activity in this subject was significant.

2. Candidates may conduct their activity outside Poland and do not need to be Polish citizens.

3. Applications should be made by Candidates personally or by their associates.

4. Applications are free of charge.

5. The application must be made electronically and sent to address given in Rules by June 30, 2009 as the final deadline .

6. The first stage of qualification process - checking if the criteria are met by Candidates - will be performed by the Award Committee: EMI, “Biznes i Ekologia”.

7. In the second stage - by means of the Internet Popularity Contest - the Winners of the Competition will be selected.

8. No additional prizes are anticipated during the First Edition of the Competition for Winners on the top of the ranking list.

9. Organizers will single out and agree upon the selection of Candidates to the title of “Honorary ZR/SD Manager for 2010.”

10. Results announcement:

The titles of “Honorary ZR/SD Manager for 2010″ will be awarded during the opening ceremony of the Festival of Sustainable Development and Music on September 7, 2010.

Announcement of the Ranking List of Winners of ZR/SD Manager for 2010 Competition and awarding titles to the Winners will take place on December 7, 2010, during a solemn concert ending the Festival Sustainable Development and Music.

11. After signing agreement with EMI the Competition Winners will receive diplomas and throughout 2011 will be entitled to use the Winner of ZR/SD Manager 2010 Competition (Sustainable Development Manager) graphic symbol. The prolongation of such kind of right is possible.

Organizers

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ZR/SD Manager: sustainable development manager is a manager who through her or his activity and impact on the employees has managed to:

- formulate with her or his employees a vision statement concerning the development of the given organizational unit in the specified remote future, a vision in which economic development goes hand in hand with respect to the environment and the society,

-  transfer the vision statement into a strategy of sustainable development in a way which:

       - enables them to control its implementation;

       - ensures alignment of the form and goals with strategies of higher levels of administration, up to the EU;

- adjust planning and operation management system to reporting progress in pursuit of sustainable development;

- develop and implement a declaration of culture of the organization in the spirit of sustainable development;

- provide an atmosphere in which employees are encouraged to question status quo and to take risk;

- develop employee’s imagination and spirituality and to motivate them to continuous education;

- stimulate employee’s creativity.

By her or his activity they stimulate development of innovative products/services which deserve to be called sustainable development products/services. SD Manager supports cultural, health and educational projects.