The award was created by Fairfax media and Price Waterhouse Coopers in 2009 provided the perfect opportunity to recognise the wider areas of sustainability within a business. 

Locus Research was the recipient of the Overall Exemplar for Small business. This recognised the work we have done in a range of business areas. To be eligible for the exemplar award we had to enter all five categories, the list below outlines the categories we entered and what projects we applied to each category.

• Strategy and Governance - Our internal 'Evolve' project;
• Workplace - Our Continuous Professional Development (CPD) programme;
• Marketplace - The innovative Transform initiatives for Textiles New Zealand;
• Environment - Life Cycle Thinking Workshops;
• Community - Our contribution to the formation of the Sustainable Design Group of New Zealand.

We were very pleased to receive the award as it recognised us not as a design company, but as a business. We work pretty hard on all facets of our business so it was a great privilege to be recognised along with other great companies such as Landcare Research, Urgent Couriers, NZ Merino amongst others.