October 18, 2022 – RDÉE PEI: The 2022 edition of the Acadian and Francophone Chamber of Commerce of PEI’s Entrepreneurial Excellence Awards Competition will focus even more on sustainable development than last year’s edition did, announced Chamber spokesperson Pierre Gallant as he officially launched the competition Oct. 18 in Summerside. He therefore invited everyone to submit nominations of francophone or bilingual businesses, co-ops, organizations, or businesspeople.
Gallant explained that the Chamber has retained the same five award categories for the next edition of its competition as it had presented at its last Entrepreneurs’ Gala. However, the Chamber board members wanted to further emphasize the importance of sustainability in all award categories. “It is a theme that is very important in the business world today. We want to do our fair share to promote this concept.”
Those offering nominations will therefore be required to demonstrate, in one of the questions on the nomination form, how nominees address the environmental, social and economic aspects of sustainability within their company or organization. In addition, in the 2023 Business Excellence Award category (which essentially recognizes the business of the year), sustainability is the primary eligibility criterion, as it was last year.
The overall competition is designed to honour entrepreneurs, businesspeople, companies, organizations and co-operatives that have distinguished themselves through their excellence and high quality of their business products and/or services and for their contributions to the local and provincial economy.
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