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Green Awards powered by Green Cloud

Green Cloud and Portfolio Group are presenting the Green Awards across various categories for the fourth time, aiming to highlight Hungarian companies’ outstanding sustainability achievements, programmes, and innovations in 2025.

Apply now and show us what a sustainably operating small or large company looks like, or what makes a truly innovative initiative, an investment aligned with sustainability goals, a programme/individual passionately committed to a social cause or a role model. Win one of the ‘Green Awards’ in 2025 with your company.


Categories:

Green Corporation of the Year
Green Industrial Company of the Year
Green SME of the Year
Green Innovation of the Year
Green Investment of the Year
Good Cause of the Year
Green Inspirational Person of the Year

Application period 3rd April 2025 - 3rd August 2025

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Categories

Green Corporation of the Year

The “Green Corporation of the Year” award recognises large enterprises employing at least 250 people that demonstrate leadership across multiple aspects of sustainability. These companies offer green and future-proof products or services, maintain a minimal environmental footprint in their operations, and achieve notable results in corporate social responsibility. They serve as role models for others. This is a company for which sustainability is not a task but the starting point; an organisation that acts consistently and generates real, positive impact. In this category, the focus of the evaluation is on the extent of the positive impact, so applicants are requested to present their corporate activities from the perspective of the impacts achieved.

Green Industrial Company of the Year

The “Green Industrial Corporation of the Year” award is dedicated to large enterprises employing at least 250 people that operate in sectors not typically associated with sustainability, industries where the green transition is inherently a long and complex process. These companies have already embarked on this transformation and take pride in the progress they have made so far. They have taken tangible steps in various areas of their business whether in operations, products and services, corporate social responsibility, or in reducing negative environmental impacts. In this category, the depth and scale of change are the main criteria, with the expert jury evaluating the company’s green transition journey as presented in the application.

Green SME of the Year

In this category, small and medium-sized enterprises can apply by presenting their sustainability achievements from the past year. Applications are welcomed from companies employing no more than 250 people that have made a positive impact on society or the environment through their operations, business practices, products and services, or other initiatives and programmes—an impact that is proportionate to their company size. Applicants in this category are expected to showcase not just individual programmes, people, or products, but a broader and more complex set of results, highlighting progress across multiple areas where development has occurred.

Green Innovation of the Year

In this category, we welcome applications from candidates – regardless of company size –  who offer new solutions to existing problems or introduce a fresh perspective in the application of sustainability. Eligible entries may include early-stage but already implemented technological innovations; products that contribute to achieving sustainability goals; services that support a more sustainable economy, society, or mindset from a new angle; as well as long-established technologies, products, or processes that have been applied in a novel way to advance sustainability objectives.

Green Investment of the Year

In this category, we are looking for developments, investments, or even investment opportunities that have generated a positive impact for the company, its employees, partners, or users—whether in terms of social, environmental, or corporate governance aspects. In addition, applicants are requested to indicate whether the investment is expected to have generated any external or indirect positive impact on the environment, society, or the economy. Applications in the “Green Investment” category are welcome regardless of company size. Submissions should present the investment in question and clearly explain its relevance and significance from a sustainability perspective.

Good Cause of the Year

This category is open to companies that have implemented a programme with primarily social added value. The initiative may be linked to an individual within the company, a department, a product, a programme, or the organisation as a whole. In the “Good Cause” category, we are seeking submissions that present tangible corporate social responsibility results—initiatives that have had a positive impact on a specific social group. Applications should describe the programme itself, the participants involved in its implementation, the affected groups, the intended positive outcomes, and any opportunities for further development of the initiative.

Green Inspirational Person of the Year

In this category, we recognise the candidate’s dedication, past sustainability efforts, and their social, economic, and environmental added value. We welcome applications or nominations of professionals who are passionate about environmental issues, excel in social responsibility, or whose work serves as a role model in sustainable corporate management. Accordingly, we invite applications from sustainability leaders, as well as colleagues within a company who voluntarily educate, innovate, and contribute to the environment and their teams; those driven by personal conviction, not merely by job requirements. Nominations can also come from external partners, clients, former teachers, current advisors, or anyone whom the nominator believes has demonstrated exemplary work and actions in sustainability over recent years. Please include the candidate’s position, employer, and a summary of their dedication and achievements that justify their nomination for the award.

