This award recognises collaborations that have produced meaningful environmental or social outcomes through genuine partnership. It celebrates the quality of the working relationship as much as the result: shared risk, mutual contribution and a willingness to operate outside familiar territory.
This is not an award for a lead organisation supporting others. It's an award for a partnership where each party's contribution matters and where the outcome is genuinely shared.
Who it's for:
Businesses, councils and investors
What the judges are looking for:
- deliberate use of commercial levers (purchasing, infrastructure, platforms, data) to drive environmental or social outcomes
- measurable positive impact on suppliers, partners, or the wider market (not just internal improvement)
- evidence of system-level intent: policies, relationships, or investments that shift what others do
- outcomes proportionate to the organisation's scale and influence