Our work has been recognised through many awards:
2022
Green Connect - Keep Australia Beautiful Awards - The Community Spirit and Inclusion Award, 2022
Green Connect - Wollongong City Council’s Diversity and Inclusion Award 2022
2021
Green Connect - Outstanding Young Business Leader, Excellence in Sustainability, Outstanding Community Organisation (highly commended), Illawarra Business Awards 2021
Green Connect - Winner (one of 15 around the world), Commonwealth Secretary-General’s Innovation for Sustainable Development Awards, 2021
RRA - Joint Winner Toowoomba Region 2021 Waste Facilities Garden Competition
Green Connect - Finalist, Local Business Awards, 2021
Green Connect – Finalist, Diversity and Inclusion Award, Wollongong City Council, 2021
2020
Green Connect – Finalist, Excellence in Workplace Culture, Illawarra Business Awards, 2020
Green Connect – Finalist, Local Business Awards, 2020
RRA - Joint Winner Toowoomba Region 2020 Waste Facilities Garden Competition
Green Connect - Winner, Workplace Inclusion, Illawarra Multicultural Awards, 2020
Green Connect - Finalist, Excellence in Workplace Culture, Illawarra Business Awards, 2020
Green Connect - Finalist, Local Business Awards, 2020
2019
Green Connect - Winner, NSW Premier’s Award for Environmental Excellence, Green Globe Awards, 2019
Green Connect - Winner, Community Leadership, Green Globe Awards, 2019
Green Connect - Winner, Excellence in Sustainability, Illawarra Business Awards, 2019
Green Connect - Winner, Community Award, Wollongong City Council, 2019
Green Connect - Winner, Community Hero Award (Jess Moore, former General Manager of Green Connect), IMB Foundation, 2019
Green Connect - Finalist, Excellence in Workplace Inclusion, Illawarra Business Awards, 2019
Green Connect - Finalist, Excellence in Sustainability, NSW Business Awards, 2019
Green Connect - Finalist, Outstanding Business Leader (Kylie Flament, General Manager), Illawarra Business Awards, 2019
Green Connect - Finalist, Local Business Awards, 2019
RRA, Krysten Banks MidCoast Manager - Finalist for Woman of Waste Award, Waste Management and Resource Recovery Association Australia Annual Awards, 2019
RRA, Reviva Toowoomba - Highly Commended Award of Excellence Garden Competition, 2019
2018
Green Connect - Winner, PIP Permaculture Project of the Year, 2018
Green Connect - Winner, Excellence in Social Enterprise, Illawarra Business Awards, 2018
Green Connect - Finalist, Excellence in Social Enterprise, NSW Business Awards, 2018
2017
RRA, Green Bikes NSW - Community Environmental Achievement High Commendation Keep NSW Beautiful Awards, 2017
Soft Landing - Westpac Social Scale Up Grant Recipient 2017
2016
Soft Landing - Keep Australia Beautiful ‘ACT Sustainable Community of the Year 2016’
Soft Landing - Social Enterprise Awards 2016 Social Enterprise of the Year (Large)
RRA - National Innovation Partnership Westpac Foundation, 2016
RRA Mobile Community Recycling Service - Innovation Award (Product) Australasian Waste and Recycling Expo, 2016
2013
RRA - Social Enterprise of the Year (medium to large) Social Enterprise Awards Australia, 2013
Community Resources - Social Procurement Supporter of the Year Great Lakes Council Awards, 2013
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of Australia and recognise the continuing connection to land, waters and culture. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and future. We walk together towards healing.
