With a dedicated and passionate team, Pono Pacific has received national and local recognition for its services, including the State of Hawaii’s Governor proclaiming May 10th as Pono Pacific Day.
- 2023 Better Business Bureau Torch Awards Finalist
- 2022 Pacific Business News FIRE Award Honoree
- Pacific Business News 40 Under 40 Class of 2022: Jonathan Marstaller
- 2022 Pacific Business News Fastest Growing Companies Honoree
- HAWAIʻI BUSINESS MAGAZINE’S 20 FOR THE NEXT 20: CHRIS LEE, PEOPLE TO WATCH 2019
- 2017 HAWAIʻI BUSINESS MAGAZINE SMALLBIZ EDITOR’S CHOICE GREEN BUSINESS
- 2012 PACIFIC BUSINESS NEWS 40 UNDER 40: LUKE ESTES
- HAWAII BUSINESS MAGAZINE’S 20 FOR THE NEXT 20: JOHN LEONG, PEOPLE TO WATCH 2012
- 2011 HAWAIʻI CONSERVATION CONFERENCE RECIPIENT: CONSERVATION INNOVATION AWARD
- STATE OF HAWAIʻI GOVERNOR PROCLAMATION: DECLARING MAY 10, 2011 “PONO PACIFIC DAY”
- CERTIFICATE FROM THE 26TH HAWAIʻI STATE LEGISLATURE: RECOGNIZING PONO PACIFIC FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN RESTORING MAUNALUA BAY, PRESENTED BY REP. GENE WARD APRIL 30, 2011
- 2010 PACIFIC BUSINESS NEWS TOP 5 FINALIST: BEST IN BUSINESS
- 2010 PACIFIC BUSINESS NEWS AWARDED: JOHN LEONG, YOUNG COMMUNITY LEADER OF THE YEAR
- AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT (ARRA) FUNDING: MAUNALUA BAY INVASIVE ALIEN ALGAE REMOVAL PROJECT SUBCONTRACTOR
- HONORARY HAWAIʻI REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL: JOHN LEONG
- RONALD REAGAN SMALL BUSINESSMAN OF THE YEAR: JOHN LEONG
- SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED SBA 8(a) CERTIFICATION
- US PRESIDENTIAL AWARD FOR SMALL BUSINESS
- FORMAL PARTNERSHIP WITH CONAF (CHILEAN NATIONAL PARK SERVICE) WITH PONO PACIFIC FOR THE PURPOSE OF REFORESTING RAPA NUI (EASTER ISLAND)