Boston Climate Leader Awards
We're recognizing the businesses, community groups, and individuals taking innovative actions that contribute to Boston's decarbonization, energy transformation, resilience, and waste reduction goals.
Mayor Wu and the City of Boston’s Environment Department are hosting the Boston 2025 Climate Leader Awards. We're celebrating the partners whose work supports climate action while helping us meet our sustainability goals.
Awards for businesses, community groups, and individuals will be presented to nominees showing exemplary initiative for Buildings, Energy, Climate Preparedness and Resilience and/or Environmental Protection.
Mayor Wu Celebrates Boston’s Climate Champions at the 2025 Climate Leaders Awards
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BOSTON CLIMATE LEADER AWARDS AWARDEES
The Boston Bright Future Award (Energy) - Awardees transforming the energy grid to more renewable sources.
The Clean, Green City Award (Environmental Protection) - Awardees working to reduce waste in Boston, and/or working to protect the natural environment.
The Emerald Skyline Award (Buildings) - Awardees decarbonizing Boston’s new and existing buildings.
Resilient Boston Award (Climate Preparedness and Resilience) - Awardees working to prepare our City for the impacts of climate change, including sea level rise, severe weather events, and extreme heat.
BOSTON BRIGHT FUTURE AWARDS
Found Energy
Schneider Electric
REON Technology
Vicinity Energy’s eSteam™
it's electric
IBEW Local 103 - The Greater Boston Joint Apprentice Training Center's (JATC)
HEET
Activate
Green Energy Consumers Alliance
Dr. Anna Goldman, Boston Medical Center
Dennis Carlberg, Boston University
Jim Gordon, Energy Management Inc
Charlie Hadlow, EnergySage
Sonja Tengblad, Mothers Out Front
CLEAN, GREEN, CITY AWARDS
Boston Building Resources
Zipcar
CargoB
Boston Children's Hospital Pediatric Environmental Health Center
Mass Audubon's Boston Nature Center
X-Cel Education
Latino Outdoors Boston
Dale St. Residents + Southwest Boston CDC
Bill Masterson, Founder, Tree Eastie
Jaronzie Harris, Boston Artist-in-Residence, Dorchester Weather
Amara Chittenden, Program Manager, Boston Tree Alliance
EMERALD SKYLINE AWARDS
Boston University
DREAM Collaborative
Studio G Architects
Beacon Capital Partners
Boston Properties (BXP)
Green Ribbon Commission
LISC Massachusetts
Action for Boston Community Development
Caitlin Robillard, Allston Brighton CDC
Jessica Boatright, Reframe Systems
Rand Lemley, DREAM Collaborative
Colin Schless, Turner Construction Company
RESILIENT BOSTON AWARDS
A Better City
Pembroke
Weston & Sampson
Charles River Watershed Association
Boston Children's Museum
Browning the Green Space
Boston Harbor Now
Boston Food Forest Coalition
Eastie Farm
Black Economic Council of Massachusetts
Northeastern Sustainability & Alternatives for Community and Environment (ACE)
Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, Chancellor, UMass Boston
M. Patricia Fabián, Boston University
Dr. Paul Biddinger, Mass General Brigham
Jessie Dambreville, Edgewater Food Forest
Ziquelle Smalls, Green Justice Coalition
Orion Kriegman, Boston Food Forest Coalition
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