Description
Honours a for-profit business that actively integrates community involvement into its business strategy — using its resources, people, or platform to make a lasting local impact.
This award recognizes businesses that see giving back not as a side project, but as part of how they operate and grow. Their investments of time, funding, or expertise have helped improve quality of life in Halton Hills and strengthened community well-being.
Examples may include:
- Ongoing partnerships with local charities or nonprofits
- Employee volunteer programs or donation-matching initiatives
- Sponsorship of community events or youth programs
- Using business offerings to support local causes or needs
Requirements
- Invests in the lives of others and actively contributes to making Halton Hills a great place to live and work.
- Has initiatives that demonstrate a sustained and long term commitment to improving the quality of life and community well-being in Halton Hills.
- Has policies and practices that demonstrate accountability and responsibility to the community.
- Actively supports existing community building programs, or establishes new programs and initiatives.
- Must not have won in this category for at least 5 years
- Must not have won in another category for at least 3 years
Recent Winners include: - 2024: Elizabeth's Fashions
- 2023: Expedia Cruises Georgetown
- 2022: Monckton Real Estate Group
- 2021: Williams Mill Creative Arts Studios
- 2020: Superior Gloveworks Ltd.
- 2019: The Royal Academy of the Arts
