Deadline: 7 November 2017
Nominations are open for Ashden Awards that uncover and reward the most exciting sustainable energy pioneers in the UK and developing world, who are leading the way to a thriving low-carbon future.
Benefits
- Award of up to £20,000
- National and international media exposure
- Tailored support to develop applicant’s work even further
- Media materials to help applicant tell applicant’s story
Categories
- Finance and business innovation for delivering sustainable energy: Organisations or enterprises accelerating access to sustainable energy through innovation
- Sustainable cities and buildings: Organisations working in the built environment to rapidly decarbonise towns and cities
- Sustainable transport and mobility: Innovative enterprises or programmes that are improving access to sustainable mobility services for those who currently have poor access
- Powering business: Enterprises or programmes which provide and/or use clean energy or energy efficiency in the provision of goods and services through business activities
- Energy access frontiers: Organisations improving energy access in areas where the market for sustainable energy products and services is underdeveloped and energy access penetration is low
- Sustainable energy and health: Organisations enabling the use of sustainable forms of energy to make a direct improvement to people’s health or to support the provision of health services
Eligibility Criteria
- For UK applicants
- Businesses, which must have employees in the UK and be providing their products or services in the UK, although their headquarters may be in a different country.
- Social enterprises, which must have employees in the UK, and be working in the UK, both for-profit and not-for-profit, including community groups.
- Not-for-profit groups, which must have employees in the UK, and be working in the UK, such as charities, energy agencies or housing associations.
- Public sector organisations in the UK, including local authorities, higher education establishments, hospitals, fire services police services etc.
- For International Applicants
- Businesses, NGOs, social enterprises and government organisations
- The application can be for a specific renewable energy or energy efficiency programme, enterprise or building, or for a specific product or service. This may be the whole work of an organisation or part of it.
- The work must be proven on the market and have been delivered for at least one year.
- The work must be delivered in at least one of the UN’s developing regions of Africa, Caribbean, Central America, South America, Asia (excluding Japan) and Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) and can be in rural or urban areas. High-income countries in these regions, as defined by the World Bank, are not eligible to apply.
- The applicant must:
- Be delivering demonstrable benefits to the environment. Awards need to see evidence of the energy generated or saved, greenhouse gas emissions reduced and any other benefits.
- Have the capacity to create significant impact. Awards are looking for winners that have potential to create significant impact in terms of sustainability, and are willing to work with Ashden after winning an award.
- Be working towards financial sustainability. Awards are looking for efficient use of funds and evidence that future funding is being sought, whether from sales, grants or any other source. Organisations can be for profit or not for profit.
- Show an innovative approach to sustainable energy. Although many Award winners use established technologies, there must be innovative aspects to the winner’s work as a whole. These could include using novel approaches to marketing; new ways of engaging with communities; technical developments; training; or skills development. Award-winning work must add something to what past winners have shown.
- Be delivering social or economic benefits to individuals, communities or businesses. For example, urban or rural regeneration; improving working and living conditions; reducing fuel poverty; creating jobs and improving business practice; or improving energy security.
- Be able to demonstrate it has the capacity and commitment to make the use of sustainable energy more widespread. Award-winning organisations must demonstrate good governance and management, an established and continuing commitment to sustainable energy, and a willingness to work with partners.
- Be able to contribute to Ashden’s mission, which is to encourage the growth of sustainable energy to tackle climate change and bring social and economic benefits to millions.
How to Apply
Applicants must submit their applications online via given website.
Eligible countries: Afghanistan, Algeria, American Samoa, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Dem. Rep Congo, Rep. Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Arab Rep., El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, The Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bisau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Islamic Rep., Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Korea, Dem Rep., Kyrgyz, Republic Lao, PDR, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall, Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Fed. Sts., Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Samoa, São Tomé and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, RB Vietnam, West Bank and Gaza, Yemen, Rep. Zambia, Zimbabwe
For more information, please visit Ashden Awards.