Green Awards
There are a growing number of green which seek to showcase and promote excellence and achievement in the environmental sustainability sector. Below is a list of links to international and regional green awards.
International awards & prizes
African Bird Club Conservation Awards
Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy
Biodiversity Reporting Award
Buckmeister Fuller Challenge
Conservation Leadership Programme Awards
CRDF Global GISTech-I Multinational Technology Idea Competition
Energy Globe Award
Environmental Media Awards
Equator Prize
Ethical Biotrade Award for Biodiversity
Financial Times Sustainable Finance Awards
Global 500 Roll of Honour
Global Award for Sustainable Architecture
Goldman Prize
Grantham Prize for Environmental Reporting
Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction
International Awards for Liveable Cities
International Green Apple Awards for Environmental Best Practice
International Green Awards for creativity in sustainability
International Olympic Committee Award for Sport and the Environment
International ReSource Award for Sustainable Watershed Management
IUCN – Reuters – COMplus Media Award
King Hassan II Great World Water Prize
Kyoto World Water Grand Prize
Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize
Markhor Award
MIDORI Prize for biodiversity
Right Livelihood Award
Rio Tinto Prize for Sustainability
Skål International Sustainable Development in Tourism Award
Solarenergieförderverein Bayern (SeV – Bavarian Association for the Promotion of Solar Energy) Architectural Award Building-Integrated Solar Technology
Sophie Prize for Environmental Rights Action
St Andrews Prize for the Environment
Sustainability Leadership Awards
The Good Entrepreneur
The World Challenge
To do contest (socially responsible & sustainable tourism)
Toura d’or contest (film contest for sustainable tourism)
Tourism for Tomorrow Awards
Treehugger’s Best of Green Awards
Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Awards
Volvo Adventure
Zayed Future Energy Prize
Zayed International Prize for the Environmental
The Africa Region
CNN/MultiChoice African Journalist Environmental Award
Natural History Unit of Africa ‘Africa Programming’ Awards
UNECA and African Innovation Foundation ‘African Innovation Prize (AIP)’
Whitley Award
UNEP Awards
Champions of the Earth Award
Green Star Awards
Ozone Africa Media Award
SEED Award
UNEP Sasakawa Prize
Young Environmentalist Journalist Award Africa
UNESCO Awards
Michel Batisse Award for Biosphere Reserve Management
Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Preservation
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO): MAB Young Scientists Award
Africa: country specific awards
South Africa
African Access National Business Awards
Climate Change Leadership Awards
Hospitality Investment Conference Africa (HICA) Tourism Business Leadership Award
Imvelo Awards for Responsible Tourism
Mail & Guardian’s Greening the Future Awards
Miss Earth South Africa
Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa Awards
Namibia
Eco Awards Namibia
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If you know of any environmental awards or prizes relevant for Africa, please send us the website address and any other relevant information to info@greenafricadirectory.org
