Hi everyone,

My name is Emily and I work with Bosch Home Appliances here in Canada.

I came across this site when doing a search for eco-leaders and thought I might find a few here.

This year, Bosch is looking to celebrate people who are really making a difference for the environment in their community. With this, they have launched the Canadian Eco-Leader Award. The award will recognize the great work that Canadians communities are instigating to create greener, more sustainable lifestyles for themselves, their families, neighbours and for future generations.

You can nominate someone until September 19th, 2010 by visiting www.bosch-home.ca and clicking on the Canadian Eco-Leader Award tab.

The selected Eco-Leader will receive $5,000 – The Bosch Eco-lution Fund – to help advance the cause of environmental responsibility and will also be awarded a mentoring opportunity with Bosch representatives, Dr. David Bell and select environmental and sustainability experts.

I hope you find this of interest. Good luck to everyone who enters and please feel free to ask me any questions on this thread.

Emily

I hear that this site is owed by a Canadian company but I think most of the members here are US based. I think the award you listed is pretty cool. Any program like that in the US?

Are you looking for individuals or organizations to honor?

Hi everyone, nominees can be any individual Canadian, a not-for-profit organization, community group or a member of a small business with an environmentally-focused grassroots project/business/initiative/activity, etc. that meets the judging criteria

Hi there,

I just work with the Canadian company. There is a Bosch Home Appliance facebook page for the US that provides updates about their programs if you are interested.

The company that runs this site is Canadian isn't it. Engineering.com. I guess they are probably too big to be considered though.

Posted By hippie on 07 Jun 2010 05:15 AM
The company that runs this site is Canadian isn't it. Engineering.com. I guess they are probably too big to be considered though.

Hi there,

Companies can enter - they just have to fit within the requirements. See below:

# Nominees can be any individual Canadian, a not-for-profit organization, community group or a member of a small business with an environmentally focused grassroots project/business/initiative/activity, etc. that meets the judging criteria
# Each grassroots project/business/initiative/activity, etc. must be beneficial/helpful to their respective communities in an environmental capacity
# Government agencies and individuals associated with large corporations/organizations (consisting of over 10 employees or 20 members) are not eligible

I think it might be that last one that knocks out Engineering.com as a participant, but I am sure they have seen this and looked into whether or not thew could submit.

Hey while you're here why don't you tell us what makes Bosch a green company?

Posted By chloe on 09 Jun 2010 05:01 PM
Hey while you're here why don't you tell us what makes Bosch a green company?

Sure :)

Bosch has a long-standing legacy for environmental and corporate social responsibility and has been committed to enhancing its position as a leader in environmental and sustainable production for over forty years. Bosch has made a serious commitment to exemplify environmental and corporate responsibility both in our day-to-day business and through innovation.

Bosch practices low-impact manufacturing processes while designing the most efficient machines on the market. Some examples of this commitment:

- Helping suppliers to locate near the factories to reduce carbon footprint
- Converting to high efficiency lighting in its factories
- Recycling solvents and coatings used in mfg. processes
- Working with suppliers to design re-usable parts packaging to reduce waste
- Increasing quality control, because fewer defects means reduced service visits, fewer returns and reduced carbon output as a result
- Changing to longer shifts where heat-generating processes are involved, to reduce waste from heat-up times each shift

Bosch has also introduced a global integrated management system for environmental issues that makes certain we maintain our high standards for environmental responsibility – a principle that permeates the entire product lifecycle, from manufacture through to disposal.

As a participant of the ENERGY STAR program, Bosch is now the only manufacturer offering entire lines of ENERGY STAR qualified products in the refrigeration, dishwasher and clothes washer categories.

If you are curious to see more details our sustainability reports are available online as well.

Thanks for your interest!

Emily

here's the link http://www.bosch.com/content/langua...l/4197.htm

Sounds like you guys are really into this. Have you tried to incorporate Cradle-2-Cradle ideals into any product line? I think this would be really cool for an appliance company do get on that list.

Our site 'Green Technology Inside' gives a really good insight on how we are committed to sustainability from concept to crate and beyond. If you are interested, check in out here:

http://microsites.boschappliances.c...mpany.aspx

Thanks again for the interest. It's great to hear that there is so much interest in sustainability.

Would anyone from Bosch be interested in uploading some models into the BIM catalogs? There are some from Maytag there. It would be great to be able to incorporate Bosch's Green Technology into green home design as well!!

I like Bosch products. I have a hard time convincing some of my clients that Bosch is just as good as the names they are used to hearing, but because of some of your website and literature information it has been easier. I like your commitment to sustainability but it does seem that almost all the appliance companies are getting on board and the competition at the sustainable level is getting pretty crowded.

Posted By archdesigns on 16 Jun 2010 12:55 AM
I like Bosch products. I have a hard time convincing some of my clients that Bosch is just as good as the names they are used to hearing, but because of some of your website and literature information it has been easier. I like your commitment to sustainability but it does seem that almost all the appliance companies are getting on board and the competition at the sustainable level is getting pretty crowded.

There definitely have been many companies that have decided to take a more sustainable approach to their products, which is fantastic. What few people do know is that Bosch has been doing so for over 40 years - and that's something we are extremely proud of.

I really appreciate your feedback and am glad the links I've posted have been helpful. If you have any other suggestions you would like to share, we would love to hear them.

Posted By Livingstone on 14 Jun 2010 04:56 PM
Would anyone from Bosch be interested in uploading some models into the BIM catalogs? There are some from Maytag there. It would be great to be able to incorporate Bosch's Green Technology into green home design as well!!

Thanks for the tip. I'm going to take a look into this now.

Posted By BoschHomeAppliances on 16 Jun 2010 10:13 AM

Posted By Livingstone on 14 Jun 2010 04:56 PM
Would anyone from Bosch be interested in uploading some models into the BIM catalogs? There are some from Maytag there. It would be great to be able to incorporate Bosch's Green Technology into green home design as well!!

Thanks for the tip. I'm going to take a look into this now.

So how would we upload the information? I can't seem to find any direction on this.

I will forward your information to our product team and they should be in contact with you. Thank you for your interest in adding your materials to our database.

Bosch, for future reference we do not allow advertising on the site. I am talking more specifically about your the post in response to a request for more information about your company. Because it was a request, we will allow this post to remain on the site. In the future we do have a "Resource Depot" section that can be used for promotions.

Thank you for being an active member of our forums. Its important to get all views from the newbie individuals to the experienced large corporations.