Sustainability Award
The Sustainability Award recognizes companies in BC that export and have shown leadership in integrating the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainability into their internal management practices and that promote the principles of sustainability.
Eligibility:
- Must be a BC registered company
- Produce goods and/or services that have significant Canadian benefits
- Have earned foreign revenue in excess of $100,000 in the past fiscal year
- Have been in business for more than three years and exporting for a minimum of 2 years
- Established a presence in one or more geographic markets
The successful nominees will have the following attributes, namely:
- Have a sound capital base with sufficient working capital to support their export activity
- Demonstrated significant year-to-year percentage growth in value of export sales or increased sales volume over the past year
- Demonstrated ability to overcome obstacles or other unique challenges in entering new international market(s)
- Demonstrated quality of their export plan through use of innovation and strategies to promote brand awareness in their export market(s)
- Shown notable growth in their overall business as a direct result of their export activities