NZIFST Food Industry Awards for EXCELLENCE
The New Zealand Institute of Food Science and Technology (the Institute or NZIFST) FOOD INDUSTRY AWARDS are intended to:
 recognize excellence and leadership in innovation and quality in the New Zealand food industry,
promote and foster these qualities, and
enhance the Institute’s involvement with industry.
These awards are open to any company or employee of any sector of the New Zealand food and beverage industry.
The AWARD CATEGORIES are:
EXCELLENCE in INNOVATION
ECOLAB award for EXCELLENCE in ECO-EFFICIENCY
ORICA CHEMNET award for EXCELLENCE in LEADERSHIP
EXCELLENCE in SERVICE
The top three finalists in each award will be announced at the annual NZIFST Conference Awards Dinner each June. These finalists will each receive one ticket to the Awards Dinner. The overall winner in each award will receive a plaque/trophy and $2000 cash prize.
Applications/Nominations for these awards close on 31st March in the year of the award.
Past winners are listed here.
Unless otherwise stated, application/nomination may be made by any interested member, in writing, 1000 words or less, plus supporting documents, and must be accompanied by the relevant completed form. All applications require a declaration that the facts stated are true and the judging panel has the right, at its discretion, to seek independent confirmation of the facts stated in the application.
Unless otherwise specified, the judging panel for each award will be professional and independent and will comprise at least three (3) senior and renowned members of the food industry who are Fellows of NZIFST or recipients of either the JC Andrews or Distinguished Service awards. Full confidentiality of applications will be maintained.
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Sponsorship of each award is available for only $3,000+GST.
BENEFITS to the sponsor include:
 Award naming rights, including logo engraved on award plaque
Two complimentary tickets to the Awards Dinner
Acknowledgement in all awards’ pre and post-presentation publicity
Acknowledgement as a sponsor in all relevant conference publications (includes the conference handbook and Institute journal Food New Zealand)
Professional photography portfolio (on disk) from the awards for sponsor’s own publicity/ use
To discuss your sponsorship please contact rosemary@nzifst.org.nz
EXCELLENCE in INNOVATION AWARD
This award acknowledges a significant new development in a process, product, ingredient, equipment or packaging, which has been commercialised within the last 12 months.
The product /process must have been developed in New Zealand but may be commercially produced off shore.
This award will be presented to an individual or team who is recognised as a major contributor to the innovation.
Nominees do not have to be a member of NZIFST and application/nomination may be made by any interested person
The application should describe
In writing, 1000 words or less, plus supporting documents
The innovation itself and the reasons/events leading to it
Product development processes
Any technical difficulties e.g. in the manufacture of the product
The challenges overcome
Any production efficiencies
Sales achieved and when sales first started and/or date and place of patent issue
Application form with details:
Food Industry Awards - INNOVATION 
ECOLAB EXCELLENCE in ECO-EFFICIENCY AWARD
The Eco-Efficiency Award recognises businesses achieving environmental resource efficiencies along with waste reduction.
Businesses working to improve resource and waste management efficiencies bring about benefits that enhance our Economic, Social, and Environmental responsibility.
This award is open to any food or beverage company manufacturing within New Zealand.
This award will be presented to a representative of the winning company or site.
Examples of activities
Changes in processing or practices or the introduction of innovative technologies leading to:
significant water savings and/or liquid waste reduction
significant reductions in solid waste disposal
significant reductions in energy use and greenhouse gas emissions
significant reductions in chemical requirements
Nominees do not have to be a member of NZIFST and application/nomination may be made by any interested person
The application should describe
In writing, 1000 words or less, plus supporting documents
1. The core business or activities of your business, clearly outlining the waste management or environmental plans and policies that identify your waste or resourcing issues and give examples.
2. The water, energy or waste audits/counts undertaken and the frequency of these and supply examples
3. Your initiatives or programmes to minimise waste or to improve resource efficiency.
4. The waste reductions or resource efficiencies you have achieved (i.e. kg, kw, volumes, cost = savings.) and give evidence
5. How your purchasing decisions support the organisation’s waste reduction or resource efficiency objectives and supply examples
Application form with details:
Food Industry Awards - ECO-EFFICIENCY
ORICA CHEMNET EXCELLENCE in LEADERSHIP AWARD
This award recognises an individual for their leadership in one or more areas or events.
These areas or events include but are not limited to:
Managing a project
Emergency response in the face of adversity
Change management
Motivational
General day to day leadership (but not necessarily in job title)
There is no minimum or maximum time duration for the leadership role/event from which the person is nominated.
New Zealand residency rules apply to all individual nominees but the nominees do not have to be a member of NZIFST. Nomination may be by any interested person
Your application should describe
In writing, 1000 words or less, plus supporting documents
The event/activity etc in which the nominee has demonstrated leadership excellence.
The leadership characteristics demonstrated by the nominee.
Application form with details:
Food Industry Awards - LEADERSHIP
ORICA is one of the leading publicly-owned companies listed on the Australia stock exchange, with a proud tradition of leadership, innovation, quality and safety. Orica employs more than 15,500 people in around 50 different countries
Our four business platforms are leaders in their chosen markets.
Mining Services - World’s leading supplier of commercial explosives and blasting systems
Minova - Global leader in tunnelling and underground mine support products
Chemicals - A major supplier and trader of chemicals who provide outstanding logistics, service and technology to the water treatment, mining, industrial and food industries both in New Zealand and around the world.
Consumer Products - Leading premium brands supported by world class innovation capability
Our products, brands and services can be trusted for their reliability, range and quality. Orica Chemnet New Zealand is committed to working with its customers, to ensure continued growth and success in their business. We believe that only by engaging with our customers to help them innovate, achieve efficiencies and grow their business can we succeed in ours.
EXCELLENCE in SERVICE AWARD
This award is to acknowledge and recognise service suppliers to the food industry and will be awarded based on their innovation or customer service.
Examples of qualifying service include but are not limited to:
Exemplary service
Reliability or Responsiveness
Longevity
Problem solving
Technical knowledge and assistance
Complaint resolution
Follow-up
The award may be presented to an individual, a team, a site or the company as a whole.
Nominees do not have to be a member of NZIFST and application/nomination may be made by any interested person
Your application should describe
In writing, 1000 words or less, plus any supporting documents
A general description of the service supplier being nominated
The innovation or service for which the nomination is being made
Application form with details:
Food Industry Awards - SUPPLIER
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