2025 Shortlist

We are delighted to unveil the Women in Green Business Awards 2025 shortlist - A huge congratulations to all our finalists!

Individual Categories

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Apprentice of the Year

Beth Faulkner

Nominee's Job title
Environmental Coordinator Apprentice
Nominee's Company Name
DHL Aviation
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Grainne Curzon

Nominee's Job title
Assistant ESG (Graduate)
Nominee's Company Name
rider levett bucknall
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Rebecca Jones

Nominee's Job title
Undergraduate Environmental Practitioner
Nominee's Company Name
WSP
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Corporate Sustainability Lead of the Year

Abby Chicken

Nominee's Job title
Head of Sustainability
Nominee's Company Name
Openreach
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Helen Tandy

Nominee's Job title
Partner
Nominee's Company Name
Castlefield
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Hero Bennett

Nominee's Job title
Director of Sustainability
Nominee's Company Name
Max Fordham LLP
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Kate Chapman

Nominee's Job title
Head of Sustainability
Nominee's Company Name
London Marathon Events (part of London Marathon Group)
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Kim van Lieshout

Nominee's Job title
Senior Sustainability Manager
Nominee's Company Name
OVO
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Kirsty Black

Nominee's Job title
Distillery Manager
Nominee's Company Name
Arbikie Distilling `Ltd
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Maria Khan

Nominee's Job title
Head of ESG, Compliance and Operations
Nominee's Company Name
Clean Growth Fund
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Rhea Horlock

Nominee's Job title
Global Head of Corporate Social Responsibility
Nominee's Company Name
Kinly
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Sheryl Moore

Nominee's Job title
Global Director Sustainability
Nominee's Company Name
Converge Technology Solutions
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Diversity and Inclusion Champion of the Year

Elsie Ocran

Nominee's Job title
Founder & CEO
Nominee's Company Name
Gyamfua London
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Emma Hatchett

Nominee's Job title
Head of Nature Services
Nominee's Company Name
WSP
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Gihan Abdel Magid Hyde

Nominee's Job title
CEO
Nominee's Company Name
CommUnique
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Julia Buckland

Nominee's Job title
Head of Benchmarking
Nominee's Company Name
Balfour Beatty
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Liz Allan, Managing Director - Full Circle CI

Nominee's Job title
Managing Director
Nominee's Company Name
Full Circle Continuous Improvement Ltd
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Mas Morton

Nominee's Job title
Chief of Staff
Nominee's Company Name
The Electric Car Scheme
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Nicola Giles

Nominee's Job title
Head of People and Culture
Nominee's Company Name
AirEx Technologies
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Soulla Paphitis

Nominee's Job title
Sales Director
Nominee's Company Name
Guru Systems
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Zoë Walsh

Nominee's Job title
Sales and Customer Relations Director
Nominee's Company Name
Greater London Hire Limited t/a GLH
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7
Inspiring Returner of the Year

Imogen Carter

Job title
Head of Programme Management
Nominee's company name
Viridor
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Iris Garavito

Job title
Consultant
Nominee's company name
Exposure Earth
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Jade Adderley

Job title
Administrator
Nominee's company name
Waste to Wonder Worldwide
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Marta Bujwicka- Colman

Job title
Founder and CEO
Nominee's company name
Aberdevine Ltd.
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Mitakshi Sirsi

Job title
Group Director of Sustainability
Nominee's company name
Broadway Malyan
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Sarah Darrah

Job title
Senior Associate
Nominee's company name
Finance Earth
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Signe Norberg

Job title
Head of External Affairs
Nominee's company name
Aldersgate Group
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Mentor of the Year

Ashleigh Kitchiner

Nominee's Job title
Principal Marine Mammal Consultant
Nominee's Company Name
Balaena Services
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Clare Brass

Nominee's Job title
Chief product officer
Nominee's Company Name
Moree limited
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Hannah Leggatt

Nominee's Job title
Director Environment and Sustainability
Nominee's Company Name
The Clancy Group
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Harriet Janman

Nominee's Job title
Founder
Nominee's Company Name
Renew Consultancy
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John Auckland

