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Announcing our 2018 shortlist / Twenty cutting edge organisations working on the frontline of sustainable energy and energy innovation have been selected as finalists for this year’s Ashden Awards.
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Event Summary – Leave No One Behind: Investing in Access to Clean Energy / At Ashden and Shine’s event at the Skoll World Forum yesterday, we heard from inspiring social entrepreneurs on how they deliver sustainable energy to those most in need. From new business models, new financing, and innovative technology, these organisations are at the forefront of new energy provision.
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Healthy lives through sustainable energy
For World Health Day 2018, we want to highlight some incredible organisations on our longlist that are striving to achieve SDG3: Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all, using sustainable energy to do so.
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Key findings: 2017 Climatescope report
Dario Traum from Bloomberg New Energy Finance paid a visit to the Ashden offices on 21 February to give a talk around the key findings from the Climatescope 2017 report. First published in 2012, over 40 people helped to put the Climatescope report together this year.
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Women at the forefront of clean energy - International Women's Day 2018
Recently, the world has witnessed momentous movements towards gender equality and women’s empowerment. Today, International Women’s Day, we at Ashden celebrate the women who are at the forefront of another movement – the transition towards sustainable energy for all.
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Mobility is key to delivering environmental, social and economic goals
We’re delighted that our knowledge partner for the 2018 Ashden Award for Sustainable Mobility is WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities, a global research organisation working with some of the fastest growing cities in the developing world to understand the disruption taking place in transport today.
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How the 2018 Ashden longlist are breaking the finance barrier
Finance is one of the biggest barriers to universal energy access. See how our longlist are tackling this hurdle through financial innovation.
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Positive solutions for cold homes
Fuel Poverty Awareness Day is this Friday, 23 February. We shine a light on some positive solutions to the problems faced by those struggling to keep warm.
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Gauging the temperature for sustainable energy in the UK
Every year we welcome inspiring new winners, and every year, we take the temperature of our alumni by checking in with them on their progress.
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2017 Impact Report
In 2017 another 13 organisations from around the world joined our very special alumni, when they won an Ashden Award for their outstanding work.
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Agriculture sector gets clean energy makeover
Powering Business Award longlist: solar cold rooms, briquettes made from sugarcane waste, and much, much more.
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Clearing the air in our towns and cities
Clean transport solutions from four can-do organisations
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Announcing our keynote speaker...
Christiana Figueres to give keynote address at 2018 Ashden Awards Ceremony
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Cleaner, Greener Cities
Find out how the 2018 Ashden Awards longlisted organisations are helping to make our cities healthier places to live.
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Announcing the 2018 Ashden Awards longlist
49 organisations from 16 countries have been chosen to go through to the next stage of judging - all doing impressive work to reduce our impact on the planet through sustainable energy.
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New year, new recruits
We asked the 2017 additions to the team to reflect on their highlights at Ashden so far.
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Energy Gardens: An old idea gets a modern makeover
Repowering London won an Ashden Award in 2016, we catch up with them at their energy garden launch at City Hall in London.
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Rethinking Finance in Renewables: A Case for Distributed Energy
In the run up to the launch event of Practical Action’s latest Poor People's Energy Outlook report (PPEO 2017) we highlight some of the report’s main findings.
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Looking back...
On 26 September, Ashden held its all-team Away Day, discussing everything from sustainable energy trends to Ashden’s position in the sector.
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Warm homes, warm hearts
We’re talking to all our 2016 winners at the moment to hear how they’ve been getting on since they won an Ashden Award more than a year ago and our hearts were warmed by one story in particular that we heard from Cosy Homes in Lancashire.
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Cause for optimism
Two things this week are giving us cause for optimism when it comes to tackling climate change - and it’s only Tuesday!
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Global Goals week: How our winners are leading the way in tackling the SDGs
Global Goals week is here, running alongside Climate Week in NYC and bringing together individuals, governments, businesses, international organisations, civil society, and other partners for the UN General Assembly to discuss progress made on the Sustainable Development Goals and to cultivate new ideas, solutions and partnerships.
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5 reasons to be excited for September
Another summer comes to an end – too soon, as always. September has rolled in, people are trickling back from their holidays and children are back at school. It can all be a bit disheartening. But we’re quite excited for the start of September. Here’s why…
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Search for the sustainable energy pioneers of 2018 now on
The call for entries for the 2018 Ashden Awards is now open, offering sustainable energy pioneers in the UK, developing countries and emerging economies the chance to receive global recognition and up to £20,000 each for their efforts.