Sustainable Tourism & Hospitality Initiative of the Year:
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The Sustainable Tourism & Hospitality Initiative of the Year category honors exceptional efforts in promoting eco-friendly and socially responsible tourism and hospitality practices.
Applicants may include initiatives that significantly reduce environmental footprints, enhance local communities, and/or preserve cultural heritage. Ideal entries should highlight innovative practices, such as waste reduction, energy efficiency, and sustainable sourcing.
Submissions should provide evidence of sustainability achievements, guest and stakeholder engagement, alignment with the UN SDG’s and a commitment to continuous improvement and education in sustainable practices.
Finalists:
Killeavy Castle - Gold Winner
Airfield Estate - Silver Winner
Keenaghan Cottage
Larchfield Estate
Mount Brandon Cottages
Social Sustainability, Diversity & Inclusion Initiative of the Year:
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This award is focused on showcasing companies who are putting social sustainability, equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of their organisation. Whether it’s promoting equality and diversity within the workplace, developing charitable schemes or community development projects.
Our judges are looking for socially responsible business initiatives that are driving positive change for all.
Finalists:
THE HomeShare - Gold Winner
Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful - Silver Winner
ALDI Ireland
Sustainable Green Initiatives
The Clearbox Group
Turn2Me
Green Marketing / Stakeholder Engagement Initiative of the Year:
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This award is focused on organisations who have developed or delivered a successful green marketing campaign, or initiative which seeks to engage customers / citizens and stakeholders in their green products or services, or encourage more sustainable practices or lifestyles.
Our judges will be looking for innovative and inspiring marketing, engagement, awareness raising and/or advertising initiatives that are fact based, avoid greenwashing and lead to a tangible increase in awareness and / or engagement and actions among the target audience.
Finalists:
AFBI - Gold Winner
ACT - Silver Winner
Fingal County Council
Fish City
Global Action Plan
Leo Lynch
Power NI, part of Energia Group
Net-Zero Initiative of the Year:
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This award is open to all industry types and focuses on the development and/or delivery of ambitious decarbonisation strategies.
Entrants for this category are required to demonstrate how they will dramatically reduce emissions across their organisations, or for their wider stakeholders, but are not necessarily expected to have an absolute net-zero target in place.
Finalists:
Pat O Donnell & Co. - Gold Winner
Lyreco Ireland - Silver Winner
Ballykilcavan Brewing Company
Larchfield Estate
NIE Networks
The Boulevard
Green Exporter of the Year:
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This award focuses on businesses or organisations who are exporting a product or service outside of their own, local region and offers a more sustainable option for the end user, and / or considers more sustainable production methods.
This may include (but is not limited to) products or services that drive decarbonisation, improve upon resource circularity, and / or energy efficiency, and / or offer the end customer a more sustainable end product through it’s production methods for example.
Our judges will be seeking evidence of an increase in export of the goods / services over the past 24 months; how the product / service offers a more sustainable solution / option and what the overall impacts have been for all stakeholders.
Finalists:
AG Paving + Building Products - Gold Winner
Plaswire Limited - Silver Winner
The Culinary Food Group
Energy Initiative / Project of the Year:
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This award is open to all organisations and focuses on showcasing examples of best practice within proactive energy management that will enable a more sustainable future energy system for all.
This may include (but is not limited to) the development of sustainable / renewable energy technologies, onsite energy management systems and / or consumer engagement and behavioural change initiatives. The award focuses on ambitious energy projects and initiatives that have been developed over the past 24 months.
Entries must provide robust evidence of impact, innovation, alignment with the UN SDG’s and a strong commitment to advancing sustainable energy solutions.
Finalists:
BWG Foods - Gold Winner
Copper Coast Renewables - Silver Winner
Kyte Powertech Limited - Silver Winner
Larchfield Estate
Pure Reflections
Food Waste Reduction Initiative of the Year:
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This award recognises initiatives that reduce wasted food within organisations across the Island, helping to increase resource efficiency, food waste management, the reduction of unnecessary expenditure and / or demonstrates a commitment to engaging the wider community.
Judges will be looking for projects that demonstrate tangible impacts, increase stakeholder engagement and / or awareness and ultimately help to advance the move towards improved management of food resources.
Finalists:
FoodCloud - Gold Winner
ALDI Ireland-Silver Winner
Airfield Estate
Bread 41
FoodCloud
Oir Lifestyle Limited T/A Oir Tonics
Positive Carbon
Waste, Resource Management & Circular Economy Initiative of the Year:
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This award recognises initiatives that drive an increase in waste and resource reduction, recycling and/or reuse or an increased focus on circular economy.
Judges will be looking for projects that demonstrate tangible impacts, increase stakeholder engagement and/or ultimately help to advance the move towards a more resource efficient and circular economy.
Finalists:
Plaswire Limited - Gold Winner
Vyta - Silver Winner
BioDirect
Camden Group
Responsible Plastic Management Program
Shareclub
Spraoi agus Spórt
Consultant / Consultancy of the Year:
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This award is open to all consultant, consultancies or advisory firms that have delivered quantifiable environmental and / or social improvements for their clients.
