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Nominations for BASIS’ Sustainable Sport Awards are now being accepted. It is free to enter, and we welcome nominations from everyone.
The Awards event will take place at The All England Lawn Tennis Club, home to Wimbledon Tennis Championships, on 26th September 2024. Awards will be given for the best sustainability initiatives that show innovation, impact, and performance across any of our key 12 Principles. Submissions are accepted both for an organisation and for individuals within an organisation – and will go across the following categories
Winners and runners-up will also be offered the opportunity to present a case study on their project at future BASIS webinars, with relevant content added onto the BASIS website.
Awards will be given for the best sustainable initiatives that show innovation, impact and performance across the following categories:
With multiple submissions very much welcomed. No project is too big or too small to be accepted for submission.
What we’re really interested to hear about is how and why the initiative was conceived, the impact it had, and what made it important to your organisation. Winners and runners-up will also be offered the opportunity to present a case study on their project at future BASIS webinars, with relevant content added onto the BASIS website. The closing date for submissions is 30th August 2024. All applicants will be contacted by 13th September, and successful entries will be invited to the Awards event on 26th September 2024.
This category celebrates the synergy between a sports organisation and a company who have combined to create a compelling success story in sustainable initiatives. Open to clubs, venues, NGBs and community organisations partnering with solution providers.
This category recognises the sports-led sustainability campaign which has had the biggest impact on participants, fans and / or viewers, and wider audiences. Open to clubs, venues, NGBs and community organisations.
This category recognises the sports organisation who has harnessed new technology to deliver positive environmental impacts. Open to clubs, venues, NGBs and community organisations.
This could be software or hardware across energy & emissions, waste management, water & effluents, materials & chemicals, transport & travel, food & beverage and biodiversity & habitats.
This category rewards the organisation which has had the biggest impact in their community, engaging and benefitting local people and organisations in projects to deliver positive social and environmental outcomes. Open to community clubs and organisations
This category celebrates the best projects to protect and restore habitats and the natural environment in sports venues and facilities. Open to clubs, venues, NGBs and community organisations – a partnership element is also welcome.
This category rewards the organisation which has most successfully driven sustainability awareness and actions among its fanbase and participants. Open to clubs, community organisations and NGBs.
This category recognises the individual or organisation which has shown transformational leadership in environmental sustainability, driving a whole-organisation approach to sustainability, or consistently being at the cutting edge of environmental initiatives in the sports sector. Open to Executive Leaders, clubs and NGBs.
This category rewards an emerging individual who has shown exceptional promise, making a significant contribution to help promote sustainability, with the potential to be a guiding light for the future. Open to individuals in clubs or NGBs, and athletes.
This category recognises an individual who has worked diligently on sustainability in sport, showing quiet-but-essential vision and leadership, often away from the limelight. Individual award made by the judges.
This category celebrates the organisation which has made the most impactful climate action effort through the systematic measurement and reduction of emissions over the last year. Open to clubs, venues, NGBs and community organisations
This category rewards the individual or team behind the most impactful report, broadcast feature, story or advocacy initiative which has brought the relationship between sport and the environment alive for new audiences. Open to individuals or teams of journalists and campaigners.
Submissions are accepted both for an organisation as a whole and for individuals within an organisation – with multiple submissions gladly received.
What we’re really interested to hear about is how and why the initiative was conceived and what made it important to your particular organisation. We’d love to know what impacts the project has had – both on your organisation’s environmental impact and in terms of any wider positive influence (on the behaviour of any of your stakeholders such as staff, suppliers, fans, etc., on setting an example to other clubs, and so on) and if you can tie your submissions into one or more of our 12 principles, that would be fantastic.
Categories explained
Sustainability Partnership of the Year
This category celebrates the synergy between a sports organisation and a company who have combined to create a compelling success story in sustainable initiatives. Open to clubs, venues, NGBs and community organisations partnering with solution providers.
Sustainability Campaign of the Year
This category recognises the sports-led sustainability campaign which has had the biggest impact on participants, fans and / or viewers, and wider audiences. Open to clubs, venues, NGBs and community organisations.
Sustainability Innovation of the Year
This category recognises the sports organisation who has harnessed new technology to deliver positive environmental impacts. Open to clubs, venues, NGBs and community organisations.
This could be software or hardware across energy & emissions, waste management, water & effluents, materials & chemicals, transport & travel, food & beverage and biodiversity & habitats.
Community Impact Award
This category rewards the organisation which has had the biggest impact in their community, engaging and benefitting local people and organisations in projects to deliver positive social and environmental outcomes. Open to community clubs and organisations
Biodiversity Project of the Year
This category celebrates the best projects to protect and restore habitats and the natural environment in sports venues and facilities. Open to clubs, venues, NGBs and community organisations – a partnership element is also welcome.
Fan Engagement Action of the Year
This category rewards the organisation which has most successfully driven sustainability awareness and actions among its fanbase and participants. Open to clubs, community organisations and NGBs.
Leadership Award
This category recognises the individual or organisation which has shown transformational leadership in environmental sustainability, driving a whole-organisation approach to sustainability, or consistently being at the cutting edge of environmental initiatives in the sports sector. Open to Executive Leaders, clubs and NGBs.
Rising Star
This category rewards an emerging individual who has shown exceptional promise, making a significant contribution to help promote sustainability, with the potential to be a guiding light for the future. Open to individuals in clubs or NGBs, and athletes.
Sustainability Champion of the Year
This category recognises an individual who has worked diligently on sustainability in sport, showing quiet-but-essential vision and leadership, often away from the limelight. Individual award made by the judges.
Carbon Reduction Award
This category celebrates the organisation which has made the most impactful climate action effort through the systematic measurement and reduction of emissions over the last year. Open to clubs, venues, NGBs and community organisations
Sustainability Feature of the Year
This category rewards the individual or team behind the most impactful report, broadcast feature, story or advocacy initiative which has brought the relationship between sport and the environment alive for new audiences. Open to individuals or teams of journalists and campaigners.
Please note that self-nominations are not allowed in the Leadership and Rising Star categories. Self-nominations are allowed in all other categories.
If you have any queries regarding the process, please do not hesitate to contact [email protected]
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