Cox Conserves Heroes
Cox Conserves Heroes is part of Cox Enterprises’ national sustainability initiative, designed to recognize youth and adult volunteers, plus nonprofits, making a positive impact on our environment.
The Heroes are actively reducing or reusing carbon/energy and water, or are minimizing waste sent to landfills in line with our company’s own sustainability goals.
The nomination period begins August 2024 and voting begins in October for your favorite Environmental Enthusiast. Our internal council of social impact and environmental leaders will select nine finalists from around the country.
Our 2023 Cox Conserves Heroes Winners
With more than 7,000 votes, we’re excited to share our top three Environmental Enthusiasts, each earning $30,000 to continue growing the good in their communities. Congratulations to Dr. Shikha Bhattacharyya, Cash Daniels and Lifecycle Building Center.
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Cox’s Goals
Cox Conserves has been instrumental in driving meaningful progress toward environmental change. Our goal as a company is to continue to send zero waste to landfill and become carbon and water neutral by 2034.
We believe the path to reaching these goals begins with the simple philosophy that actions, not words, drive success. Our company’s platform, along with the generosity of the James M. Cox Foundation, allows us to support others in achieving these goals.
ACHIEVED
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Criteria + Eligibility
We want to honor volunteers and nonprofits who are actively working to make progress in environmental sustainability while inspiring others to do the same.
To be eligible, nominees must be positively impacting the planet in all of the following areas:
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Individuals of all ages are eligible to be nominated.* For the full list of requirements, please see our FAQ page.
*Nominees who are minors (under age 18) must have a parent or legal guardian’s (“parent”) permission in order to be nominated and parents will be required to sign a permission form.
What Your Nominee Could Win
Annually, the program awards a total of $150,000 from the James M. Cox Foundation to nine non-profits selected by the program’s winners. The program includes three first place grants, three second place grants, and three third place grants. The winner of the nonprofit category receives the Jim Kennedy Conservation Award in honor of Mr. Kennedy, chairman emeritus of Cox Enterprises, chairman of the James M. Cox Foundation, and an environmentalist who started the Cox Conserves sustainability program in 2007.
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Nominations will open in August 2024
Winners will be announced in October. If you still have questions, please review our FAQ page.