Be the Change
Impact Awards 2026
Thuvakkam's 3rd Edition celebrates the individuals, organizations and corporates driving measurable environmental impact through volunteering and community engagement. If you're doing the work, this is where it gets seen.
Volunteering in Climate Action
As Thuvakkam celebrates 13 years of making change, the Be the Change Impact Awards have been instituted to honour the changemakers who are driving measurable environmental impact through volunteering and community engagement.
This is more than an award — it is a platform to celebrate purpose, inspire action, and showcase stories that encourage others to contribute towards a more sustainable future. Whether you are an individual volunteer restoring waterbodies, planting forests, promoting biodiversity, leading climate awareness initiatives, or a nonprofit or corporate creating lasting environmental impact through employee volunteering, your work deserves to be celebrated.
Nominate under the categories
Organization
For the organization whose volunteer-led climate work made the biggest measurable impact this year. Includes a Certificate of Excellence.
Register organization →Corporate
For the corporate team that mobilized its people for climate volunteering. Includes a dedicated engagement event + Certificate of Contribution.
Register corporate →Individual Volunteer
For the individual whose hands-on volunteering drove real environmental change on the ground. Includes a Certificate of Recognition.
Register as volunteer →Key dates for Edition 03
Nomination Deadline
Last day to submit your entry — across all three categories.Presentation to Jury
Shortlisted nominees present their work to the jury panel.Award Announcement
Winners are celebrated on Thuvakkam's Foundation Day, 15th August 2026.Past winners
Payanam NGO
Recognised for outstanding volunteer-led environmental impact.
Mr. Ganesan Shakthivel
Honoured for hands-on climate volunteering on the ground.
Aatrupadai Foundation
Recognised for outstanding volunteer-led environmental impact.
Mr. Arjun Shankar
Honoured for hands-on climate volunteering on the ground.
Space KidZ
Recognised for corporate employee engagement in climate action.
More than a certificate
Recognition
Get your impactful work seen and credited by name.
Inspire others
Share your story and move the next volunteer to start.
Build your network
Connect with a wider circle of climate changemakers.
Celebrate together
Be honoured on Thuvakkam's Foundation Day, 15th August.
Choose your category and submit
Nominations close 20th July 2026. It takes a few minutes — and it's how the jury hears your story.
Organization
₹25,000 + Certificate of Excellence for organization-led climate volunteering.
Organization RegistrationCorporate
A dedicated employee engagement event + Certificate of Contribution.
Corporate RegistrationIndividual Volunteer
₹10,000 + Certificate of Recognition for hands-on climate volunteers.
Individual Volunteer Registration