Meet the Innovators

leading the way to a zero carbon future.

Calling all trailblazers

This year, the Ashden Awards will raise up climate pioneers transforming the world of work. 

Are you creating green jobs and delivering the training, connections and resources needed for thriving, fair and sustainable economies in the UK and low-income countries?

Register your interest for the 2023 Ashden Awards 

THE 2023 Winners

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Energy for Development

Power for All

Power for All's Utilities 2.0 pilot has pioneered a new approach in the Ugandan village of Kiwumu.

Africa
Ashden Award for Integrated Energy Africa
Finalist
Natural Climate Solutions

ECA Amarakaeri

Amarakaeri reserve in southern Peru are working with officials to secure their future. Their survival creates protection for the rainforests they call home.

South America
Ashden Award for Natural Climate Solutions
Winner
Green Solutions

HUSK Power Systems

The ambitious Sunshot Initative, a brainchild of Husk Power Systems (Husk), aims to benefit 7.7million people across the continent within five years.

Africa
Ashden Award for Outstanding Achievement
Winner
Energy and WomenEnergy for Development

Collectives for Integrated Livelihoods Initiatives (CInI)

Collectives for Integrated Livelihood Initiatives (CInI) is a non-profit, supporting women to raise their incomes – and become leaders in their communities.

India
Ashden Award for Powering Agriculture
Finalist
Smart Energy

tepeo

tepeo’s Zero Emission Boiler (ZEB®) is a smart, efficient alternative to a traditional gas, oil, LPG, or electric boiler.

UK
Energy Innovation
Winner
Refugee

USAFI Green Energy

Locally made cooking stoves from USAFI Green Energy protect people’s health and create jobs

Africa
Ashden Award for Powering Refugees and Displaced People
Winner
Retrofit

HACT

Action to make UK homes warm and energy efficient will cut emissions, fight fuel poverty and create green jobs.

UK
Ashden Award for Energy Innovation
Winner
Regenerative AgricultureGreen Skills, Jobs and Training

FarmED

FarmED is a not-for-profit organisation based at Honeydale Farm in the Cotswolds. It educates members of the local community, farmers, policy makers, students and researchers on the benefits of climate and nature-friendly farming

UK
Ashden Award for Future Farmers
Finalist
Refugee

Care for Social Welfare International, Nigeria

Care for Social Welfare International works with people displaced from disputed lands, who are now living in Nigeria’s Cross River State.

Africa
Ashden Award for Powering Refugees and Displaced People
Finalist
Green Communities

Liverpool City Council

Liverpool City Council has brought nature to urban neighbourhoods to help tackle the threat posed by extreme weather, a danger made worse by climate change.

UK
Ashden Award for Local Nature Recoverers
Finalist
Energy Access

Mobility for Africa

In Zimbabwe, a fleet of Hambas – electric tricycles designed for women – are helping farmers to get their business moving.

Africa
Ashden Award for Powering Agriculture
Finalist
Green Skills, Jobs and TrainingEnergy Access

Fondazione ACRA

ACRA supports marginalised women in rural Senegal to launch solar-powered businesses, with training and access to products and finance

Africa
Ashden Award for Powering Futures in Clean Energy
Winner
Green Solutions

Enfield Council and Thames21

Working with local residents, this collaboration has restored rivers and created new ponds, woods and wetlands to build climate resilience in north London

UK
Ashden Award for Local Nature Recoverers
Winner
Regenerative AgricultureNatural Climate Solutions

CERAF-Nord

CERAF-NORD supports communities around Benue National Park, and in the north of Cameroon, to restore degraded land through agroforestry

Central Africa
Ashden Award for Natural Climate Solutions
Winner
Energy for Development

Burasolutions Solar Academy

The Bura Solutions Academy is powering up careers in Nigeria’s solar sector

Africa
Ashden Award for Powering Futures in Clean Energy
Finalist
Regenerative FarmingGreen Skills, Jobs and Training

Black Mountains College

Managing land sustainably is vital to creating a healthy farming sector in the UK

UK
Ashden Award for Future Farmers
Winner
Energy Access

Zonful Energy

Clean energy installation and training for young people in off-grid, rural areas

Africa
Energy Access Skills
Winner
Green Solutions

Vectar Sets

Transitioning the film and TV industry to a greener future through an innovative, circular approach

UK
Greening All Work
Winner
Regenerative AgricultureEnergy for DevelopmentEnergy Access

SokoFresh

Sustainable cold storage for farmers and better access to markets improving lives and livelihoods

Africa
Energising Agriculture
Winner
Renewable Energy

Renewable Parts

Refurbishing wind turbine parts, cutting waste and creating a rural green economy

UK
Energy Innovation
Finalist
Green Skills, Jobs and Training

Low Carbon Academy

An ambitious green skills training partnership helping upgrade homes and reduce bills for a carbon neutral future 

UK
Low Carbon Skills
Winner
Energy AccessHumanitarian Energy

Kakuma Ventures

Creating clean energy, internet connections and jobs in a refugee camp

Africa
Energising Refugee Livelihoods
Finalist
Green Skills, Jobs and Training

Imece Initiative

Training refugee and migrant women to become solar engineers

Asia
Energising Refugee Livelihoods
Finalist
Regenerative Agriculture

FarmEd

Inspiring and educating the agricultural sector for a greener farming future

UK
Greening All Work

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