Industry Sustainability Champion (Impact and Awareness)- Deadline 11th April 2025

This award is to recognise studios, groups or individuals who champion sustainability campaigns, through partnerships, outreach programs, social impact, charitable or educational initiatives.

Pillars of sustainability The four pillars of sustainability provide a framework for achieving long-term balance between development and preservation.

Here’s a brief explanation of each:

1. Environmental Sustainability: Focuses on protecting natural resources, ecosystems, and biodiversity to ensure that the environment can support future generations. This includes practices like reducing pollution, conserving energy, promoting renewable resources, and mitigating climate change.

2. Human Sustainability: Improvement of the quality of life and well-being for individuals. This involves access to education, healthcare, and opportunities for personal growth and development to build human capacity over time.

3. Economic Sustainability: Create stable and prosperous economies that can endure over time without depleting resources or creating significant inequalities. Practices like responsible business operations, ethical labour practices, and long-term investment in sustainable industries.

4. Social Sustainability: Maintaining and improving societal well-being by fostering equity, justice, and community cohesion. This includes promoting diversity, ensuring equal access to resources, and supporting strong social networks and cultural heritage.

Criteria:

Entries submitted for consideration must be from studios based on the island of Ireland(registered companies) that have released content (on terrestrial, cable, satellite or digital channels including web-based broadcasters who commission content) between January 1, 2023 and December 31, 2024.

This initiative should have taken place in between January 1, 2023 and December 31, 2024

This award is for an individual or committee within a studio, a studio can nominate but cannot apply for themselves. A maximum of three nominated names or one group may be submitted from each studio. Additional names or groups will not be considered. This category is open to entries from studios anywhere on the island of Ireland, including both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

Studios are asked to pitch a group/individual who has made an impact/ taken action to improve the community within the studio and/or the wider community in their area. These can be as simple as donating the money from the deposit return scheme to charity, organising a charity fundraiser event or growing awareness and understanding of sustainability issues.

Applications will be judged on
- Clarity of Vision/Value of project (20)
- Community impact studio and wider community (40)
- Broader innovation/additional benefit (20)
- Awareness & Appeal - outcome (20)
- 3 A4 page maximum to be used for application
- Photo, graphic or visual i.e. picture of an event is helpful (limited to 1 page of 3)- Please do not use embedded links as judges will be advised not to include

Guidelines for applications

Impact & Reach

- Demonstrated measurable impact on sustainability within studio, community or industry (e.g., environmental, social, human or economic).
- Tangible outcomes of the initiatives, such as reductions in carbon footprint, increased awareness, or social improvements.

Innovation & Creativity
- Innovative approaches to addressing sustainability challenges
- Use of technology, storytelling, or unique strategies to engage and inspire

Collaboration & Partnerships
- Collaborative efforts that highlight sustainability via shared resources or expertise.
- Contribution to fostering long-term relationships that promote sustainability.

Advocacy & Awareness
- Success in raising awareness around sustainability issues and solutions.
- Quality and clarity of educational or advocacy materials, programs, or campaigns.
- Demonstration of leadership in promoting a sustainability mindset

Inclusivity & Accessibility
- Inclusion of diverse groups or individuals
- Focus on reaching underserved or underrepresented communities in sustainability efforts.

Longevity & Sustainability of Efforts
- Evidence of long-term commitment to sustainability goals.
- Plans for maintaining or scaling initiatives to ensure enduring impact.
- Integration of sustainability practices within groups, companies or industry .