Awards
2026 – 2011
Best Places to Work in Hawaiʻi - Hawaiʻi Business Magazine
2025
Pacific Edge Magazine – Lifetime Achievement Award-Bob and Kelly King
2024
Business Climate Champion – Climate Leadership Awards, Climate Hawaiʻi
2020
Business Leader of the Year – Pacific Business News
2018
Pacific Edge Magazine’s Commitment to Green Award
2017
Hawaii Energy Policy Forum Transformational Achievement Award for Advancing Clean Energy
2011
2011
APEC Business Innovation Finalist
2009
Bob King receives Mayor’s Small Business Lifetime Achievement Award from Maui County
2008
Who’s Keeping Hawaii Green : Bob King, founder of Pacific Biodiesel, was named “Green Entrepreneur” of the year for 2008
2008
Pacific Biodiesel Receives Governor’s Inaugural Innovation Award
2007
Business News Fastest Fifty Award: Number 14 on the list of 50 fastest growing companies in Hawaii
2007
Surfrider Foundation Environmental Achievement Award: Honoring those who made the greatest contribution protecting or enhancing our coastal community and environment
2006
Outstanding Recycling Innovation Award
2006
Environmental Hero of the Year Award from Maui No Ka Oi Magazine
2005
BlueSky Award: Named one of the Top Ten Global Renewable Energy Investment Scenarios by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and the International Technology Promotion Center
2005
First Place in Project Outstanding Achievement Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Hawaii) Division ASME Award Engineering Society Honor
2005
Small Business Persons of the Year for Maui County from the U.S. Small Business Administration
2004
Gold Award from the Solid Waste Association of North America
2004
Mayor’s Small Business of the Year Award from Maui County
2001
“Accomplishments in the Commercialization of Clean Fuels” recognition from the U.S. Department of Energy






