It's time to get your submissions in for the East Anglia Clean & Green Awards 2027, to be in with a chance of being recognised among our regions top sustainability champions.
As local enterprises look for more efficient ways to operate in a sustainable way, and encourage others to do the same, the innovators and disruptors stand out for what can be achieved here and further afield.
Both the Energy Innovation Award, sponsored by National Grid, and the Game Changer of the Year award aim to showcase these types of organisations and individuals.
Here, we learn more about these two award categories.
Energy Innovation Award
The Energy Innovation Award sponsored by National Grid, will recognise innovations that significantly enhance energy efficiency or reduce energy consumption.
From businesses to local communities, there are countless people actively looking at their green credentials, and this award will celebrate those who are meeting their environmental commitments in a way that hasn’t been seen before.
The category is open to any individual or organisation that can showcase an energy innovation that is both unique and groundbreaking.
Specifically, the judges will be looking for entries that demonstrate a novel and scalable approach with measurable results in reducing environmental impact, while actively engaging key stakeholders.
Entrants will be expected to demonstrate how their innovation can be scaled or applied across other industries or regions, thereby maximising its impact.
They will also need to show how they have actively involved energy providers, consumers or other stakeholders in their innovation.
Critically, anyone entering this category must be able to evidence a reduction in energy consumption or improved energy efficiency, demonstrating measurable outcomes.
If you believe your energy innovation is worthy of recognition, submit your entry by midnight on November 8.
Meet the Sponsor
National Grid sits at the heart of Britain’s energy system.
Its individual companies run the networks and infrastructure that connect millions ofpeople to the electricity they use every day.
These businesses own and develop the high voltage electricity transmission network in England and Wales, and the electricity distribution network in the Midlands, South West England and South Wales.
Operating separately, National Grid Ventures focuses on competitive markets, investing in energy projects, technologies and partnerships such as electricity interconnectors.
National Grid brings energy to life, with an ambition to serve customers well, support the communities in which it operates, and make possible a clean, affordable and resilient energy network of the future.
Game Changer of the Year
The Game Changer of the Year category celebrates organisations whose ideas are making a difference to sustainability.
The award recognises disruptive innovations that are changing the way industries, businesses or communities tackle environmental challenges.
Judges will be looking for projects, products or services that go beyond incremental improvements and demonstrate real transformation.
Entries should show clear environmental benefits backed up by measurable results.
The winner will need to demonstrate how its innovation has reduced emissions, improved efficiency, conserved resources or delivered other positive environmental outcomes.
Judges want to see innovations that have the potential to be adopted more widely, either across sectors, regions or even internationally.
Successful entries should demonstrate how they have worked with industry partners, public sector bodies, communities or other stakeholders to develop and implement their innovation.
The category was won in 2026 by Dura Composites, a construction supplier based in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.
Over the past five years, it has reduced embodied carbon by up to 33% across its core glass reinforced polymer (GRP) products and launched the UK’s first mechanical GRP separation system.
Criteria
The judges will be looking for a truly disruptive innovation that has transformed the sustainability sector.
The winning entry should demonstrate significant environmental benefits, scalability and the potential for widespread adoption.
Submit your entries before the deadline on Sunday, November 8 at midnight. For more information about the East Anglia Clean & Green Awards 2027, please visit cleanandgreenawards.co.uk
To read about all of the award categories, please click here.
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