W
e were lucky to get the inaugural Business of Good Awards off the
ground right before the world shut down last March. This time
around, the finalists had to do more than follow a great first act—they
also needed to show steadfast commitment to community involvement, diver-
sity and inclusion, workplace wellness, thought leadership and environmental
sustainability under some of the harshest possible conditions.
For these companies, social responsibility doesn't take a holiday during a
crisis; if anything, they doubled down on caring for employees, customers
and the planet. Some even lent a hand to fellow businesses reeling from the
pandemic. Their efforts gave us and our panel of judges (p.37) plenty of worthy
contenders to choose from as we named winners and runners-up in the above
five categories. We thank the judges for their expertise, and all of the organiza-
tions that took the time to apply for our second annual awards. Here's hoping
many more of you join us next year.
APRIL 2021 BCBUSINESS 23
b y N AT H A N C A D D E L L + N I C K R O C K E L
TANYA GOEHRING
GOOD
T HE B U SINE S S O F
T H E S E C O N D E DI T I O N O F O U R AWA R D S A IM S T O C E L E B R AT E
O R G A NI Z AT I O N S T H R O U GH O U T B.C. T H AT T U R N T H E P R IN C I P L E S
O F S O C I A L R E S P O N SI B I L I T Y IN T O A C T I O N
GROWING PLACES
Kamila Alikhani heads
Bloomiér, our Environ-
mental Sustainability
winner (p.35)
