Announcing Sixty-Three Finalists for Fourth Annual SBC Industry Achievement Awards

LOS ANGELES - April 20, 2015 - PRLog -- “We are proud to recognize these businesses as leaders in sustainable products, services and practices,” said Steve Glenn, Chair and co-founder of the Sustainable Business Council. “The growing list of finalists each year highlights the increasing number of companies who are concerned with environmental responsibility.  This is a good thing.”

The sixty-three finalists are divided among six judged award categories and feature:

SBC’s Sustainable Seedling Small Business Award


Hnina Inc.
www.hninagourmet.com

EcoCork
www.ecocork.us

Organically At Your Best
www.organicallyatyourbest.com

Native State Foods, Inc.
www.nativestatefoods.com


Organic Mixology
www.omspirits.com

OriginOil
www.originoil.com

Fifth Dimension Clothing
www.fifthdimensionclothing.com

Everblaze, Inc.
www.everblaze.com

Marquis Beverages
www.drinkmarquis.com

Generate Possibility.org
www.generatepossibility.org

SoLA
www.solafoodcoop.com

Executive Sutra
www.executivesutra.com

Pick My Solar Corp.
www.PickMySolar.com

SBC’s Sustainable Small Business Award

Noble Environmental Technologies
www.ECORusa.com

Grades of Green
www.gradesofgreen.org

Bike and Park Santa Monica
www.smbikecenter.com

EKLA HOME, INC.
www.eklahome.com

Live Good, Inc.
www.livegoodinc.com

Joanna Garzilli Inc.
www.JoannaGarzilli.com

Plan It Green Printing
www.PlanItGreenPrinting.com

Lori's Original Lemonade, LLC
www.LorisOriginalLemonade.com

Vital Hemp
www.vitalhemp.com

Santa Monica Electric Vehicles, Inc
www.SantaMonicaEV.com

Green Galaxy Enterprises
www.greengalaxyent.com

Silverstone Consulting, Inc
www.robertsilverstone.com

AquaBio Environmental Technologies, Inc.
www.aquabio.us

Growing Roots LLC
www.growingroots.com

SBC’s Sustainable Business Award

Grassroots Natural Market & Kitchen
www.Grassrootsnmk.com

FreeConferenceCall.com
www.FreeConferenceCall.com

Natierra
www.natierra.com

Eco Nuts
www.econuts.com

Follow Your Heart
www.followyourheart.com

REV
www.revsustainability.com

Beyond Meat
www.beyondmeat.com

AcroYoga Inc.
www.acroyoga.org

Arpin Group, Inc.
www.arpingroup.com

prAna
www.prana.com

American Solar Direct
www.americansolardirect.com

Treeium, Inc.
www.treeium.com

Gardein
www.gardein.com

Golden Door
www.goldendoor.com

SoCalGas, A Sempra Energy Utility
www.socalgas.com

The Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites
www.thebonaventure.com

SBC’s B Corp Award

Hayden's Closet
www.haydenscloset.com

Transplant Connect
www.transplantconnect.com

Out of the Box Collective
www.outoftheboxcollective.com

Beanfields PBC
www.beanfieldssnacks.com

VEEV(R) Spirits
www.veevlife.com/about

AoSA Image
www.aosaimage.com

PLUSfoam(R)
www.plusfoam.com

SBC's Best Public Advocate in Sustainability Award

David Erickson
CEO
FreeConferenceCall.com
www.FreeConferenceCall.com

Tom Bowman
President
Bowman Change, Inc.
www.bowmanchange.com

Kimberly King-Burns
managing partner
convergenz/solutions
www.convergenz.com

Tiffany Paige
Host/Producer/Content Creator
Green With Tiffany
www.greenwithtiffany.com

Spencer Brown
Founder and Chief Tree Hugger
Rent A Green Box
www.rentagreenbox.com

Paul Scott
Co-founder
Plug In America
www.pluginamerica.org

Cherie Davis
General Manager
Miyako Hybrid Hotel
www.miyakohybridhotel.com

Yeves Perez
Creative Director
BigBike Group/ PickMySolar.com
www.pickmysolar.com

Rebecca Mink
Founder, CEO
Mink
www.minkshoes.com

SBC’s Sustainable Restaurant Award

SunCafe
www.SunCafe.com

SBC’s People’s Choice: Sustainable Restaurant Award Finalists to Date

Apply now for this award:
www.tinyurl.com/SustainableRestaurantAward

Kye’s
www.kyesmontana.com

Locali Conscious Convenience
www.localiyours.com

Rawvolution
www.rawvolution.com

Judges:

SBC's Sustainable Seedling Small Business Award (Revenue under $100,000)
Judges:

·   Andy Funk, Impact Investor, Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist-confirmed 2015

·   Robert Arbour, President, Triple Net Equities, Inc.

·   Kwiri Yang, Chief Sustainability Officer Company, Eco520 Inc

·   Paul Shustak, Founder & CEO, GroupDragon

SBC's Sustainable Small Business Award (Revenue between $100,000-$1 Million Dollars)
Judges:

·   Sandy Itkoff, CEO, Marvel Energy Inc.

·   Allen Esrock, Founder, Preferred Partners Recruiting

·   Jan Perry, General Manager, City of Los Angeles Economic and Workforce Development Department

SBC's Sustainable Business Award (Revenue over $1 Million Dollars)
Award Presenter:

·   Zhena Muzyka, Publisher-Enliven Books, the Newest Imprint of Atria/Simon & Schuster;
Host-CBS Radio Podcast/Change Maker; Founder of Zhena's Gypsy Tea

Judges:

·   Anil Tammineedi, Principal, Angeleno Group-confirmed 2015

·   Fred H. Walti II, Executive Director, LACLEANTECH Incubator

·   Dean Kubani, Director, City of Santa Monica's Office of Sustainability and the Environment

SBC's B Corp Award
Judges:

·   Rhiannon Bailard, Associate Vice President, Center for Sustainability, Governmental & Regulatory Affairs and Founding Director of the Center of Sustainability, Pepperdine University

·   Elizabeth Topp, Co-Founder, M?D, Meaningful Organizational Design, Inc.

·   Ken Eskenazi, CEO, Innovation To Industry, Inc.

·   Andy Fyfe, Community Development, B Lab

SBC's Best Public Advocate for Sustainability Award
Judges:

·   Carl Bressler, Strategic Advisor, Actor, Investor,TransplantConnect.com-a B Corp

·   June Stoddard, President, JS Executive Search

·   John DeGolyer,  Business Sales and Acquisitions, BizEx

SBC's People's Choice Award: Sustainable Restaurant
Judges:

·   Moe Fakih, Director of Sustainability, VCA-Green

·   Robin Shank, Sustainability Circle Coach, True Market Solutions

·   Susan Frank, Executive VP & COO

The awards reception and ceremony salutes and spotlights Southern California companies working daily to support the mission of SBC: to improve operating efficiencies, profit margins, and staff productivity, while lowering the ecological impact of its products and services. In addition to company efforts, there are award categories carved out for outstanding individuals and projects.

Event Information

For SBC Industry Achievement Awards further details visit: http://tinyurl.com/SBCawards2015

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About the Sustainable Business Council

The Sustainable Business Council of Los Angeles (SBC) is a non-profit organization which provides professional networking, mentoring, and educational forums to sustainable business professionals in Southern California. The organization's goal is to help members improve their operating efficiencies, profit margins, and staff productivity as they reduce the ecological impact of their products and services. For more information, please visit http://www.sustainablebc.org.