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Architects Declare has won the AJ100 Sustainability Initiative of the Year for 2020. Judges unanimously named AD winner of the award, which is given for an exemplary or innovative approach to sustainability.

From the AJ:

"Judges unanimously named Architects Declare winner of the award, which is given for an exemplary or innovative approach to sustainability.

The jury said the initiative deserved ‘praise for recognising that the climate emergency cannot be solved at the scale of an individual building and that an industry-wide coalition is needed to change the system’. Impressed with the clarity of its concept and the level of industry engagement achieved in the first year to build a global movement with more than 5,000 signatories, the judges admired ‘the skill of the initiators in assembling the founding practices and their savvy in understanding where the pressure points are’."

We have been shortlisted in two categories at the AJ100 Awards this year. Steve Tompkins and Michael Pawlyn are joint contenders for the Sustainability Champion of the Year for the establishment of Architects Declare, which is also nominated for Sustainability Initiative of the Year. Also on the shortlist for Champion is Clara Bagenal-George, another AD steering group member, for her achievements with LETI. The ceremony will be held in September.