Responsible Business Awards 2024 | Reuters Events | 31 May 2024 | TBA, London, UK

Responsible Business Awards are the world’s leading Awards celebrating leadership in sustainable business. It’s more than acknowledging excellent sustainability strategies. The Responsible Business Awards recognise those that are truly having an impact on business, society and the environment – delivering a new blueprint for business in the 21st Century.

For the past 14 years our Awards have served as the benchmark for businesses from across the globe that are looking to showcase real leadership against their international peers. In 2024 we’ll be returning to recognizing sustainability leaders during a prestigious in person Awards gala in October.

Strategy & Leadership Focused Categories

Business Transformation Award
Business must change. Our planet is on the brink of irreversible collapse and increasingly society expects companies to take the lead and address these social and environmental challenges. The Business Transformation Award will reward the company that is taking critical steps to transform its business model in line with a clean, resilient and just future. It’s important that the entry includes data, disclosures and investments that support this systemic transformation, plus evidence of a supporting governance that aligns these changes with the Paris Agreement and the SDGs. Entries will be considered over a 2-to-5- year timescale, but activity during 2022-2023 must be demonstrated.

Product Innovation Award
The award will go to a company that has developed an innovative product offering that is helping address a critical social or environmental challenge. This product or service, now part of the core business model or strategy, must challenge the status quo. The winning entry will provide data, disclosures and investments that demonstrates real positive impact from this new product offering. Entries should highlight how the product or service is both designed and delivered. Entries will be considered over a 2-to-5-year timescale, but activity during 2022-2023 must be demonstrated.

SDG Pioneer Award
We are all currently on the 10-year sprint towards the Sustainable Development Goals. Every year counts and every decision matters. This award highlights and rewards a company that is truly pioneering new ways to help meet the Global Goals at a scale to drive measurable and positive global progress. It’s important that there’s data, disclosures and investments that support the SDG ambitions, plus evidence of a supporting governance structure through incentives and business objectives. Entries will be considered over a 2-to-5-year timescale, but activity during 2022-2023 must be demonstrated.

Partnership of the Year
This award will recognise innovative partnerships that are addressing a key environmental or social issue. Submissions must demonstrate the impact and results of this collaboration - whether it is cross-sector, or a private-public partnership - and how it is delivering significant impact. A clear material link to business strategy, and potential long-term benefits of the partnership are desirable. It’s important that there’s data, disclosures and investments that support real impact. Entries will be considered over a 2-to-5-year timescale, but activity during 2022-2023 must be demonstrated.

Sustainability Trailblazer Award
This award celebrates a person who is a global leader and pioneering new ideas and actions which challenge the status quo within their business and industry. This accolade will go to an outstanding business leader that has demonstrated, inspiring, motivational, and passionate leadership to their team, company or sector, and has a clear commitment to long-term impacts. Entries’ influences will be considered over a 2-to-5-year timescale, but this person’s activity during 2022-2023 must be strongly demonstrated.

Small-Medium Enterprise of the Year Award
The award will go to a small- and medium-sized companies who are challenging the status quo, developing an innovative offering that is helping address a critical or environmental challenge. The winning entry will include all relevant data and discloses any information - including details of financial investments - which could be relevant, demonstrating positive impact. Entries should highlight design, delivery, and scalability. Entries will be considered over a 2-to-5-year timescale, but activity during 2022-2024 must be demonstrated. Entries must follow the definition of an SME defined by the European Commission.