It's very much industry-niche specific. For example, the company I referenced above's best honors came from the American Geophysical Union, but that's (mostly)

It's very much industry-niche specific. For example, the company I referenced above's best honors came from the American Geophysical Union, but that's (mostly) academics voting for something that truly did change the field. But in parallel I know the American Chemical Society's equivalent can be bought. For sure I no longer pay any attention to broad general tech awards. It's like those "X under X" lists. About half are rich kids with connections and good photo ops and/or committing fraud.