About This Award:

This award recognises a company that has successfully created a global brand(s), placing Trinidad and Tobago on the world stage.

Extending across industries, local firms that have engaged in business development expansion with an established footprint, either regionally and/or internationally, are considered for this award. This category will celebrate the story of a local company’s evolution towards becoming an Internationally-known business while also making positive contributions to communities and the environment through their corporate social responsible activities.

This award has recognised recipients like Sacha Cosmetics Limited (2014), Kenson Group of Companies (2015), Label House Group Limited (2016), Bermudez Biscuit Company Limited (2017) and S.M. Jaleel & Co Ltd (2018), Associated Brands Industries Limited (2019).

Criteria

Awarded to one company, not an individual, in recognition of excellence in performance locally, regionally and/or internationally. This category is open to ALL companies (members of the Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce and potential-members). 

The nominated company must:

• Have more than 75% local (Trinidad and Tobago) shareholding ownership
• Have engaged in business development expansion with an established footprint either regionally and/or internationally, whether through manufacturing or distribution in other markets or via exports of their services
• Show its consolidated sales distribution percentage, i.e. local vs. outside Trinidad and Tobago
• Document in detail the company’s evolution towards becoming an “Internationally Known” organization 
• Have worked to improve the community, your staff well-being, the environment or engaged in other corporate social responsibility initiatives

Please note that there are no finalists for this category.

THE SELECTION PROCESS

Once nominations close submissions are screened by the Events Unit of the Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce (T&T Chamber) to ensure that all required fields have been completed. This is to ensure that sufficient information is provided. In some cases, the Events Unit may contact the person who submitted the nomination to verify information.

The Trade and Business Development Unit then receives the nominations to conduct background checks. Once this screening process is complete eligible nominations will be prepared for the 1st Selection Committee meeting.

This usually takes place at the T&T Chamber and comprises of the President, the Senior Vice President, The Immediate Past President, and up to 3 members of the business community (non-Board members).  The CEO serves as Secretary to the meetings but does not have voting privileges.

The meeting is also attended by management team members of the T&T Chamber Secretariat for the purposes of providing perspective and input, however, they also do not have voting rights.

After the 1st Selection Committee meeting, candidates are shortlisted.

If more information is required, then requests will be made to the person who submitted the nomination to do so or the T&T Chamber may contact the company directly.

A 2nd Selection Committee meeting is then set and shortlisted candidates will be judged by the panel with one company being selected for the Internationally Known…T&T Owned Company of The Year award, sponsored by EXIMBANK Trinidad & Tobago Limited. 

The CEO of the T&T Chamber then informs the company that they have been selected and asks them if they agree to accept the award.

CONTACT INFORMATION OF THE PERSON OR ORGANISATION WHO IS SUBMITTING THIS NOMINATION: