Winners & Finalists 2023
Click on each Winner and commendation's name to read the story behind their success.
Award Winners & Finalists 2023
Congratulations to all winners and 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
WINNER: John Berry – Pathfinder Asset Management
COMMENDATION: Kirsten Patterson - Institute of Directors
COMMENDATION: Jacinta Fitzgerald - Mindful Fashion New Zealand
FINALISTS
- Gary & Adrienne Dalton - Te Whangai Trust
- Jasmine Faulkner - Phoenix Metalman Recycling
- Kath Dewar - GoodSense
- Lizzi Whaley - Spaceworks Interior Architecture
- Louise Nash – Circularity
- Dr Robert Burrell - Te Whatu Ora – Counties Manukau
SPONSORED BY STUFF
Communicating for Impact Award
SPONSORED BY MAS
Social Impactor Award
WINNER: Money Sweetspot
COMMENDATION: Te Whangai Trust
FINALISTS
SPONSORED BY ECOSTORE
Going Circular Award
WINNER: Emerge Fertiliser by Watercare
COMMENDATION: Solid
COMMENDATION: Circularity
FINALISTS
SPONSORED BY WAKA KOTAHI
Climate Action Leader Award
WINNER: Ecotricity
COMMENDATION: Lawson's Dry Hills
FINALISTS
SPONSORED BY MINISTRY OF BUSINESS, INNOVATION & EMPLOYMENT
Outstanding Collaboration Award
WINNER: Eco-Action Nursery Trust, Ōtautahi-Christchurch & Waitaha-Canterbury community
COMMENDATION: Fair Food, Farro Fresh & food partners
FINALISTS
- Again Again + Lion
- B Lab Australia & Aotearoa New Zealand + New Zealand Trade & Enterprise
- Beautification Trust, EcoMatters Environment Trust, Kaipātiki Project & Waiheke Resources Trust
- Hastings District Council, Connect Community Trust and Anglican Care Waiapu
- Trade Aid, Hummingbird, Atomic & L’affare
- Urban Miners
- WithWild, Citizen, BurgerFuel & Fiordland Wapiti Foundation
- Zero Food Waste Challenge, Aotearoa
SPONSORED BY NEW WORLD
Good Food Award
WINNER: Trade Aid
COMMENDATION: The Sustainable Food Co.
FINALISTS
SPONSORED BY MINISTRY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
Regenerating Nature Award
SPONSORED BY TAX MANAGEMENT NEW ZEALAND
Change Maker Award
WINNER: Scott Waddell - Mataura Valley Milk
COMMENDATION: Frankie McKeefry - Près Strategy
FINALISTS
- Aidan Smith - Shutl
- Katie Glasgow-Palmer - Action Manufacturing
- Nelson Harper - Precycle NZ
Transforming Aotearoa New Zealand Award
WINNER: Pathfinder Asset Management
FINALISTS
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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