At Zero Carbon Academy, we believe in celebrating the pioneers driving transformation and making a meaningful impact in the Cleantech sector. Our Zero Carbon Academy -Cleantech Awards have seven industry categories and three special awards designed to recognise and honour the exceptional innovators and disruptors leading the charge towards a sustainable future. The nominees for this prestigious accolade have been meticulously selected from our recently published “Cleantech Top 50” report—an in-depth market research study highlighting the foremost innovators in the field.
The Zero Carbon Academy — Cleantech Awards evaluate companies across seven key sectors, each representing a critical area of innovation and viability for the product's commercial success. From renewable energy to waste management, our categories cover a diverse range of Cleantech applications, ensuring that every significant contributor receives the recognition they deserve.
Our review panel shortlisted the nominees listed below for our seven industry award categories. Our judging criteria are designed to assess the merit and impact of each innovation comprehensively. Our approach ensures that Zero Carbon Academy—Cleantech Awards recognises those who excel across multiple dimensions of business performance.
We are proud to feature the following industry category nominees, who have been recognised for their exceptional contribution within specific industry categories:
The Zero Carbon Academy - Cleantech Awards are more than just accolades—they are a celebration of the commitment and ingenuity driving the Cleantech sector forward. To honour these works we have three special categories, to recognise not just the visionaries but also the innovations poised to make a profound impact on humanity.
Presented to a business that is making significant ground in helping humanity and the environment.
The pinnacle of the awards, presented to the company we find to be impacting innovation and disruption within Cleantech.
For new companies showing rapid development, those younger than 5 years or named in our ‘one to watch’ segment within the Cleantech report.
AMP is applying AI-powered sortation at scale to modernize the world's recycling infrastructure and maximize the value in waste.
Louisville, Colorado, United States
AeroFarms, B Corp leader in Indoor Vertical Farming, growing produce using up to 95% less water and no pesticides ever.
Newark, New Jersey, United States
Food technology company designing new ways to grow quality animal products.
Rehovot, HaMerkaz, Israel
Cleantech / ClimateTech company Ending PFAS 'Forever Chemical' pollution through wastewater treatment and sensing technologies.
Tacoma, Washington, United States
Automotive Cells Company designs and manufactures a range of sustainable automotive batteries for electric vehicles.
Bruges, Aquitaine, France
Boston Metal develops Molten Oxide Electrolysis (MOE), an electric-powered tech to decarbonize steelmaking and transform metal production.
Woburn, Massachusetts, United States
Circulor is a blockchain sustainability company that offers traceability-as-a-service and supply chain solutions for manufacturers.
London, England, United Kingdom
CurbWaste revolutionizes the waste management ecosystem through its cloud-based and data-driven cleantech platform.
New York, New York, United States
ECOCO circular economy offers recycling resource regeneration technology and design services.
Tainan, T'ai-wan, Taiwan
Encina provides technology solutions to develop renewable products from plastic waste.
The Woodlands, Texas, United States
Enerkem is a cleantech company transforming waste into transportation biofuels, renewable chemicals, and everyday products.
Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Enpal is a photovoltaics leasing firm that provides solar power systems for homeowners.
Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Fastned is a fast-charging network for electric vehicles to charge with renewable energy from the sun and wind.
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
FLO operates an electric vehicle charging network to provide smart charging services for drivers and station owners.
Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Form Energy develops and commercializes a low-cost battery system that can store wind and solar energy for a long duration.
Somerville, Massachusetts, United States
Genecis is an early-stage organic waste processing startup that uses biotechnology to convert waste into high-value materials.
Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Husk is the leading net-zero energy company serving rural Africa and Asia and operator of the largest fleet of community solar minigrids.
Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
Inari is a biotechnology company that aims to transform agriculture and its impact on society and the environment.
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
InductEV is at the forefront of revolutionizing commercial fleets through the power of wireless energy.
King Of Prussia, Pennsylvania, United States
Li-Cycle is a clean technology company that uses an environmentally friendly process to recycle lithium-ion batteries.
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Muddy Machines is working on field robots to help farms manage labour-intensive crops by completing the fieldwork.
London, England, United Kingdom
AI-powered Automated Industrial Inspection Solution Using Autonomous Drones
Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
Northvolt is a battery manufacturer for electric vehicles, industrial systems, and energy storage systems.
Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
On.Energy is an energy storage developer that offers analytics and AI-powered energy management software.
Miami, Florida, United States
Pryme is an innovative cleantech company focused on converting plastic waste into valuable products through low-carbon chemical recycling.
Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
Pachama harnesses AI and satellite data to empower companies to confidently invest in nature.
San Francisco, California, United States
The first platform for generalized autonomy: powered by Quantum, PassiveLogic empowers people to solve the largest climate challenges.
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Persefoni AI provides a climate management and accounting platform for real-time management, analytics, and disclosure.
Mesa, Arizona, United States
Pure Harvest Smart Farms is a tech-enabled agribusiness based in the UAE focused on year-round production of premium fruits & vegetables.
Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Redwood Materials is a battery recycling startup that makes electric vehicles and sustainable materials for circular supply chains.
Carson City, Nevada, United States
Resourcify is Europe's leading digital waste management & recycling platform. We are accelerating the circular economy in Europe!
Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
SolarDuck develops and deploys offshore floating solar energy solutions to accelerate renewable energy growth.
Nijmegen, Gelderland, The Netherlands
Xeros is a clean technology company focused on the development of “virtually waterless” laundry cleaning.
Rotherham, Rotherham, United Kingdom
Ynsect provides products and services that operate in the agro-food and environmental biotech industries.
Fontaine, Bourgogne, France
ZeroAvia develops hydrogen-electric powertrains for zero-emission aviation solutions.
Hollister, California, United States
Zeroe is an enterprise SaaS platform powered by AI, designed to measure emissions and provide reports on decarbonization performance.
Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
alterBiota is a green materials company focused on cost effective concrete decarbonization
Edwardsville, Nova Scotia, Canada
ecoLocked is turning buildings into carbon sinks by developing CO2-negative building materials.
Berlin, Berlin, Germany