Rabobank North America Leadership Awards

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 as a leader in building, rejuvenating or expanding a business in 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

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

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