#SEAChanger Awards are now open
It gives us great pleasure to announce the 2024 launch of the #SEAChanger Awards.
The Sports Environment Alliance has been rewarding and recognizing projects that minimise our environmental impact since 2016. The diversity of projects that enterand the incredible impact these initiatives have on our sporting communities and environment is always inspiring.
We invite you to share your inspiring stories and sustainable programs with others by entering the #SEAChanger Awards. As a participant in the program, you will receive a wide range of local, regional, and national recognition.
It’s the perfect way to reflect on all the amazing achievements of your sports club, venue, facility, organising body or even your individual effort. Small or large, every project counts.
Key dates
Awards Open 8 February 2024
Submissions Close 28 March 2024
Winner Announced @ SEA Summit 17 April 2024
Past Winners
2022 SEAChanger (Member) Winner - Australian Grand Prix Corporation
2022 SEAChanger (Non Member) Winner - Oaks Cypress Lakes Resort, Golf Country Club
Who can enter?
The #SEAChanger Awards are open to all sporting organisations (clubs, venues, facilities, organising bodies) and individuals working in the sector.
Awards categories
There are three categories in total:
1. SEAChanger - SEA Member
2. SEAChanger - Non Member
These categories recognise sustainability efforts by organisations in any of the followingareas of environmental stewardship: water, energy, materials, biodiversity, engagement, & education.
3. SEAChanger – Individual Leadership
This new category aims to recognise an individual from within the broader SEA ecosystem who has demonstrated outstanding environmental and climate leadership across the sector, driving change, best practice and innovation.
Entry criteria
◆ All sporting organisations (clubs, venues, facilities, organising bodies) and individuals working in the sector ae invited to participate.
◆ Multiple entries (for different projects) within a category are permitted.
◆ Your application can be about large or small projects, approaches and activities but most importantly you will need to show how the work you are doing or your leadership is innovative, delivering best value, driving change, contributing to best practice and improving outcomes for your organisation/community and/or for the sporting ecosystem.
◆ IMPORTANT: While projects may be ongoing, they must have recent or continued expansion and additional significance with results shown between 1 Jan 2022 to 31 Dec 2023.
◆ Previous award winners are welcome to enter again, but projects must have progressed from the previous entry, and those new achievements or outcomes must be demonstrated clearly in the application.
◆ NOTE: Entrants must have one representative from their organisation registered* for the #SEAChanger Awards and present at the Awards Ceremony. * Registration fees may apply.
SEAChanger - SEA Member and Non Member Categories (Organisations)
Preparing and submitting your entry
In order for your entry to be successful, you will need to provide the following information in your submission.
Before you begin completing the online form, we recommend you collate your submission material so that you can simply copy and paste/upload the respective content into the form. Please refer to the list below for the required information, click here to download a Microsoft Word template to collate your entry materials.
MAIN CONTACT for correspondence relating to your entry
• Name
• Organisation
• Postal Address
• Phone
• Email
• Please select the award category you wish to enter
ABOUT YOUR PROJECT/INITIATIVE
• Name of project/initiative (max 40 characters including spaces, please enter as you would wish it to appear on any awards)
• Project Owner (please enter your organisation name as you would wish it to appear on awards)
• Project Overview - 300 words max. NOTE: This information will be used for awards promotions. No score will be assigned to this section. In your response, please address: What challenge was this initiative seeking to address? How did you address the challenge (What did you do)? Who were the main stakeholders? What were the key outcomes/ achievements? What did you learn/what would you change for next time?
• Hero Image - Please provide one main image in LANDSCAPE format that best encapsulates the spirit of your project. We appreciate your efforts to ensure these are high resolution (e.g. 300dpi or minimum file size of 1MB). Note, you may supply additional images in the attachment section.
MEDIA AND PROMOTIONS
• Media Contact (Name, Phone and Email)
• Social Media Tags (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn)
• Please list your local newspaper(s), radio stations and any other media contacts (it would be very helpful if you can provide their social media tags).
ENTRY QUESTIONS
1. Background/motivation (Max 200 words) Describe your community club, facility or organisation, and why you made the decision to become more environmentally responsible.
2. Planning and delivery (Max 400 words) Describe the planning and the delivery of the initiative - What were the steps involved? How was the initiative delivered?
3. Outcomes (Max 400 words) Describe the environmental sustainability initiative, specifically relating to how your efforts focused on one or more of the following areas: water, energy, materials, biodiversity, engagement & education. Illustrate the impact your sustainability efforts have had on your organisation’s use of water, energy or materials and/or its positive contribution to conservation and biodiversity efforts. Try to quantify the increases in efficiency, reduction of resource use, or smarter resource management that has arisen from your initiative. Detail the community engagement and media distribution of your initiative or program (who, what, where, when). Provide a profile snapshot of the engagement across various platforms (e.g. print, digital, audio-visual, social media - follows, likes, viewership, geographical distribution).