Nominee's Job title
CEO - CO-Founder
Nominee's Company Name
Seafields Solutions Ltd.
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Louise Beamish

Nominee's Job title
Director, Acoustics
Nominee's Company Name
WSP
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Lynda Carty

Nominee's Job title
IT Programme Manager
Nominee's Company Name
EDF Renewables UK&Ireland
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Rising Star of the Year - Large Firms

Kirsten Zoe Smith

Nominee's Job title
Net Zero Strategist
Nominee's Company Name
Recorra LTD
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Martha Smith

Nominee's Job title
Undergraduate Environmental Consultant
Nominee's Company Name
WSP
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Molly Kirven

Nominee's Job title
Carbon Engineer
Nominee's Company Name
Balfour Beatty
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Nadia Crowe

Nominee's Job title
Environmental Sustainability Sr Analyst
Nominee's Company Name
AVEVA
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Rhian Walters

Nominee's Job title
Sustainability Adviser
Nominee's Company Name
Aston Martin Lagonda
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Stephanie Pereira

Nominee's Job title
Impact Analyst - Climate & Environment
Nominee's Company Name
Compass Group
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Stephanie Taviner

Nominee's Job title
Environmental Manager, Europe Middle East, Africa and Asia (EMEAA)
Nominee's Company Name
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG)
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Rising Star of the Year – SMEs

Alisha Kalam

Nominee's Job title
Senior Energy Analyst
Nominee's Company Name
Smart Managed Solutions
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Constanza Torres

Nominee's Job title
National Implementation and LATAM Senior Lead
Nominee's Company Name
Business for Nature
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Ffion Mitchell-Langford

Nominee's Job title
Atlantic Coast Engagement Development Lead
Nominee's Company Name
Marine Conservation Society
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Lauren Franklin

Nominee's Job title
Chief of Staff
Nominee's Company Name
IPG Energy
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Lynsey Shovlin

Nominee's Job title
Supply Chain Senior Associate
Nominee's Company Name
Ocean Winds
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Michelle Waters

Nominee's Job title
Researcher
Nominee's Company Name
WASE Limited
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Pollyanna Wright

Nominee's Job title
Sustainability Executive
Nominee's Company Name
Envision Racing
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Sector-based Categories

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Buildings Professional of the Year

Alisha Kalam

Nominee's Job title
Senior Energy Analyst
Nominee's Company Name
Smart Managed Solutions
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Alison Coward

Nominee's Job title
Decarbonisation Project Manager
Nominee's Company Name
Westmorland and Furness Council
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Caroline McCabe

Nominee's Job title
UK and IE Country Real Estate Manager
Nominee's Company Name
Hitachi Energy
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Hazel Lim

Nominee's Job title
CFO
Nominee's Company Name
Deep Green
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Helen Pollock

Nominee's Job title
Clean Growth Manager
Nominee's Company Name
Hertfordshire Futures
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Hero Bennett

Nominee's Job title
Director of Sustainability
Nominee's Company Name
Max Fordham LLP
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Mitakshi Sirsi

Nominee's Job title
Group Director of Sustainability
Nominee's Company Name
Broadway Malyan
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Ruth Kerrigan

Nominee's Job title
Chief Operating Officer
Nominee's Company Name
Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited
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Carbon Markets Professional of the Year

Beatrice Mocci

Nominee's Job title
Head of Carbon
Nominee's Company Name
UNDO Carbon
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Celia Francis

Nominee's Job title
CEO & Co-Founder
Nominee's Company Name
Ponterra
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Charmaine Yeo

Nominee's Job title
Strategy Director, Global Procurement Center of Excellence
Nominee's Company Name
GSK plc
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Patrícia Silva

Nominee's Job title
Carbon Markets Lead
Nominee's Company Name
Patch
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ShanMae Teo

Nominee's Job title
CFO
Nominee's Company Name
Climate Impact Partners
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Shilpika Gautam

Nominee's Job title
Founder & CEO
Nominee's Company Name
Opna
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Shona Crawford-Smith

Nominee's Job title
Head of Product Data and Partnerships
Nominee's Company Name
Sylvera
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Clean Energy Professional of the Year

