Global Sustainability & Innovation Awards 2027
Independent recognition for the work changing India’s water sector.
Recognition should mean something.
The water sector is full of projects, technologies and people doing important work. But good work can easily disappear into reports, tenders, project files and conference presentations.
The Global Sustainability & Innovation Awards exists to bring some of that work into the spotlight. Entries are assessed against published criteria by an independent jury, and winners are announced on stage in New Delhi.
Because the work behind the result deserves to be seen.
71 awards across 15 groups.
Every one judged on the same six criteria, by the same independent jury.
Five steps, start to submission.
Judged on evidence, by people who know the sector.
Entries are scored against six published criteria with fixed weights. Jurors are drawn from government, utilities, research and industry, and never see fee or payment information.
Innovation
What existed before, and what is genuinely different.
Impact
Measured results: water saved, people reached, cost reduced.
Sustainability
Long-term viability and lifecycle footprint.
Scalability
Evidence it works at larger scale, or elsewhere.
Execution
Quality and discipline of delivery.
Stakeholder engagement
Who was involved, and who owns the outcome.
Built around the people shaping India’s water future.
EverythingAboutWater has been part of India’s water and wastewater industry since 2000. What began as a focused industry knowledge platform has grown into a wider ecosystem connecting knowledge, business, technology, people and recognition.
Today that ecosystem extends across industry media, exhibitions, conferences, training, publishing and awards through Earth Water Foundation.
Bring the right work, the right people and the right conversations into the same room.
Since 2000, staying close to the industry.
Since 2000, EverythingAboutWater has followed the evolution of India’s water sector from the ground level. From treatment technologies and industrial water management to wastewater reuse, smart water, sustainability and emerging innovation.
The exhibition journey began in 2004 and has grown into the EAW Global Aqua Expo platform. Alongside exhibitions, the ecosystem includes industry publishing and knowledge, conferences and training programmes.
The Global Sustainability & Innovation Awards is the newest of these platforms, launched in 2026. The twenty-six years belong to EverythingAboutWater; the awards carry that standing into a format built for recognition.
Five ways the ecosystem works.
Knowledge
News, insights, technical content and industry intelligence.
Business
Exhibitions and business platforms connecting solution providers with buyers, utilities, consultants and decision-makers.
Conversations
Conferences, forums, conclaves and training programmes.
Innovation
Technologies, products, ideas and people addressing real water and environmental challenges.
Recognition
The Global Sustainability & Innovation Awards, bringing meaningful work before an independent jury and the wider industry.
One ecosystem. Different ways to engage.
Three platforms, one industry.
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Put your work forward.
Entries close 28 Feb 2027. Government bodies and public utilities enter free.