Prizes

The award is offered jointly by Green Cloud, title sponsor, and Portfolio Group. Alongside acknowledging the winners with a prestigious award, we will feature them on the Portfolio.hu website after the ceremony, showcasing the programme they represent or the company's sustainability activities. Furthermore, Portfolio will offer a VIP ticket to the Sustainable World 2025 conference to a representative of the winning company or programme, which will take place on 4 September 2025. The ticket grants access to the full day of expert panels and the standing reception. 

Judging and handing over the award

A professional jury and evaluation committee established in advance will select the winners of the 2025 Green Awards in each category. The final awardees will be chosen through a confidential voting process from a shortlist of 3 to 6 submissions per category.

The winners will be officially announced at the Green Awards ceremony on 4 September 2025.

Members of the jury

Balogh Gabriella
  • Balogh Gabriella
  • Net Média Zrt. (Portfolio Csoport)
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  • IG tag
Chikán Attila
  • Chikán Attila
  • BCSDH, Alteo
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  • elnök, vezérigazgató
Honti Pál
  • Honti Pál
  •  
  • tudományos és technológiai tanácsadó
Köves Alexandra
  • Köves Alexandra
  • Corvinus Egyetem
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  • ökológiai közgazdász
Mécs Imre
  • Mécs Imre
  • alapító, társtulajdonos, Green Cloud
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  • elnök, Solar Markt Csoport
Nagy Gréta
  • Nagy Gréta
  • Dandelion
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  • ügyvezető
Szomolányi Katalin
  • Szomolányi Katalin
  • Planet Fanatics’ Network
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  • ügyvezető

Conditions for applying for the award

Companies from all sectors are welcome to apply for the award, provided they can present a sustainability project or initiative that has the potential to improve the lives and environment of current and future generations. Eligible projects should stand out with their contribution to sustainability achievements or green targets.

Companies may submit entries in multiple categories by showcasing different programmes. Previous applicants are also welcome to reapply by detailing relevant projects and results from the past year.

End of application period: 20 July 2025

Last year's Green Awards winners

Green Inspirational Person of the Year: Illésné Szécsi Ilona
Green SME of the Year: Furbify
Green Investment of the Year: Maecenas Universitatis Corvini Alapítvány / Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem: Corvinus Gellért Campus
Good Cause of the Year: Az Auchan Magyarország edukációs projektjei az egészséges táplálkozás jegyében – Okostányér, GYERE Program, Miből Mennyit Egyek
Green Corporation of the Year: BorsodChem Zrt. - Rekultivációs és fejlesztési folyamatok fenntarthatósági szempontú összehangolása
Green Innovation of the Year: HeatVentors - Intelligens Hőakkumulátor

Legal conditions

The award is non-transferable and cannot be exchanged for cash. The organisers reserve the right to declare the application unsuccessful. Applicants warrant that the intellectual work submitted in their

application is exclusively their own and that they will not submit any product that is partially or entirely the intellectual property of others. The applicant shall be liable for all material and non-material damage, costs, and compensation arising from any breach of this warranty.

By submitting their application, the applicants consent to Net Média Zrt. processing (recording and using) the data provided on the Application Form to contact them in such a way that the data may not be transferred to a third party other than the designated controller or used for any other purpose. Further rules on data processing are set out in the Privacy Notice of Net Média Zrt.

Available at: https://portfoliocsoport.hu/info/adatvedelmi_es_adatkezelesi_szabalyzat

Encountered a problem during the application?

If you have any further questions, contact us at awards@portfolio.hu.

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Contact

Organisation, general questions

Luca Viszoki-Somogyi
  • Luca Viszoki-Somogyi
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  • Phone: +36 20 414 8265

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