The H W Richardson Group (HWR) have taken out the Southern Green Hydrogen Supreme Award at this year's Southland Business Excellent Awards held at the Bill Richardson Transport World this evening (15 Sep).
HWR also won the Findex Rural Sector Excellence Award, the ACC Workplace Safety Award and the Fi Innovations | Innovation Award for their Hydrogen project.
The annual awards, now in their tenth year, are designed to celebrate the diversity and success within Southland's business community and are hosted by the Southland Business Chamber.
137 applications were received over 13 award categories.
The supreme award is the chosen from the category winners.
The Southland Business Excellence Awards 2023 winners
- Southern Green Hydrogen Supreme Award – H W Richardson Group
MAIN CATEGORIES
- Invercargill City Council Small Business of the Year – Morrifield Greenhouses. Special mention was given by the Judges in this category to Kennedy School of Music
- Findex Rural Sector Excellence Award – H W Richardson Group
- PowerNet New and Emerging Award – FlourBro
- SIT | Te Pukenga Excellence in Trades Industries Award – Kiwi Skips. Highly Commended was given in this category to Windsor Architectural Hardware
- The Southland Times Consumer Service Award – The Plant Store
- ILT Not for Profit Award – Number 10 Youth One Stop Shop
- Woodside Energy Professional Services Award – Digital Stock
SPECIALIST CATEGORIES
- Fi Innovations Innovation Award – HWR Hydrogen
- ACC Workplace Safety Award – H W Richardson Group
- Blue River Dairy Workplace Wellbeing Award – Macaulay Motors
- Meridian Energy One to Watch Award – Rakiura Distilling Co.
- 2degrees Employer of the Year – Malloch McClean
- Air New Zealand Cargo Individual Excellence in Export Award – Murray Brown