Ashden

Awards are given to organisations and businesses that deliver local, sustainable energy schemes with social, economic and environmental benefits.

Previous hosts include broadcasters Emma Freud,[3] Anna Ford,[4] John Humphrys[5] and Jonathan Dimbleby[6] and environmental journalist Mark Lynas.

Guest speakers in recent years have included Kandeh Yumkella, Prince Charles, Sir David King, Wangari Maathai,[7] Al Gore, David Attenborough, Hilary Benn, (the then UK Secretary of State for International Development), Dr RK Pachauri, Chair of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, David Cameron, (leader of the Conservative Party) and Lord May of Oxford, (former Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government).

Ashden also holds specialist seminars and conferences bringing together their award winners with practitioners, academics, and those who make or influence policy.

[11] The Ashden Awards have been presented to 205 organisations, including NGOs, businesses, local governments and schools.