Discover our award categories at a glance! This handy overview gives you a quick introduction to each recognition opportunity we offer, with bite-sized summaries of what they’re all about. You’ll find the essential details on the types of organisation that might enter, as well as the all important elements that our judges will be looking for. Wondering if a category is right for you? These snapshots make it easy to find your perfect match. When you’re ready to find out more, click through to the category’s dedicated page for the full description.

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Global Good Awards categories at a glance

The Best Start-up Enterprise award celebrates new purpose-driven businesses launched since 2021 that demonstrate innovative social or environmental impact. Judges evaluate enterprises on their founding vision, market effectiveness, proven sustainability benefits, successful market penetration, and growth potential.

The Behaviour Change Campaign of the Year award recognises initiatives that achieve measurable shifts in environmental and social behaviours. Judges evaluate campaigns on their strategic approach, effective audience engagement, quantifiable impact on target behaviours, and enduring influence on organisational and community practices.

The Canon Young Champion of the Year award celebrates young activists (aged 9-21) driving positive social and environmental change. Judges evaluate entrants across two age categories based on their initiative’s impact, supporting evidence of their campaign work, and future vision. This free-to-enter award prioritises storytelling over photography skills, requiring written submissions, images, and a personal video to showcase the young champion’s passion and achievements.

The Circular Economy award recognises organisations pioneering closed-loop systems that transform traditional waste management. Judges evaluate entries on their innovative resource efficiency approaches, successful implementation of circular systems, integration with broader sustainability goals, and influence on industry practices.

The Climate Breakthrough award celebrates innovative solutions that demonstrate significant potential to address the climate crisis. Judges evaluate entries on their proven capacity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, innovative approach to solving climate challenges, effective communication of benefits, and potential for mainstream adoption.

The Climate for Good award recognises initiatives that combine effective climate action with broader social and environmental benefits. Judges evaluate entries on their measurable emissions reductions, demonstrable co-benefits for communities and ecosystems, successful stakeholder engagement, and potential for wider implementation.

The Game Changing Innovation of the Year award celebrates breakthrough solutions addressing critical environmental or social challenges. Judges evaluate innovations on their effectiveness in solving significant problems, transformative potential compared to existing solutions, demonstrated or projected impact, and capacity for widespread adoption.

The Community Partnership of the Year award celebrates impactful collaborations that create lasting positive change in communities. Judges evaluate partnerships on their innovative approach, successful community engagement, measurable social and environmental benefits, and sustainable long-term impact on beneficiary groups.

The Educational Excellence award recognises innovative learning programs that advance equality and sustainability through education. Judges evaluate initiatives on their creative approach, success in promoting inclusivity and wellbeing, responsiveness to institutional needs, measurable learning outcomes, and long-term commitment to lasting impact.

The Global Good Employer of the Year award recognises organisations demonstrating exceptional commitment to employee wellbeing and engagement through innovative workplace practices. Judges evaluate employers on their creative approach to staff welfare, measurable improvements in workplace environment, inclusive initiatives across all organisational levels, successful awareness campaigns, and integration of employee-centric strategies with core business objectives.

The Global Good Trailblazer of the Year Award celebrates companies of all sizes demonstrating exceptional commitment to sustainable, purpose-driven transformation. Judges seek organisations with clear transition plans, measurable environmental and social impact, and robust governance practices that integrate sustainability into their core business strategy, recognising leaders who are actively driving positive change across their operations and industry.

The Humanitarian Response Champions Award celebrates organisations that demonstrate exceptional compassion and effectiveness in responding to large-scale humanitarian crises. By recognising initiatives that provide direct aid, boost community resilience, and embody the best of human solidarity, this award highlights remarkable efforts across humanitarian and non-humanitarian sectors in supporting vulnerable populations during war, conflict, natural disasters, or extreme weather events.

The Individual Changemaker of the Year Award recognises extraordinary individuals who have driven substantial sustainable and ethical progress within their organisation or field. Open to professionals at any level, this award celebrates champions who demonstrate game-changing impact through innovative leadership in areas such as employee well-being, environmental activism, diversity and inclusion, technological innovation, and broader sustainability efforts.

The Wild World: Recover, Regenerate, Rewild Award celebrates transformative projects focused on nature restoration, rewilding, and regenerative agriculture. Judges seek pioneering initiatives that boost biodiversity and carbon sequestration while delivering tangible social and economic benefits to local communities.

The Technology and AI for Good Award recognises innovative technological solutions that create meaningful positive impact for society and the environment. Judges seek groundbreaking software or hardware, including AI technologies, that demonstrate verifiable social or environmental benefits, scalability, and potential to address global challenges.

The Sustainable Product of the Year Award celebrates innovative products that demonstrate exceptional environmental and social sustainability across their entire lifecycle. Judges seek groundbreaking solutions that offer eco-friendly alternatives, repurpose waste, address ecological challenges, and deliver measurable positive impacts with clear market potential.

The Waste Reduction and Minimisation Award recognises organisations demonstrating exceptional innovation in waste management across Scope 1, 2, and 3 activities. Judges seek comprehensive strategies that achieve measurable waste reduction, promote a zero-waste culture, and engage stakeholders in transformative approaches to minimising material, water, food, and energy waste.

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