2025 RDS Circular Economy Awards in collaboration with Trinity Executive Education – Call for Entries

2025 RDS Circular Economy Awards call for entries is now open.

With an overall prize fund of €20,000, the RDS Circular Economy Awards recognise Irish businesses, entrepreneurs and innovators making a positive difference in meeting the climate change challenge through adaptation or adoption of circular economy practices in delivery of products or services.

The Awards highlight the benefits the circular economy can bring to both producers and consumers and showcase the practical examples of the circular economy in action. The Awards are open to businesses that demonstrate circular practices. This means products or services that use renewable materials and are designed for durability, reuse, remanufacturing, and recycling to keep products, components, and materials circulating in the economy.

 

There are three prize categories for the Awards

• Emerging Award Category
• SME Award Category
• New category : Corporate Award Category

 

The prizes are as follows :

Emerging Award Category

1. Winner: €2,000, a scholarship to a short course delivered by Trinity Business School and an RDS Circular Economy Awards Trophy
2. Runner-up: €2,000 and an RDS Certificate of Merit

SME Award Category

1. Winner: €2,000, a scholarship to a short course delivered by Trinity Business School and an RDS Circular Economy Awards Trophy
2. Runner-up: €2,000 and an RDS Certificate of Merit

Corporate Award Category

1. Winner: Two scholarships to short courses delivered by Trinity Business School and an RDS Circular Economy Awards Trophy
2. Runner-up: a scholarship to a short course delivered by Trinity Business School and an RDS Certificate of Merit

 

Award winners will be announced at the 2025 RDS Circular Economy Awards ceremony which will take place in the RDS Concert Hall in April 2025.

Application forms are available to download on the RDS website or via email from enterprise@rds.ie.

The deadline for applications is 12pm on Friday, 7 February, 2025.

The RDS would like to acknowledge the support of Trinity Executive Education, in the delivery of the Circular Economy Programme.

 

The Royal Dublin Society and Trinity Executive Education - Making a positive difference in meeting the climate change challenge through Strategic Collaboration.