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Food & Fibre Gippsland Excellence in Agribusiness Awards

2020 Entry Application Form:

HOW TO ENTER

Entries close Thursday 25 June 2020.

To enter, simply fill out this interactive entry form - it can be filled out on your computer, saved and submitted. The entry form is available in both PDF & Word.doc format. Entries can be submitted via link or emailed to [email protected]

All entrants will complete: - 2 general questions about their past achievements (last 3-5 years)- 1 general question about their future plans (next 3 years)- 2 specific questions per category – please enter as many categories as appropriate

to your agribusiness

All questions have a limit of 300 words maximum. Further insight can be detailed in person during the on-site visits during the final stage of judging.

JUDGING PROCESS

Head Judge, Paul Ford, will facilitate a group of judges that will play the role of an independent board and assess the questions against a balanced scorecard. The scorecard will be used to create a shortlist of finalists for further onsite interviews and questions. The judging panel will aim to identify the entrants and subsequent winners that display a) strongest track record and b) who can present clear strategy for the future of their agribusiness.

JUDGING SCORECARD

The judges will be looking at past achievements (last 3-5 years) and forward planning (next 3 years) for your agribusiness. The following criteria will be assessed:

Achievements over the past 3-5 years: - Collaboration & Innovation- Operational Excellence- Environment & Sustainability- Community Engagement- Capability & Development

70 % 30 % 10 % 10 % 10 % 10 %

Plans for the next 3 years: - Collaboration & Innovation- Operational Excellence- Environment & Sustainability- Community Engagement- Capability & Development

30 % 10 % 5 % 5 % 5 % 5 %

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AWARD CATEGORIES KPMG Agribusiness of the Year This Award is the centrepiece and highest accolade of the Awards program. The prize is a scholarship to attend KPMG’S Agri-Food Tech Traction Tour – a 7 day international tour that will offer an opportunity to access unique insight to emerging agribusiness technology from a leading agri-food location around the world. (valued at $15,000).

Australian Rural Leadership Foundation Young Agribusiness Leader of the Year This Award recognises an agribusiness leader in the region who is 35 years or younger and who has achieved excellence in their field and demonstrated leadership, courage, passion and foresight while contributing to the agribusiness industry and region. The prize is the opportunity to complete a Training Rural Australians In Leadership (TRAIL) course run by the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation (valued at $10,000).

Leadership Victoria Female Agribusiness Leader of the Year This Award recognises a female Gippsland leader who has achieved excellence in her field and demonstrated leadership, courage, passion and foresight while contributing to the agribusiness industry and region. The recipient will take part in the Women’s Leadership Program run by Leadership Victoria (valued at $6,000).

Agriculture Victoria Excellence in Service to the Food & Fibre Industry This Award recognises an individual service provider within the Gippsland region that has provided outstanding performance or volunteer work. (i.e. vet, mechanic, agronomist, specialist, consultant).

Bass Coast Shire Excellence in Sustainability This Award recognises sustainable farming practices, methods and water usage techniques that are profitable, environmentally sound and good for the local region.

Baw Baw Shire Council Excellence in Workforce Capability This Award recognises companies that are striving to be an employer of choice through proactive retention, improving talent with training and delivering capability. The agribusiness also has a strong focus on positive workplace culture and is working with local communities and education providers to source and train local workers for regional jobs.

Commonwealth Bank Excellence in Entrepreneurship This Award recognises a single individual displaying entrepreneurial spirit, vision and innovation to develop and drive a unique and successful thriving service, business, product or outcome.

Dyers Excellence in Food & Drink Manufacturing (> 10 employees) This Award recognises medium-large food and drink companies located in Gippsland that have delivered the best manufacturing returns for the business, their customers & potentially the wider industry.

East Gippsland Shire Council Excellence in Fibre Industry This Award recognises agribusinesses that produce timber, wool or hemp and/or create related products (including packaging) while demonstrating sustainable resourcing, excellence & innovation.