Anne Johnstone

Nominee's Job title
Head of ESG
Nominee's Company Name
Vital Energi Utilities Ltd
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Aurelia Hibbert

Nominee's Job title
Senior Energy & Decarbonisation Consultant
Nominee's Company Name
Mott MacDonald Ltd
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Ellie van der Heijden

Nominee's Job title
Partner
Nominee's Company Name
Everoze
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Jane Gaston

Nominee's Job title
CEO
Nominee's Company Name
Net Zero North West
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Kay Walker

Nominee's Job title
Senior Environmental Sustainability Manager
Nominee's Company Name
Balfour Beatty
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Nina Vidon

Nominee's Job title
Renewables Lead
Nominee's Company Name
WSP
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Rosie Knight

Nominee's Job title
Flexibility Delivery Lead
Nominee's Company Name
Ohme
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Sanna Atherton

Nominee's Job title
Innovation Programme Manager
Nominee's Company Name
National Energy System Operator
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Shraddha Nair

Nominee's Job title
Senior Sustainability Consultant
Nominee's Company Name
Turner & Townsend
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Clean Technology Innovator of the Year

Agnes Czako, AirEx Technologies

Nominee's Job title
CEO, Founder
Nominee's Company Name
AirEx Technologies
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Andri Johnston

Nominee's Job title
Digital Sustainability Lead
Nominee's Company Name
Cambridge University Press & Assessment
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Anna-Maria Kypraiou

Nominee's Job title
Founder and CEO
Nominee's Company Name
Eyesea Green Limited
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Audrey Luiz

Nominee's Job title
Principal Scientist
Nominee's Company Name
Mission Zero Technologies
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Beth Dickens

Nominee's Job title
Director
Nominee's Company Name
Quoceant
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Catherine White

Nominee's Job title
Head of Process Technology
Nominee's Company Name
Greenback Recycling Technologies
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Diane Gilpin

Nominee's Job title
Founder & CEO
Nominee's Company Name
Smart Green Shipping
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Laura Robinson

Nominee's Job title
Science Director
Nominee's Company Name
SeaGrown Limited
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Shachar Hatan

Nominee's Job title
Product Lead
Nominee's Company Name
Climate Impact Partners
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Communications or Marketing Professional of the Year – In-House

Abby Ray

Nominee's Job title
Let's Go Zero Campaign Communications Coordinator
Nominee's Company Name
Ashden Climate Solutions
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Angela Terry

Nominee's Job title
CEO
Nominee's Company Name
One Home Climate Solutions
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Lucy Coast

Nominee's Job title
Communications Director
Nominee's Company Name
Business for Nature
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Lucy Kittow

Nominee's Job title
Sustainability Communications Lead
Nominee's Company Name
Lloyds Banking Group
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Lynsey Mitchell

Nominee's Job title
Internal Comms Manager
Nominee's Company Name
EDF Renewables UK and Ireland
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Michelle Taute

Nominee's Job title
Head of Strategic Engagement
Nominee's Company Name
Tallarna
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Sioned Thomas

Nominee's Job title
Head of Marketing and Content
Nominee's Company Name
Recorra
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Tina Hughan

Nominee's Job title
Global Marketing & Sustainability Director
Nominee's Company Name
Gunnebo Entrance Control
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Tracey Elsey

Nominee's Job title
Media manager
Nominee's Company Name
UK Power Networks
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Communications/Marketing Professional of the Year – Agency

Fran O'Leary

Nominee's Job title
Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer
Nominee's Company Name
Lodestone Communications
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Hannah Thame

Nominee's Job title
Account Director and Head of Operations
Nominee's Company Name
Resonates
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Jo Field

Nominee's Job title
Founder and CEO
Nominee's Company Name
JFG Communications
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Lisa Merrick Lawless

Nominee's Job title
Co-founder
Nominee's Company Name
Purpose Disruptors
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Rebecca Day

Nominee's Job title
CEO and Founder
Nominee's Company Name
Still Curious
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Sarah Booth

Nominee's Job title
Co-Founder and Director
Nominee's Company Name
Pivotal Consulting
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Investment Professional of the Year

Gabrielle Morgan

Nominee's Job title
Senior Investment Manaegr
Nominee's Company Name
Conduit Connect
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Giorgia Antonacci

