2024 Political Purpose Awards

In September 2023, Nature 2030 hosted its inaugural Political Purpose Awards. The awards recognise the efforts of UK politicians who have supported and championed environmental causes over the last year, to help to incentivise more MPs to devote their time to protecting nature. 

The awards also recognised the constant work of one politician with the Lifetime Achievement Award, for the work done across their entire career to champion environmental causes. 

In order to acknowledge the work of politicians across the entire UK, operating at different levels of governments, the nominees for the awards were drawn from the House of Commons and House of Lords, the Devolved Assemblies, and from metro mayors across the country. 

In particular, the awards recognises politicians who have gone above and beyond what is expected of them from their role, especially those who have championed causes simply because they recognise how crucial our environment is.  

To ensure all the great work of cross-party politicians is recognised, the Nature 2030 Political Purpose Awards was judged by a panel of campaigners, NGOs and journalists who are deeply involved in environmental causes and are therefore exposed to the very best (and the worst) of environmental work by our elected representatives. 

The judging panel for 2024 included: 

• Sonul Badiani-Hamment – Director, Four Paws UK
• Dominic Dyer – Chair, Nature 2030
• Fiona Harvey – Environment Editor, the Guardian
• John Higginson – Founder, Higginson Strategy
• Nicola Hutchinson – Director of Conservation, Plantlife
• Allison Ogden-Newton OBE  - CEO, Keep Britain Tidy
• Tori Tsui - Climate Activist, Advisor for Fossil Fuel Treaty
• Dale Vince OBE – Founder, Ecotricity
• James Wallace – CEO, River Action