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Federation University Excellence in Research & Development This Award recognises an individual or team that have conducted progressive research and development which contributes, benefits and has a wider impact on the local Gippsland region.

Latrobe City Council Excellence in Small Food & Drink Manufacturing (< 10 employees) This Award recognises smaller food and drink companies that have delivered the best manufacturing returns for the business, their customers & potentially the wider industry.

National Australia Bank Excellence in Innovation This Award recognises agribusinesses that implement excellent use of technology, new business models or farming systems to improve efficiency and best practice for their operation.

South Gippsland Shire Excellence in Exporting This Award recognises the success of agribusinesses that have tapped into international market share by significant increase in product export or penetrated new export markets.

Southern Rural Water Excellence in Safety This Award recognises an agribusiness that promotes, protects and demonstrates best practice in health and safety in the workplace including compliance to standards, training, biosecurity and operational procedures.

TAFE Gippsland Excellence in Collaborative Partnerships This Award recognises agribusinesses that have joined forces, exchanged ideas and are working in ways that are more connected, sustainable and collaborative to facilitate innovation and therefore helping position Gippsland within the local and global food and fibre value chains.

Wellington Shire Council Excellence in Adaption to Change This Award recognises farming operations and local agribusinesses that have adapted to internal or external change, proven resilience and/or overcome environmental challenges such as drought, fire, pests and climate change.



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AWARD CATEGORY, Excellence in: (please box/s you wish to enter)

X Agribusiness of the Year (all entries) Young Agribusiness Leader of the Year

Female Agribusiness Leader of the Year Service to the Food & Fibre Industry

Sustainability Workforce Capability

Entrepreneurship Food & Drink Manufacturing (> 10 employees)

Fibre Industry Research & Development

Food & Drink Manufacturing (< 10 employees)

Innovation

Exporting Safety

Collaborative Partnerships Adaption to Change

CONTACT DETAILS

Business Name: _________________________________________________

Business Address: _______________________________________________

Website: _______________________________________________________

Contact Person: _________________________________________________

Position: _______________________________________________________

Phone:_________________________ Mobile: ________________________

Email: _________________________________________________________

Media Contact: _________________________________________________

Mobile:_________________________ Email: ________________________

Business start date: ______________________________________________

Number of employees: ____________________________________________

Food & Fibre Gippsland Excellence in Agribusiness Awards 2020 Entry Application Form:

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GENERAL QUESTIONS – ALL ENTRANTS

All entrants should answer the following questions:

Achievements over past 3-5 years:

1. Detail what is your business, what have you achieved (financial, productivity, sustainability, community, development, expansion and/or diversification, geographical) and what is unique in the product, process or service you have created?


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2. What is important to your operation and how is your agribusiness being a driver of

change for the Gippsland region?


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Plans for the next 3 years:

1. What are the three main outcomes or changes you are committing to deliver in the next three years to improve your agribusiness?



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CATEGORY QUESTIONS – PLEASE ANSWER AS MANY QUESTIONS RELEVANT TO YOUR AGRIBUSINESS

YOUNG AGRIBUSINESS LEADER OF THE YEAR (Entrants must be 35 years of age or under at time of entry).

1. How long have you been employed in agribusiness, what is your role and howhave you demonstrated leadership in this role?



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2. List three things that set you apart from other emerging leaders in the region



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FEMALE AGRIBUSINESS LEADER OF THE YEAR

1. Describe how you have achieved excellence in your field/business/region andways you have demonstrated leadership skills.



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2. List three contributions you have made to the Gippsland agribusiness sector.



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EXCELLENCE IN SERVICE TO THE FOOD & FIBRE INDUSTRY

1. What type of service do you provide to Gippsland’ food & Fibre industry?



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2. Give three examples of when you have provided outstanding work,performance, solutions or volunteered time that have made a difference to theclient or region.



