The award was created in the context of CORTICEIRA AMORIM’smembership of the European Business & Biodiversity Initiative and the memorandum entered into by and between the NFA – National Forest Authority, the ICNB – Institute for Nature Conservation and Biodiversity, QUERCUS and WWF – World Wildlife Fund, with the aim of increasing people’s awareness about the enhancement of the value and sustainability of the cork oak and associated biodiversity.