Avetta®, the leader in intelligent work readiness across global supply chains, today revealed its 2026 North America customer award winners, hiring clients and suppliers that were celebrated on stage at the Avetta Summit Series event taking place in Chicago May 19-21. This annual awards program, now in its fifth year, celebrates organizations and individuals from across the Avetta community that are raising the standard for operational, safety and sustainability performance—demonstrating what it means to be truly ready to work in today’s increasingly complex supply chains.
Together, this year’s North America winners reflect the power of a connected, trusted community. By combining data, technology and shared accountability, they are moving beyond reactive compliance toward proactive, performance-driven operations—where work starts faster, risks are addressed earlier and outcomes are stronger across every link in the supply chain. This shift from fragmented processes to unified readiness is at the core of how leading organizations are building resilience and long-term advantage.
“What these winners demonstrate is that strong supply chains are built through disciplined execution,” said Abid Yousuf, Chief Customer Officer at Avetta. “They’re using data, process and accountability to improve safety, accelerate readiness and create stronger outcomes for the people and partners who depend on them every day. Congratulations to each of them on their success.”
The North America winners are:
Operational Excellence Leader Award
Griffin Fluid Management
Griffin Fluid Management used the Avetta platform to evolve fragmented, manual processes into a centralized, data-driven system. They reduced onboarding time by 60%, cut audit preparation by 70% and lowered administrative workload by half—all while improving compliance accuracy to better than 90%.
GDI Ainsworth
GDI Ainsworth completely transformed its subcontractor management across North America with Avetta. They cut onboarding time by 65% and now save more than 1,500 administrative hours annually while still outperforming industry peers in supplier compliance.
Innovation Champion Award
Entire, Inc.
Entire, Inc. built a fully proactive, pre-mobilization compliance model to ensure 100% workforce verification before work begins. By leveraging the Avetta platform, they created structured, repeatable workflows that integrate safety, planning and execution. The result was zero-incident performance and recognition as a preferred partner across the industry.
Health and Safety Excellence Award
SG Energy Solutions
SG Energy Solutions shifted their approach from reactive safety management to a proactive, prevention-first model. With Avetta’s help, they strengthened contractor compliance visibility, improved training and documentation control and built a system where risks are identified and addressed long before work starts.
Cushman & Wakefield
Cushman & Wakefield manages risk across approximately 10,000 global suppliers with world-class discipline and consistency. Using Avetta to streamline prequalification and ongoing supplier oversight, they achieved a total recordable incident rate (TRIR) of just 0.45 and a lost time incident rate of 0.15 while recording no fatalities or OSHA violations since 2016.
Advancing Safety Culture Award
Safety Systems & Controls
Safety Systems & Controls moved from a reactive safety program to a proactive, high-maturity safety culture. With help from Avetta, the company reduced incident rates by nearly 80%. But it didn’t just improve its own operations— Safety Systems & Controls actively mentors partners and peers, raising the bar for safety across its entire network.
Sustainability and ESG Impact Award
Harvard Maintenance
Harvard Maintenance revolutionized their ESG from a reporting exercise into a fully embedded, data-driven program across their operations. With Avetta, they achieved 100% workforce training completion, strengthened governance maturity, improved safety performance and delivered five consecutive years of climate disclosure.
“Working with Avetta has helped us embed ESG into the way we operate, not just how we report,” said Daniel Jacobs, Director of Sustainability at Harvard Maintenance. “With greater visibility and accountability across our workforce, we’re driving more consistent performance and long-term impact.”
BGIS
BGIS partnered with Avetta as an early adopter of its ESG framework and has led by example in advancing sustainability across its supply chain. In 2025 alone, more than 3,500 suppliers completed ESG assessments through their program, giving BGIS unprecedented visibility into supplier sustainability and governance practices.
Changemaker Award
Elton Hollis, Vice President at RT Technical
Hollis has redefined how safety and compliance are viewed at RT Technical—transforming them from a requirement into a competitive advantage with help from Avetta. Under his leadership, the company achieved 100% compliance for three consecutive years, reduced administrative workload by 40% and maintained zero TRIR. Hollis didn’t just implement a system, he built a culture of ownership, accountability and pride that continues to drive growth and opportunity.
“By creating a culture where accountability and pride go hand in hand, we’ve been able to move faster, operate safer and unlock new opportunities for growth,” Hollis said. “Avetta has helped us bring structure and visibility to that effort.”
Yasser Rady, Director Safety Quality and Compliance at Harrington Process Solutions
Rady built a supplier safety and sustainability program from the ground up—creating structure where none previously existed. With the Avetta platform, Yasser delivered immediate visibility into supplier risk and maturity, increased compliance rates from 18% to 50% in just six months and reactivated relationships with more than 36 suppliers, directly contributing to business growth and stronger partnerships. His leadership has transformed how Harrington Process Solutions approaches safety, sustainability and supplier management.
Nominations are now open for the 2026 APAC and EMEA customer awards. Submissions are due by July 31, 2026, with winners to be announced at the Avetta Summit Series events in Sydney and London later this year.
To learn more, visit www.avetta.com.
About Avetta
Avetta is building the largest global community of hiring clients and suppliers that are Ready to Work. Its unified platform streamlines compliance, prequalification, safety and performance benchmarking in a single, integrated experience. Trusted by 360,000 businesses across more than 120 countries, Avetta blends AI-driven insights and human expertise to close risk gaps and strengthen supplier reliability so projects start on time, risks are managed proactively and operations scale with certainty.
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