Turning green into gold, entries to this year’s Eco-Logic Awards have opened.

South Africa (07 April 2026) – Heads up to all eco-innovators, sustainability champions and earth-kind heroes across South Africa – the Eco-Logic Awards 2026 are officially open for entries!

Now in their 15th year, the Eco-Logic Awards are South Africa’s most loved celebration of the people, projects and businesses finding smarter, kinder and better ways to look after our planet. From water-saving technologies to circular fashion and community-driven conservation, these awards exist to find the change-makers and make sure their work gets the spotlight it deserves.

Africa’s social impact economy is currently worth an estimated $96 billion annually and supports around 12 million jobs, with South Africans playing a huge role in driving that forward. Every innovative solution, every community project, every eco-conscious business is part of something far bigger.

Last year, Pure Flow Amanzi took silver for a gravity-fed water filtration system, bringing clean, safe drinking water to rural communities. Up-Cycled Cloth Collective took gold for transforming discarded textiles into fashion that people love. More on that here.

Backed over the years by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment and a host of leading corporate partners, the awards recognise Gold, Silver and Bronze winners across 12 categories including Climate Change, Water Conservation, Circular Economy and Waste Innovation, Eco-Fashion and Lifestyle, Eco-Innovation, and Eco-Communities.

Entry is completely free and open to individuals, organisations, businesses and community groups. Submissions close at the end of June 2026, and this year’s celebration takes place on 5 October (World Habitat Day) at the Two Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town, with the brilliant Themba Robin back as MC.

If you’re doing the work, go show it off. Head here to enter or find out more.

Sources: Eco-Logic Awards.

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The Eco-Logic Awards rolled out the green carpet in Cape Town this week to celebrate the people, organisations and businesses putting the planet first.

Cape Town, South Africa (30 October 2025) – South Africans are good at many things, but one thing we don’t always give ourselves enough credit for is the way we step up for the environment. The fierceness to protect our natural world runs deep here.

That’s why this week’s Eco-Logic Awards held at the Two Oceans Aquarium are so important. We should always honour and take pride in the local heroes doing good for our planet, just as we do our celebs flying the SA flag high.

Our eco warriors are stars in their own right. Green stars.

The awards have been going for 14 years now, celebrating the many minds who find creative ways to do better by the planet. This year, with comedian Themba Robin as host, it celebrated winners across 12 categories, including climate change solutions, water conservation, circular economy projects, eco-fashion, and community-driven programmes.

The best-dressed were also given their flowers!

The awards culminated with a Lifetime Achievement Award, which honours someone who has spent decades making an impact.

“The Eco-Logic Awards are about inspiration as much as they are about recognition. Every finalist is a pioneer and thought-leader in their field, showing that meaningful action for the Planet is both vitally necessary and achievable. They each embody the very best in Eco-Logical intelligence, offering creative, effective, and tangible contributions that benefit all of us,” says David Parry-Davies, Founder of the Eco-Logic Awards and Editor of The Enviropaedia.

Who are the green stars who walked away with the honours this year? We’ve shared the full list below, but you can also catch the awards broadcast on SABC3 on 9 November at 17h00 or on People’s Planet Channel 115 from 22 November.

In Nature Conservation

Gold: Beyond Expectation Environmental Project (BEEP)
Silver: Lapalala Wilderness School & SANCCOB

In Climate Change

Gold: NBI – Climate Finance Accelerator (CFA-SA)
Silver: Linchpin Environmental Sustainability Solutions
Bronze: Mediterranean Climate Action Partnership

In Eco-Innovation

Gold: Ecofluency
Silver: Wildlife ACT Innovations – Wildlife Tracking Technology
Bronze: CemetQ Technologies (Pty) Ltd

In Circular Economy and Waste Innovation

Gold: Khepri Innovations
Silver: Use It Waste Beneficiation (RF) NPC
Bronze: Linchpin Environmental Sustainability Solutions

In Water Conservation

Gold: Environmental & Rural Solutions
Silver: PureFlow Amanzi – Safe Water Access Initiative by iThemba Kuluntu
Bronze: AECI in partnership with Kusini Water

In Eco-Fashion and Lifestyle

Gold: Up-Cycled Cloth Collective
Silver: Re.Bag.Re.Use
Bronze: MicGalaw

In Eco-Health and Wellness

Gold: Eco Diva Natural
Silver: Wellness Warehouse
Bronze: Jomar Babycare

In Eco-Friendly Products

Gold: Arumloo (Pty) Ltd
Silver: Inverroche Bee&Bee
Bronze: Wild Plum Growers

In Eco-Community

Gold: Nature Connect: Sustainable Schools Programmes
Silver: Lapalala Wilderness School
Bronze: The Sustainability Institute

In Eco-Hospitality and Tourism

Gold: WESSA Coastal Programme
Silver: Hotel Verde
Bronze: WESSA Green Key Programme

Our Eco-Angels

Gold: Lindela Mjenxane from BEEP
Silver: Adele Botha from Kabega Primary
Bronze: Zoë Prinsloo from Save a Fishie

Our Eco-Warriors

Gold: Biodiversity Law Centre
Silver: OXPECKERS Investigative Environmental Journalism
Bronze: Dr Ferrial Adam from WaterCAN

A Lifetime Achievement Award

The Lifetime Achievement Award went to Dr Mavuso Msimang, a conservation leader whose decades of work have helped shape South Africa’s environmental story.

Sources: Supplied

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