The CDP Europe Awards
The CDP Europe Awards is CDP Europe’s annual flagship event and one of the most anticipated environmental events of the year. During the awards CDP celebrates Europe’s environmental leaders – the companies and cities who earned a place on the prestigious A List. We also recognize the investors financing the sustainable transition through our Climetrics Fund Awards.
The event is an opportunity to gather decision-makers at the highest level to discuss and inspire faster environmental action among the world's biggest companies, major cities, investors, and policymakers.
In partnership with Euronews, and as an exclusive private event during ChangeNOW 2024, the CDP Awards Europe gathered leaders in the corporate, financial and public sectors together in Paris to debate financing the green transition.
The CDP Europe Awards 2023 was held in Paris at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in February 2023, in partnership with Euronews TV. Attendance was exclusively for CDP A List companies, A List cities, and invited guests.
The CDP Europe Awards 2022 was held in partnership with Euronews TV and interviewed EU politicians, CEOs, finance leaders and mayors on how to achieve a net-zero, nature-positive Europe.
The 2021 awards were broadcast online and on television in collaboration with Euronews. With a focus on the recovery from Covid-19, the event looked at how we can transform our current systems so we able to reboot the economy in a sustainable way.
Held under the High Patronage of Mr. Emmanuel Macron, 2020's event at the Quai D'Orsay hosted speakers including Ursula von der Leyen, the IPCC's Dr. Youba Sokona, and CEOs from Firmenich, CPR Asset Management, Saint Gobain among others.
Held in Brussels Town Hall, the 2019 edition invited H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco, Valdis Dombrovskis and others to discuss how Europe can lead the global transition to a net-zero, resource-secure economy, and how to restructure our financial system to fund it.
Held in Brussels, the 2018 awards brought together leader investors, companies and policymakers to celebrate Europe's environmental leaders and debate how to improve environmental performance in Europe.
Chancellor of Germany
Prince Albert II of Monaco
President of the European Commission
Mayor of the City of Reykjavik
Mayor of Paris
Mayor of Athens
CFO, Danone
CEO of CPR Asset Management and Amundi Member of General Management Committee
CEO, Firmenich
"Congratulations to all winners of the CDP Europe Awards. This awards show - and the CDP environmental data bears this out - that many companies, cities and municipalities are striving to achieve greater sustainability, and that they have been successful. This environmental data both documents and fosters progress. For transparency encourages us to aim higher when it comes to protecting the climate and the environment."Dr. Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany. Quote from a special video address to the CDP Europe Awards, March 02, 2021.
