Small business

For outstanding international success by any business with total annual sales not exceeding $5 million.

2019 Winner : Dutjahn Sandalwood Oils (WA)

Dutjahn Sandalwood Oils (DSO) is a 50 per cent Indigenous-owned company supplying high-quality Australian sandalwood oil to the global luxury perfume market. DSO produces oil from wood sustainably harvested by Indigenous desert communities from their Dutjahn (sandalwood) homelands near Kalgoorlie in a partnership recognised by the United Nations as world’s best practice and awarded the 2019 Equator Prize. In 2019, two top international fragrance makers agreed to use Dutjahn sandalwood oil in a deal that will generate millions in revenue which highlights interest in improving supply chain inequalities worldwide. Some 70 per cent of product is exported to Europe and the US. www.dutjahn.com

2019 Finalists