Surrey, B.C. – On Thursday, September 14, 2017, the Surrey Board of Trade will present four winners with a Surrey Environment and Business Award. The 11th annual awards are presented to Surrey Board of Trade members or Surrey-based businesses that have demonstrated exceptional dedication to environmental leadership and/or issues. The award recipients are guided by a sense of respect for the environment and demonstrate this initiative consistently.
This year’s nominees are:
Small Business Category
Freshtec Innovations Inc.
Leading Ahead
The Eco Floor Store
West Coast Water Treatment
Medium Business Category
ENKON Environmental Limited
Honeybee Centre
Organic Grocer
PowerPAD – SFU Fuel Cell Research Laboratory
Large Business Category
ABC Recycling
BC Plant Health Care
CARO Analytical Services
Dillon Consulting Limited
Fraser Surrey Docks
Lafarge Canada Inc.
LifeLabs
Stericycle ULC
Surrey Schools
TD Bank Group
Trans-Continental Textile Recycling Ltd.
A Circular Economy Award will also be presented this year to one of the nominees above. The winner will have demonstrated that they re-invent, re-think and re-define how they use materials. They will have kept resources in use for as long as possible, extracted the maximum value from them while in use, then recover and regenerate products and materials at the end of each service life.
The Surrey Board of Trade will announce the winners of the awards at its 11th Annual Surrey Environment and Business Awards Luncheon:
Date: Thursday, September 14, 2017
Location: Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel (15269 104 Avenue, Surrey)
Time: Lunch and Registration 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.; Program 12:00 – 1:30 p.m.
Admission: $50 + GST each (member) or $65 + GST each (non-member)
Award Sponsor: Exp Services Inc.
Media Sponsors: News1130 and The Surrey NOW-Leader Newspaper
For further information, please contact Anita Huberman, CEO, Surrey Board of Trade, at anita@businessinsurrey.com or at 604.634.0342.
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