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Climate Innovation Decision-Makers

Climate Innovation Decision Makers

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Judges: Sustainable Corporate Buyers

Innovation Zero Awards

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Global Award Candidates

Innovation Zero 2024

Celebrating the Innovations Powering a Low-Carbon Future

View the Innovation Zero Awards 2026 Finalists here.

Showcase your breakthrough technology, project, or solution to the global sustainability community. 

The Innovation Zero Awards spotlight the most “purchasable” clean solutions. Crafted from the corporate buyer’s perspective, the Awards connect innovators with investors, procurement leaders, and sustainability specialists driving decarbonisation across industries.

 

Why should you enter?

Entering the Awards gives your business the visibility, credibility, and commercial connections to accelerate growth and impact. More than recognition, it’s your gateway to market visibility and investor attention.

Benefits include: 

  • Be seen by corporate buyers and investors: Each candidate will be carefully assessed by at least three sustainability and procurement leaders from major enterprises, cleantech investors, and industry experts. 

  • Feature in the Green Solutions Catalogue: All entrants have a chance to profiled in our online directory – a growing discovery tool used by corporate buyers seeking new climate solutions. 

  • Gain high-value exposure: Shortlisted companies are promoted through Innovation Zero’s social media, website spotlights, and newsletters – reaching a global sustainability audience. 

  • Showcase your achievement: Shortlisted entrants receive a finalist badge and logo to use across their communications. 

  • Exclusive opportunities for winners: Inclusion in the Awards Spotlight on the Innovation Zero World Congress Main Stage, plus a feature in a dedicated winners’ marketing campaign. 

  • Save on exhibiting: Winners receive a 50% discount on Innovation Pod upgrades or Showcase packages at Innovation Zero World.

Who should enter?

The Innovation Zero Awards are designed exclusively for innovators developing or scaling solutions that help achieve a net zero economy. 

We welcome entries from: 

  • Start-ups, scale-ups, and established businesses with solutions at Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 4 or higher

  • Candidates with climate-ready solutions that can deliver environmental and commercial benefits. 

  • Innovators from any country – there are no geographical restrictions.

Entry Conditions

To qualify, your solution must: 

  • Have been developed or significantly updated within the last six years. 

  • Be at TRL 4 or above.

Paul Monks

Awards Categories

The Innovation Zero Awards recognise climate innovations across six key sectors critical to achieving net zero. Each category celebrates solutions that combine commercial scalability with climate impact – reflecting how buyers and investors identify opportunity. 

To reflect the maturity spectrum of innovation, each category will have two winners: 

  • Promising Solution – recognising early-stage technologies or products with high potential and proof of concept (typically TRL 4–6). 

  • Mature Solution – celebrating commercially deployed or scaled innovations already delivering measurable climate and customer impact (typically TRL 7+).

ENERGY & POWER

For solutions that help to decarbonise legacy energy production, transportation, utilisation, storage, or generate low or zero-carbon energy.

Examples include energy management systems, batteries, biofuels, CHP, electrochemical storage, biomass, heat recovery, hydrogen, kinetic energy, energy monitoring, utilities, and renewables. 

TRANSPORT, LOGISTICS & SUPPLY CHAIN

For innovations that reduce emissions from the movement of people and goods across all transport modes.

Examples include electric and hybrid vehicles, transport infrastructure, charging networks, smart parking, traffic management, fleet management, and logistics optimisation. 

LAND & WATER

For solutions that reduce the climate impact of land and water use.

This includes agriculture and food systems, consumer goods production, GHG capture and storage, biodiversity and forestry solutions, and technologies related to oceans, atmosphere, and climate resilience.

INDUSTRY

For solutions that mitigate the climate effects of industrial production and manufacturing.

Covers petrochemicals, plastics, electronics, heavy machinery, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals -as well as technologies improving efficiency, circularity, and emissions reduction in manufacturing processes.

MONITORING, REPORTING & VERIFICATION

For solutions that measure, analyse, and offset greenhouse gas emissions.

Includes software for emissions quantification and mapping, AI and ML tools for data analysis, sensors, carbon accounting and offsetting projects, and voluntary carbon trading platforms.

BUILT

For innovations that reduce the environmental impact of construction and urban operations.

Includes low carbon construction materials, ecodesign, smart city technologies, building management systems, air quality monitoring, and climate adaptation solutions.

2026 Judging Panel

 

2026 Awards Partners

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We want to build bridges between climate innovators, investors and corporate buyers.
Nastasya Savina
Director of Awards and Partnerships |  Innovation Zero

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