ESG Awards (https://www.esg-awards.com/)
A relatively new award, started in 2021, this campaign seeks to encourage a broad level of ESG and social responsibility, and award those who have excelled in a variety of different areas.
Categories for the award include case studies and campaigns that align with the UN SDGs and performance categories, such as:
- Brand Activism
- Carbon Footprint
- Employee Engagement
- Environmental Product
- ESG Related Charity Partnership
- Governance Transformation
They also offer awards for Team Consultancy and ESG Reporting.
Business & Finance ESG Awards (https://businessandfinanceesgawards.com/)
Celebrating those who strive to address and progress their ESG issues, the Business & Finance Awards adjudicate on a range of criteria and actively recognise those who set standards of excellence. The award was first given in 2022, and is free to enter (although there is a cost for attending the awards ceremony).
Categories for awards include:
- Company (Enterprise)
- Company (SME)
- Sustainable Supply Chain
- Biodiversity Initiative
- Diversity, Equality, & Inclusion
- Social Responsibility Project
- Employee Experience
- NetZero Carbon
- Energy Efficiency
- Circular Economy
- ESG Finance
- ESG Investment
- Good Governance
- ESG Team
- Future ESG Leader
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Why Enter and Compete for ESG Awards?
If you’re in the process of establishing yourself as an industry leader, or a particularly effective ESG compliant business, sometimes the results of your own actions can speak for themselves – but when it comes to getting attention, whether that’s from customers, investors, or the media, it’s often more powerful to have ‘proof’ of your efforts, and an established and trusted sustainability award can provide this extra oomph.
When deciding what to apply for, think carefully about what you’re doing, what your budget is, and whether there’s enough backing and benefits behind your chosen award to make it worth the time and effort.
Also, if it looks like you’re being asked to buy an award (this is often the case with generic or little-known awards that tend to ask you what award name you would like or would aim for), then you need to think very carefully about whether it’s beneficial or not.
Your ESG and sustainability actions need to be carefully considered, and the last thing you want is to undermine your efforts by having people think that you’ve just paid for the recognition.