Flex Gen and Green Heffa Farms Win
Earth Month ended with our 2023 UNC Sustainability Awards, a wonderful celebration of North Carolina businesses, alumni and students who all work to take initiative through innovative products or practices that have a positive impact for people and the planet. Our undergraduate and graduate students determine who wins our business awards by researching North Carolina businesses, nominating them and then voting to determine the winner. The 2023 UNC Distinguished Business Winner in Sustainability is Flex Gen. We also launched a new award this year; Green Heffa Farms won the inaugural UNC Sustainability Distinguished Entrepreneurial Venture Award. Finally, Bennett Wetch, Sr. Director of Analytics at Nike, won our Distinguished Alum award.
Honoring sustainability
There was a lot to celebrate at the 2022 UNC Sustainability Awards and Graduation event. The big news was the announcement of an $11 million gift to support the Center for Sustainable Enterprise and renaming it as the Ackerman Center for Excellence in Sustainability (ACES) in the honor of the donor, the late Charlie Ackerman (BSBA ’55).
Seal the Seasons, Smith Receive 2021 UNC Sustainability Awards
Earth Day was highlighted by the Center for Sustainable Enterprise’s UNC Sustainability Awards, sponsored by Bank of America and Trane Technologies.
Firsthand Foods, Vlahoplus receive 2019 UNC Sustainability Awards
A women-owned food hub for local pasture-raised meat farmers and an advisor for an energy and utility industry management consulting firm are the recipients of the 2019 UNC Sustainability Awards, presented Sept. 5 at the North Carolina Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill.
Unifi, Kirkpatrick Receive UNC Sustainability Awards
The makers of a synthetic fiber made from recycled plastic bottles and the co-founder of a venture capital firm that focuses on green sectors are the recipients of the 2018 UNC Sustainability Awards, presented on May 10 at The Carolina Club in Chapel Hill.
