BBB Announces 2023 Business Ethics Award Winners

Milwaukee, Wis. – Better Business Bureau of Wisconsin is pleased to announce the recipients of its prestigious BBB Torch Awards for Ethics and BBB Spark Awards for Entrepreneurship. The recipients were selected by an independent, distinguished panel of business and community leaders and will be recognized at the 2023 BBB Ethics Awards Luncheon on Thursday, May 18th at the Italian Community Center in Milwaukee.

Since 2003, BBB has honored businesses and non-profit organizations of all sizes that meet the highest standard of ethics and trust among their employees, customers and local communities, embodying BBB’s mission to advance marketplace trust.

“The BBB Ethics Awards application is a grueling process, requiring the organization to analyze and communicate all aspects of their internal and external procedures to the judges,” said Julie Albrecht, Executive Director of the BBB of Wisconsin Foundation. “These organizations should be immensely proud of their commitment to ethics in their day-to-day operations.”

2023 BBB Torch Awards for Ethics Winners

Category 1 (1-10 Employees)
Winner: The Cream City Real Estate Co
Runner Up: Kerzner Remodeling and Construction

Category 2 (11-50 Employees)
Ellenbecker Investment Group

Category 3 (51-500 Employees)
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Category 4 (501+ Employees)
Winner: WPS Health Solutions
Runner Up: J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc.
Runner Up: Hooper Corporation

2023 BBB Spark Awards for Entrepreneurship Winners

Auntie M’s Creations LLC
Barako Home Care LLC
Beyond Words Productions
Crib Kingz LLC
Klaus Roofing Systems by Buck Buckley
Tiger Lily Permanent Makeup

For the seventh year, the BBB Spark Awards recognize Wisconsin entrepreneurial leaders who demonstrate a high level of character and are committed to giving back to their community. The goal of the BBB Spark Awards is to continue to inspire young entrepreneurs to both follow their dreams and continue to work toward an ethical and positive marketplace.

“Our 2023 award recipients shared compelling and inspiring personal stories in their applications. These Wisconsin businesses are intentionally striving to be ethical in every sense,” says Jim Temmer, President and CEO of BBB Wisconsin. “We congratulate all of these exemplary recipients, and we look forward to recognizing them at our awards ceremony in May.”

All of the winners will be recognized at the 2023 BBB Ethics Awards Luncheon on Thursday, May 18th, 2023 from 11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. at the Italian Community Center in Milwaukee. With Mary Stoker Smith from Fox 6 in Milwaukee as the Master of Ceremonies and Joel Katsma from Acuity Insurance as the featured speaker, all are welcome to register to attend this event to honor the winners, network and connect with business owners, stakeholders, executives and other associates from throughout the state of Wisconsin. Anyone interested in attending can register at ethicsawards.org.

We would like to sincerely thank the 2023 BBB Foundation Sponsors and Reputable Table Sponsors for the BBB Ethics Awards Luncheon event: We Energies Foundation, Johnson Financial Group, Plum Media, Educators Credit Union, Dave Jones, Milwaukee Brewers, The Difference Principle, O’Leary & Anick, Horizons Law Group, Town Bank, Ellenbecker Investment Group, and Catholic Financial Life.

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For more information or further inquiries, contact the Wisconsin BBB at www.bbb.org/wisconsin, 414-847-6000 or 1-800-273-1002. Consumers also can find more information about how to protect themselves from scams by following the Wisconsin BBB on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.

ABOUT BBB: For more than 100 years, the Better Business Bureau has been helping people find businesses, brands and charities they can trust. In 2021, people turned to BBB more than 200 million times for BBB Business Profiles on 6.3 million businesses and Charity Reports on 25,000 charities, all available for free at BBB.org. There are local, independent BBBs across the United States, Canada and Mexico, including BBB Serving Wisconsin which was founded in 1939 and serves the state of Wisconsin.

NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. While it is believed to be reliable, Urban Milwaukee does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness.