Celebrating Canada’s Sustainability Heroes

Accelerating collaboration towards a job-rich, cleaner, healthier, innovation based low-carbon economy supporting all Canadians

The hunt for the 15th cohort – The 2026 Clean50 individuals nominees, and Clean50 Top Projects is ON!

All 2025 Clean50 Award Winners winners were announced publicly on October 10th, 2024.

Any nominations received after last year’s respective deadlines will automatically be considered for the 2026 Clean50 awards.

Who do you know, or know of, who deserves a Canada’s Clean50 Award? We’re always looking for the most impactful 50 individual leaders, 20 emerging leaders, 5 lifetime contributors and Canada’s 25 top sustainability projects, for work completed between January 2023 and March 31st 2025, and that have demonstrated measurable leadership in fighting climate change and helping Canada transition to a low-carbon economy.

We recognize individuals who play leadership roles – or thought-leadership roles – in any of 16 different categories that cover virtually any and all types of activity in Canada that touches climate in some way. Amongst the 16 categories, all guaranteed at least 2 spots on the final list, are virtually every type of industry and business activity, education, three levels of government, environmental advocacy groups and venture capitalists. And on top of that, climate-action-oriented projects that show at least one of our five “I”s: Showing Impact, demonstrating Innovation, are Informational or Inspirational – or which can be Imitated.

All of these 100 leaders in total will gather, with ~25 past honourees for the 15th Clean50 Summit this coming Fall, 2025, during which time they will put their heads together to find opportunities to collaborate to accelerate climate solutions, and identify best practices – as well as be recognized by their peers for their accomplishments to date.

Sound like you? Sounds like someone – or a project – you know about? Tell us – click to nominate someone you know!

Feel like we left someone off the 2025 list? This is your chance to tell us about them! The short nomination form takes 30 seconds to complete, and functions year round.

Nominees for consideration for the 2026 Canada’s Clean50 individual awards will be asked to respond to their nomination on or before Canada Day, or within 10 days of being notified of their nomination, whichever is the later date. Winners will be announced in early Fall, 2025. Project nominations are open until midnight EDT on July 11th and responses due by 11:59 PM EDT July 18th.

Proud Sponsors

Delta Management Group is the leading sustainability, ESG and clean tech focused search firm in Canada. Delta is proud to have founded the Canada’s Clean50 Award program in 2011, and has been the primary sponsor for the past 13 years.

Alumni Participation in the Clean50 Summit is powered by HP Canada – Canada’s most sustainable technology company

Proud to support the Clean50 in recognizing Canada’s sustainability champions.

MACKENZIE Investments is pleased to support the recognition of Canada’s inventors in the R&D Categorys

CN Rail is pleased to help Canada’s Clean50 recognize sustainability leaders from Canada’s Manufacturing & Transportation sector.

Co-operators is a Canadian financial services co-operative driven by our purpose – Financial security for Canadians and our communities. We’re guided by a vision to be a catalyst for a resilient and sustainable society.

Proud to support the Clean50 Building Category

Quadreal is proud to partner with the Clean50 to recognize those who have made critical progress building a NetZero action plan

Resolute, now part of Domtar, achieved an 87% reduction in absolute greenhouse gas emissions between 2000 and 2022, and is proud to sponsor the Clean 50 “GHG Reductions Champion” Award.

We are pleased to sponsor the TELUS Community Engagement Champion’s Award

Vancity Community Investment Bank is a values-based bank, focused on impact investing, social purpose real estate and climate finance projects.

Join the Clean50 at GLOBE Series — the business summit with global impact. February 15-17 2022 – Vancouver, Canada

The Clean50 Individual awards are selected from 16 diverse categories that transcend industries, academia, different levels of government, thought leaders and advocates, and are based on accomplishments delivered over the prior two years.

Meet The 2025 Clean50 Previous Clean50 Award Winners

The leader in each of the 16 categories is also declared to be part of the Clean16, depicting those 16 Honourees as the top contributor in their respective categories.

Meet The 2025 Clean16 Previous Clean16 Award Winners

The Clean50 Emerging Leaders are selected from amongst those under age 35 whose contribution is outsized compared to their age, and otherwise based on essentially the same criteria as the Individual Clean50 awards.

Meet The 2025 Emerging Leaders Previous Emerging Leaders

The Clean50 Lifetime Achievement award is awarded to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in sustainability over the course of their entire career.

2025 Lifetime Achivement Winners Previous Winners

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Top Projects

The Clean50 Top Projects annually recognize those projects completed in the prior two years based on their innovation, their ability to inform, and inspire other Canadians. The Top Project of the year is then selected each year at the Clean50 Summit, from votes cast by both incoming and Alumni members of the Clean50.

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