Nominee's Job title
Senior ESG Manager
Nominee's Company Name
PensionBee Ltd
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Helen Tandy

Nominee's Job title
Partner
Nominee's Company Name
Castlefield
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Mahima Sukhdev

Nominee's Job title
Chief Growth Officer
Nominee's Company Name
GIST Impact
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Maria Nazarova-Doyle

Nominee's Job title
Global Head of Sustainable Investment
Nominee's Company Name
IFM Investors
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Rosalind Smith-Maxwell

Nominee's Job title
Director
Nominee's Company Name
Quinbrook
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Nature Professional of the Year

Dr Verena Meraldi

Nominee's Job title
Chief Scientist
Nominee's Company Name
HX Expeditions
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Ella Thomson

Nominee's Job title
Sustainability Manager
Nominee's Company Name
OVO
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Ffion Mitchell-Langford

Nominee's Job title
Atlantic Coast Engagement Development Lead
Nominee's Company Name
Marine Conservation Society
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Helen Roberts

Nominee's Job title
Project Manager - MCRP
Nominee's Company Name
Menter Môn Morlais Limited
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Jennifer Estaris

Nominee's Job title
Sustainability Games Consultant
Nominee's Company Name
Netflix
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Kellie Dalton

Nominee's Job title
Head of Regenereation
Nominee's Company Name
House of Hackney
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Mahima Sukhdev

Nominee's Job title
Chief Growth Officer
Nominee's Company Name
GIST Impact
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Savita Willmott

Nominee's Job title
Chief Executive
Nominee's Company Name
The Natural History Consortium
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Transport Professional of the Year

Caroline Barker and Fiona Lee (job share)

Nominee's Job title
Deputy Directors, Bus Partnerships and Decarbonisation
Nominee's Company Name
Department for Transport
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Diane Gilpin

Nominee's Job title
Founder & CEO
Nominee's Company Name
Smart Green Shipping
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Julie Furnell

Nominee's Job title
CEO
Nominee's Company Name
Mobilityways
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Selene Sarı

Nominee's Job title
Founder & CEO
Nominee's Company Name
Vox Aeris
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Silviya Barrett

Nominee's Job title
Director of Policy and Campaigns
Nominee's Company Name
Campaign for Better Transport
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Steffi Dance

Nominee's Job title
Transport Strategy Communications Engagement & Consultation Lead
Nominee's Company Name
Camden Council
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Zoë Walsh

Nominee's Job title
Sales and Customer Relations Director
Nominee's Company Name
Greater London Hire Limited t/a GLH
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Women in STEM Champion of the Year

Anna-Maria Kypraiou

Nominee's Job title
Founder and CEO
Nominee's Company Name
Eyesea Green Limited
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Dr Verena Meraldi

Nominee's Job title
Chief Scientist
Nominee's Company Name
HX Expeditions
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Emma Crossley

Nominee's Job title
Researcher
Nominee's Company Name
WASE
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Luca Mezossy-Dona

Nominee's Job title
Co-founder, Chief Growth Officer
Nominee's Company Name
IONATE
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Martina Colman

Nominee's Job title
Head of Climate Science
Nominee's Company Name
Climate Essentials
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Michelle Tolmay

Nominee's Job title
CISO
Nominee's Company Name
Kaluza
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Natasha Paramasamy

Nominee's Job title
STEM Outreach & Development Specialist
Nominee's Company Name
UK Power Networks
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Sharon Strugnell

Nominee's Job title
Technical Director
Nominee's Company Name
WSP
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Headline Categories

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Entrepreneur of the Year

Alex Smith

Nominee's Job title
Partner and Co-Founder
Nominee's Company Name
FuturePlus
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Amanda Spicer

Nominee's Job title
Co-Founder
Nominee's Company Name
Your Eco
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Anna Moore

Nominee's Job title
CEO & Founder
Nominee's Company Name
Domna
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Anna-Maria Kypraiou

Nominee's Job title
Founder and CEO
Nominee's Company Name
Eyesea Green Limited
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Diane Gilpin

Nominee's Job title
Founder & CEO
Nominee's Company Name
Smart Green Shipping
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Emma Askew

