Asia-Pacific Trade Awards
The Asia-Pacific Trade Awards honour small and medium enterprises (SMEs) for their outstanding achievements in global trade.
The Awards serve as a platform to celebrate and amplify the success stories of businesses in the Asia-Pacific. By recognising their accomplishments and contributions, the Asia-Pacific Awards encourage businesses to continue their impactful work, inspire other businesses to make similar efforts, enhance their brand credentials, and elevate the Asia-Pacific’s position in global trade.
The Awards cover multiple categories, and involve businesses from key economies in the region. The winners are selected by a committee, managed and led by the Export Council of Australia.
Objectives
The Asia-Pacific Trade Awards:
Celebrate Excellence: Recognise businesses that excel in global trade and showcase their achievements on a national and regional stage.
Encourage Innovation: Inspire businesses to innovate and contribute to sustainable development in the region.
Foster Collaboration: Strengthen ties among participating countries, promoting cross-border trade and partnerships.
Highlight Contributions: Shine a light on the critical role businesses engaged in international trade play in driving economic growth, creating jobs, and positively impacting communities.
Benefits to Participants, including Sponsors
The Asia-Pacific Trade Awards bring a wealth of benefits to participants, such as:
Recognition and Credibility: Winning or even being nominated for these awards could enhance a business’ reputation, showcasing its excellence in its respective category.
Networking Opportunities: Participants can connect with other like-minded businesses, industry leaders, and decision-makers during the award ceremonies and events, opening doors to potential collaborations and partnerships.
Marketing and Branding: Leveraging the prestige of the awards, businesses can strengthen their marketing efforts, showcasing their achievements in global trade to customers and stakeholders.
Encouragement of Best Practices: Participation could motivate businesses to refine their strategies, adopt innovative solutions, and align with global best practices to stand out in the competition.
Inspiration and Motivation: Celebrating their success on a regional platform could inspire businesses to strive for continuous improvement and expand their impact.
Cross-Border Collaboration: By engaging with businesses and experts from other countries, participants could gain insights into new markets, fostering cross-border trade and understanding.
Social and Economic Impact: Highlighting businesses that lead in environmental sustainability, women-led initiatives, and community contributions can amplify their influence and encourage others to follow suit.
This initiative puts a spotlight on deserving businesses and acts as a catalyst for greater innovation, collaboration, and trade opportunities across the Asia-Pacific.
Information
Categories
The Awards showcase the following business categories:
- Agrifood
- Advanced Manufacturing
- Environmental Sustainability
- Health
- Business Services
- Family-Owned Businesses
- e-Commerce
- Trade Support Services
- Women-owned or women-led businesses
- Global Trader of the Year (The winner of this category will be chosen from the various other category winners).
Participating Countries
Businesses will represent the following economies:
- Australia
- China
- India
- Indonesia
- Japan
- Malaysia
- Peru
- Philippines
- Singapore
- Vietnam
Nomination and Winner Selection Process
The brand and initiative of the ‘Asia-Pacific Trade Awards’ are the property of Export Council of Australia (ECA).
ECA will establish partnerships or collaborate with identified organisations in each participating country under a licensing arrangement.
Securing of nominations for each country and category, can occur through either of the following methods:
- Self-nomination by the business or exporter
- By invitation from ECA
- Nominated by ECA partners in the participating country.
Judging of nominees will be conducted by a committee managed and led by ECA.
The committee will include representatives from the participating countries.
The committee will consider a maximum of three (3) nominees for each category from each country.
In shortlisting, the committee will identify two (2) top nominees for each category from each country. These businesses will receive recognition as ‘Finalists’ for the relevant category and will represent their respective countries at the gala ceremony announcing the final winners.
There will only be one winner per category. Criteria for judging is detailed in Attachment A.
As an annual event, subsequent gala events will be held in the country of the winner of the Global Trader of the Year award.
Complementary Activities
In addition to the identification of nominees and selection of winners, and the hosting of gala events, this initiative will be a useful vehicle to bring businesses together for roundtable discussions. Such supplementary events will provide a useful platform to share challenges and insights, and will facilitate new connections and commercial partnerships.
If you would prefer to complete the application form at your own pace, you can download it here and email through once completed.
APTA Terms and Conditions downloadable here.