APM Sustainability Award

Tier ❸ Sustainability

Sponsored by CITI

A unique award recognising organisations or individual projects that demonstrate environmental sustainability practices in the development and delivery of their projects. 

We live and work in a world where climate change and its consequences are of increasing business and societal concern. The APM Sustainability Award recognises the commitment of organisations, project managers and their teams to run more sustainable, ethical, and environmentally friendly projects. 

The APM Sustainability Award is given to the team whose approach to project delivery demonstrates the most effective use of project management and the greatest benefits and outcomes to end users whilst adopting strategies throughout the project cycle to minimise any negative impact on the environment and society. 

We require entrants to the APM Sustainability Award to produce a submission of 1,500-2,500 (in English) words based on the judging criteria for that category. Entrants may also submit up to four pieces of supporting evidence - images or graphics only (no text apart from captions). Evidence must support information already included in the submission and must not introduce additional elements. Please see further details on the ‘Supporting evidence’ tab of the Awards platform. Video and audio are not accepted as part of the submission. 

The APM Sustainability Award category is a written stage only judging category and is open to organisations/individual projects across all sectors globally. Entrants can be members or non-members of APM. 

Submit an entry      Entries close 21 May (midnight BST)

Tier ❸ Sustainability category criteria

Please read the category description and the below criteria carefully before submitting your entry.

Contexts and challenges | Weighting: 10%  

Describe the background and the requirements of the project/programme/organisation. The sustainability challenges you face, how sustainability objectives are incorporated into your planning and explain how stakeholders and partners are made aware of their sustainability-related responsibilities.   

Organisation design | Weighting: 20%  

Summarise your organisation’s vision, strategy and structure, showing how a commitment to environmental sustainability is integrated. How and where have you invested in your sustainability practices? Describe how your projects and programmes contribute to your organisation’s strategic sustainability goals and how does you influence your supply chain and customers to align with your values? How are your teams organised to support the delivery of these goals?  

Project management/tools and methods | Weighting: 15%

Describe the tools and methods used to manage the delivery of environmental sustainability benefits. What steps were taken to ensure project(s) are delivered sustainably and how do you track and measure this?   

Outcomes and benefits | Weighting: 30%  

Describe the sustainability outcomes and benefits of your projects or organisation. What were your success criteria, how did the project perform against sustainability goals identified at the start? Did the project deliver other benefits and were they enhanced by your approach to sustainability?    

Innovation and lessons learned | Weighting: 25%  

How is sustainability excellence recognised and rewarded? Is there a support structure to positively encourage sustainability excellence? How have sustainability lessons learnt been captured and shared and implemented within the organisation, and beyond your organisation? What lessons have you learnt from your work to date that will change the way you operate in the future?  

Submit an entry      Entries close 21 May (midnight BST)