4. Wider impact/scope (Max 400 words) What impact has your initiative had on your sports organisation as a whole (e.g. culturally, etc.)? Has it increased awareness of and/or involvement in environmental issues among the wider community? Has it benefited the health of the places where we play and the people who play on them?
SUPPORTING ATTACHMENTS
• To support your entry, you may upload up to 4 attachments (max 10mb each). These may be photographs, documents (e.g. reports), testimonials etc. It will assist the judges if you reference any attachments within your Entry Questions and we encourage you to upload photos and videos as these can be used to promote your project through SEA and other channels. All photos submitted to SEA may be used for promotion and marketing purposes and you must ensure that you have permission from all individuals featured in any photographs prior to submitting your entry.
• You may also link to videos. This can be used to answer ALL OF THE CRITERIA as set out by the online portal.
Selection Criteria
◆ INNOVATION: Is this a first of its kind action? Is what you are doing using cutting edge approaches or technology or out-of-the-box thinking?
◆ HIGH IMPACT: Did your initiative reduce natural resource use? Did your efforts result in biodiversity conservation and/or restoration?
◆ REACH OF IMPACT: How far did your efforts benefit? Did your initiative positively impact the greater community?
◆ MEDIA ENGAGEMENT: Did your work make the news? What channels noticed your efforts? How much coverage did your initiative attract?
◆ COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: Did you get your organisation and/or the greater community involved in what you are doing? Did you better engage and/or educate your community about the importance of our natural environment?
SEAChanger - Individual Leadership Category
Preparing and submitting your entry
Note: Anyone can nominate for this award, and you may nominate someone other than yourself. If a nomination is submitted by someone other than the nominee, you must confirm that the nominee is aware of their nomination..
Before you begin completing the online form, we recommend you collate your submission material so that you can simply copy and paste/upload the respective content into the form. Please refer to the list below for the required information, click here to download a Microsoft Word template to collate your entry materials.
MAIN CONTACT for correspondence relating to your entry
• Name
• Organisation
• Postal Address
• Phone
• Email
• If you are nominating another person, are they are aware that this entry is being made?
ABOUT THE ENTRANT
• Name (max 40 characters including spaces, please enter as you would wish it to appear on any awards)
• Organisation
• Phone
• Email
• Photograph - Please provide one main image in LANDSCAPE format of the entrant. We appreciate your efforts to ensure these are high resolution (e.g. 300dpi or minimum file size of 1MB). Note, you may supply additional images in the attachment section.
MEDIA AND PROMOTIONS
• Media Contact (Name, Phone and Email)
• Social Media Tags (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn)
• Please list your local newspaper(s), radio stations and any other media contacts (it would be very helpful if you can provide their social media tags).
ENTRY QUESTIONS
1. Please provide a brief professional biography (Max 150 words)
2. Please describe the nominee’s combined efforts and achievements in the areas listed in the selection criteria (Max 800 words)
SUPPORTING ATTACHMENTS
• To support your entry, you may upload up to 4 attachments (max 10mb each). These may be photographs, documents (e.g. reports), testimonials etc. It will assist the judges if you reference any attachments within your Entry Questions and we encourage you to upload photos and videos as these can be used to promote your project through SEA and other channels. All photos submitted to SEA may be used for promotion and marketing purposes and you must ensure that you have permission from all individuals featured in any photographs prior to submitting your entry.
• You may also link to videos. This can be used to answer ALL OF THE CRITERIA as set out by the online portal.
Selection Criteria
Nominees must have proven dedication and outstanding contributions in one or more of the following areas:
◆ Proven track record displaying visionary thinking, driving change, or solving problems that have helped to significantly improve environmental outcomes, drive change and or contribute to best practice across the sporting ecosystem.
◆ Demonstrated leadership in cultivating behaviours and implementing solutions that either reduce negative environmental impacts or lead to improved sustainability or regenerative outcomes. Examples may include but are not limited to:
- Championing sustainable behaviours across sport, the supply chain, clientele/patrons and the workplace.
- Motivating individuals and others to explore and improve their personal and organisational relationship with nature and the environment.
- Creative thinking or innovation aimed at conserving or restoring restoring natural resources, or reducing climate impacts.
- Promoting the use of sustainable products, services, and goods across the sector.
- Showcasing measurable examples of serving as a mentor to colleagues or industry peers
◆ Demonstrate environmental leadership and initiative through efforts and partnerships with surrounding communities or organisations working on behalf of the environment.
◆ Serve as an example and through their own practices have minimal impact on the environment and contribute to a more sustainable future.
◆ Entrants in this category must be from within the broader SEA community (ie an employee at a Member, Partner, Associate member, or Friend of SEA).
