Country |
Award |
Sponsor |
Notes
|
Estonia |
Eerik Kumari Award |
Ministry of the Environment, Estonia |
Those who have excelled in bioscience in Estonia[57]
|
Europe |
European Business Awards for the Environment |
European Commission |
Companies that combine competitiveness with respect for the environment[58]
|
Europe |
European Green Capital Award |
European Commission |
Cities that have a consistent record of achieving high environmental standards[59]
|
Europe |
European Solar Prize |
Eurosolar |
Outstanding contributions to the utilization and applications of renewable energy in all its available forms[60]
|
Germany |
Blue Planet Award |
Ethecon Foundation |
Actions deemed to be protecting the environment[61]
|
Germany |
Environment Prize |
Bundesstiftung Umwelt |
Decisive and exemplary contribution to the protection and preservation of our environment now and in the future[62]
|
Germany |
GreenTec Awards |
VKP engineering GmbH |
Projects, products, and people contributing to the protection of the environment[63]
|
Germany |
Nuclear-Free Future Award |
Franz Moll Foundation for the Coming Generations |
Anti-nuclear activists, organizations and communities[64]
|
Germany |
The National German Sustainability Award |
Cabinet of Germany |
Cities, companies and individuals promoting the idea of a sustainable society[65]
|
Monaco |
Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation Awards |
Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation |
Exemplary action in favour of the environment and the protection of the planet[66]
|
Netherlands |
Order of the Golden Ark |
Kingdom of the Netherlands |
Major contributions to nature conservation
|
Netherlands |
Oskar Barnack Award |
World Press Photo |
Photography expressing the relationship between man and the environment[67]
|
Netherlands |
Sarphati Sanitation Awards |
World Waternet |
Contributions to global sanitation and public health, notably through entrepreneurship[68]
|
Nordic Countries |
Nordic Council Environment Prize |
Nordic Council |
Nordic company, organization, or individual for exemplary efforts to integrate respect for the environment into their business or work or for some other form of extraordinary initiative on behalf of the environment[69]
|
Norway |
Gunnerus Sustainability Award |
Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters |
Outstanding contribution to sustainable science within the fields of natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, or technological sciences[70]
|
Norway |
Heyerdahl Award |
Norwegian Shipowners' Association etc. |
People from the shipping industry that have made an outstanding contribution to the environment[71]
|
Norway |
Rachel Carson Prize |
Rachel Carson-prisen |
Woman who has distinguished herself in outstanding work for the environment in Norway or internationally
|
Norway |
Sophie Prize |
Jostein Gaarder |
Individuals or organizations working with the environment and sustainable development (no longer active)[72]
|
Spain |
National Environmental Award |
Ministry of Environment |
Environmental award (no longer active)
|
Sweden |
Right Livelihood Award |
Right Livelihood Award Foundation |
Practical and exemplary answers to the most urgent challenges facing us today[73]
|
Sweden |
Stockholm Industry Water Award |
Stockholm International Water Institute |
Impressive contributions by businesses and industries to improve the world water situation
|
Sweden |
Stockholm Junior Water Prize |
Stockholm International Water Institute |
Outstanding water project by a young person or a small group of young people[74]
|
Sweden |
Stockholm Water Prize |
Stockholm International Water Institute |
Outstanding achievements in water-related activities[75]
|
Sweden |
Swedish Baltic Sea Water Award |
Swedish Institute |
Direct and practical efforts ... to help improve the water environment of the Baltic Sea
|
Sweden |
The Perfect World Award |
The Perfect World Foundation |
Awarded to a person who has raised significant attention to wildlife and nature conservation. Since its inauguration in 2014, it has become one of the most prestigious conservation awards in Scandinavia.[76]
|
Sweden |
Volvo Environment Prize |
Volvo Environment Prize Foundation |
Individuals who explore the way to a sustainable world[77]
|
Switzerland |
Prix Pictet |
Pictet Group |
Photography of the highest order, applied to current social and environmental challenges[78]
|
United Kingdom |
Ashden Awards |
Ashden |
Organisations and businesses that deliver local, sustainable energy schemes with social, economic and environmental benefits[79]
|
United Kingdom |
Green Chemistry Award |
Royal Society of Chemistry |
Advances in environmentally-focused chemistry[80]
|
United Kingdom |
Green Flag Award |
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government |
Parks and green spaces[81]
|
United Kingdom |
CIEEM Medal |
Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management |
Outstanding single or lifelong contribution to the field of ecology and environmental management[82]
|
United Kingdom |
John Rose Award |
Institution of Environmental Sciences |
Disseminate exceptional environmental research to a wide audience and fulfill its potential[83]
|
United Kingdom |
Kew International Medal |
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |
Significant contribution to science and conservation[84]
|
United Kingdom |
Marsh Award for Conservation Biology |
Zoological Society of London, Marsh Charitable Trust |
Contributions of fundamental science to the conservation of animal species and habitats[85]
|
United Kingdom |
Natural World Book Prize |
The Wildlife Trusts |
Environmental literature
|
United Kingdom
|
Nature of Scotland Awards
|
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
|
Recognising the very best in Scottish nature conservation. [86]
|
United Kingdom |
RSPB Medal |
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds |
For an individual in recognition of wild bird protection and countryside conservation[87]
|
United Kingdom |
St Andrews Prize for the Environment |
University of St Andrews |
Significant contributions to environmental issues and concerns[88]
|
United Kingdom |
Sustainable City Awards |
City of London Corporation |
Best practice in environmental management and sustainable leadership[89]
|
United Kingdom |
The British Environment and Media Awards |
World Wide Fund for Nature |
Professional article, programme, website or campaign, written, produced or undertaken in the UK
|
United Kingdom |
Virgin Earth Challenge |
Sir Richard Branson |
Commercially viable design which results in the permanent removal of greenhouse gases out of the Earth's atmosphere to contribute materially in global warming avoidance[90]
|
United Kingdom |
Whitley Awards |
Whitley Fund for Nature |
Effective grassroots conservation leaders across the Global South[91]
|