Celebrating Good Business
Out of the hundreds of businesses that participate in Good For Michigan each year, these businesses are making the most positive impact. Read more about the program and our 2025 awardees in the annual Good For Michigan Awards Spread.
Honoring our 2025 Good For Michigan Award Winners
Out of all the businesses that participate in Good For Michigan each year, we’re highlighting the following businesses based on their positive impacts as measured by the B Impact Assessment and SDG Action Manager. Our 2025 award winners have shown dedication and commitment to better business practices all around, and we want to acknowledge these specific businesses for their work in their respective categories.
Good For Community
The Community category celebrates a company’s contribution to the economic and social well-being of the communities in which it operates, through impacts that foster diversity and inclusion, job creation, civic engagement and philanthropy, supply chain management, and more.
"Winning the Good For Community Award is a profound honor. It validates the hard work we’ve done to build bridges between business, community, and sustainability. It means our efforts to uplift and invest in Detroit residents are being recognized and it fuels our drive to keep going. For us, this award represents shared success with our neighbors, volunteers, and partners who’ve believed in our mission." - LaToyia Rucker, Program Coordinator
Good for Workforce
The Workforce category evaluates a company’s contribution to its employees’ financial, physical, professional, and social well-being through payment of a living wage, benefits, employee health and safety, professional development opportunities, and more.
“To win this award is validating. The cafe industry is not one people typically invest their careers in, which is a norm Aldea actively works to contradict by employing two key employees for over ten years, and our two cafe managers for over six years. The central goal of our business is to foster a caring, supportive community for our customers and staff alike. When the care that leadership puts into Aldea is reciprocated by our employees, it gives us the confidence that we are doing something right.” - Ownership: Andrew Boyd and Jeremy Miller & Operations: Brittany Goode
Good For Governance
The Governance category celebrates a company’s overall mission, ethics, accountability and transparency through policies and practices that foster integration of social and environmental goals in employees’ performance evaluation, impact reporting and transparency, and more.
"For our team, it is another amazing example that our company is “doing good” by “being good.” It means that everything about our mission and vision aren’t just pretty words on paper—but embedded in every facet of our operations. This includes the company’s core values: Boldly Go above and beyond, Embrace Equity, Humble Confidence, Inclusive Stewardship, and an abiding commitment to Value Reputations, while delivering Extraordinary Experiences for team members, clients, and stakeholders. Empowered by the company’s culture of kind excellence, our team consistently achieves energy efficiency program goals and delivers the highest customer satisfaction ratings in the industry." - Carla Walker-Miller, Founder & CEO
Good for Environment
The Environment category celebrates a company’s overall environmental stewardship, including how the company manages general environmental impacts as well as specific topics like climate, water use and sustainability, and impacts on land and life.
"Winning the Good For Environment Award is a meaningful acknowledgment of the teams impact on creating nutritious soil and supporting environmental justice practices. For us, this award is not just recognition; it’s a reminder that small, consistent acts of restoration can shape a more equitable and sustainable future for Detroit. More importantly this award, though as mentioned we are grateful for the recognition, we hope our work inspires and compels folks to be environmentally conscious actors that care about doing good in their local ecology." - Jøn Kent, Co-Founder
Past Good For Michigan Awardees
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Duncan Lake Speech Therapy, Good For Governance
Edgewater Design Group, Good For Workforce
Madison Closet and Farms, Good For Supply Chain
Lakeshore Depot, Good For Community
Gentex Corporation, Good For Environment
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The Highlands, Good For Environment
Last Mile Cafe, Good For Workforce
Kalamazoo Dry Goods, Good For Community
Café Rica, Good For Governance
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Ore Dock Brewing Company, Good For Environment
Crystal Mountain, Good For Workforce
Gun Lake Investments, Good For Governance
Harbor Brenn Insurance Agencies, Good For Community
Holdsworth Communications, SDG Allstar
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Euzen Connect, SDG Allstar
FlexTech Education, Good For Governance
Little Space Studio, Good For Community
Mallowfields, Good For Workforce
Walker-Miller Energy Services, Good For Environment
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Bare All Clothing, Good For Environment
boldSOCKS, Good For Environment, Honorable Mention
Center for Oral Surgery & Dental Implants, Good For Governance
Reink Media, Good For Governance, Honorable Mention
Cherry Capital Foods, Good For Workforce
Innereactive, Good For Workforce, Honorable Mention
Urban Pharm, Good For Community
Michigan Center for Holistic Medicine, Good For Community Honorable Mention
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Supermercado Mexico, Good For Environment
Public Thread, Good For Environment, Honorable Mention
The Sunday Dinner Group, Good For Community
San Chez Bistro, Good For Community Honorable Mention
Array of Engineers, Good For Governance
Forty Acres, Good For Governance, Honorable Mention
United Bank, Good For Workforce
Creston Brewery, Good For Workforce, Honorable Mention
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Hire for Hope, Good for Community
Celebration Cinema, Good For Community
Malamiah Juice Bar, Good For Employees
Lindo Mexico, Good For Workforce
Furniture City Creamery, Good For Environment
Community Automotive, Good For Environment
Glamour and Grit Floral, Good For Governance
Wolverine Coil Spring, Good For Governance