CIRCULAR ECONOMY

Awards | Forum | Training

2025 - 2026

Register to participate in the Award.

REGISTER FOR AWARD

Interested to attend or speak at the Circular Economy Forum, sponsor the event,
attend Training, be an Award Assessor or collaborate with us?

INTERESTED

Organisations Awarded First Cycle 2024-2025


What is Circular Economy?

Circular economy is an economic system that uses a systemic approach to maintain a circular flow of resources, by recovering, retaining or adding to their value, while contributing to sustainable development.

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Why Participate?

Participate in the Circular Economy Awards to:

  • gain recognition for your contributions and achievements,
  • showcase your commitment, contribution, and achievements to Circular Economy,
  • get inspiration to start or accelerate your transition to Circular Economy,
  • learn and access proven circular practices in your industry,
  • enhance your organization’s circularity,
  • network with the leaders and champions of Circular Economy.

Who Can Participate?

Any organization of any type and size including governmental, nongovernmental, public and private, academia, from any industry, from any country in the world.

Award Categories

Three different categories of the Award have been created so as to allow different types of organisations implementing various Circular Economy business models, approaches, products or services to participate.
Eligible organizations are welcome to apply for one or more categories or apply for multiple submissions within a particular category as applicable in the same Award cycle.

The Circular Economy Award program is not a competition. It is based on qualifying scores as decided by the Jury.

Each applicant that achieves the score defined by the Award criteria is recognized and declared a winner. There can be multiple winners within the same award category.


Circular Economy Award Organization

Circular Economy Award
Organization

This category is for organizations which have integrated principles of Circular Economy in their business strategy and operations. Circularity is in the DNA of the organization.

Circular Economy Award Pioneering Practice

Circular Economy Award
Pioneering Practice

This category is for those organizations that have implemented circularity in some parts of their products, services, operations, branch or location.

Circular Product/Service Recognition

Circular Economy Award
Product/Service Enabling Circularity

This category is for those organizations who produce products and services which enable circularity for their customers.


Award Timeline

June - Nov 2025
STEP 1

Pick an Award Category. Decide which Award category you would like to participate in. Open the tab "Categories & Submission" to learn more.

June - Nov 2025
STEP 2

Fill up the Registration Form and submit it. Congratulations! You are registered.


June - Nov 2025
STEP 3

Receive invoice and pay fees. To know more about fees, scroll down to "Award Fees" section.


By 30 Nov 2025
STEP 4

Prepare submission document using the template. Send it to support@circularityawards.com.


Jan 2026
STEP 5

Take an assessment with our assessors in-person or online. See "Assessment & Jury" for details.

April 2026
STEP 6

Attend Circular Economy Forum & Award Ceremony. Celebrate and network live in the UAE!

April 2026
STEP 7

Receive Feedback Report with valuable input from assessors and jury for continuous improvement.

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Award Fees

Award registration and assessment* fees are to be paid on receipt of the invoice from the Award office once the Registration form has been accepted by the Award office.

What is included in the fees?
3-5 company representatives attend the Circular Economy Forum & Award Ceremony complimentary (value of USD 612-1,021).
For each application fee received, AED 150 will be invested to support Circular Economy projects, such as building competencies, upskilling and research.

Notes:
Fees in UAE Dirhams, inclusive of applicable 5% VAT.
Prevailing VAT will be applied in case of changes from the current rate of 5%.
Fees are non-refundable.

*For in-person assessment of the applications received from outside the UAE, lodging, boarding, travel incidental expenses will be charged extra (subject to prior agreement with applicant).


Interested to attend or speak at the Circular Economy Forum, sponsor the event, attend Training, be an Award Assessor or collaborate with us?

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1st GCC Forum & Award Ceremony: 20th February 2025

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ORGANIZERS

Meet Our Team

Meet the passionate champions committed to inspire organizations to transition to Circular Economy locally and globally.

We design and deliver programs, projects, and articles on Circular Economy. We are optimistic that circularity is the way forward to environmental, economic, and social sustainability.

Our Contribution to Circular Economy

We are committed to leading the transformation towards a Circular Economy across industries in the GCC region and beyond.

We help organizations implement Circular Economy models, provide trainings, workshops, awareness sessions and publications.