2015 SBC Awards' Recipients and Finalists
Announcing 4th Annual SBC Industry Achievement Awards' Recipients and Finalists
SBC's Pioneer in Sustainability Award Recipients
Photo Credit on this and all photos on this page:
Jon Weinberg Photography
Jessica Alba
Founder & Chief Creative Officer
The Honest Company
(appearing second from right)
Brian Lee
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
The Honest Company
(appearing first from right)
Christopher Gavigan
Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer
The Honest Company
(appearing first from left)
Sean Kane
Co-Founder & President
The Honest Company
(appearing second from left)
Presenter:
James Cameron
Acclaimed Film-maker and Explorer
(appearing third from left)
SBC's Lifetime Business Achievement Award Recipient (Business)
Christopher Gebhardt
EVP, Participant Media & General Manager, Tag
(appearing on right side)
Presenter:
Jan Perry
General Manager
City of Los Angeles Economic and Workforce Development Department
(appearing on left side)
SBC's Lifetime Achievement in Sustainability Award Recipient (Individual)
Zhena Muzyka, Publisher-Enliven Books, the Newest Imprint of Atria/Simon & Schuster;
Host-CBS Radio Podcast/Change Maker; Founder of Zhena's Gypsy Tea
CEO
OriginClear
(appearing on right)
Presenter:
Janabai Owens
Co-creator
Rawvolution
(appearing on left)
SBC's Sustainable Small Business Award Recipient (Revenue between $100,000-$1 Million Dollars)
Emily Kroll
CEO
EKLA Home, Inc.
SBC's Sustainable Business Award Recipients (Revenue over $1 Million Dollars)
Katherine Franklin
Director of Marketing
Follow Your Heart/Earth Island
(appearing on left)
Matt Dunaj
Director of Accounting
Follow Your Heart/Earth Island
(appearing on right)
Presenter:
Ron Galperin
Controller
City of Los Angeles
(appearing in the center)
SBC's B Corp Award Recipient
John Piano
CEO
Transplant Connect
SBC's Best Public Advocate for Sustainability Award Recipient
Tom Bowman
President
Bowman Change, Inc.
SBC's People's Choice Award: Sustainable Restaurant Recipient
Janabai Owens
Co-creator
Rawvolution
Finalists
** = Recipients
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
http://omspirits.com/
**OriginClear
www.originclear.com
Fifth Dimension Clothing
www.fifthdimensionclothing.com
Everblaze, Inc.
www.everblaze.com
Marquis Beverages
www.drinkmarquis.com
Generate Possibility.org
www.generatepossibility.org
SoLA Food Co-op
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
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
http://outoftheboxcollective.com
Beanfields PBC
www.beanfieldssnacks.com/
VEEV® Spirits
http://veevlife.com/about
AoSA Image
www.aosaimage.com
PLUSfoam®
www.plusfoam.com
SBC's Best Public Advocate in Sustainability Award
David Erickson
CEO
FreeConferenceCall.com
FreeConferenceCall.com
**Tom Bowman
President
Bowman Change, Inc.
www.bowmanchange.com
Kimberly King-Burns
managing partner
convergenz/solutions
http://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 People’s Choice: Sustainable Restaurant Award
Kye’s
www.kyesmontana.com
Locali Conscious Convenience
www.localiyours.com
**Rawvolution
www.rawvolution.com
SunCafe
www.SunCafe.com
4th Annual SBC Industry Achievement Presenters and Judged Awards' Judges
SBC's Pioneer in Sustainability Award
Presenter:
- James Cameron, Acclaimed Film-maker and Explorer
SBC's Lifetime Business Achievement Award (Business)
Presenter:
- Jan Perry, General Manager, City of Los Angeles Economic and Workforce Development Department
SBC's Lifetime Achievement in Sustainability Award (Individual)
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
SBC's Sustainable Seedling Small Business Award (Revenue under $100,000)
Presenter:
- Janabai Owens, Co-creator, Rawvolution
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)
Presenter:
- Boise Thomas, Actor & Comedian
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)
Presenter:
- Ron Galperin, Controller, City of Los Angeles
Judges:
- Anil Tammineedi, Principal, Angeleno Group-confirmed 2015
- Fred H. Walti II, Executive Director,LACLEANTECH Incubator
Presenter:
- Boise Thomas, Actor & Comedian
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, MōD, Meaningful Organizational Design, Inc.
- Ken Eskenazi, CEO, Innovation To Industry
- Andy Fyfe, Community Development, B Lab
SBC's Best Public Advocate for Sustainability Award
Presenter:
- Boise Thomas, Actor & Comedian
Judges:
- June Stoddard, President, JS Executive Search
- Carl Bressler, Strategic Advisor, Actor, Investor,TransplantConnect.com-a B Corp
John DeGolyer, Business Sales and Acquisitions,BizEx
SBC's People's Choice Award: Sustainable Restaurant
Presenter:
- Boise Thomas, Actor & Comedian
Judges:
- Moe Fakih, Director of Sustainability, VCA-Green
- Robin Shank, Sustainability Circle Coach, True Market Solutions
- Susan Frank, President & COO, The Better World Group
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