Description
Recognizes a business/organization that demonstrates outstanding achievement in exporting products or services outside of Canada's borders.
Requirements
Specific Eligibility:
To be a valid entry in the Global Growth Award of Distinction, your business must:
- Export products, services or technologies that have Alberta content or Alberta value-added contribution outside of Canada
- Demonstrate global growth in their overall business, have made increases in exports over the past three years, or have maintained their position in export markets during difficult economic times - either for the company or in their geographic or industry-specific market as a direct result of entering international markets
- Demonstrate innovative and/or creative market entry strategy and established presence in one or more geographic markets.
- Demonstrate ability to overcome obstacles or other unique challenges in entering new international markets
- Demonstrated quality of their export plan through the use of innovation and strategies to promote brand awareness in their new market(s)
General Eligibility:
Judging is complete anonymously, so your submission must also be completed anonymously to support the judging process. Companies must NOT use their company name when responding to short answer questions.
To be a valid entry in the Alberta Business Awards of Distinction, your business must:
- Be operational in Alberta for a minimum of 3 fiscal years unless otherwise stated
- Be operating in Alberta at the time of nomination and at the time of the awards presentation
- Employ Albertans to produce goods and/or provide services
- Not have won in the same category in the past three years
- Not have anyone in your management, on your board, or in your employ serving on the Alberta
- Business Awards of Distinction judging committee for the category
- If you are a non-profit organization, no more than 30% of annual revenue can be directly funded by Government envelopes. This does not apply to regular procurement
