Sustainability Category Winners

Listed here are the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie® Award winners in these categories in the 2026 Middle East & North Africa Stevie® Awards. Those winners in attendance were celebrated on stage during the 7^th annual awards gala on Friday, 11 September in İstanbul, Türkiye. Learn more about the event here (opens in new tab).

Award for Most Innovative Circular Economy Practices
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Hail Region Municipality, Hail, Hail, Saudi Arabia: Hail the most Beautiful: A Circular & Sustainable Model
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
ADNOC Drilling, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Utilization of STP Water in Fracturing Operations
Municipality & Planning Department - Government of Ajman, Ajman, United Arab Emirates: Ajman 360: Pioneering a Fully Integrated Circular Economy Ecosystem in Government
QNET, Hong Kong: QNET’s Contribution to a Circular Economy
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Dubai Customs, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Dubai Customs Innovative Circular Economy Practice - Project Zero

Award for Most Innovative Community Impact
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Samsung Saudi, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Community Impact through Tech Enablement
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
FLO GROUP, Istanbul, Bagcilar, Türkiye: Şanlıurfa Yerel Kalkınma Projesi
Sonaa El Khair Foundation (Makers of Good), Al Moqattam, Cairo, Egypt: Tamkeen Initiative - Growing Impact, Lasting Future
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Aja Space Information Technology, Hail, Hail, Saudi Arabia: Initiative of Aja Space Tech Community - Aja Tech Space Community Initiative Disqualified
AVA Media, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq: Fayli Xelk (People’s File) - AVA Media’s Community Advocacy Initiative
Capital 360 Event Experiences, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Abu Dhabi and Al Ain Summer Sports
Saudi Air Navigation Services (SANS), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) DISQUALIFIED
stc Bahrain, Manama, Bahrain: jeel ICT
Tadweer Group, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Award for Most Innovative Community Impact

Award for Most Innovative Corporate Sustainability Program
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Fujairah Natural Resources Corporation, Fujairah, Fujairah, United Arab Emirates: Turning CO₂ into Stone: The Hasa Project’s Carbon Negative Climate Innovation in Fujairah, UAE
PT Pertamina Hulu Energi ONWJ, South Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia: Appostraps, New Land New Hope
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
Diversey, a Solenis Company, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Creating Shared Value: How Diversey Turns Global Challenges into Competitive Advantage
KSUMC, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: We are Committed Program
NMDC Energy, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: NMDC Energy: Corporate Sustainability Transformation Program
NMDC Group, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Innovative Achievement in Sustainability: Pioneering the Industrial Energy Transition
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
DHL Worldwide Express & Company LLC, Seeb, Muscat, Oman: Green Journey - “Streamlining Document Shipment Booking”
Salik Company PJSC, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: ESG by Design: Building a System-Led Sustainability Program
VakıfBank, İstanbul, Ümraniye, Türkiye: VakıfBank Sports Club Infrastructure

Award for Most Innovative Social Impact
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Samsung Saudi, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Social Impact of Youth Tech Enablement
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
DHL Express UAE, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Driving Purpose with Go Teach - Digital Upskilling for Emirati Women Entrepreneurs
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Ajman Chamber, Ajman Chamber, United Arab Emirates: Ajman Chamber Inclusive Entrepreneurial Community Empowerment Model
Le Chene, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Breaking Barriers, Building Futures: How Le Chene Creates Life-Changing, Generational Social Impact
Qatar Vision Production Company, Doha, Qatar: Match For Hope by “QVision”
QNET, Hong Kong: QNET - Bernhard H. Mayer Open Innovation Challenge
Safana Charity Association for Health Services in Hail, Hail, Saudi Arabia: Volunteer mobile clinics

Award for Most Innovative Sustainability Partnerships
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Dubai Customs, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Dubai Customs Innovative Sustainability Partnership - Project Zero
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
Batı Anadolu Şirketler Topluluğu, Bornova, İzmir, Türkiye: EKSEN Project: Digital Sustainability Transformation & Innovative Partnerships

Award for Most Innovative Sustainable Supply Chain Management
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Turkcell, İstanbul, Türkiye: Beyond Logistics: A Holistic, AI-Driven Ecosystem for Sustainable Supply Chain

Award for Most Innovative Urban Sustainability and Smart City Transformation
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Hail Region Municipality, Hail, Hail, Saudi Arabia: Hail the most Beautiful: A Circular & Sustainable Model
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
Etihad Water and Electricity (EtihadWE), Ajman, United Arab Emirates: Architecting Tomorrow: EtihadWE’s Integrated ESG Transformation for a Sustainable UAE Future
Municipality & Planning Department - Government of Ajman, Ajman, United Arab Emirates: Ajman 360: Transforming Ajman into a Climate-Resilient, Digitally Intelligent Smart City
Salik Company PJSC, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Redefining Urban Tolling as a Catalyst for Low-Carbon Mobility
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
University City of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates: The Living Lab: Pioneering Urban Transformation through AI-Powered Sustainability

Award for Outstanding Individual Contribution to Sustainability
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Nautical Green Maritime S.A, Navticos Global, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Mustafa A. Nejem: Outstanding Individual Contribution to Maritime Sustainability and Innovation

Sustainable Product/Services of the Year
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Zorlu Enerji, Levant, Istanbul, Turkey: Zorlu Energy Net Zero Roadmap
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
ADNOC Drilling, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Decarbonization as the Operating System: ADNOC Drilling’s Rig-to-Camp Scalable Sustainable Service Platform (2023-2025)
Dubai Customs, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Dubai Customs Most Sustainable Product/Service for the Year - Project Zero
Tosyalı Holding, Levant, Istanbul, Türkiye: TOSYALI V-Green