Clinton School alum and ISOS Co-Founder Nancy Mancilla will be awarded a 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award from The Sustainable Business Council (SBC) of Southern California for her commitment to the advancement of sustainability practices as well as her professional accomplishments in the training of many Fortune 500 company sustainability leaders over the course of a decade.
The Award will be presented during a ceremony on Earth Day – Wednesday, April 22, at Lexus in Santa Monica. Mancilla will be joined by other award recipients including Jessica Alba, founder and chief creative officer, The Honest Company; Brian Lee, co-founder and chief executive officer, The Honest Company; Christopher Gavigan, co-founder and chief product officer, The Honest Company; and Sean Kane, co-founder and president, The Honest Company (“Pioneer in Sustainability”) and Christopher Gebhardt, executive vice president of Participant Media (“Lifetime Achievement in Business”).
In addition to honoring individual leaders and impactful projects in sustainability, the annual event salutes Southern California companies working to support the mission of the SBC, which is to improve business operating efficiencies, profit margins and staff productivity while lowering the ecological impact of their products and services.
Mancilla and her fellow recipients will make brief remarks in a celebration that will feature a Restaurant Showcase with tastings from top vegan, vegetarian and sustainable chefs and restaurants. Attendees will have the opportunity to select the SBC Restaurant of the Year.
As Co-Founder of ISOS Group (http://isosgroup.com) and the ISOS Center for Social Responsibility, Nancy Mancilla was selected by the award committee for having become a game-changer and role model in sustainable business practices in addition to her achievement as a member of the inaugural graduating class of the Clinton School of Public Service at the University of Arkansas. ISOS was also called out in the award for being a company that continues to inspire business leaders from around Southern California to focus their efforts on solving the world’s challenges through the application of business solutions.
The “Lifetime Achievement in Sustainability” award was established by the SBC Board of Directors in 2012 to honor a Southern California business leader who has made an extraordinary impact on the sustainable business industry. The recipient must be one who fundamentally advanced the industry and whose achievements have been acknowledged by the general public as well as by sustainability scholars, critics and peers. Their work must also be known as groundbreaking, innovative and containing historical significance.
The Sustainable Business Council (http://www.sustainablebc.org) was established in 2005 as an educational 501 (c)(3) non-profit with a mission to provide professional networking, mentoring and educational forums in Southern California. The Council helps members improve their operating efficiencies, profit margins and staff productivity as they reduce the ecological impact of their products and services.
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