Finalists 2023
Congratulations to all 74 finalists in each of the nine Awards categories.
Award Finalists 2023
Congratulations to all finalists of the 2023 Sustainable Business Awards! They span sectors from food and beverage to education, health, forestry and energy.
SPONSORED BY NZI
Sustainability Superstar Award
Sustainability Superstar Award
FINALISTS
- Gary & Adrienne Dalton - Te Whangai Trust
- Jacinta Fitzgerald - Mindful Fashion New Zealand
- Jasmine Faulkner - Phoenix Metalman Recycling
- John Berry – Pathfinder Asset Management
- Kath Dewar - GoodSense
- Kirsten Patterson - Institute of Directors
- Lizzi Whaley - Spaceworks Interior Architecture
- Louise Nash – Circularity
- Dr Robert Burrell - Te Whatu Ora – Counties Manukau
SPONSORED BY STUFF
Communicating for Impact Award
Communicating for Impact Award
FINALISTS
- Better Packaging Co.
- Pathfinder Asset Management
- Predator Free New Zealand Trust
- University of Waikato
- With Wild, Citizen, BurgerFuel & Fiordland Wapiti Foundation
SPONSORED BY MAS
Social Impactor Award
Social Impactor Award
FINALISTS
- AWWA Period Care
- Boma New Zealand
- Debt Managers
- Digital Wings
- Kāinga Ora
- Money Sweetspot
- Rangi Ruru Girls' School
- Te Whangai Trust
- The Good Registry
- Trade Aid
Going Circular Award
FINALISTS
- Beca
- BLUNT
- Caffology
- Circularity
- Emerge Fertiliser by Watercare
- Havana Coffee Works
- Mutu
- Solid
- The ReCreators
- The Sustainable Care Company (Cleanery)
- Wilson & Ross
SPONSORED BY WAKA KOTAHI
Climate Action Leader Award
Climate Action Leader Award
FINALISTS
- Aro Ha Wellness Retreat
- DETA
- eCoast
- Ecotricity
- Lawson's Dry Hills
- Nature's Flame
- solarZero
- Tāmata Hauhā
- The Institute of Directors’ Chapter Zero New Zealand
SPONSORED BY MINISTRY FOR BUSINESS, INNOVATION & EMPLOYMENT
Outstanding Collaboration Award
Outstanding Collaboration Award
FINALISTS
- Again Again + Lion
- B Lab Australia & Aotearoa New Zealand and New Zealand Trade and Enterprise
- Beautification Trust, EcoMatters Environment Trust, Kaipātiki Project & Waiheke Resources Trust
- Eco-Action Nursery Trust, Ōtautahi-Christchurch & Waitaha-Canterbury community
- Fair Food + Farro Fresh
- Hastings District Council, Connect Community Trust and Anglican Care Waiapu
- Trade Aid, Hummingbird, Atomic & L’affare
- Urban Miners
- With Wild, Citizen, BurgerFuel & Fiordland Wapiti Foundation
- Zero Food Waste Challenge, Aotearoa
SPONSORED BY NEW WORLD
Good Food Award
Good Food Award
FINALISTS
- Fair Food
- Meadow Mushrooms
- Red Shoots
- The Sustainable Food Co
- Trade Aid
- Yum
SPONSORED BY MINISTRY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
Regenerating Nature Award
Regenerating Nature Award
FINALISTS
- Banks Peninsula Conservation Trust + Lyttelton Port Company
- CarbonCrop
- Forever Forests
- Manaaki Kaimai Mamaku Trust + Department of Conservation
- NEO Leaders
- Reconnecting Northland
- South Wairarapa Veterinary Services
- Te Whangai Trust
SPONSORED BY TAX MANAGEMENT NEW ZEALAND
Change Maker Award
Change Maker Award
FINALISTS
- Aidan Smith - Shutl
- Frankie McKeefry - Près Strategy
- Katie Glasgow-Palmer - Action Manufacturing
- Nelson Harper - Precycle NZ
- Scott Waddell - Mataura Valley Milk
Transforming New Zealand Award
WINNER: Karma Drinks
PAST WINNERS
2022 Karma Drinks
2021 Community Finance
2020 Tahi
2019 Little Yellow Bird
2018 City Rail Link
2017 NZ Post
2016 Air New Zealand
2015 Taupō Beef
2014 Yealands Family Wines
2013 Kiwibank/Nga Tangata Microfinance Trust
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