London Eco Champion Awards
2025
Recognising the first ripples of a wave that will change the world.
What are the London Eco Champion Awards ?
The award recognises eco champions, from young children to adults and organisations, in our community who go above and beyond to protect our environment.
Across London, community leaders and conscious businesses are making bold moves—together building a city powered by grassroots innovation and enterprise accountability.
This is an award that sees how a community gardening project and a pioneering SME’s net zero policy are part of the same story. We seek to recognise eco-champions of all ages and backgrounds.
With bespoke trophies and a suite of amazing prizes to be won – plus, it’s free to enter.
The London Eco Champion Awards bridges generations, sectors, and scales of action.
From guerilla gardening to circular business models, we spotlight those showing how any initiative – whether driven by students or startups – can ripple out to create systemic change.
The London Eco Champion Awards are not just an award, but a platform for change.
Winners receive recognition backed by extensive media coverage – including an upcoming global Amazon Prime documentary.
Past winners have inspired policy, shaped conversations, and connected with communities and companies united by impact.
Who is Eligible?
Any environmental initiative, however big or small, should be rewarded and celebrated.
Categories
Mini Warriors
Ages 5 – 11
For the youngest eco-heroes taking action in their schools or communities.
Junior Heroes
Ages 12 – 17
For teens showing leadership in environmental change through their own drive.
Local Leaders
Ages 18+
For individuals leading change in their communities with passion and purpose.
Super Schools
Whole schools or year groups
For schools uniting students, teachers, and parents in collective eco-action.
Better Business
For businesses and organisations centring sustainability and community impact.
What Makes an Eco Champion?
Judges evaluate nominations on 4 key themes: Impact, Resourcefulness, Creativity, and Sustainability.
See who our 2024 Eco Champions were and what made them a winner below!
Mini Warriors Winner 2024
Oscar Keane inspired his whole class to participate in 'The Big Plastic Count,' a campaign to count and track a household's weekly plastic consumption. His entire class participated in the count, submitting data on their families’ plastic use.Junior Heroes Winner 2024
Henry Li & Alessandro Bocos are co-leaders of the High School Clean Investment Coalition, these teens spearheaded international fossil fuel divestment efforts.Local Leaders Winner 2024
As CEO of Stonegrove Community Trust, Gus Alston secured over £110,000 of funding to install 210 solar panels on the centre's roof. This panel array is now the largest charity-owned solar panel installation in London, and provides enough electricity to meet 100% of the centre’s usage, plus 12 family homes. 210 panels. Enough electricity to meet 100% of the centre’s usage, plus 12 family homes. 14 tonnes of carbon saved a year. Equivalent to planting 637 trees a year. Gus hopes that this installation will inspire the residents that anything is possible.Super Schools Winner 2024
Millfield Community School's Eco Champions led rooftop gardening, cycling initiatives, and outdoor learning programs to foster environmental stewardship. Notably, the eco-committee started "Fill up Fridays," their new eco refill shop preventing countless plastic containers from going to landfill or incineration. The shop is a huge success in the school community and it continues to grow in reach and popularity.What Prizes Could You Win?
Here are just some of the prizes to be awarded to the finalists of the London Eco Champion Awards 2025.
All finalists will also receive custom medals made of recycled wood, and winners receive an engraved trophy.
More prizes TBA – so keep checking here for updates!
2 x £500 Cash Prize
Towards any sustainability project.'Super Schools' only. Donated by Hammerson & Mott Macdonald.
OceanSaver Bundle
Eco-friendly cleaning productsA bundle of eco-friendly cleaning products from OceanSaver.
Bespoke Green Wall
Project at a school or businessA bespoke green wall will be designed, built, and installed to improve air quality.
Tickets to the Globe Theatre
See a show at Shakespeare's Globe2 x tickets to any show at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.
Bicycle MOT
Full bike service from FettleFull safety check plus tweaks and adjustments, from Fettle.
Cargo e-bike hire
Hire any cargo bike for 1 week1 week of free cargo bike or e-bike hire from London Green Cycles.
£100 Paintball Voucher
10 players at Delta Force PaintballA £100 voucher for paintballing for up to 10 players at Delta Force Paintball.
Escape Room for 3
Voucher for team of 3 at CluequestA voucher for 3 people to enjoy an escape room experience at Cluequest.
How it Works
- Judged by an Expert Panel
- Culminates in a Prestigious Awards Ceremony
The Process
Our awards process has been perfected after 5 years of running the programme. We will have a prestigious panel of judges from business, government, and non-profit sectors.
01.
Submit Nominations
Nominations close on Monday 27 October 2025.
02.
Finalists Announced
Each nomination is reviewed by our panel of expert judges, and then finalists will be contacted and announced in the first week of November 2025.
03.
Awards Ceremony
The pinnacle of the competition is the prestigious awards ceremony at King's Place on Monday 24 November 2025. This is a wonderful celebration of the incredible eco champions and their work, where they will be awarded with trophies and prizes. The audience is a mix of finalists and their guests, key stakeholders, government, and local businesses.
Our Expert Judges
David Mooney
Chief Executive Officer
London Wildlife Trust
Shooka Bidarian
Media and Journalism Fellow at the UNU-INWEH and Northern Europe Regional Organiser at Climate Reality
Bethany Thomas
Head of Sustainability
Allianz UK
Micah Douglas
Brand Manager
OceanSaver
Dr Gary Fuller
Air Pollution Scientist
Imperial College London
Cllr Adam Harrison
Cabinet Member for Planning and a Sustainable Camden
Camden Council
Henry Li
Junior Heroes
2024 LECA Winner
Oscar Keane
Mini Warriors
2024 LECA Winner
Nominate an Eco Champion now!
🆓 Free to enter
🎁 £100s in prizes to be won
🏆 Nominations close on Monday 27 October 2025
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