Responsible business awards 2025

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Find the right awards for your business

Winning business awards can significantly enhance your company’s credibility, distinguish you from competitors, and provide you with an impactful marketing tool. By applying for awards, you not only highlight your hard work and achievements but also unlock numerous benefits such as elevating your business, boosting customer and client confidence, accessing cost-effective marketing, attracting top talent and investment, and building valuable industry connections. The tricky part is knowing which awards are worth your time to apply for.

Below we’ve listed some responsible business-related awards to consider applying for 2025. You should also have a look at awards specific to your industry as some will have responsible business categories. We hope this will help get you started!

AwardMore infoExample categoriesCeremony dateEntry deadline
Third Sector Business Charity Awards Recognises the contribution made by UK businesses to charities and social enterprises.
  • BUSINESS OF THE YEAR (GRAND-PRIX)
  • BEST ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT PARTNERSHIP
  • EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR
8 May13 February

 

Corporate Engagement Awards Recognises successful and innovative corporate partnerships and sponsorships and the communication strategies around those collaborations.
  • Best CSR activity or programme to support or develop a corporate reputation
  • Best alignment of brand values during a CSR programme
  • Best community involvement during a CSR programme
  • Best engagement of an internal audience in a CSR programme
  • Best collaboration for a single event
  • Most innovative collaboration
  • Best foundation
September11 April

 

Late deadline:

2 May

Global Good Awards Recognises those who are doing good in environment, leadership, community, education, engagement, carbon impact, CSR and social impact.
  • Behaviour Change Campaign of the Year
  • Circular Economy
  • Climate Breakthrough Award
  • Climate for Good Awareness
  • Community Partnership of the Year Award
  • Global Good Employer of the Year
  • Sustainable Product of the Year
  • Technology and AI for Good
  • Wild World: Recover, Regenerate, Rewild
  • Waste Reduction and Minimisation
24 September2 May
The Lloyd’s Bank British Business Excellence Awards Recognises and rewards excellence in all sectors across the UK.
  • Lloyd’s Bank Sustainable Business of the Year Award
  • The Lloyds DE&I Champion of the Year Award
  • The Business Purpose Before Profit Award
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UK Green Business Award Rewards businesses that deliver on their green goals and boosting the UK’s competitiveness in the process.
  • Sustainability leader of the year
  • Nature-based Project of the Year
  • Net Zero Strategy of the Year
  • Recycling Project of the Year
  • Renewable Energy Project of the Year
  • Circular economy project of the year
11 June28 February
P.E.A. AWARDS 

 

Sustainability and climate awards, honouring the individuals and teams behind the products, services and businesses that are changing the face of our planet.
  • P.E.A. Climate Pioneer
  • P.E.A. Energy
  • P.E.A. Green Pioneer
  • P.E.A. Indigenous Communities
  • P.E.A. Nature
TBC31 March
National Sustainability Awards Recognises great stories of innovation and breadth of impact across all sectors that can help build a more sustainable and better future.
  • Energy Innovation Award
  • Green Energy Product of the Year
  • Circular and Recycling Award
  • Plastic Reduction and Recycling
  • Sustainable Packaging Award
  • Sustainable Fund of the Year
  • Carbon Reduction Award
  • Carbon Capture and Storage Award
  • Offsetting Scheme of the Year
  • Biodiversity Protection Award
1 OctoberTBC
Likely to occur in June
City AM Dragon Awards The Dragon Awards, which take their name from the many dragons that mark the boundaries of the City of London, recognise incredible examples of social impact across the business community.Individual Awards:

  • Dragon Industry Leader of the Year
  • Dragon Entrepreneur of the year

Company Awards:

  • Dragon Heart of the City Award
  • Dragon Inclusive Workplace and Employee Wellbeing
  • Dragon Impact Business of the Year
  • Dragon Advisor of the Year
  • Dragon Start-Up of the Year
  • Dragon Industry Association of the Year
  • Dragon Award for Leadership in Financial Literacy
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Likely to occur in
November		TBC
Likely to occur in October

This was last updated in January 2025 by Heart of the City. We’ve created these resources for individual SMEs to use. None of our content is to be adapted, reused or repurposed for commercial use.

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