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EXCELLENCE IN SUSTAINABILITY

1. Explain how you have implemented sustainable farming practices, methodsand water usage techniques that are profitable and environmentally sound.



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2. Please provide examples where you have demonstrated sustainableleadership or been environmentally responsible for the greater good of thewider Gippsland region.



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EXCELLENCE IN WORKFORCE CAPABILITY

1. Give three examples of how your agribusiness is striving to be an employer ofchoice through proactive retention, improving talent with training, creating apositive workplace culture and delivering capability.



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2. Detail ways your agribusiness has committed to supporting and encouraginglocals, including youth, onto positive pathways in the food and fibre sector forthe region.



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EXCELLENCE IN ENTRPRENEURSHIP

1. What service, business, product or outcome have you developed and how is itunique and successful?



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2. What are your aspirations for yourself and your idea/product/agribusiness inthe next 5 years?



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EXCELLENCE IN FOOD & DRINK MANUFACTURING (questions are for both the small < 10 employees & large >10 employees categories)

1. Please provide details of your food or drink product lines currently beingproduced and supply chain models that maximise productivity and profitability.



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2. How does your food or drink company promote Gippsland as a vibrant regionin which to produce and manufacture safe, nutritious and exciting foodand drink for global markets?



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EXCELLENCE IN FIBRE INDUSTRY

1. What does your agribusiness produce?



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2. Please provide examples of how you have recently improved the operation -either by innovation, improved environmental outcomes, yield increases etc



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EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

1. What progressive research and development have you and/or your teamconducted?



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2. How does this research contribute, impact and benefit the Gippsland region?

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EXCELLENCE IN INNOVATION

1. How has your agribusinesses adopted and implemented technology, newbusiness models or farming systems to improve efficiency and best practice?



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2. Please explain the types of improvements, outcomes and benefits to youragribusiness driven by this technology and innovation (ex: financial,environmental, productivity, efficiency etc).



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EXCELLENCE IN EXPORTING

1. Please detail your existing export capability – what are your internationalmarkets, product lines and supply chain models etc.



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2. Detail ways you are hoping to penetrate new markets in the near future – howand where will you increase your market share?



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EXCELLENCE IN SAFETY

1. How does your agribusiness promote, protect and demonstrate best practice inhealth and safety?



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2. Detail three examples of the compliance, training, operational procedures orbiosecurity measures you have implemented?



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EXCELLENCE IN COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS

1. How and with who have you joined forces, exchanged ideas and worked incollaborative ways?



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2. What’s the importance of this collaborative partnership and how will youcontinue to work together in the future?



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EXCELLENCE IN ADAPTION TO CHANGE

1. How and why has your agribusiness adapted to internal or external change?



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2. Give three examples of how your agribusiness has proven resilience and/orovercome environmental challenges.



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REFEREES:

We will not be contacting referees until the final stage of judging. You will be advised if you have been selected as a finalist and asked for further approval to contact your referees listed below.

Referee 1

Name: _______________________________________________________________

Phone: _______________________________________________________________

Email: _______________________________________________________________

Referee 2

Name: _______________________________________________________________

Phone: _______________________________________________________________

Email: _______________________________________________________________

TERMS & CONDITIONS:

I have read, understood and agree to the Terms & Conditions outlined on the Food & Fibre Gippsland website relevant to entering the Excellence in Agribusiness Awards.

ADDITIONAL INFO FOR FOOD & FIBRE GIPPSLAND PROJECTS:

Does your agribusiness have any interest in exporting? Yes No Maybe N/A Do you need assistance with workplace capability? Yes No Maybe

FURTHER INFORMATION

Kate Gunn Wellington Shire Council - Agribusiness Promotions & Strategy [email protected]

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2020 SPONSORS Without the generous support of our proud prize partners and award sponsors, Food & Fibre Gippsland would not be able to run such a successful Awards program. We would like to thank and acknowledge:

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