The聽Top Tier Impact聽(TTI) Group today announces the launch of its inaugural聽Global Impact Awards聽to celebrate start-ups around the world at the cutting edge of sustainability and positive impact.
As the first of their kind globally, the TTI Global Impact Awards exclusively聽celebrate the most innovative companies leading the way聽to deliver sustainability for net-zero emissions and radically embed equality across all their business practices.
The awards聽will聽recognise聽sustainability-focused companies across eight categories:聽agriculture and food, consumer and retail, financial services, education and media, energy and environment, healthcare and wellbeing, sustainable cities and real estate, diversity and inclusion. The judges include Billy Zane, impact investor and Hollywood actor, Melchior de Muralt, microfinance pioneer and founder of the multibillion dollar asset manager BlueOrchard,聽Katharine Hayhoe,聽climate scientist named one of Time’s 100 most influential people,聽and Arizona Muse, model and sustainability consultant.
With partners such as the World Economic Forum and the United Nations,聽Top Tier Impact is the leading global ecosystem of investors, entrepreneurs and professionals focused on solving the most critical issues of our time. With over 500 members across 40 countries,聽its聽mission is to accelerate the adoption of best practices in impact and sustainability in the running of companies.
Ahead of World Environment Day on 5th聽June, 2021, and in line with The Paris Agreement, businesses across all economic sectors have an important role to play in the mitigation of global warming, ensuring that sustainability and impact is at the core of everything they do. The聽TTI聽Global Impact Awards recognise those driving change in their industry to transition to more environmentally-friendly practices.
Alessa Berg,聽TTI Founder and CEO, said:聽鈥淔or聽our human species to keep thriving on this planet, we need to implement innovation across all sectors of the global economy. The tailwinds are all here, from sustainability regulation kicking in at new speed, to record inflows of investment capital for sustainability-focused companies. We are still in time to correct the course of humanity towards utopia, not dystopia. The TTI Global Impact Awards are here to accelerate this process. By celebrating the聽success of the most promising sustainability innovators, we want to inspire and encourage others to follow suit and achieve a better future for us all.鈥�
Billy Zane, TTI member, Hollywood actor and impact investor, said:聽鈥淭hese are the awards that our planet has been waiting for. They are the Oscars of the impact and sustainability sector. As a TTI member, I鈥檓 very excited to finally see this happening. Impact and sustainability represent a new paradigm for our planet. We need positive impact everywhere and we need it quickly.鈥�
Helena Wasserman Eriksson, TTI Global Impact Awards manager, adds:聽鈥淲e have to focus on the reality of the facts 鈥� without urgent change we soon won鈥檛 have the clean air and water we need to live.聽There are many ways businesses can become more sustainable聽and they go beyond聽reducing waste, cutting energy usage and choosing sustainable suppliers and solutions.聽We aren鈥檛 just looking for the Teslas, Oatlys and Beyond Meats of tomorrow, but for the innovators who will push the limits even further to create sustainability at scale.鈥�
The awards are now open for entries and nominations at聽www.toptierimpact.com/impact-awards, closing on 7th聽July 2021. The award ceremony will take place virtually on 17th聽August 2021. The awards are open to companies at various stages of their development, from inception through to pre-IPO.
The awards are supported by family offices such as Swedish Formica Capital, along with companies such as sustainable data centre developer TerraScale and Singapore property pioneer CDL.
Watch the聽TTI Global Impact Awards video to hear more from the panel of expert judges – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KSWzk7cfuU
Alessa Berg聽continues: 鈥淐reating the right sustainability strategy is not just about minimising the downside, it鈥檚 also about creating new upside.聽 Making climate change a priority literally creates new value for companies. It can also put them ahead of the competition, save money and help them attract more loyal customers and employees. It鈥檚 a win-win for all stakeholders.
鈥淎t聽Top Tier Impact, our mission and expertise is in how to accelerate the adoption of impact and sustainability. We look forward to bringing together the expertise of our pioneering business leaders, sharing ideas and initiatives and celebrating the work already being done to help reduce industry impact聽on the environment.鈥�
