Ministry of Defence Sanctuary Awards

Overview

The Sanctuary Awards have been recognising outstanding conservation and sustainability efforts across the MOD estate since 1991.

The Awards celebrate and encourage group and individual efforts that benefit sustainable development, environmental and heritage conservation, utilities and resource saving measures, sustainable construction and procurement or community awareness on land or property that the MOD owns or uses in the UK and overseas.

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Entries

The results of Sanctuary Awards 2021 nominations were sent out to nominators in the autumn. The winners and highly commended entries are beingfeatured soughtin forthe 2021 edition of the followingMOD’s categories:Sanctuary magazine, which has been showcasing conservation and sustainability across the estate since 1975. The winners and highly commended nominations were presented with their award at the Sanctuary Awards 2021 virtual ceremony held on 22 March 2022, with the Minister for Defence Procurement (whose remit includes estate, environment and sustainability) attending as a special guest presenter.

Virtual Ceremony

Award Categories

The award categories are:

• Environmental Enhancement Award - projects focused on wildlife and biodiversity, environmental research, or tackling pollution and contamination issues.

• Heritage Award - projects focused on archaeology, historic buildings, historic parks and gardens, historic landscape preservation, museum collections, heritage education and public engagement.

• Social Value Award - projects focused on any of the social aspects of sustainability, including heritage, public access, community engagement and education.

• Net Zero and Resource Efficiency Award - projects that contribute to the MOD’s Net Zero Carbon ambition, reduce energy, water or resource consumption, renewable energy or recycling.

• Sustainable Procurement and Construction Award - projects to improve sustainability of equipment or services, management of supply chains or product life cycles or new build construction and refurbishment projects that innovate in fields such as new materials or design.

• Individual Achievement Award - for those who have made a significant personal contribution to MOD sustainability or conservation as a volunteer, MOD employee or contractor.

Winners from the above categories will be further considered for one of the following:

• Silver Otter Trophy: awarded to the best Establishment, Conservation Group or community led project or individual conservation effort on the MOD estate.

• Sustainable Business Award: awarded to the best larger scale or commercial project which delivers sustainable solutions to enable the Armed Forces to live, work or train.