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04th Feburary 2010
The St. Lucia Business Awards – the Pinnacle of Nobel Laureate Week!

St. Lucia’s Nobel Laureate week culminated in Glitz and Glamour at the 2010 St. Lucia Business Awards hosted by the St. Lucia Chamber of Commerce Industry and Agriculture on Saturday, January 23, 2010 in the ballroom of the Sandals Grande St. Lucian Spa and Beach Resort. Guests dressed to the nine’s, walking the red carpet, taking red carpet photos and participating in media interviews, while listening to the sounds of new up and coming local jazz musicians describes the scene at the recently held St. Lucia Business Awards.
Over 250 members of St. Lucia’s private sector turned out to honour the winners of the 2010 St. Lucia Business Awards. Hosted in collaboration with the Government of St. Lucia, the National Development Corporation and under the patronage of the Governor General, Her Excellency - Dame Pearlette Louisy these awards recognize St. Lucia’s industry leaders through acknowledgement of innovative business processes, product development, enterprise, sustainability, and overall business success and also rewarding important social and environmental contributions made by organizations through excellence of service, commitment to customers, philanthropic ideas, ethical behavior and environmental sustainability.
The selection process for the awards was deliberated over by an independent panel of esteemed judges including: Mr. Randy Cato, Deputy Director General of the OECS (economic Development), Eldon Mathurin (former Director of the St. Lucia Tourist Board), Vincent Sweeney (Regional Project Coordinator, Global Environment Fund - IWCAM Project ), Crispin D’Auvergne (head of the sustainable Development Unit in the Ministry of Planning), and Mr. Ornan Monplaisir former Chamber of Commerce President for multiple terms in the 1980s.
While admittedly the submissions for the St. Lucia Business Awards was not as expected, the Chamber Committee persevered in hosting the best award ceremony based on those companies who successfully completed the submissions, and who provided to the judges the quality of information required for an objective assessment of their credentials and accomplishments.
Outgoing Chamber President Mr. Christian Husbands in speaking at the ceremony on Saturday and in reference to this new thrust for the current awards format stated that the award process is a work in progress and further stated “It is important for all of us to recognize that this path on which we have embarked upon is unchartered for St. Lucia and its ultimate success will be determined by us (the Chamber members) and whether we decide to sit on the sidelines or contribute actively to the growth and development of the process. We would like to see the day when we have at least five or even ten nominees submitted in each category!”
In reference to a low number of submissions for this new award scheme, Mr. Husbands put forth a challenge to the new Chamber President to work towards a goal of 5 to 10 nominees for each award category for the 2011 St. Lucia Business Awards.
The winners of the 2010 St. Lucia Business Awards are:
JQ Charles Ltd. Award for Idea of the Year: was presented to RG Group of Companies for their GenX programme for young entrepreneurs. The GenX programme demonstrates the RG Group of Company’s ability to take advantage of unexplored opportunities, and address a serious need with a fresh new, ‘out of the box’ concept that is both sustainable and viable.
Award for Marketing Excellence: was presented to the Windward & Leeward Brewery who demonstrated the high levels of creativity, innovation and effectiveness with regards to marketing strategies and campaigns over the last 18 months.
 
 

St. Lucia Air & Seaports Authority Award for Service Excellence: was presented to 1st National Bank reflecting their ability to achieve excellence in service quality and service delivery the establishment of appropriate measures over the last 18 months geared towards continuous development in service quality and delivery.
The Lucelec Award for Corporate Social Responsibility: was presented to 1st National Bank who demonstrated a wide range of initiatives within a focused approach and linked to the essence of their organizational culture. Their strategies were consistent, reflecting excellence in responsible sponsorship, corporate philanthropy, and community outreach.
Consolidated Foods Ltd. Award for Exporter of the year: was presented to the Windward and Leeward Brewery Ltd. who demonstrated excellence in the trade and export of their products which was evidenced by development of a new export centre established to handle the growth in exports to many major Caribbean markets and beyond.
Award for Excellence in Human Resource Development: was presented to Eastern Caribbean Financial Holdings ltd. who showcased progressive and proactive approaches in their human Resource planning & development through excellent recruitment and selection processes, training & development, compensation & benefits and employee motivation & incentive practices.
Scotiabank Award for Entrepreneur of the Year : was presented to Landmark Events who demonstrated pioneering vision and leadership in respect of new investment, continuously developing new products, reaching new markets, and effectively streamlining their business to continue to achieve excellence in difficult economic times.
LIME Green Award: was presented to Sandals Halcyon who demonstrated consistent excellence in conservation and preservation of natural resources; with sound waste management and implementation and management of environmental policies, practices and systems.
National Development Corporation Award for Business of the Year: was presented to Windward & Leeward Brewery Ltd as they best exemplify the overall values of the St. Lucia Business Award scheme reflected in the general and specific criteria which includes: Vision and leadership, pro-active policies and programs, general corporate performance, systemic improvement, innovation and corporate social responsibility.
The Prime Minister’s Award for Innovation: recognized 1st National Bank for their Mobanking innovation. While not invented by 1st National it was developed, established and put to market in a very timely manner with cutting edge technology to better serve their customer base. St. Lucia’s launching of this product well ahead of the larger and more commercially established markets within the region demonstrated excellence in growing and developing processes to meet the needs of the ever changing market and further improved the commercial performance for 1st National.
With a memorable start to the new award format presenting a gala event with a concise award ceremony and fun-filled after party, the winners, nominees and other invited guests partied until morning hours in celebration of the achievement of excellence.

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