Awards

IAIA AWARDS

IAIA Awards are given annually in the following categories. Nominations for the 2025 Awards are now closed. View all award winners below.

Global Award Presented to a leading individual or institution that has made a substantial contribution to impact assessment practice, management, or policy at a global scale.
Corporate Initiative Award Presented to a private or public sector company for a specific activity or project that has made a notable contribution to responsible development practice through the application of impact assessment.
Individual Award Acknowledges personal contributions to the discipline of impact assessment and recognizes major achievement and advancement in the theory and/or practice over a period of time at an international level.
Institutional Award Presented to a national or international organization for outstanding contribution to impact assessment, such as a significant contribution to the practice of impact assessment, setting regulatory standards, or other environment-related activity deserving recognition.
Lifetime Achievement Award Previously known as the Rose-Hulman Award. Awarded to a past or present member of IAIA for major contribution to the field of impact assessment over a sustained period. [Recipient Must be an IAIA Member]
Regional Award Awarded to a person or organization that has made a substantial contribution to the field of impact assessment and/or has taken a leadership role in promoting best practice in impact assessment within the general world region of the location of the conference for the year.
Young Professionals Award Acknowledges a distinguished young IAIA member under the age of 35 with outstanding achievements in the impact assessment field. [Recipient must be an IAIA member]

2024 Award Winners

IAIA is pleased to recognize and congratulate its 2024 award winners. Thank you to those who submitted nominations for the Awards Committee to consider.

See past IAIA award recipients

Hydropower Sustainability Alliance

GLOBAL AWARD
Hydropower Sustainability Alliance is awarded the Global Award for developing sustainability assessment tools culminating with the recent Hydropower Sustainability Standard (HSS) for the hydropower sector.

CEnvP Scheme of Australia & New Zealand

INSTITUTIONAL AWARD
The Institutional Award is presented to the Certified Environmental Practitioner (CEnvP) Scheme of Australia and New Zealand for its significant contribution to advancing the recognition and setting the standard of impact assessment practitioners since 2010.

Yaw Amoyaw-Osei

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Lifetime Achievement Award honors Yam Amoyaw Osei (Ghana) for his vast wealth of knowledge, teaching experience, and activity in organizations such as IAIA-Ghana that help inform and train others in impact assessment.

Claudia Valls

INDIVIDUAL AWARD
Claudia Valls (Argentina) receives the Individual Award for her long-standing career of teaching, publishing, and speaking out for environmental laws.

Harmonized Impact Assessment Model (Narratives & Niiwin Wendaanimok)

CORPORATE INITIATIVE AWARD
The Harmonized Impact Assessment model used on the Twinning of the TransCanada Highway 17 Project is recognized with the Corporate Initiative Award. This creative model was developed through a partnership between Narratives Inc. and Niiwin Wendaanimok.

Volunteers of IEMA

REGIONAL AWARD
The Volunteers of IEMA receive the Regional Award in recognition of their unwavering dedication to advancing the field of impact assessment, exceptional leadership, and commitment to best practices.

Kamau Ndirangu

Young Professional Award
The Young Professional Award is presented to Kamau Ndirangu (Kenya) for his environmental and water engineering work around the world and for his willingness to share his knowledge with peers and clients alike.

Luis Montañez-Cartaxo

Outstanding Service to IAIA
Luis Montañez-Cartaxo (Mexico) is recognized with the Outstanding Service to IAIA Award for his unwavering generosity and commitment to impact assessment. As a dedicated member for over 20 years, Luis has filled many roles, including Conference Chair, Board President, Board Secretary, Committee Chair, webinar presenter, and conference attendee.

Francois Retief, Alan Bond, Angus Morrison-Saunders, Jenny Pope, Reece Alberts, Claudine Roos, & Dirk Cilliers

IAPA BEST PAPER OF 2023
“Gaining a deeper understanding of the psychology underpinning significance judgements in environmental impact assessment (EIA)” IAPA 41:4, 250-262.