Winners
2004 Business3000 Winners
Business of the Year Winner
Winner: Blue Tongue Entertainment Limited
From small beginnings in Melbourne IT with two employees, Blue Tongue Entertainment has grown into an international computer game development company, with two premises in North Melbourne and 40 Staff.
Blue Tongue has successfully launched a number of games on the world market, with its most recent big success Jurassic Park "The Operational Genesis", launched for universal Studios. The game has been translated into nine languages and has sold over half a million copies worldwide.
Export Category Award
The Export category which is for businesses that predominately gain their gross revenue through export income.
Winner: Quantm Limited
Quantm Limited develops and markets a unique and "revolutionary" road and rail route system that enables infrastructure planners to manage complex environmental and community issues and substationally reduce alignment construction cost.
Innovation Award
The Innovation Award Category if for businesses that have developed innovative solutions for their market or in their day-to-day operations.
Winner: Blue Tongue Entertainment Limited
From small beginnings in Melbourne IT with two employees, Blue Tongue Entertainment has grown into an international computer game development company, with two premises in North Melbourne and 40 staff.
Blue Tongue has successfully launched a number of games on the world market, with its most recent big success Jurassic Park "The Operational Genesis", launched for Universal Studios. This game has been translated into nine languages and has sold half a million copies worldwide.
Community Responsibility Award
The Community Responsibility Award is for not -for-profit organisations that demonstrate an innovative business initiative and for companies that show significant advancement in Triple Bottom Line management.
Winner: Urban Seed
Urban Seed is a not-for-profit association run by the Baptist Church in Collins Street. They run a range of programs that benefit both the environment and under privileged people in Melbourne. The services and facilities they offer are simply inspirational. From Cafes to a Green Collection community, environment and business in Melbourne's CBD.
Environment Award
The Enviroment award is for companies that show significant advancement in Triple Bottom Line management.
Winner: The Green Building Partnership
The Green Building Partnership
The design of the 60L Green Building has set significant new benchmarks for the level of environmental sustainability in commercially viable Building development in Melbourne.
This includes reduction in energy consumption by two thirds, reduction in water consumption by 90%, the significant use of recycled materials, and the provision of a healthy, pleasant and productive workplace
The New Business Award
The New Business Award is for businesses that are less than two years old.
Winner: Kolston Consulting Pty Ltd
Jim Kolitsis and Soozey Johnstone would love to tell you that Kolstone emerged as a result of a well-implemented business strategy but...
It was more about being in the right place at the right time.
Kolstone specialises in IT infrastructure maintenance and support, predominantly in the medical sector.
Method9 a division of Kolstone specialises in leadership development for emerging leaders in the corporate sector.