2025 ISARCH ESG AWARD
ISARCH ESG Design Award: Recognizing Sustainable Innovation
ESGThe ISARCH ESG Award celebrates newly launched products or services that place sustainable design principles at their core. Products and services designed with sustainability in mind benefit both humanity and the planet. Whether through promoting efficiency, durability, or reusability, leaders in this category are leveraging sustainable design principles to improve environmental, social, and governance (ESG) conditions throughout their end-to-end value chains.
Judges will seek entries that highlight how new products or services achieve the following:
- Integration of ESG standards into their concept and design
- Delivery of positive environmental or social benefits through their new design, supported by measurable indicators
- Innovation and disruption in the field of sustainability
The ISARCH ESG Award has become the benchmark for excellence in experience design, recognizing works that connect people with places by giving spaces context, narrative, and meaning. The ISARCH ESG Award honors designers and design firms that innovate in experience design practice and enrich human experiences for people of diverse backgrounds and abilities.
Winning projects across the award’s three categories span a wide range, from accessible museum exhibitions to complex airport wayfinding systems, from thought-provoking social justice monuments to seamlessly interactive branded environments.
ISARCH ESG Award
3 Diverse Disciplines
ESG Architecture
Carbon-Neutral Architecture Challenge
Sustainable Tech Building Challenge
Energy-Efficient Home Design Challenge
Green Commercial Space Challenge
Biodiversity Urban Landscape Challenge
Climate-Resilient Building Challenge
Net-Zero Construction Challenge
Pollution-Free Building Challenge
Water Recycling Design Challenge
Inclusive Home Design Challenge
Employee-Friendly Office Challenge
Human Rights Housing Challenge
Community Green Space Challenge
Cultural Commercial Space Challenge
Wellbeing Interior Design Challenge
Social Smart Building Challenge
Ethical Materials Challenge
Transparency Campus Design Challenge
Diversity in Building Design Challenge
Other ESG Challenge in Architecture
ESG Product
Green Product Design
Sustainable Furniture Design
Carbon-Neutral Vehicle Design
Eco-Friendly Robotics
Renewable Material Innovation
Cradle-to-Cradle Design
Pollution Reduction Tech
Climate-Resilient Infrastructure
Zero-Waste Manufacturing
Clean Energy Solutions
Fair Labor Practices
Ethical Consumer Goods
Inclusive Product Design
Community Empowerment
Human Rights in Supply Chain
Recyclable Product Mold Design
Corporate Transparency
Ethical Business Practices
Diversity in Leadership
Other ESG Challenge in Product
ESG Fashion
Sustainable Fashion Design
Eco-Friendly Textile Innovation
Carbon-Neutral Jewelry Design
Recycled Luxury Bags
Climate-Conscious Metalwork
Low-Impact Fabric Printing
Waste-Free Apparel
Regenerative Leather Design
Plastic-Free Accessories
Ethical Supply Chain Fashion
Fair Trade Jewelry Design
Inclusive Clothing Design
Community-Driven Accessories
Culturally Inspired Textiles
Worker Empowerment in Luxury
Accessible High-End Design
Transparency in Fashion Design
Ethical Luxury Branding
Diversity in Design Leadership
Other ESG Challenge in Fashion
Why take part?
1. ISARCH is conceived as a platform for the promotion and recognition of design industries and university projects on an international scale. 2. As part of its interest in promoting the winning projects, ISARCH is in contact with various specialised magazines and websites in order to secure their publication. All selected works will be published on ISARCH’s various platforms and on its website.
Who is eligible to take part?
1. The competition is opened to global firms, young architects and talent students. Each participant or team participants may submit as many projects as they wish. The panel of judges will take all entries into consideration.
2. The ISARCH Awards is opened to anyone over the age of 16 living anywhere in the world, such as professions, freelances, professors and students, etc.
3. Entries can be submitted as conceptual designs, in progress designs, or real designs. All of the projects must be no more than 5 years old.
4. Students and recent graduates from various design-related courses and programs are encouraged to submit their concepts. Graduates who have earned their diploma within the last two year are also eligible to participate in the student categories.
Jury and Announcement
Online jury: Around August
Announcement and Online Winner Exhibition: Around November
In an evaluation process that lasts two months, ISARCH judges test, discuss and evaluate each individual entry. Judging is based on digital files provided by participants. The work will be viewed and evaluated online. A judging panel will select all winners fairly and objectively.
Overall, the ISARCH Awards judging process is designed to ensure that the best work is recognized and rewarded, and that the winners represent the highest standards of design excellence. Our judging panel is comprised of distinguished professionals who bring their expertise and experience to the evaluation process, and our judging criteria reflect our commitment to promoting design that has a positive impact on society. We believe that our rigorous judging process is essential to maintaining the integrity and credibility of our award program, and we are proud to honor and celebrate the most exceptional work from around the world.
Submission Requirements
1. Cover Image - one main image of your project. The size of the image should be JPG / PNG format, with dimensions of 1024x682 pixels and a file size no larger than 5MB. 2. Project images - maximum 10 presentation boards with the project name and other information including 2D, 2.5D or 3D perspectives, Illustration, layout, plans, sections and etc. The resolution of the boards must be 150 dpi, RGB mode, and saved as JPG / PNG files. The maximum file size for each image is 5MB. There should not be any marks or any other form of identification. 3. Project PDF (Optional) - You can upload a multipage PDF with a file size of up to 5MB, optimized for viewing purposes only. Please note that PDF documents will not be visible to the public; they will only be used for jurying purposes.
Terms & Conditions
1.The registration fee is non-refundable and entries will not be returned.
2.Entrants can participate in ISARCH Award as individuals or in teams. Participants can submit their works as much as they want.
3.For award-winning works created by multiple collaborators, the Team Leader must obtain copyright from all other co-creators, including team members, advisors, cooperating manufacturers, clients, and other partners. This includes both moral rights and economic rights. Only after fulfilling these conditions can the Team Leader proceed to enter relevant information in the website backend, such as trophies, certificates, gallery displays, and award announcements. Additionally, for subsequent competition notifications, inquiries, and trophy purchase matters, the ISARCH team will only accept the Team Leader as the representative and primary contact person.
4.Multiple submissions of the same work in two or more categories are allowed.
5.Participants retain all copyrights of their designs. ISARCH Award Team is granted permission to publish and sale in print and digital , NFT publications all projects submitted to the competition.
6.Entrants will be disqualified if any of the competition rules are not considered. Participation assumes acceptance of the regulations. The entries must be original and created by the participants themselves. All the concepts, text, icons, sheets, pictures, videos, audios, music, animation contents and program of the work shall not be involved in any plagiarism or infringement of copyrights or other laws.
7.If the damage is caused by the participant’s plagiarism, the ISARCH Award Team may request punitive damages equal to five times the amount of the damage.
8.ISARCH Team, as the competition organizer, reserves the right to modify the competition schedule if deemed necessary.The official language of the competition is English.
9.During the process of participating in the competition, the use of AI tools is allowed for assistance. However, the process must include the participant's original design and hands-on implementation.
10.If an award certificate contains errors due to inaccuracies in the participant's registration, resulting in misspellings, participants may provide relevant official documentation. The ISARCH team can assist in making corrections, but participants will be required to cover the certificate modification fees.
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