This phrase is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a person or entity (e.g., a company, group, etc.) that has been commended for a certain positive accomplishment or quality. For example, "The company was lauded for having created a new technology that has revolutionized the industry."
Caldwell, and even Dungy before him, have been lauded for having a brilliant quarterback.
He is lauded for having been in the top 1percentt of his MIT senior class, and was named to the Dean's List seven times.
Mr. Pastrana is also lauded for having stuck to the peace effort, despite stumbling blocks in the talks and flagging public support.
While a number of the inhabited San Blas islands are becoming increasingly westernised, Tigre is often lauded for having best-retained Kuna traditions.
Why has Garciaparra deteriorated from a two-time batting champion and one of Boston's most dangerous hitters to a player the Red Sox lauded for having two walks against Wells?
Jack Straw should be lauded for having had the courage to suggest that political instability in the Middle East, Asia and Africa has something to do with the legacy of British rule in places like Zimbabwe, Palestine, Iraq and India.
The group is broadcasting a television commercial in New York that opens with a video of Ronald Reagan, whom the group lauds for having helped defeat a ballot initiative when he was governor of California that would have banned gay teachers from public schools.
Finally, although Tillerson has somehow been lauded for not having as extreme a view on climate change as Trump, who has called it a hoax, his record is not reassuring, given the magnitude of the threat.
In awarding the designation, MBC lauded MIT for having a "great support system". MIT will be recognized for its achievement at MBC's Breastfeeding in the Bay State 2017 conference in September.
He also lauded Symantec for having an advisory board for environmental and social guidance, comprised of leaders from non-government (NGOs) and labor relations organizations, as well as ethical businesses.
That year, Fortune lauded Countrywide for having "the best stock market performance of any financial services company in the Fortune 500" in over two decades.
