Eco-I North West | 2023 Eco-Innovation Awards

Award Shortlist

• Enturi
• The Rebuild Site CIC
• Norvic Modular Systems

Detail

Presented by the University of Liverpool, the award for most promising new business looks to acknowledge and highlight a new business that has shown an exceptional commitment and ambition in adopting low carbon technologies and processes through their engagement with the Eco-I NW project. We encourage new businesses to nominate themselves and celebrate their commitment and ambition in the low carbon space.

Criteria

• Applicant businesses should have been incorporated for 12 months or less at the point they engaged with Eco-I NW'
• Applications should demonstrate business ambitions in the innovation and low carbon space'
• Businesses should be able to evidence that they are on a trajectory to make genuine progress towards key milestones in the next 12 months. These milestones may be the launch of a new product/service, increase in turnover/staff, promising and large-scale R&D, entering new markets/territories,
• Applicants should be collaborative in nature and have equitable partnerships,
• Applications should evidence what has been achieved to date.

Applications are closed.

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Award Shortlist

• Used Kitchen Exchange Ltd
• Flutter Shutter LTD
• Automedi
• OPEN Media

Detail

Presented by Manchester Metropolitan University, the award for Most Impactful Business Innovation is designed to celebrate the achievements of Eco-I NW alumni businesses who have gone the extra mile in terms of having a positive impact on society and the environment. This award is for businesses who have had the ambition and courage to do something different, and who have had great success at doing it. We encourage submissions from any of our alumni businesses who think that they have achieved something significant from their work on the project.

Criteria

• Applicants should be working on an exciting innovation which is impactful on the environment and society,
• Innovations should be scalable and/or widely applicable across sectors or geographies, 
• Applications should demonstrate successful collaborations which have developed a new low carbon product, service or process and/or longer-term partnership,
• Innovations should have a significant geographical reach and longevity,
• Impact should already be taking place, 
• Applicants should be ambitious in terms of ambition and strategy, with information given on projected impact for the next 5 years (in terms of products to market, services offered, carbon savings),
• Any aspired or realised growth should be detailed.

Applications are closed.

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Award Shortlist

• Silverwoods Waste Management
• The Yan at the Broadrayne
• RKMS Group

Detail

Presented by the University of Central Lancashire, this award recognises an initiative which has delivered a substantial (and relative) carbon saving. Applications should be from ambitious projects already underway and ideally with carbon savings already being realised. Longer term projections will be considered if the application demonstrates the validity of carbon saving predictions.

Criteria

• Ideally this will relate to realised carbon reductions following one of our project interventions. Forecast reductions could be considered.
• Does the project clearly show a true pursuit of net-zero/low carbon outcomes?  
• Will the project make a significant and long term carbon saving on its target sector/community/geography?  

Applications are now closed.

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Award Shortlist

• City Centre Commercials Ltd
• Diversegrafix
• Enturi Solutions Ltd
• Eco.lure
• Designed Network Solutions Ltd

Detail

Presented by Liverpool John Moores University, the award for best concept in development is open to all eligible SMEs that have collaborated on a Research & Development project with an Eco-I NW partner university. The award celebrates original thinking and innovative ideas, and businesses with the passion and commitment to drive concepts through from initial idea to a marketable product that is impactful, scalable and widely applicable.

Criteria

• Applications should explain how the product/service/technology is innovative and ambitious. What makes it different to alternatives already available? 
• Applications should detail future plans including further R&D requirements such as testing or prototyping, as well as any growth aspirations,
• Concepts do not need to be launched but should be working through technology readiness levels,
• Innovations should be scalable and widely applicable.

Applications are now closed.

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Award Shortlist

• Relic Plastic CIC
• Charge my Street
• Atkinsons Coffee Roasters

Detail

Presented by the University of Cumbria, the community champion award looks to highlight the exceptional work of a business, project or researcher working at the community level. The award celebrates community action and engagement that drives impactful and innovative carbon-saving activity. We encourage applicants to put themselves forward to celebrate their success in driving innovation in their local area and being a carbon-saving champion of the community.

Criteria

• Suitable for a business/individual who tirelessly pushes the low carbon agenda and seeks to enact change over many years of effort,
• Applications should evidence any links made with the local business community, schools and wider community groups,
• Applications should showcase what work has been done to support communities in lowering their carbon emissions,
• Any local, regional or national impacts on jobs, economy, carbon awareness should be detailed.

Applications are now closed.

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Award Shortlist

Undergraduate

• Lee Ollerenshaw - ELE Advanced Technologies
• Haaris Moynihan - Rapid IT

Postgraduate

• Matthew Bond - REPIC
• Matt Healey - Brathay Trust
• Jack Brennand - Barker & Bland
• Iman Hussain - NAQTS

Detail

Presented by Lancaster University, two awards are available in this category, one for a postgraduate (PhD or Master's by Research) researcher, and one for an undergraduate student. Applicants should have worked alongside an Eco-I NW business on a collaborative research project. This award highlights outstanding researchers and students who have positively engaged and contributed to the Eco-I NW programme. We encourage applicants to put themselves forward to celebrate their success and commitment to their research.

Criteria

• Project successes and challenges should be discussed as part of the application,
• Where possible the applicant should evidence going ‘above and beyond’ initial expectations, either in terms of the research delivered or commitment to wider Eco-I NW programme activities such as giving presentations, attending events, providing case studies etc.,
• Project supervisors or company partners should be available to verify claims made in the application,
• Application should demonstrate strong stakeholder management, bringing together business and academic colleagues to maintain relationships with project partners.

Applications are now closed.

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