Since 2008 · 18 editions
GreenAwards
Editorial recognition, conferred by a jury, for a specific achievement in a specific year, and honoured at a gala. Not a rating, not a certification, not a label. Recognition.
One unbroken line
All eighteen editions in the archiveFounded in 2008 as the Clean Tech Media Award, renamed the GreenTec Awards in 2013, and the GREEN AWARDS since 2019: eighteen editions in one unbroken line.
The 2025 edition honoured 1KOMMA5°, DeepDrive and Dunia Innovations. Past honorees include Jane Goodall, Robert Redford, Vivienne Westwood, Paul Polman and Johan Rockström.
The categories
Four categories: three sectors, and a life's work.
Mobility & Transport
Vehicles, logistics, and the systems that move people and goods cleanly.
Energy & Infrastructure
Generation, storage, grids, and the built environment.
Industry & Materials
Manufacturing, circularity, and the materials transition.
Lifetime Achievement
For a body of work that moved the whole field.
The awards, in sixty seconds
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The honour roll
The GREEN AWARDS winners since 2019. Every evidenced winner back to 2008, under the earlier names, is in the awards archive.
2025
18th edition
1KOMMA5°
Energy & Infrastructure
DeepDrive
Mobility & Transport
Dunia Innovations
Industry & Materials
2024
17th edition
Sublime Systems
Pioneer
Asterra
Milestone
Fatou Jeng
Youngster
Honorary awards to Arizona Muse and Dr. Mamphela Ramphele
2023
16th edition
Brilliant Planet
Innovation
Concular
Start-up
Jeremiah Thoronka, Optim Energy
Youngster
Prof. Johan Rockström
Special Achievement
2022
15th edition
Cirplus
Start-up
AeroFarms
Impact
Vinisha Umashankar
Youngster
Rhine Clean Up
Community
2021
14th edition
Desert Control
Innovation
Primitives Biodesign
Start-up
Netafim
Impact
Reyhan Jamalova, Rainergy
Youngster
Robert Redford and Vivienne Westwood
Lifetime Achievement
Jochen Zeitz
Green Leader
2020
13th edition
Solar Foods
Innovation
Live Love Recycle
Start-up
Ecosia
Impact
Kering
Green Organisation
Kiara Nirghin
Youngster
Dr. Jane Goodall
Lifetime Achievement
2019
12th edition
Skipping Rocks Lab
Start-up
Ferguson Marine
Innovation
Plastic Bank
Game Changer
Ann Makosinski
Rising Star
Paul Polman
Lifetime Achievement
Yara Birkeland
Special Prize
The 2027 edition
Nominations open once the date is confirmed.
Register interest and you hear first. The shortlist and the ceremony follow in 2027. Winners are chosen by an independent jury against published criteria, with every decision recorded. No sponsor influences entries, jury, scoring or results.
