Rushlight Awards - deadline for entries: 30 NovemberThe Rushlight Awards, now in their 12th year, are open to entries. To enter, just go to www.rushlightevents.com/rushlight-awards and follow the instructions in How to Enter. Details of the entry fee are set out there too.The Rushlight Awards are a well-established event recognizing the cleantech stars and sustainability champions of today. They are the only independent set of awards designed specifically to support and promote all the latest clean technologies, innovations, programmes, installations and initiatives for businesses and other organisations throughout UK, Ireland and internationally.There are 25 separate categories covering renewable energy, clean fuels and transport, energy efficiency, power generation, green products and services, sustainable agriculture, forestry and biodiversity, water, waste and resources, sustainable manufacturing and services and environmental measurement and management. There is a category for any technology, innovation, programme or initiative that reduces the environmental footprint of energy, transport, industry and everyday life.The Rushlight Awards are open to all types of organisation at any stage of corporate development, including individual inventors, early stage companies, charities, universities, SMEs, quoted companies and multi-nationals.These awards can be used:• to have your technological achievements recognised by a leading independent judging panel• to open your business to new market opportunities• to celebrate and thank the team who have developed a technology, installation or solution• to launch a new initiative• to raise your profile to access new sources of funding and other support• to win a valuable prizeJudging is performed by an independent panel of expert judges taken from a range of different origins, including academia, government and trade associations and includes representatives from Innovate UK, Office for Low Emission Vehicles, Department for Transport, BEIS, DfID, WWF, Carbon Trust, WRAP, UKERC and KTN.The Rushlight Awards Party will follow the Rushlight Show on Wednesday 30 January 2019 at the Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, St. James's, London SW1Y 5AG.