Our judges are focused on applications that are helping clients work towards and achieve their sustainability ambitions that go above and beyond their normal practice.
Finalists:
Lawler Sustainability - Gold Winner
Quadra Limited - Silver Winner
ACT
AD Sustainability
GS Renewable
Synergy Environmental Limited t/a Enviroguide Consulting
Housing, Buildings and / or Construction Initiative of the Year:
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This award aims to showcase the most innovative and inspiring green building, infrastructure, architectural and / or construction projects developed over the past 24 months.
This is open to all housing, building, construction and / or architectural initiatives and may include (but is not limited to) projects that seek to maximise on resource or energy efficiency, green building or construction design, retrofitting programmes or energy efficiency upgrades.
Finalists:
ACT - Gold Winner
Felix O’Hare & Co - Silver Winner
Forja Works Ltd
Lifesize Plans Leinster Limited
Young Changemaker of the Year:
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This award is focused on the outstanding efforts and achievements of inspiring young sustainability and environmental changemakers who are driving positive change within their organisation, the community, the local environment and/or across the low-carbon economy.
The award is open to anyone under the age of 30 (as of by the end of March 2024), and it can be entered for directly or through nomination.
Finalists:
Luke Gibbons - Ireland America Young Professionals Network & Trinity College Dublin – Gold Winner
Aaron Marshall - Responsible Plastic Management Program – Silver Winner
Airfield Estate – Caitlin Breen
Bean Around Ltd – Sadbh & Aisling Wood
Ireland America Young Professionals Network – Luke Gibbons
OutForm Consulting – Padraig Meehan
The Odyssey Trust – Jamie Hamilton
Biodiversity Initiative of the Year:
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In a 2020 global assessment of 240 countries it was discovered that Northern Ireland was the 12th worst performing country for biodiversity loss, with the Republic of Ireland ranking 13th lowest.
This award seeks to address this issue and recognise the outstanding efforts of organisations, and individuals, who are working to enhance, restore and / or improve biodiversity across the region.
Our judges are seeking evidence of positive and tangible impacts that have been achieved over the course of the project, or initiative described.
Finalists:
Swarms.ie - Gold Winner
RSPB Northern Ireland - Silver Winner
Breedon
Reforest Nation
TOBIN
Agri-Food Initiative of the Year:
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This award aims to showcase sustainable best practice within the agri-food sector and focuses on producers and businesses across NI and Ireland that are taking innovative steps to change the way that food is produced, processed, traded and consumed, is developed in ways that protects, improves and restore wildlife and the natural environment and / or is working towards building a more resilient and robust food system for the future.
Finalists:
FoodCloud - Gold Winner
Ballykilcavan Farm - Silver Winner
Farm Fayre
Fiorbhia Farm
AFBI
Wilsons Country
Small Business of the Year:
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The Sustainability Award for Best Small Business (under 9 employees) recognises exceptional commitment to tangible change in social or environmental initiatives. Criteria include measurable impact, innovative approaches, community engagement, and / or integration of sustainability into core business practices.
The recipient demonstrates leadership, transparency, and a lasting positive influence on their surroundings.
Finalists:
Ballykilcavan Brewing Company - Gold Winner
Shareclub - Silver Winner
ACT
Dingle Sea Safari
Pure Reflections
Remakery Studio
Timeless Celebrations Ireland
Tech for Good Initiative of the Year
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The Tech for Good category celebrates innovative technology-driven solutions that create positive social and environmental impact.
Entries should demonstrate the use of technology to address pressing sustainability challenges, such as climate change, resource efficiency, and social inequality, and submissions should showcase measurable outcomes, and clear alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Judges are interested in projects that display originality, ethical considerations, and a commitment to long-term impact.
Finalists:
FoodCloud - Gold Winner
Technological University of the Shannon - Silver Winner
Agri Data Analytics
NatWest Cushon
Turn2Me
Veri-Connect
Sustainable Business of the Year 2024:
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This final award of the evening recognises, from all the winners of the evening, the business who will be awarded the most Sustainable Business of the Year 2024.
This award recognises the organisation that has taken its environmental, social and financial performance to new heights in an effort to achieve a more sustainable future for all stakeholders and are working to advance a greener economy now, and into the future.
Unlike the other awards, this one is based on the merit of the evening’s overall winners and so there is no additional registration process.
FoodCloud
Green Legacy Award:
Our Green Legacy Award is our newest accolade and seeks to honor an individuals who has demonstrated an enduring dedication to environmental sustainability, making impactful contributions to the sector, the organisation, or stakeholders over time. This award is nominated, and awarded by our judges only and so offers a chance for peer-to-peer recognition for some of our industry’s most notable leaders.
Recipients may be recognised for influencing policy, spearheading transformative projects, or introducing innovative sustainability practices. Their efforts may have measurable positive impacts on environmental conservation, sustainability education, or eco-friendly technologies, all aimed at fostering a sustainable future.
Ideal nominees are leaders or mentors in the sustainability field, inspiring others to engage and advocate for sustainable practices. Their work reflects the core values of integrity, innovation, and influence within environmental sustainability.
This award will be announced during our Gala evening.
Randal Gilbert - NIE Networks
