The 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy; the 30 Hottest Companies in Biobased Chemicals & Materials: nominations open for 2013-14

Hottest Industry Partners, Hottest R&D Partners, Hottest Places in Bioenergy

For 2013-14, the Hottest Industry Partners will be determined via registration within this Hot 50 and Hot 30 competitions. Industry Partners may register their companies as Industry Partners (for example, suppliers) , R&D Partners (for instance, labs and research institutions), or as a Bioenergy Place (for example, a location of a pilot, demo or commercial facility or R&D or HQ site).

This registration will be available via the standard nominating procedure at biofuelsdigest.com – for each nominee, there will be areas to write in the name of a Partner or Place.

Every Partner or Place that has a registered affiliation with a Hot 50 or Hot 30 nominee will pick up ALL that nominee’s votes towards the overall, Partner and Place competitions.

For example, a Research Partner serving three companies that have, respectively, 1200, 1000 and 800 votes in the Hot 50 competition would pick up 3000 votes for itself in the R&D Partner competition.

Write-in votes

All companies that registered for the Hot 50 and Hot 30 Rankings are included in the Official Ballot, but if there is a deserving company that did not register for the Official Ballot, voters are welcome to cast a write-in vote for that company.

Voting criteria

Voters may judge for themselves what makes a company “hot”.

In our view, we believe that “hot” represents an ideal blend of visibility and credibility. Companies that are substantive but unknown may be credible, but they are not hot. Likewise, companies that are widely-known but hyped are visible, but not hot. Hot is not the same as “best” – nor is it the same as “popular” – and the Rankings are neither intended to be a popularity contest nor a quality rating system.

Prohibited voting practices

Voters may not attempt to spam the ballot box through deceptive practices, nor may competing companies organize spam balloting efforts. The Digest reserves the right to reflect any ballot it deems to be the product of a spamming campaign — or to cancel all ballots from that voter, or remove a company from the competition — and such a determination will be made in the Digest’s sole discretion, and its decision is final.

Prohibited voting practices include but are not limited to: creating multiple email or Twitter accounts in order to submit multiple ballots; using faked or borrowed email or Twitter accounts to submit multiple ballots in violation of daily ballot restrictions; or encouraging potential voters to create, borrow to otherwise use multiple email or Twitter accounts in order to submit multiple ballots. In general, any practice designed to prevent a fair ballot is prohibited, and may result in the suspension of a company from the Rankings or the cancellation of any and all ballots which the Digest, in its sole discretion, deems to be tainted.

Permitted voting practices

Companies or individuals may exhort colleagues, friends or the general public to vote for a deserving company – campaigning for a Hot 50 ranking is not prohibited so long as the voting itself is fair and ethical.

Voters are permitted to vote for companies they are personally, directly or indirectly, affiliated with.

The 2012-13 rankings, via the page links below.