Celebrating 25 years

The Ashden Awards

11 June – 6.30pm – 10.00pm
Royal Geographical Society, London

Your invitation to the 25th Ashden Awards

Our ceremony will bring together policymakers, funders, innovators, and influential figures in the climate sector. We’ll use this moment to build high-level support for rapid, effective, inclusive climate action.

Recognising a very special anniversary, this summer the 25th Ashden Awards will adopt a new format, for one year only. We will showcase new solutions creating climate and social impact, as well as celebrating the success of past winners.

At our London awards ceremony and beyond, we will explore what’s driven the success of our past champions. Because by using insights from inspiring, tried-and-tested solutions that have scaled up significantly, we can show funders, investors and policymakers the steps they can take to speed the growth of inclusive climate action.

The 2025 Ashden Awards will honour six winners. We will give four Outstanding Achievement Awards to past champions, and two Breaking Barriers Awards to organisations that have never won an Ashden Award before.

Our speakers

Rachel Kyte, UK Climate Envoy

Rachel Kyte was appointed UK Special Representative for Climate on 21 October 2024.

She is Professor of Practice in Climate Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford and dean emerita of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.

Rachel was previously Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and CEO of Sustainable Energy for All.

She has also served as World Bank Group Vice President and Special Envoy for Climate Change, as well as Vice President for Sustainable Development at the World Bank, and for Business Advisory Services at the International Finance Corporation.

Rachel has held non-executive director, trustee and board member roles with a number of private and public financial institutions, as well as non-profit organisations, focused on climate and development.

Vanessa Nakate is an Environmentalist and co-founder of Tard Foundation.

She is the author of A Bigger Picture, a Unicef Goodwill Ambassador, and a member of the board of Malala Fund and Global Witness. The University of Edinburgh awarded her the Doctor of Science in Social Science honorary degree. She holds a Business Administration degree from Makerere University Business School. She is currently reading for the Master of Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford.

Our host

Myra Anubi is the presenter of People Fixing the World on the BBC World Service.

A broadcaster with more than a decade’s worth of experience, Myra is passionate about solutions journalism and highlighting the people and projects tackling the most pressing challenges we face today.

Growing up in Kenya, Myra worked for many years in commercial radio and for the international broadcaster Deutsche Welle. Moving to the UK in 2020, Myra went on to work with The Times, Spotify and fintech company NALA.

In 2023, Myra moderated a panel at the Women’s Institute National Conference which included former British Prime Minister Theresa May. She also spoke to King Charles about global change makers at a reception held at Buckingham Palace.

Myra remains committed to positive change and amplifying the voices of others. In 2019, she started a social enterprise called Ask Mama to help young women and mothers get quality information about maternal healthcare in western Kenya.

Away from work, Myra enjoys spending time with her husband Charles and children Zani and Malcolm.

Dress code:

Although there is no formal dress code for the evening, it is a night of celebration so we would encourage guests to dress to impress.

Cloakroom:

The cloak room will be available for guests to use from 6.30pm – 9.50pm.

Food:

We will be serving a selection of food and drink inspired by the countries of all of our winners.

Canape

Kosai, African bean fritter, sweet chilli tomato chutney 9

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Bowl Food
Puylentil cottage pie, topped with cheesy mash 7

Sukuma wiki with Ugali

Moong Dal Khichdi with flatbread

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Dessert

Vegan lemon cake 2

Allergens: 1.Celery; 2.Gluten; 3.Crustaceans; 4.Eggs; 5.Fish; 6.Lupin; 7.Milk; 8. Molluscs; 9.Mustard; 10.Nuts; 11.Peanuts; 12.Sesame Seeds; 13.Soya; 14.Sulphur Dioxide

Sponsor the 2025 Ashden Awards

The impact of the Ashden Awards relies on partnerships with committed, mission aligned funders. Partners who believe in inclusive solutions for a fairer world, and who want to connect with climate innovators and forge new partnerships as part of Ashden’s global network.

The 2025 Ashden Awards will take place next summer, marking 25 years of boosting climate innovation. In that time we’ve welcomed guest speakers from Al Gore to Sir David Attenborough – and helped hundreds of organisations achieve even greater impact.

By sponsoring the 2025 awards, you can link your organisation with some of the world’s most exciting climate innovations. Our awards are closely aligned with common ESG goals, and supporting them will raise your profile with influential audiences in the climate sector and beyond.

Our winners are driven by ambition for a greener, fairer future. If you share their passion, we’d love to tell you more about the Ashden Awards.

For more information please get in touch with Ed Dean, Director of Business Development – Ed.Dean@ashden.org