Awards Categories and Criteria

THE NATURAL AWARDS

Best New Food Product
Best New Non-Food Product
Best New VMS Product
Best Large Shop
Best Small Shop
Best New Shop
Best New Natural or Organic Packaging Design
Best Natural or Organic Advertising / Marketing Campaign
Sales Representative of the Year

THE ORGANIC AWARDS

Best New Organic Food Product
Best Organic Delivery/Internet Service
Best Small Organic Shop
Best Large Organic Shop

THE SOIL ASSOCIATION AWARDS

Best Organic Textile Product
Best Organic Restaurant
Best Organic Beauty Product

THE Natural Products OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

CRITERIA

DEADLINES FOR ENTRIES
Retail Awards: 2 March
Advertising/Marketing: 16 March
Packaging: 16 March

SELF NOMINATING AWARDS

RETAIL AWARDS

NATURAL
Best Large Shop
Best Small Shop
Best New Shop

ORGANIC
Best Small Organic Shop
Best Large Organic Shop
Best Organic Delivery/Internet Service - Entry Deadline for this category
12 March 2007

These are the industry’s top retailer awards and contain six categories. The awards are self-nominating.

*To qualify as a new shop you must have started trading after April 2006.

*To qualify as an organic retailer or home delivery service, at least 50% of your shop must be given over to organic products (please state exactly what your shop’s percentage is).

*Large shops are recognised as those over 700 sqft.

Support your application with as many details as possible. Judges will be looking for product range and knowledge, shop layout and design, staff training, customer care, local community involvement and innovation. Short listed shops will be visited by one of our judges and the winners selected by our panel of experts.

Best New Packaging Design

A self nominating award for the best packaging innovation run by a company in the natural or organic products sector. Judging is based on the functionality, design aesthetics, shelf prominence and the environmental sustainability of the entry. The design must have been produced between April 2006 and March 2007.

Support your entry with as much information as possible and accompany with the design piece and other promotional materialsuch as press releases, photographs and advertisements.

Best Advertising/Marketing Campaign

This is a self-nominating award for the best trade or consumer campaign run by a company in the natural and organic products sector. The judging is based on the clarity of the design and campaign continuity for campaigns that started between April 2006 and March 2007. Please support your entry with as much information as possible and accompany with copies of advertisements and other promotional material.

SOIL ASSOCIATION ORGANIC AWARDS

This year the Soil Association will be hosting three awards recognising both excellence and a pioneering spirit within the organic sector.

Best Organic Restaurant

In recognition of the growing number of certified organic catering enterprises, this award will be presented to a restaurant showing a high level of commitment to organic sourcing, creative and seasonal menu planning, clear links between the producers/suppliers and the kitchen and exceptional presentation and service by well informed staff.

Best Organic Beauty Product - Entry Deadline for this category 12 March 2007

The Organic Beauty Award is open to any beauty product that is certified as organic by a registered EU organic certification body by the end of 2006. Products will be trialled by a consumer group and the winner decided by a carefully selected judging panel.

Best Organic Textile Product - Entry Deadline for this category 19 March 2007

Open to all certified organic textile and clothing products, the judging panel will be looking for individual ranges and products that demonstrate a high degree of quality, design, functionality and sustainability.

For full criteria and entry details please contact the Soil Association on 0117 3145171 or email events@soilassociation.org

AWARDS JUDGED AT NATURAL and ORGANIC PRODUCTS EUROPE

BEST NEW PRODUCTS

The “best product awards” are voted for by the retailers attending Natural and Organic Products Europe. Voting takes place during Sunday 15 April, at the show, for the best products featured in the NEW PRODUCTS SHOWCASE. A shortlist for each category is produced and the winner decided by a panel of on-site judges. To enter you need to be an exhibitor at the show and have booked your product into the NEW PRODUCTS SHOWCASE. Products launched or re-branded since 1 August 2006 can be entered into one of the four categories below.

Best New Food Product
Best New Non-Food Product
Best New VMS Product
Best New Organic Food Product

AWARDS NOMINATED BY YOU

Sales Representative of the Year

Retailers, this is your chance to vote for your favourite sales person. They must be an individual from one of your suppliers who has visited you over the last year. Your nominee should provide you with great service, have good knowledge and understanding of their product and industry, and give you educational support, reliability and all round good customer care.

Natural Products Outstanding Achievement Award

We invite you to nominate a person for this very special award. It is to recognise someone who has either made a difference to the industry by initiating a high impact project or who has dedicated year’s of transformational service to the sector. Please write to the Show Director, Chris Down, outlining your reasons for nomination – cdown@divcom.co.uk.