Hong Kong’s most prestigious business accolades raise qualification bar for nominees

The DHL/SCMP Hong Kong Business Awards, which have been honouring outstanding achievements in the city’s business and corporate sectors for almost three decades, have made significant amendments to their performance indicators and award categories, as nominations open for 2018.

This year’s awards will introduce a new category to honour start-ups, in a move to reward business originality and performance that taps unique market opportunities, as well as scalability and sustainable growth. The Owner-Operator Ward and the Young Entrepreneur Award have been removed as separate categories.

“Hong Kong’s strong and unrelenting entrepreneurial spirit has always stood proud amid the winds of change globally,” said Herbert Vongpusanachai, managing director of DHL Express (Hong Kong) Limited, during a lunch with the panel of judges during the commencement of nominations.

“The awards have always encouraged innovation and sustainability in business, and recognises excellent standards of corporate management and governance,” Vongpusanachai said. The start-up award will honour “those who are bold enough to build their dreams on business innovations, through times with all uncertainties,” he said.

Nominations can be submitted online, by mail, fax or through email until August 10th. The winners will be announced during a gala award dinner on December 6 in Hong Kong.