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Join us to power up trailblazing climate innovation
18 June at The National Gallery, London
The 2026 Ashden Awards will showcase pioneers charging up affordable clean energy, and nurturing nature-rich communities. We’re primed to power up extraordinary innovation in the UK and Global South – will you join us as an awards sponsor?
You can find our shortlisted organisations below. Nominees in the UK include organisations helping families escape fuel poverty, and proving homeless people with employment skills and access to decent housing. Others are creating new woodlands and clean rivers, hand-in-hand with communities, nurturing benefits for people and planet.
In the Global South, we’ve shortlisted enterprises supporting the growth of solar-powered businesses, and others protecting families from toxic cooking smoke. They’re joined by innovators growing a better future for tropical forests, and the communities that depend on them.
We can’t wait to reveal our champions in London on 18 June. And, later that month, we’ll continue promoting them at London Climate Action Week – a rallying point for global climate action.
For 25 years, the Ashden Awards have found and backed brilliant enterprises tackling climate change and building a better world.
As a sponsor of the 2026 awards, you will be linking your organisation with some of the world’s most exciting climate innovators – as well as our rich heritage in the sector.
Your support will be celebrated at our high-profile ceremony, with an influential audience of climate experts, funders, journalists and policymakers. And our inspiring digital storytelling will continue for months after the ceremony, further boosting our winners – and re-enforcing our sponsors’ connection to climate innovation.
Most importantly, we’ll bring you unique access to transformative enterprises and organisations. A chance to network and collaborate with champions sharing your commitment to a greener, fairer future.
We offer a range of packages, from those valued at £2,000 to sponsorship of individual awards. We have provided some example packages below
Previous sponsors include:
Green schemes that support UK communities to protect themselves from floods, heatwaves and extreme weather.
Putting power in the hands of local communities: creating warmer homes, lower bills, and more support for the UK’s zero carbon journey.
Supporting Indigenous People and Local Communities to defend and restore a precious natural resource: protecting its climate benefits, and their own futures.
Charging up affordable clean power in the Global South, to boost incomes and fight energy poverty.
Spotlighting innovation in the Global South addressing barriers to rapid and inclusive progress in one or more of our three priority areas:
Shortlist
To be announced
Panels of expert judges have a key role in our awards process – examining the entries, interviewing the people behind them, and debating who should be honoured with a prize.
We’d like to thank the fantastic judges helping us this year. They include academics, investors, experts from civil society, journalists, business leaders, and former winners.
To find out more please contact:
We’ve helped past winners and finalists earn investment and global media coverage, and connect with policymakers, partners and funders. The Ashden Awards are free to enter, and offer a cash prize of up to £25,000. We’re proud to create opportunities for our innovators years after their award win, through the Ashden network.
Entries for this year’s awards are now closed, but you can already register your interest for our 2024 prizes.
Our policy work creates opportunities for proven climate solutions, including those discovered through our awards, to thrive. Insights gathered through the awards give us a unique and valuable perspective on tackling the biggest climate challenges.
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