Sponsor the 2026 Ashden Awards

Power up trailblazing climate innovation

Awards Ceremony: 18 June, central London location

Meet the 2026 Ashden Awards finalists

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. Winners will be announced at our London ceremony on 18 June, with further promotion at London Climate Action Week 2026 and beyond.

Partner with us

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.

Sponsorship opportunities:

We offer a range of packages, from those valued at £2,000 to sponsorship of individual awards. We have provided some example packages below

Tier 1 - £10,000​

  • Tickets to VIP reception and ceremony
  • Poseur table at VIP reception and networking drinks
  • Ceremony branding:
    – use of sponsor’s logo in stage backdrop and other displays at the venue
    – half-page advertorial in printed ceremony programme
  • Digital branding:
    – use of sponsor’s logo in digital communications and in original short films about the winners’ work
    – social media spotlight

Tier 2 - £25,000

  • All Tier 1 benefits
  • Additional ceremony tickets for staff and clients
  • Exclusive tours for sponsor staff and clients of winning projects across the UK (e.g. Thames21 or Energise Barnsley) or of schools taking action on climate through our Let’s Go Zero campaign

Awards sponsorship - £75,000 UK or
£95,000 International

  • All Tier 1 and 2 benefits
  • Brand visibility as the sponsor of a specific award, at the ceremony and across digital branding 
  • Early access to the intelligence generated by the awards process
  • Deeper engagement with UK and International award winners and alumni through curated knowledge sharing, training and mentoring opportunities
  • Advertorial in print ceremony programme profiling your organisation

Our 2026 Awards Sponsors

Weightmans logo
Impax Asset Management logo
Downing logo
Aurora Trust logo
The Linbury Trust logo

Previous sponsors include:

Bloomberg NEF logo
Blue logo
Next Energy Foundation logo
The Linbury Trust logo
The Mark Leonard Trust logo
The Waterloo Foundation logo
Habiba Ali from Sosia receives the 2025 Ashden Award for Breaking Barriers from award sponsor Next Energy Foundation

The judging process

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. 

Get in touch

To find out more please contact: 

Lucy.Blackburn@ashden.org

Are you a 2024 Ashden Award winner?

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.

 

Awards at the
heart of our work

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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