NoCo Better Business Bureau names ethics award winners
LOVELAND — Three businesses and one nonprofit from Northern Colorado were named recipients of the BBB Torch Awards for Ethics at the 18th annual event held Tuesday at the Embassy Suites Loveland and presented by the Better Business Bureau Serving Northern Colorado and Wyoming.
Roberts Excavation of Berthoud won the award in the small-business category, while the Fort Collins-based Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association was honored in the medium-sized business category and Fort Collins-based Miramont Fitness Centers took the prize for large businesses.
Project Self-Sufficiency of Loveland-Fort Collins won the award for nonprofit organizations.
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BBB Torch Awards for Ethics promote the bureau’s six TRUST! principles: Transformation at the Top, Reinforce and Build, Unite the Team, Steer Performance, Treasure People and Enthusiastically Reinvest. In addition, nonprofit nominees are judged using BBB’s 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.
Peers, colleagues and customers nominate businesses and nonprofits for the awards. Business students at the University of Northern Colorado, Colorado State University and the University of Wyoming prepare entries for businesses. Nonprofits work with BBB staff and prepare their own entries. An independent panel of judges selects winners.
Nominations are open for the 2017 Torch Awards for both businesses and nonprofits. Details are online at go.bbb.org/1eClUVx.
