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The Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) is recognising individuals, organisations and collaborations driving meaningful change across India’s green economy, climate and sustainability landscape.

The awards seek to:

  • Recognise climate leadership: Celebrate individuals and organisations delivering measurable impact across India's climate and sustainability landscape.
  • Increase visibility and collaboration: Connect awardees with policymakers, businesses, philanthropies and civil society leaders from within the CEEW ecosystem.
  • Showcase scalable solutions: Highlight innovations and leadership models that can inspire wider adoption across sectors.

Award Categories

A. Green Economy Transformation (GET) Awards

The GET Awards bring together leaders from industry, finance, policy and academia to accelerate India's transition towards a competitive, inclusive and resilient green economy. The awards recognise individuals, enterprises and partnerships creating systemic change across India's green economy.

GET Changemaker

Recognises individual leadership that has transformed a green economy ecosystem catalysing partnerships, mobilising capital, influencing policy, or enabling collaboration to accelerate systemic change beyond their institution.

GET Breakthrough Innovation

Recognises a startup whose innovation has reshaped a green economy ecosystem by solving systemic bottlenecks, creating shared capabilities or markets, enabling a value chain to progress beyond the success of the enterprise itself.

GET Collective Impact

Recognises multi-stakeholder initiatives and collaborative efforts that have transformed livelihoods, markets, or natural ecosystems by fostering partnerships, building community ownership, creating systemic impact that extends far beyond the participating organisations.

B. Women in Sustainability Awards

The Women Leading on Sustainability Awards are presented in partnership with the India Chapter of Women Leading on Climate (WLOC), convened by CEEW. WLOC, founded by Catherine McKenna, former Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Canada and CEO, Climate and Nature Solutions and Maria Mendulice, CEO, We Mean Business Coalition, is a global coalition of women leaders spanning government, business, and civil society driving ambitious climate action through convenings, impact communication, and elevating the collective voices of women working towards a sustainable future.

Rising Star

Recognises an emerging woman leader (under 30) whose vision, innovation and early achievements demonstrate exceptional promise to shape the future of climate and sustainability leadership.

Community Impact

Recognises women-led organisations whose community-driven climate and sustainability initiatives have created transformative impact and strengthened resilience, particularly in rural and underserved areas.

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Recognises an established woman leader with over 10 years of experience whose leadership has transformed institutions, influenced policy, built organisations, or catalysed large-scale climate and sustainability action.

Art and Culture

Recognising an individual or organisation that has used storytelling to make climate change more accessible, relatable and action-oriented. Through film, literature, photography, sculpture, installations, paintings, digital media or other creative formats, this award celebrates stories that have shaped public understanding, inspired hope and accelerated climate ambition. The applicant must be a woman associated with the production in a key manner.


General Eligibility 

  • The individual or organisation must be based in India. 
  • Applications must be submitted under the category that best reflects the nature of the applicant's work. Applicants cannot apply for more than one category. 
  • Applicants must meet all category-specific requirements across the 7 categories as highlighted in the category description above. 

Please refer to these detailed terms and conditions before applying.

 
Applications open
11 Aug 2026
 
Applications close
06 Nov 2026
 
Technical review &
jury shortlisting
06 Nov - 06 Dec 2026
 
Winner notification &
travel coordination
January 2027
 
Applications open
11 Aug 2026
 
Applications close
30 Sep 2026
 
Technical review & jury shortlisting
1 Oct - 30 Nov 2026
 
Winner notification & travel coordination
January 2027

Recognition & Opportunities

The Awards recognises individuals and organisations driving transformative climate action and provide a platform to showcase their impact to influential leaders from across government, industry, finance and civil society. Award recipients will receive:

  • Media and digital amplification across CEEW communication channels, helping increase the visibility of their work.
  • A professionally produced short film showcasing their innovation, impact and journey.
  • Mentorship and strategic engagement opportunities with leading experts, policymakers and industry leaders to support future growth and collaboration.
  • Recognition at a high-level awards ceremony

For any questions or additional information, please reach out to [email protected] for the Women in Sustainability Awards and [email protected] for the GET awards.