CDG AWARDS
Awards Submissions Are Currently Closed
2022 Awards Go Regional
We will resume normal CDG Awards programming in the fall of 2022.
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Recognizing companies across the country for racial justice, sustainability, and community benefit. Check our Awards page for more deets.
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CDG Award Categories
Change Maker
We believe every industry has the opportunity to support reparative efforts, seek justice, and challenge systems that uphold inequity. Companies who are increasing diversity in their own sector and making measurable impacts towards creating a more equitable society are recognized by our Changemaker Award.
Past Winners - Change Maker Award
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Good Neighbor
We believe each business and leader has the opportunity to create political, social, and economic benefits for communities most in need. Being a good neighbor is about leveraging your own time, talent and treasure to show up as a community asset. We recognize those companies implementing community engagement programs, encouraging volunteer hours, and meeting community need in new and thoughtful ways.
Past Winners - Good Neighbor Award
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Love Your Planet
Many companies are doing their best to reduce their carbon footprint, increase energy efficiency, and protect people, water, air, and soil systems. We acknowledge that going green isn’t always easy, made difficult by policy, sometimes cost prohibitive, and requires cooperation from the entire supply chain. We recognize those companies truly innovating in their business practices and going the extra mile to champion sustainability.
Past Winners - Love Your Planet Award
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CDG AWARDS FAQ
Any cannabis industry business that feels they are “doing good” or have a CSR program. Businesses that can enter but are not limited to:
- Medical
- Recreational
- Products/Brands (edibles, sublinguals, vape, etc.)
- Hemp
- Cultivation
- Legal
- Marketing
- Public Relations
- Media
- Compliance
- Packaging
- Other Ancillary not specifically identified
All applications must be submitted by October 31st, 2020.
Good Neighbor
- This award aims to recognize those companies making an outstanding contribution in community engagement and outreach.
Change Maker
- This award recognizes those companies making meaningful efforts to champion or include racial justice and equity initiatives, either within the industry, within business operations (recruitment, hiring, training and/or outreach), or with an outside of the industry racial justice effort.
Love Your Planet
- This award aims to recognize those companies measurably implementing sustainability practices within their business operations or facility.
Cannabis Doing Good aims to showcase companies doing good, build a network of purpose driven companies, and to inspire new ways of people, planet, and business engagement. We encourage companies that are purpose-driven, innovating within social good, justice, sustainability platforms, or are actively launching social responsibility programs to apply.
Yes. Companies can submit applications for any or all award categories. Each submission must have its own application form.
The award application is available on CDG’s website website.
Companies are required to be up-to-date on their previous year’s reporting, which will be verified by CDG. Companies are encouraged to submit any supporting documentation, including, but not limited to, reports, internal and/or external communications materials, press release or media and any other validations from external sources.
Should you be a finalist for the award, relevant documentation may be needed to compliment your application. CDG will reach if necessary.
In some cases, the nomination form will either include or prompt you to include any relevant data or metrics. We understand you may not have this information – but we will need some form of documentation supporting your claims if applicable.
Awards will be reviewed by an independent panel, working with the CDG team, using a researched, credible rubric. Each judge will score each nomination form, and an aggregate of that score will be used as the final score. CDG Leadership Team will review all judge scores. Panel judges may include representatives from the retail, B to B, non-profit sectors, product manufacturers, third-party certifiers, academia and other stakeholders in the space. If you have additional questions, please contact: info@companiesdg.wpenginepowered.com.