SBC Industry Achievement Awards

Wednesday, April 18, 2012, 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.

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The goal of these awards is to showcase Southern California’s sustainable business community which is a vital part of the state’s overall economy yet there is a perception that many of the individual achievements and contributions made by sustainable companies are not appropriately recognized. These awards will provide an opportunity to salute sustainable professionals' contributions to the marketplace and the community. The preeminent business leaders from around Southern California are slated to attend this inaugural event that is be held in the Lexus Santa Monica showroom on Wednesday, April 18th from 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. to coincide with Earth Day.

The evening's festivities feature:

• Networking with sustainable business leaders.
• Sustainable restaurant food tasting as part of the People's Choice Sustainable Restaurant Judging.
• Sustainable wine and Tequila Cocktail tasting.
• Inspirational special talks from SBC's Lifetime Achievement Award recipients.
• Brief award's ceremony for the inaugural award recipients.
• Delicious dessert offerings and libations.
• Raffle drawing for special Lexus-hybrid weekend getaway.
• Drive and rides of the latest hybrid automobiles from Lexus.
  After Awards Ceremony, - DJ ToneArm (Tony V. Lopez).
• And some yet to be publicly announced surprises!

The SBC Giving Tree is a living Bonsai Tree trophy that will be awarded annually. For the inaugural year of the SBC Industry Achievement Awards the following awards will be presented:

• SBC's Lifetime Achievement in Sustainability Award
• SBC's Lifetime Business Achievement Award
• SBC's People's Choice Award: Inaugural Category: Sustainable Restaurants
• SBC's Sustainable Business Award.

Learn more about SBC's Sustainable Business Award  and SBC's People's Choice Award: Inaugural Category: Sustainable Restaurants by reading the awards':

• Guidelines
• Consent Form-Sustainable Business Award
• Consent Form-SBC's People's Choice Award: Sustainable Restaurants
• Application Form-Sustainable Business Award
• Application Form-Sustainable Restaurants

For more information contact: info@sustainablebc.org.

Tickets are available at the below RSVP link.

Emcee: Sarah Backhouse, Founder and Host, Future360

Recipient of SBC's Lifetime Achievement in Sustainability Award: Van Vlahakis, Owner and Chief Executive Officer, Earth Friendly Products

Jason McCaffrey, Director of Surf, Patagonia; Accepting SBC's Lifetime Business Achievement Award,

SBC's Sustainable Business Award Judges

Judge: Kevin Wall, Managing Partner, Craton Equity Partners; & Founder/CEO, Control Room

Judge: Nurit Katz, Sustainability Coordinator, UCLA

Judge: Fred H. Walti II, Executive Director, LACLEANTECHINCUBATOR

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

Judge: Michael Crooke, Ph.D. , Consultant and Assistant Professor of Strategy, Graziadio School of Business and Management, Pepperdine University

Judge: Jeanine Perkins, Regional Vice President, Calvert Investments

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

Judge: Carol Martinez, Vice President Communications, LA INC. The Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau

Judge: Moe Fakih MPA LEED AP, CGBP, BPI, CEO, AEF Consulting, Engineering & Construction

SBC Board Members

Laura Berland-Shane, Steve Glenn, Rob Kramer,
Lee Wallach, Becki Kammerling, Carrie Norton