Competition
& Jury
Sustainability Wins
Competition Process
You can find out about the participation conditions for the categories on the website. Submit the online short application form by November 30th, 2022 to take part in the competition.
The jury evaluates the short applications and, based on the results, invites participants to write a full application which must be submitted by January 31th, 2023. If required, the jury offers coaching for this process.
The jury evaluates the full applications and selects the finalists (shortlist). The finalists will present their initiatives to the jury on March 9th, 2023, after which the jury will deliberate on the winners of the Eco Performance Award 2023.
The winners of the award will be honoured at an exclusive digital award ceremony. All shortlisted candidates will be invited to this event on March 22th, 2023.
Application Announcement
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Categories & Application Requirements 2023
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Participants must have a clear relation to all three dimensions of sustainability as well as an obligatory relation to road freight transport (e.g. multimodal transport, value added services etc.).
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Participants must have an official office in Europe.
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The submitted concepts and projects must have been implemented in practice.
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The EPA 2023 sets a particular focus on digital support within the submitted concepts and projects.
Large
Companies
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Disposition sovereignty over a truck fleet is mandatory.
Small & Medium-Sized Enterprises
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Disposition sovereignty over a truck fleet is mandatory.
Start-ups
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Start-ups may not be older than five years, must have highly innovative ideas and constant growth, but do not require disposition sovereignty over a fleet of trucks.
Transformer of the Year
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This category rewards particularly sustainable transformation processes in road freight transport, also based on digital solutions, regardless of the size of the company. No dispatching sovereignty over a truck fleet is required.
Jury
The careful checking of incoming concepts is carried out by an experienced specialist jury. The jury of experts consists of of respected members from different practical backgrounds and the scientific sector. Under the chairmanship of Professor Dr. Wolfgang Stölzle (Managing Director of the Institue for Supply Chain Management at the University of St. Gallen), the winners of the Eco Performance Awards are selected according to various evaluation criteria.
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Stölzle
Executive Director of Institute of Supply Chain Management, University of St. Gallen
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Prof. Dr. Dirk Engelhardt
Chairman of the Board of the Bundesverband Güterkraftverkehr Logistik und Entsorgung (BGL) e.V.
Frankfurt/M., Germany
Peter Förster
Founder of Transporeon GmbH
Ulm, Germany
Dr.-Ing. Guido Herale
Head of Supply Chain Management & Logistics Europe, Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
Herzogenaurach, Germany
Annika Lorenz
Head of Fleet Solutions Germany, Replacement Tires at Continental AG
Hannover, Germany
Bernd Melcher
Managing Director at KRAVAG-SACH Versicherung des Deutschen Kraftverkehrs VaG
Hamburg, Germany
Volker Möller
Managing Director at Venkinto GmbH
Karlsruhe, Germany
Andreas Müller
Publisher and Editor at Loginfo24
Basel, Switzerland
Dr. Gerhard Schulz
Chairman of the Board at Toll Collect GmbH
Berlin, Germany
Initiators & Partners
The Eco Performance Award as an independent seal of quality is funded by the consortium of Eco Performance Award Partners.
The cooperation with the Institut for Supply Chain Management at the University of St. Gallen enables the professional assessment and evaluation of all received application concepts thanks to extensive know-how and expertise.
In addition, the Institute for Supply Chain Management represents an international platform for scientific and practical dialogue in the logistics, supply chain management and traffic sectors.
The Eco Performance Award has been able to acquire a strong premium partner with the renowned company of Transporeon, that complies with the ideals of the Award and further emphasises the importance of the award. Further business partners include BGL, Continental, KRAVAG-LOGISTIC and Schaeffler. As global players, these companies and associations provide the Eco Performance Award with valuable stimuli and promote its establishment at international levels.
