Our panel of 25 expert judges recently convened for a full day of judging where they whittled down almost 500 entries to a shortlist of around 200 finalists across 24 categories. This includes new categories such as the Net-Zero Innovation of the Year alongside returning favourites such as Partnership & Collaboration of the Year, and the coveted Lloyds Bank Sustainable Business of the Year.

The shortlist of finalists was revealed back in December, via a video and news piece on the edie website. Now, ahead of the Awards Ceremony on 30 March, we have published this free-to-download report providing more information about every shortlisted entry.

The Sustainability Leaders Awards ceremony, which will reveal our winners, takes place as an in-person event at the Park Plaza London Westminster hotel on Thursday 30 March 2023. Table bookings are now open and can be  made here (premium tables are limited).

Fill out the form on the left and click ‘download now’ to access your copy of our Meet the Finalists Report.

This guide explains climate-related risks and TCFD disclosures, and why they matter to business.

edie’s SPARK! Net-Zero Action Workshops were about making that climate action happen. Held at the IET London events centre in November 2022, this unique event brought together energy and sustainability leaders across all major sectors along with decarbonisation experts and industry bodies, for a full day of innovation and co-creation.

This report summarises the key outputs from five collaborative roundtable discussions that took place on the day. These discussions saw participants co-create solutions to key net-zero challenges and discuss exciting new opportunities that lie ahead in 2023 with like-minded peers.

The workshop themes covered in this report are: Strategy & Innovation, Buildings & Efficiency, Smart Grids & Flexibility, People & Processes, and Emissions Calculations & Scope 3 Management.

edie’s Circular Economy Action Workshops were about making that action happen. Held at the IET London events centre in October 2022, this unique event brought together sustainability leaders across all major sectors along with circular economy experts and industry bodies, for a full day of innovation and co-creation.

This report summarises the key outputs from five collaborative roundtable discussions that took place on the day. These discussions saw participants co-create solutions to key circular economy challenges and discuss exciting new opportunities that lie ahead in 2023 with like-minded peers. The workshop themes covered in this report include: Finance & Investment, Supply Chains & Collaboration, Product & Packaging Innovation, Engagement & Behaviour Change and Strategy & Business Models.

We have been an official CDP Accredited Solutions Provider since 2021 and are proud to report that 100% of our customers have either maintained or improved their CDP scores year-on-year.

Using our lived experience and sectoral insight, we prepared an A to Z guide on what to expect when you’re disclosing impact through CDP’s platform, including some proven ways to make the most of the scoring.

Aside from delivering achievable strategies, enabled through rigorous

data collection processes, Energise’s consultancy team use our in-house technology platforms as a trustworthy educational hub for all your sustainability questions. We have built our own tools as an aid for our consultants to maximise their focus on solutions.

With this in mind, this edie handbook explores how businesses of all sizes and sectors can be clearer in their sustainability-related marketing, engagement and communications, outlining how they can better use sustainability-related language in a manner that engages key stakeholders. This will help them build trust, gain credibility, increase transparency and leverage behaviour change.

This report, sponsored by UL, has been developed to coincide with edie’s ENGAGEMENT Week 2023. The week features interviews and opinion pieces from revered sustainability professionals and an afternoon of online and interactive webinars. All content for ENGAGEMENT Week 2023 is designed to help sustainability professionals working for organisations large and small keep on top of the latest legislative developments regarding frameworks and disclosure as well as offering key insight on communications and engagement techniques. This handbook succinctly captures the messages that will be shared throughout ENGAGEMENT Week 2023.

edie’s Better Business is about making that change happen, from the top. This series of quarterly roundtable discussions has been hosted by edie to unite CEOs and board-level directors for much-needed dialogue around the future of sustainable business.

Our final discussion of the series focused on engagement, inspiration and collaboration.

This report provides a detailed summary of this discussion in the Better Business series, hosted in association with our session sponsor, Centrica Business Solutions. The discussion took the theme of “Engagement, Inspiration and Collaboration” with more than a dozen business leaders from organisations in various sizes and sectors convening in London on 20 October 2022.

How can business leaders use their influential positions to drive positive engagement with key stakeholders around climate action? What decisions can be made to foster a culture of sustainability leadership within business? And how can new partnerships be formed within and between sectors to maximise impact?

All of these questions and more are explored and answered in the report. This report is free to download.

Click “Access the roundtable” to get your copy of our Engagement, Inspiration and Collaboration write up.

Recognising the link between volunteering and employee engagement is one thing. Activating a successful volunteering programme then requires a multifaceted strategy.

This paper explores:

-Major societal, government, and environmental shifts that have driven the need for improvements in employee engagement

-The fundamentals of a great employee experience, and research on the impressive impact it can have when implemented in the right way

-How to build a volunteering programme that effectively engages employees, increases trust and boosts happiness

-Going beyond employee engagement – to the wider positive impacts volunteering can have on local communities

-Key recommendations and next steps for businesses looking to adopt employee volunteering in their own organisation

This report is designed to summarise all the key announcements and discussion points from Net-Zero November; and to act as a blueprint for business leadership as we begin to move from ambition into action. A special thanks must go to all of the interviewees, bloggers, speakers, partners and supporters who made edie’s Net-Zero November and COP27 coverage such a resounding success.

From the key news stories, to the soundbites from world leaders and climate experts, this report covers all net-zero facets from green policy to innovation, to help businesses turn ambitions and targets into action and progress.

Click “DOWNLOAD THE REPORT” to access your copy of the Net-Zero November summary report for 2022.

Download ‘Corporate Donations: The Power of Local’ and explore:

-The critical need to understand the local multiplier effect and how it can be used to help businesses achieve the desired impact through their charitable donations

-The link between the nature of your corporate charitable donations and its impact on trust from both customers and employees

-The 3 key ways to access the power of local through financial donations – with real business case examples

-How to manage the process of localised charitable donations and deliver measurable outcomes

This paper explores:

-The increasingly complex ESG reporting landscape

-Balancing macro and micro agendas when developing your ESG strategy

-The link between local ESG action and trust in business

-Creating localised and community focussed ESG impact at scale

About Neighbourly

Neighbourly is a multi award-winning community investment and engagement platform, connecting businesses with thousands of local vetted good causes to make a positive and measurable impact in our neighbourhoods.

Companies including M&S, Lidl, Heineken, Aldi, B&Q, Sainsbury’s, Danone, Cadent, Virgin Media 02 and Samsung use Neighbourly to donate volunteer time, funds and surplus products to causes across the UK and Ireland, through CSR, ESG and social impact initiatives.

Got surplus? From streamlining operations, cost-saving and reducing carbon emissions to delivering measurable social good across local communities, the potential value in redistribution is significant if you know how to do it successfully.

This paper explores:

-A background on surplus and its value as a hidden part of the economy

-From auditing to measurement: How to build a successful surplus programme

-Key recommendations and business case studies

About Neighbourly

Neighbourly is a multi-award-winning community investment and engagement platform, connecting businesses with thousands of local vetted good causes to make a positive and measurable impact in our neighbourhoods.

Companies including M&S, Lidl, Heineken, Aldi, B&Q, Sainsbury’s, Danone, Cadent, Virgin Media 02 and Samsung use Neighbourly to donate volunteer time, funds and surplus products to causes across the UK and Ireland, through CSR, ESG and social impact initiatives.