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SEAL Awards are an environmental advocacy organization that uses annual awards for businesses and journalists to support environmental initiatives and to fund grants in the field of policy research. The name is an acronym for sustainability, environmental achievement, and leadership. [1] The Awards were created in 2017 by businessman Matt Harney. [2]

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Award categories

Business Sustainability Awards

These awards honor corporate sustainability initiatives, sustainable products, and environmentally responsible innovation. Application fees for this award fund social impact campaigns and research grants. [3] [4]

Environmental Journalism Awards

Twelve journalists each year receive recognition for environmental reporting, particularly investigative journalism. [5] Past award winners include writers for traditional news media such as The Guardian [6] [7] and more recent, web-based platforms like Grist [8] [9] [10] and Mongabay. [11] [12] [13]

Impact Campaigns

SEAL Awards have advocated for the creation of a credit card whose interchange fees would pay into climate change programs rather than a traditional credit rewards program, [14] targeted cup waste in the Starbucks café chain [15] and Yelp reviews of restaurants using plastic straws, [16] and endorsed Jay Inslee for the 2020 United States presidential campaign. [17] The environmental rewards credit card was presented as an open-source concept in a detailed business case launch memo. [18]

Environmental Research Grants

The research award is a monetary grant for graduate students and post-doctoral researchers at the beginning of their careers in environmental policy. [19] [20]

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  2. ↑ "The Seal Awards". SEALAwards.com. The Seal Awards. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
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  11. ↑ "Mongabay founder wins environmental journalism award". Mongabay.com. Mongabya. 22 February 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  12. ↑ "Mongabay reporters recognized with SEAL Awards". Mongabay.com. Mongabya. 15 February 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  13. ↑ "Karla Mendes - Board Candidate 2023". SEJ.org. Society of Environmental Journalists. 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  14. ↑ "IMPACT CAMPAIGN: CREATING AN ECO REWARDS CARD – TRUE VALUE CREATION". SEALAwards.com. The Seal Awards. 30 July 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  15. ↑ "IMPACT CAMPAIGN: SEAL CALLS ON STARBUCKS TO #UPTHECUP". SEALAwards.com. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  16. ↑ "IMPACT CAMPAIGN: SEAL AWARDS WANTS YELP'S LISTINGS TO #SUCKLESS". SEALAwards.com. 8 April 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
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  18. ↑ "Re: Creating An Eco Rewards Card - True Value Creation - Legacy-Defining, Generational Corporate Opportunity To Grow Profits While Transforming Funding For Environmental Causes" (PDF). SEALAwards.com. The SEAL Awards. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
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