ICIS Innovation Awards 2026
London | United Kingdom
Entry deadline: 12 June 2026
New energy categories for 2026!
To reflect the growing importance of energy innovation in shaping the industry’s future and accelerating emissions reduction at scale, the awards now feature dedicated energy-focused categories that recognise impactful projects and technologies driving the energy transition.
Carbon Reduction Award
To reward projects that have achieved significant, verifiable reductions in carbon emissions through advanced approaches.
Green project of the year
Acknowledging projects that integrate sustainability principles into energy production, distribution, or consumption, delivering tangible benefits and long-term impact. - Eligible projects must have started operations in the last 18 months or will start operations in the next 18 months.
Why Enter the ICIS Innovation Awards?
Make your mark
Solution visibility
Connect with innovators
Criteria for winning entries
- Make sure your entry is concise, detailed, and complete
- It should have the “Wow” factor
- Stage of commercialisation is important: Judges admire innovations with “steel in the ground”
Discover what it takes to win in this Think Tank episode
Explore the Awards
Discover the Categories+
Explore the award categories celebrating the breakthroughs shaping the chemical and energy sectors. From product and process innovation to digital excellence and new sustainability awards for 2026, discover the categories highlighting excellence across the chemical and energy sectors.
Stand Out as a Sponsor+
Position your brand at the forefront of change. As a sponsor, we’ll turn your goals into reality, giving your company standout visibility across the awards, from logos on event branding and signage to recognition throughout the programme.
Meet the Judges+
Meet the expert judges shaping the awards, an experienced panel of senior leaders and specialists who bring deep industry knowledge, strategic insight, and careful evaluation to every decision.
Winner’s Luncheon: A celebration designed for connection
The ICIS Innovation Awards 2026 Winner’s Luncheon gives you direct access to the people, ideas and achievements shaping the future of chemicals and energy. This is a rare opportunity to step into an exclusive, senior-level environment where innovation is recognised, insights are shared openly and connections happen naturally among peers who are driving real change.
You won’t just witness industry-leading breakthroughs, you’ll be part of the conversation around what’s working, what’s next and where opportunity lies. Designed to reward excellence while creating space for meaningful dialogue, the Winner’s Luncheon delivers lasting value and relationships that extend far beyond the room.
If your business is serious about innovation, this is where you need to be.
Enter the awards!
Stand out from your competitors with the ICIS Innovation Awards 2026 for a chance to be recognised and rewarded for your innovative efforts as a key contributor within the chemical or energy industry.
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