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Launch of the Climate Resilience Awards for Business- open until 18th October

WBCSD and GRP have launched the Climate Resilience Awards for Business to spotlight companies that advance climate resilience through innovative approaches, collaboration, and measurable impact across operations, supply chains, and communities.

The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and Global Resilience Partnership are collaborating on a new award for businesses leading in climate resilience to build momentum alongside the action agenda for COP 30 in Belém 

The awards seek to identify and celebrate businesses who are taking action to assess and ensure future resilience to climate change and broader physical risks for themselves, their supply chains and their communities.  

Purpose of the awards 

The aims of the Climate Resilience Awards for Business are, to: 

  • Recognise innovative solutions that strengthen resilience in communities, ecosystems, and economies through business action. 
  • Promote collaboration between organisations, governments, and businesses in driving sustainable resilience practices.
  • Showcase exemplary efforts that inspire others to adopt resilience-focused strategies with practical ‘how to’ s and lessons learned. 

Award categories and criteria 

Business achievements will be recognised along the following categories: 

1. Strategic Leadership in Resilience Award: Honouring businesses that have either 

a.  Integrated resilience across their operations.
b. Trialled innovative resilience solutions, including technologies, methodologies, or financing mechanisms that substantially improve resilience capabilities. 
c. Addressed value chain resilience or improved resilience along a logistics route, including identification and measurement of physical risk along the value chain and developing a resilience plan.
d.  Been driven by an outstanding commitment by an individual changemaker to go beyond ‘business as usual’ 

2. Partnerships and Collaboration Award– Honouring partnerships or collaborations that have demonstrated successful public- private collaboration with national or regional authorities in planning (including NAPSs) or implementing adaptation actions and improved capability and relationships across stakeholder groups 

3. SME award– Award in any of the above categories but for a small business 

Finalists will be assessed against the following criteria by a judging panel including external experts from the business and resilience communities: 

FAQ

How long is the competition open for? 

The awards submission window is open from 3rd September until the 18th October. 

Finalists will be informed within two weeks to allow for preparations time to prepare to announce the awards before COP30. 

Why should companies participate? 

On an ecosystem level- to contribute to the global adaptation goals by supporting the wider momentum and mobilisation around the COP30 Action Agenda. 

In particular the Brazilian COP30 Presidency, supported by the Climate Champions, aims to showcase tangible non-party (non-state actor) implementation and action, supporting the ‘business case for adaptation’ and  providing replicable and scalable examples.  

Participation by leading companies will help raise awareness and enrich knowledge of opportunities and approaches to climate resilience across the private sector as well as help non-profit and public sectors understand how to better support corporate climate adaptation. 

On an individual level- finalists and winners will gain the following benefits: 

-Online recognition through features in GRP, WBCSD  and partner digital platforms 
– Inclusion in case studies and best-practice reports and platform for knowledge sharing including WBCSD’s Climate Drive Library and GRP’s Resilience Solutions Platform, and the COP30 Business Action Bank
-Potential networking opportunities and visibility at high-profile public events including COP30 opportunities including at the Resilience Hub- including priority sponsorship opportunities 
-Invitation to closed door high-level events during Climate Weeks and COP 
-Demonstration of leadership and inspiration for other businesses to replicate successful resilience strategies – contribution to advancement of global adaptation agenda.


How to submit an entry for your business?

Please complete the form linked here to enter.

Questions or comments?
Get in touch with Lucy Moran, Manager, Climate Action at WBCSD at lucy.moran@wbcsd.org.