[2006 nominees]
2006 Nominee
Linda Loudermilk
2006 Nominee
Lexus RX 400h
2006 Nominee
Dwell Magazine
Nominations are accepted throughout each calendar year, and are sent to SSF by our members. That's right; you have to be a member to nominate your favorite company or organization for an OSSA Award. We're already accepting nominations for the 2007 Awards (for outstanding sustainable style occurring during 2006), so if there's someone you want to nominate for their outstanding sustainable style, click here for more information on SSF annual membership.
Communication & Communication Design
- Dwell Magazine for their Dec 2005/Jan 2006 "Green is Good" Issue
- Greenlight Magazine, for launching their very green online publication
- Sublime, for publishing "the first international ethical lifestyle magazine"
- Salon.com and Rolling Stone for their “Climate Warriors & Heroes” special report
Designed Environments
- Team led by Matthew Coates and Tim Meldrum, for winning the international Cradle to Cradle Home Design and Construction Competition
- Volvo, for building the world’s first co2-free auto plant
- Wal-mart, for opening a green superstore in McKinney, Texas
Entertainment
- Urban Outfitters and Filter Magazine for their CD benefiting UNICEF and tsunami relief
- Cameron Diaz and MTV for the show "Trippin’"
- Destiny's Child for their song "Stand Up," an anthem for World Children's Day
- PBS for their documentary "Global Warming - The Signs and Science" narrated by Alanis Morissette
- Participate Productions and Warner Bros Studios for the movie "Syriana"
Fashion & Beauty
- Linda Loudermilk, for her 2005 lines of eco-coutour clothing featured at New York fashion week, and for opening her eco-boutique in L.A.
- Bono, Ali Hewson and Rogan Gregory for Edun, their line of sweatshop-free apparel
- Druide, for being the first company in North America to have its products certified "ecological and organic"
- Polo Jeans, for their "G.I.V.E. - When Style Meets Substance" Campaign
- SalvationSacks, for starting a company with dedication to recycling through the creation of individually designed accessories
Food & Restaurant
- Starbucks Coffee Co., for purchasing 5% of the kilowatt hours used in 6,376 company-owned stores in North America
- Safeway, for purchasing enough renewable energy to power all the companies fuel stations in the US and 15 grocery stores in San Francisco
- New Belgium Brewery, for using 40% less energy per barrel of output than the average American brewer and supplying 60% of its own power
- Appellation Wine & Spirits, for opening the first wine shop in NYC to focus on selling organic & biodynamic wines
- Bon Appetit Management Company, for sponsoring and organizing the "Eat Local Challenge" where 150,000 diners at restaurants from Seattle to Washington D.C. had the option to eat a 100 percent locally grown meal, made entirely of ingredients from within 150 miles of the kitchen where they are served. The event took place September 29, 2005.
- LocalHarvest.org, for expanding their website directory of local farms, sustainable agriculture, farmer's markets and restaurants to over 9000 sources across the country.
Industrial Design & Consumer Products
- Angela Adams, for producing her rugs in partnership with RUGMARK to end illegal child labor
- Whole Foods Market, for opening their very hip sustainable lifestyle store, the first of its kind, in Hollywood
- McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC) for their Cradle to Cradle certification program
- Apple, for announcing its iPod recycling program
Mobility
- Honda, for introducing the Accord hybrid
- Ford, for introducing the first hybrid SUV, the Escape
- Lexus, for offering the RX400h, the world’s first luxury SUV hybrid
- Mercedes, for offering a vegan option in all their cars
- OZOcar, for offering the first eco-luxury car service in New York City
Sports
- HillBilly Wax-Works for producing the first eco future-friendly ski and snowboard wax
- Stopglobalwarming.org, NativeEnergy, the Philadelphia Eagles and St. Louis Rams for the first climate-neutral football game
- Clif Bar, for partnering with the 2006 Golden Eagle Awards program, which honors the nation’s most eco-friendly ski resorts
Travel
- Airbus, for producing the A380, the world’s most environmentally friendly airplane
- Pineapple Hospitality, for offering dozens of 100-percent biodegradable guest toiletries and other hotel amenities
- Hyatt Hotels, for running two Dallas-area hotels on 100-percent renewable energy
- Royal Carribean, for receiving the Kuoni Travel Group's 2005 Green Planet Award for environmental excellence and innovation
Nonprofit
- National Environmental Trust, Breast Cancer Fund and Breast Cancer Action for their efforts to secure passage of the California Safe Cosmetics Act of 2005
- Architecture for Humanity for Project Re:Build benefitting tsunami victims in Sri Lanka and India, for their post-Hurricane Katrina work, and for working with Kashmir earthquake victims
- Ricky Martin Foundation for his post-tsunami work in Sri Lanka
- American Red Cross and Salvation Army for "Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast" that raised approximately $30 million for relief from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
- The ONE campaign, founded by 11 global non-profits to fight the emergency of global AIDS and extreme poverty.