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SustainableIT · Pillar 02 · IMPACT Awards

Give a movement
its moment.

An identity makes a mission visible. A moment makes it matter. The IMPACT Awards honor the technology leaders driving real environmental, social, and governance progress. I built the program from zero: the brand, the trophy, and the ceremony that now spans two continents.

SustainableIT.org IMPACT Awards poster
A row of SustainableIT IMPACT Award trophies lit at the ceremony
One object, handed to the leaders redefining what technology is for.
The film

The night, in ninety seconds

The awards gala and symposium bring technology and sustainability leaders into one room, from the inaugural class in the United States to the European stage in Hamburg.

The trophy
Designed to break the "typical award" mold.

Most awards end up in a cabinet. This one was made to be displayed like a work of art, designed and custom-made entirely in-house, so the honor stays in the room, in view, every day.

The idea

Nature and the manufactured, in one circle

The trophy is the brand mark made physical. Two arcs fall into one another: the living world and the built one, held in a single ring. A dance, not a divide.

Trophy concept diagram: manufactured and nature arcs coexisting inside one circle
Concept  ·  Manufactured · Nature · Coexist
Trophy materials: recycled synthetic hexagonal texture and natural wood
Materials  ·  Recycled synthetic, and wood for the earthly
Trophy detail: metal chrome ring protecting the union of nature and manufactured
Coexist  ·  Chrome, a material of strength and integrity
Trophy balance: the tilt symbolizes the balance between nature and manufactured
Balance  ·  The tilt weighs the two as one
Trophy ergonomics: a flat, stable base
Stability  ·  A flat base, built to be shown
Trophy anatomy: Scandinavian-influenced design, rotating top, heat-burned logo, brass winners plate
Anatomy  ·  Scandinavian influence, a rotating top like a wind turbine, a heat-burned logo, and a brass winners plate
Render to reality

Off the page, onto the stage

The pitch became a real object in real hands, custom-produced and engraved for every winner, at every event.

Finished IMPACT Award trophy at the 2024 European ceremony in Hamburg
Produced  ·  2024 European SustainableIT IMPACT Awards, Hamburg
The winners

From Miami to Hamburg

The inaugural class in the United States, and the European stage a year later. One program, one identity, two continents of leaders it now belongs to.

Inaugural IMPACT Award winners on stage in the United States
United States  ·  The inaugural class
IMPACT Award winners on stage in Hamburg, Europe
Hamburg  ·  The European stage
Guests on the IMPACT Awards red carpet with sponsor backdrop
On the night  ·  The gala experience
SustainableIT.org announces winners of the inaugural IMPACT Awards
Outcome
Now is the time to celebrate the impact.

The IMPACT Awards became the program SustainableIT is known for, the moment that turned a young nonprofit into a name global technology leaders want to stand beside.

Josh Harbert, President, SustainableIT.org
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