Corporate Maldives has launched applications for the fourth edition of 'Gold 100'.

"GOLD 100 is a list of leading 100 business entities in the Maldives, published by Corporate Maldives at the end of every year. The selection criterion ensures that the selection process is transparent and unbiased so as to reflect that the entities on the list are indeed the Maldives’ Gold 100”, Corporate Maldives said.

Nominations are open till December 31st, and interest parties will be able to apply online via their online nomination form which can be found at gold100.corporatemaldives.com.

Gold 100 also noted that “GOLD 100” is not intended to rank business entities, but is devised to be a selection of the leading business entities.

As such, the list would be published in alphabetical order. The businesses must fulfill two levels of selection criteria:

  • BASIC CRITERIA
  • Below is the basic checklist of requirements that businesses must fulfill.
  • 1. Must be a registered corporate entity.
  • 2. Must be a Maldivian business.
  • 3. Must be registered on or before 31 March 2013
  • 4. Must have annual revenue of more than MVR 15 million
  • SELECTION CRITERIA
  • Businesses fulfilling the criteria set above would be evaluated based on the following:
  • 1. The scale of Business Operations
  • 2. Success
  • 3. Innovativeness
  • 4. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
  • 5. Compliance with laws