Nominee's Job title
Founder & Director
Nominee's Company Name
Earth Minutes
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Laura Crawford

Nominee's Job title
CEO and Founder
Nominee's Company Name
Mama Bamboo
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Mahima Sukhdev

Nominee's Job title
Chief Growth Officer
Nominee's Company Name
GIST Impact
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Mel Blackmore

Nominee's Job title
CEO and Founder
Nominee's Company Name
Carbonology Ltd
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Selene Sarı

Nominee's Job title
Founder & CEO
Nominee's Company Name
Vox Aeris
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Leader of the Year

Anna Guyer

Nominee's Job title
Founder and CEO
Nominee's Company Name
Greenhouse Communications
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Ellen Salter

Nominee's Job title
Sustainability Director
Nominee's Company Name
Think Beyond
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Gillian Harrison

Nominee's Job title
Chief Executive Officer
Nominee's Company Name
Whitefox Technologies
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Heather Buchanan

Nominee's Job title
CEO
Nominee's Company Name
B4NZ
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Jude Barber

Nominee's Job title
Director
Nominee's Company Name
Collective Architecture
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Mary Starks

Nominee's Job title
VP Policy, Regulation, Risk
Nominee's Company Name
OVO Energy
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Melanie Asker

Nominee's Job title
Managing Director
Nominee's Company Name
Greenwood Plants
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Melissa Gander

Nominee's Job title
CEO
Nominee's Company Name
Kaluza
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Michal Nachmany

Nominee's Job title
CEO and Founder
Nominee's Company Name
Climate Policy Radar
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Nicky Morgan

Nominee's Job title
Rt Hon. the Baroness Morgan of Cotes - Independent Non-Executive Director of Santander UK plc
Nominee's Company Name
Santander UK plc
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Sheri Hickok

Nominee's Job title
CEO
Nominee's Company Name
Climate Impact Partners
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Woman of the Year 2025

Fiona Conor

Nominee's Job title
CEO
Nominee's Company Name
Trust Electric Heating
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Hannah Leggatt

Nominee's Job title
Director Environment and Sustainability
Nominee's Company Name
The Clancy Group
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Helen Grundy

Nominee's Job title
Senior Sustainability Manager
Nominee's Company Name
Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd
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Inge Jacobs

Nominee's Job title
Global Sustainable Sourcing Lead
Nominee's Company Name
Mars Food and Nutrition
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Irina Boldurescu

Nominee's Job title
Founder and CEO
Nominee's Company Name
SolRecycle
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Jenny Harland

Nominee's Job title
Retail Director
Nominee's Company Name
Shared Earth
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Laura Binnie

Nominee's Job title
Sustainability Coordinator
Nominee's Company Name
XLVets Ltd
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Martina Colman

Nominee's Job title
Head of Climate Science
Nominee's Company Name
Climate Essentials
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Preeti Srivastav

Nominee's Job title
Group Head of Sustainability
Nominee's Company Name
Asahi Group Holdings
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Rashmi Ghai

Nominee's Job title
Global Head of Sustainability, Citi Commercial Bank
Nominee's Company Name
Citi
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Company Categories

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Business of the Year

Collective Architecture

EDF

Ethex

Greenbank (Part of the Rathbones Group)

Greenhouse Communications

In2tec Ltd

Ponterra

Shared Earth

Whitefox Technologies Limited

2
Campaign of the Year

Campaign for Better Transport: Bus stop standard campaign

SPARC Alliance

9
Consultancy of the Year

Atmos Consulting Ltd

Carbonology®

Dialogue Matters Ltd

Full Circle CI

Hope Solutions

Lorax EPI

Morelli Consulting

Renew Consultancy

SustainSphere Advisory

5
Diversity and Inclusion Strategy of the Year

Be Yourself at Equans UK & Ireland

GLH

Rider Levett Bucknall

SPARC Alliance

The Electric Car Scheme

11
Small Business of the Year

Climate Essentials

Ecoroots

GGLOW

Guru Systems

Loom

Menter Môn Morlais Ltd

Seafields

Society for the Environment

SolRecycle Ltd

Trust Electric Heating

Virtuvest