Companies from Exeter and East Devon are well represented on the shortlist for the 2014 Devon Environmental Business Initiative Awards.
A total of 55 entries were received in this year's contest, with judges implementing tough criteria to select the finalists in each category.
DEBI chairman Andy Vickery said: "We're delighted to have such a wide range of businesses and educational initiatives from all areas of Devon represented in the shortlist.
"The judges will be visiting all of them over the coming weeks in order to make an informed decision on the outright winners in each category. They also have the hard task of choosing one overall winner."
Exeter's Real Food Store, Devon Cliffs Holiday Park, Larkbeare Grange and Paignton Zoo are finalists in the Sustainable Food, Retail, Hospitality and Leisure category.
Shortlisted for the Green Goods & Services Award are: the Real Food Store; SunGift Solar; Twool and South West Highways. In the Sustainable Ethos category, the finalists are: Devon Cliffs Holiday Park; Otter Nurseries; Exeter Community Initiatives, for the Bike Bank; and Whitehill Country Park.
Environmental Champion candidates include: Felicity Sylvester, of North Devon's Brilliant Fish; Devon Wildlife Trust volunteer Joyce Dignam; Simon Friend, a tutor at South West Energy Centre in Paignton; and Brian O'Brien, park ranger at Devon Cliffs Holiday Park in Exmouth. Finalists in the new category of Environmental Education are: Devon Wildlife Trust; St Sidwell's C of E Primary School in Exeter; Okehampton Primary School and Southwest Beach Schools. Winners will be revealed at a ceremony at the Met Office on Thursday, November 20.
