2021 Innovator Awards
The Innovator Awards recognize companies who are at the forefront of social innovation in business.
The awards celebrate companies across three categories of innovation: marrying profit and purpose, social impact, and environmental stewardship.
Judging Process
Nominations for the 2021 awards were invited from a group of more than 75 executives and academics who serve on one of the Baumhart Center’s advisory committees. Nominated companies were then evaluated by a twelve-person judging committee on four criteria:
Quality of Innovation: Does the company’s approach represent a truly new way of integrating business strategy and social purpose?
Depth of Impact: Has the company’s approach led to deep and measurable impact?
Scalability of Innovation: Does the innovation provide valuable best practices for other companies who seek to lead business for good?
Commitment of Leadership: Does the company’s leadership show a deep and authentic commitment to harnessing the positive power of business?
Meet the Judges
- Emily Barman, Vice Provost & Dean, 草莓社区
- Jason Feifer, Editor-in-Chief, Entrepreneur Magazine
- Connie Lindsey, EVP and Head of CSR and Global DEI, Northern Trust
- Rob Parkinson, Partner, Vistria Group
- Richard Robb, Manager, CVF, LLC
- Sunil Sanghvi, Senior Advisor and Senior Partner Emeritus, McKinsey & Co.
- Sonal Shah, Founding Executive Director, Beeck Center of Georgetown University
- Julia Stasch, Immediate Past President, MacArthur Foundation
- Kevin Stevens, Dean, Quinlan School of Business
- Nancy Tuchman, Dean, School of Environmental Sustainability 草莓社区
- Kevin Washington, President and CEO, YMCA of the USA
- Greg Wasson, President, Wasson Enterprise and Former CEO, Walgreens
Celebrating our 2021 Award Winners!
sweetgreen is a role model in how companies do well and do good, together. In the words of CEO Jonathan Neman, "we believe there is no such thing as a successful business and an unsuccessful community."
Cleveland Avenue and the Cleveland Avenue Foundation for Education (CAFE) show how business can be a powerful force for good when it focuses advancing opportunity for all. In the words of CAFE President Liz Thompson, 鈥淲hen you invest in educating a young person, you are contributing to society for the next several decades.鈥�
Honeywell proves business can be bold in ambitiously innovating for a better planet. In the words of Honeywell President of Global High Growth Regions Shane Tedjarati, 鈥淏usiness must care because we are building a better society for today and for tomorrow.鈥� Co-presented with Loyola's Institute of Environmental Sustainability.