Deadline: 3 November 2015
Ashden,a charity that champions and supports the leaders in sustainable energy to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon world is inviting applicants for Ashden International Awards 2016 in order to reward innovative enterprises and programmes that deliver, or play a key part in enabling the delivery of, renewable energy and energy efficiency at the local level, and through this bring social, economic and environmental benefits.
Ashden will make six International Awards.
Awards & Benefits
- The winners will receive prize funds of £20,000 each, and one Gold Award winner will receive a prize fund of £30,000.
- As well as the cash fund, winning an Ashden Award brings many other benefits, such as:
- National and international publicity, through the work of our specialist communications team.
- A tailored business support programme to help you take your work further: this can include professional mentoring, sales and technical training and introductions to investment and grant finance.
- A broadcast-quality short film of your award-winning work.
- Opportunities to present your work to large and influential audiences at the Ashden Awards ceremony and conference.
- Membership of the network of Ashden Award winners, who are all leading practitioners in sustainable energy.
- The acclaim of winning a prestigious Ashden Award.
Focus Areas
The Ashden are looking for pioneering enterprises and programmes demonstrating achievement in any of the following areas:
- Increasing energy access for homes or businesses
- Sustainable buildings
- Developing innovative financial mechanisms or business models for delivering sustainable energy
- Sustainable travel
- Improving the lives of women and girls through sustainable energy
- Sustainable energy and water
Eligibility Criteria
- Businesses, NGOs, social enterprises and government organisations are all eligible.
- The application can be for a specific renewable energy or energy efficiency programme, enterprise or building, or for a specific product or service. This may be the whole work of an organisation or part of it.
- The work must be proven on the market and have been delivered for at least one year.
- The work must be delivered in at least one of the UN’s developing regions of Africa, Caribbean, Central America, South America, Asia (excluding Japan) and Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) and can be in rural or urban areas. High-income countries in these regions, as defined by the World Bank, are not eligible to apply.
- The Ashad do not make awards to start-up, pilot or demonstration projects.
How to Apply
Interested applicants must fill the online registration form at the address given on the website.
For more information, please visit International Awards.
