The Scale-up Centre for SMEs at the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade is pleased to present the 3rd Annual Business Distinction Awards. These awards recognize businesses that have gone above and beyond to set themselves apart in the Greater Vancouver region.
Nominations are now open for the 2024 awards! The deadline to nominate your business or someone else's is 5:00 p.m. on Monday, May 6, 2024.
Finalists will be notified in June and the winners will be announced at a special event in fall 2024.
Help us celebrate business excellence in our community!
Read about the 2023 Winners and Finalists Read about the 2022 Winners and Finalists
Eligibility Criteria:
Award Categories:
This award recognizes a non-profit organization that has made extraordinary social, cultural or economic impact on the community in the last 12-18 months.
This award recognizes a business that has invested in leading practices in the last 12-18 months that contribute to an overall positive workplace culture.
Please submit verifiable data which may include but isn’t limited to: *
The New Venture Award recognizes excellence in entrepreneurship by highlighting an outstanding new business launched within the last three years.
Please attach any relevant documents at the end of this form or if you prefer you can email them to Rosine Hage-Moussa, Dir of Events, Programs & EDI Initiatives at .
This award recognizes excellence in entrepreneurship by highlighting a business innovation, expansion, or diversification achieved by an organization established before 2021.
This award recognizes a business for its positive contributions to environmental sustainability and conservation efforts through a recently introduced or reimagined product or service.
What is the measurable impact of your product or service on any/all of the following in the last 12-18 months: *
This new award celebrates and showcases the outstanding contributions of businesses that enrich the cultural fabric of the region, promote diversity and inclusion, and contribute to its overall vibrancy and livability.
I would like my nomination to remain anonymous: *
If you select “yes” we will not inform your nominee of your nomination.
By checking this box, I confirm that the nomination I am submitting is accurate and reflective of the nominee for the 2024 Business Distinction Awards.
Those selected to move to the next step will be contacted.
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