For the second time, a cooperation of specialist media and management consultancies is presenting the award for the best resource management. Production sites from the automotive and mechanical engineering sectors can apply until May 3. The unique feature of the Lean & Green Efficiency Award is the joint evaluation of environmental and resource issues based on lean management approaches. It recognizes holistic concepts that show that the responsible and efficient use of resources does not depend solely on technical solutions.



"The 2012 award already proved that the consistent combination of lean and green topics can result in annual percentage savings in the double-digit range," says Marcel Hofer, Director Lean & Green at Growtth Consulting Europe: "An enormous savings potential that is still too rarely exploited consistently."



The award ceremony will take place in fall 2013 at the Lean & Green Summit, the congress for intelligent resource management in automotive and mechanical engineering. Awards will be presented in the categories Corporate/OEM and SME for the automotive and mechanical engineering sectors. In addition, a special prize will be awarded for special and outstanding achievements. An independent jury of representatives from science and industry will decide on the winners.



Last year's winners of the Lean & Green Efficiency Award 2012 were Volkswagen Slovakia (OEM category), Griwe Umformtechnik (SME category) and BMW's Landshut light metal foundry (special prize).



The awards are organized by the three trade media "Automobil Industrie", "MM Maschinenmarkt" and "nachhaltige Produktion" as well as the two renowned consulting firms "Growtth Consulting Europe" and "Quadriga Consult". Lean & Green is a tried-and-tested approach from Growtth that combines lean management principles and a consistent increase in resource efficiency in the manufacturing industry.



Background and information can be found at

www.lean-and-green.de/efficiency-award