Each year the GreenSpotLight Awards celebrate the accomplishments of three organizations who demonstrate excellence in sustainable business practices; going above and beyond the requirements of the GreenSpot program. Watch this video to learn more about the program.

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2017 GreenSpotLight Awards

On March 24th the City of Columbus recognized the GreenSpotLight Award winners for their achievements over the past year to help make our community beautiful, healthy, and prosperous. The winners:

Ohio History Connection
The Dawes Arboretum
CeraNet

Councilmember Brown also recognized the recent graduates of the GreenSpot Sustainability Initiative class:

Columbus Fair Auto Auction
Hot Chicken Take Over
IGS Energy
Kaufman Development
MAPFRE Stadium/Columbus Crew
Nestle Quality Assurance Center
Olentangy Paddle

The second half of the program was a climate education session where Councilmember Brown, OSU Byrd Polar Climate and Research Center, and GreenSpot presented on climate impacts to Columbus and what steps households, businesses, and governments can undertake to prepare and mitigate. Attendees were than able to visit the climate education expo where more than a dozen groups that work on the climate issue.

Special thanks to the Columbus Metropolitan Library for hosting the event, and to the sponsors: AEP Ohio, Columbia Gas of Ohio, and SWACO.

Watch the 2017 GreenSpotLight Awards Celebration

-Published on YouTube, March 30, 2017

GreenSpotLight Award Recipients

Each year GreenSpot recognizes three organizations (small, medium, large) who have demonstrated excellence in business practices that produced environmental benefits; going above and beyond the requirements of the program

Check out previous year's recipients below.