BBB torch award

Eligibility
The International Torch Awards for Ethics is open to all for-profit businesses in North America that provide goods or services to retail and/or wholesale markets. Non-profit organizations or businesses whose primary markets are local, state or federal governments are NOT ELIGIBLE for this award.

To enter the International Torch Awards for Ethics, a business must first be a winner of their local BBB award program. BBBs in Canada and the United States conduct local competitions, forwarding winning entries for consideration in the International Torch Awards competition. If a local BBB does not have a business award program, businesses in that BBB’s service area are deemed ineligible to enter the International Torch Awards program.


Exclusion
A company is not eligible if any of the following conditions apply:

They have not won an award from their local BBB business award program

They have been in business less than three years
They have earned less than a “B” rating from BBB
There are indications they have not met their financial obligations
They have been the recipient of the International Torch Awards in the past three years