Judging Criteria

The performance and activities of the HSBC Business Excellence Award candidates are carefully examined by the jury panel. This is done to ensure that the most deserving enterprises are honoured. The selected winners will be held as examples of exports and business excellence, inspiring the innovative enterprises of tomorrow.

Selection criteria for all the categories are as follows:

• Export volume for the last three years
• Export growth rate
• Operating profit figures
• Growth in operating profit

• Diversity of export
  • Number of countries exported to
  • Country wise number of buyers

• Diversity of raw material acquisition
  • Number of countries raw materials acquired from
  • Country wise number of suppliers

• Awards won in the last three years
• Special achievements by the organisation (process improvement/innovation, product development, environmental treatment plants etc.)

• Amount/proportion of raw materials acquired from Bangladesh
• Growth in employment generation
• Proportion of women in payroll
• Proportion of women in management
• Existence and practices of employee participation forum (unions, agents etc.)
• Amount spent on corporate social responsibility