TRIGOS price
The TRIGOS Prize is an Austrian award for responsible business.
The TRIGOS has been awarded both nationally and regionally since 2004. By 2019, around 2,100 companies had submitted pioneering projects and around 270 were awarded. In the years it was awarded, the award has become the most important CSR award in Austria. The supporting organizations of TRIGOS 2019 are Caritas , the Austrian Red Cross , the environmental umbrella organization , the Federation of Industry , the Chamber of Commerce , and respACT - austrian business council for sustainable development.
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The sustainability triangle with the economic, ecological and social side should flow into the naming and so the decision was made on the made-up word Trigos. Tri stands for "three" and thus also for the three sides of the sustainability triangle.
Categories
In 2019 the TRIGOS will be awarded in 6 categories:
- Exemplary projects
- Employee initiatives
- International commitment
- Regional value creation
- Social Innovation & Future Challenges
- Climate protection
Special Price
From 2007 to 2011, in addition to the categories listed above, a special prize was awarded for important social issues. Those were:
- 2007: Equal Opportunities in the 21st Century
- 2008: Migration and Integration
- 2009: Equal opportunities for women and men
- 2010: Measures against poverty and social disadvantage
- 2011: volunteering
Since 2018, an honorary award has been given to an international personality with outstanding commitment to responsibility and sustainability:
- 2018: Bas by Abel (Fairphone)
- 2019: Antje von Dewitz (VAUDE)
Participating federal states
Not all federal states take part in the regional awards. Current (2019)
- TRIGOS Carinthia (since 2010)
- TRIGOS Lower Austria (since 2011)
- TRIGOS Upper Austria (since 2012)
- TRIGOS Styria (since 2010)
- TRIGOS Tirol (since 2011)
Individual evidence
- ↑ TRIGOS final documentation 2004 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Retrieved Feb. 6, 2012
- ↑ TRIGOS: Brief descriptions of the categories 2019. In: TRIGOS - The award for business with responsibility. Retrieved June 17, 2019 .
- ↑ TRIGOS: Winner Archive. In: TRIGOS - The award for business with responsibility. Retrieved June 17, 2019 .
- ↑ TRIGOS Lower Austria on the side of the Lower Austrian provincial government; Retrieved February 7, 2012
- ↑ TRIGOS Tirol 2012 ( Memento of the original from January 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the side of the Tyrolean provincial government; Retrieved February 7, 2012
