The format timelines for the 1st Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Excellence Award, 4th Organisation-Wide Innovation Award and 7th Global Benchmarking Award are shown below:
International Best Practice Competition (IBPC)
The Competition takes place in 3 rounds:
| Round | Event | Explanation | Dates |
| 1 | Document Your Best Practice | Open to all organisations – a maximum of 8 best practices can be submitted. Complete the IBPC Entry Form. | Late entries allowed. |
| Expert reviewers will assess the best practice. These reviewers are independent of the judges and their role is to select best practices for Round 2 and provide feedback and advice that will improve the standard of successful applications. | Wednesday 4th May 2022 | ||
| Entry fee required to participate (only payable if your best practice qualifies to the next stage of the competition). | Friday 13th May 2022 | ||
| 2 | Best Practice Sharing Extravaganza | Schedule of webinars and presentation times issued. Presentations will be scheduled at convenient time-zones for international participants. | Monday 16th May 2022 |
| 8-minute best practice presentations must be pre-recorded and sent to the IBPC committee at least 5 days before the scheduled presentation date for review to ensure compliance with the presentation guidelines. | Wednesday 1st June 2022 onwards | ||
| The Best Practice Sharing Extravaganza takes place with the pre-recorded presentations played followed by a live Question and Answer session with a panel of judges and open to other participants for best practice learning. All participants will have their best practices graded using IBPC’s Best Practice Certification Scheme. | 9 June – 23 June 2022 | ||
| Finalists for Round 3 are announced. | Friday 1 July 2022 | ||
| 3 | Best of the Best – Awards Spectacular | Final of the 8th International Best Practice Competition. Up to twelve (12) of the leading best practices will be invited to give an 8-minute presentation. All presentations will be pre-recorded. Winner(s) selected based on highest star rating. | Thursday 21 July 2022 |
| IBPC Best Practice Certificates | IBPC Best Practice Certificates including Star Ratings will be issued to all participants after moderating and aligning the judges’ assessments. | Monday 1 August 2022 | |
Winners and runners up and judges, 2017 photo
Environmental, Social, & Governance (ESG) Excellence Award
This award is expected to takes place in 2 rounds although we have allowed for 3 rounds incase we are inundated with many high quality applications to warrant 3 rounds.
| Round | Event | Explanation | Dates |
| 1 | Document Your ESG Approach | Open to all organisations. Complete the ESG Entry Form. | Late entries allowed up to 25 July 2022 |
| Expert reviewers will assess your application. These reviewers are independent of the judges and their role is to select the applications for Round 2 and provide feedback and advice that will improve the standard of successful applications. | 1 August 2022 | ||
| Entry fee required (only payable if your entry qualifies to the next stage of the competition). | 1 August 2022 | ||
| 2 | Best of the Best – Awards Spectacular | Final of the 1st Environmental, Social, & Governance (ESG) Excellence Award Up to five (5) of the leading ESG approaches will be invited to give a 20-minute presentation. All presentations will be pre-recorded. Winner(s) selected based on highest star rating. |
Thursday 11 August 2022 |
| ESG Certificates | ESG Certificates including Star Ratings will be issued to all participants after moderating and aligning the judges’ assessments. | 20 August 2022 | |
Organisation-Wide Innovation Award (OWIA)
This award is expected to takes place in 2 rounds although we have allowed for 3 rounds incase we are inundated with many high quality applications to warrant 3 rounds.
| Round | Event | Explanation | Dates |
| 1 | Document Your Innovation Approach | Open to all organisations. Complete the OWIA Entry Form. | Late entries allowed up to 20 July 2022 |
| Expert reviewers will assess your application. These reviewers are independent of the judges and their role is to select the applications for Round 2 and provide feedback and advice that will improve the standard of successful applications. | 25th July 2022 | ||
| Entry fee required (only payable if your entry qualifies to the next stage of the competition). | 25th July 2022 | ||
| 2 | Best of the Best – Awards Spectacular | Final of the 4th Organisation-Wide Innovation Award. Up to five (5) of the leading innovation approaches will be invited to give a 15-minute presentation. All presentations will be pre-recorded. Winner(s) selected based on highest star rating. | Thursday 4 August 2022 |
| OWIA Certificates | OWIA Certificates including Star Ratings will be issued to all participants after moderating and aligning the judges’ assessments. | 10 August 2022 | |
GBN’s Global Benchmarking Award (GBN)
This award is expected to takes place in 2 rounds although we have allowed for 3 rounds incase we are inundated with many high quality applications to warrant 3 rounds.
| Round | Event | Explanation | Dates |
| 1 | Document Your Benchmarking Approach | Open to all organisations. Complete the GBN Award Entry Form.Late entries allowed up to 20 July 2022 |
Late entries allowed up to 20 July 2022 |
| Expert reviewers will assess your application. These reviewers are independent of the judges and their role is to select the applications for Round 2 and provide feedback and advice that will improve the standard of successful applications. | 25th July 2022 | ||
| Entry fee required (only payable if your entry qualifies to the next stage of the competition). | 25th July 2022 | ||
| 2 | Best of the Best – Awards Spectacular | Final of the 7th Global Benchmarking Award. Up to five (5) of the leading benchmarking approaches will be invited to give a 15-minute presentation. All presentations will be pre-recorded. Winner(s) selected based on highest star rating. | Thursday 4 August 2022 |
| GBN Certificates | GBN Certificates including Star Ratings will be issued to all participants after moderating and aligning the judges’ assessments. | 10 August 2022 | |
