Criteria
The award for the most innovative new natural product launched in 2006
The award is offered to any new natural product launched in one or more Southern African countries in 2006 that:
- Represents a genuine innovation (e.g. a completely new product, a new application for an existing product, a significant improvement to an existing product etc.);
- Offers the potential to create equitable income opportunities for poor people; and
- Is based on environmentally sustainable production.
Products will be judged on each of the above criteria and the award will be given to the nominee that the judges feel best meets all of them.
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The award is offered to an individual or a corporate entity in Southern Africa that has played a similarly pioneering role in promoting fair and ethical trading arrangements in the natural products industry. This could be in the form of active engagement in one or more of the following relating to Fair Trade natural products:
- Product research and development;
- Market development;
- Production, processing and/or trade;
- Lobbying, advocacy and/or awareness-raising.
The award will be given to the nominee whom the judges feel has made the greatest contribution towards developing a Fair Trade natural products industry in Southern Africa.
The award for outstanding achievement in the field of environmentally sustainable natural products
The award is offered to an individual or a corporate entity in Southern Africa that has demonstrated a practical and genuine commitment to the ideal of environmentally sustainable natural products. This could be in the form of active engagement in one or more of the following:
- Product research and development;
- Market development;
- Production, processing and/or trade;
- Lobbying, advocacy and/or awareness-raising.
The award will be given to the nominee whom the judges feel has made the greatest contribution towards developing an environmentally sustainable natural products industry in Southern Africa.