Nominations Open for 2021 Rabobank North America Leadership Awards

Deadline: 6-Aug-21

Rabobank is seeking nominations for its annual North America Leadership Awards, which recognize North American Food & Agribusiness (F&A) companies that excel in industry stewardship, sustainability and innovation.

The awards are unlike any other in the F&A industry, showcasing those companies – from large corporates to fast-growing young businesses – that are making a pivotal impact on the market and revolutionizing their sectors. The awards also recognize companies’ continued response to the pandemic and contain  a set of social responsibility criteria focused on employee and community efforts, as well as the promotion of social equality.

Award Categories

• Excellence in Food and Ag Leadership
  • Rabobank’s overarching Award for Excellence in Food & Ag Leadership recognizes a large-scale market leader in North America that has demonstrated great and lasting impact in its sector. The winner will have:
    • Achieved significant success in building, rejuvenating or expanding business within the broad  food, beverages, or agribusiness supply chain;
    • Responsibly ensured the wellbeing of its employees, customers, and local communities and demonstrated environmental stewardship, model corporate citizenship, and a track record of meeting social commitments;
    • Been recognized as setting standards of excellence within the industry;
    • Demonstrated diversity in the composition of its governance body/executive team and has commitments to diversity and inclusion initiatives
• Leadership in Sustainability
  • The Rabobank Award for Leadership in Sustainability recognizes a high-impact organization that has achieved unique steps towards business, environmental, social and governance sustainability. The winner will have:
    • Demonstrated successful alignment between sustainability strategy and core business priorities and performance with defined and transparent sustainability guidelines and commitments;
    • Developed leading programs and/or initiatives aimed at improving business, environmental, social and governance sustainability;
    • Been a model corporate citizen and recognized as setting standards of excellence within the industry;
    • Demonstrated diversity in the composition of its governance body/executive team and has commitments to diversity and inclusion initiatives
• Emerging Leadership in Innovation
  • The Rabobank Award for Emerging Leadership in Innovation recognizes a fast-growing young company that addresses issues in the food and agribusiness space in a new and innovative way. The winner will have:
    • Operated in the industry for 10 years or less;
    • Demonstrated a distinct innovation in the food and agriculture supply chain and/or offered a significant new choice, value, and/or convenience to customers;
    • Been a model corporate citizen and demonstrated commitments to diversity and inclusion initiatives;
    • Demonstrated strong financial performance/investor interest and potential for market expansion

Eligibility Criteria

Companies operating in the F&A industry in the United States, Canada, or Mexico may either nominate themselves or be nominated by a third party for one or more of the awards.

Judging Criteria

• Renowned and respected within the F&A industry
• Able to provide a balanced (for example not too focused on what sector; not relatively extreme in their perspectives) view across the industry and tone while considering the criteria
• Has a great understanding of the F&A landscape and the major players
• Brings a distinctive background or set of perspectives to the group
• Knowledgeable of F&A innovation topics

For more information, visit https://www.rabobankwholesalebankingna.com/nominations-open-for-2021-rabobank-north-america-leadership-awards/