Climate Resilience Awards for Business 2026 – Business resilience in action

As the world risks overshooting 1.5°C, building resilience must go hand in hand with limiting further warming. Businesses are already facing climate impacts today, through disruptions to operations, assets, value chains and workforce. It has arguably never been more important for businesses to act on resilience, to protect the people, critical infrastructure and value chains they depend on and to safeguard business continuity. The Climate Resilience Awards for Business recognize and share what that action looks like in practice.

This report presents the main findings and insights from the 2026 round:

• Four categories: agriculture and food systems, infrastructure, people first and water stewardship
• Open to both corporates and SMEs in each category
• 189 applications received, of which 175 were viable and form the evidence base for this report
• 23 applications selected as finalists

The insights indicate patterns in this year’s entries rather than a comprehensive picture of business resilience action.