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SDG Award 2025 Applications Open<br />

SDG Award 2025 Applications Open

Clifford Chance is proud to launch our United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) Award 2025 recognising and supporting outstanding contribution to the UN SDGs.

This year's Award will focus on NGOs whose work contributes towards:

The winning organisation will receive a £50,000 donation from the Clifford Chance Foundation and 500 hours of pro bono legal – a package designed to help scale their impact and accelerate progress towards a more just world.

We welcome applications from NGOs globally, especially those:

  • who are adopting innovative strategies in relation to the achievement of the environment-related SDGs.
  • for whom winning would have the potential to help them significantly scale their work or in other ways transform their organisation.

All entries will be assessed equally, regardless of geography or prior engagement with Clifford Chance.

Key dates:

  • Monday 30 June 2025: Application open – application form can be found here
  • Friday 1 August 2025: Applications close 
  • October 2025: Winner announced 

The judging panel will be led by Senior Partner Adrian Cartwright, alongside members of our Responsible Business Board, strategic pro bono partners, and select client representatives.

About the 2024 winner

Clifford Chance has named not for profit organisation BarefootLaw as the winner of its United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDG) award 2024. BarefootLaw's work involves leveraging digital technology and legal expertise to promote accessible, inclusive, and effective access to justice, particularly among underserved and marginalized communities in Africa.

Read more about BarefootLaw

About the 2023 winner

Clifford Chance has named not for profit employment organisation Alive and Kicking as the 2023. Alive and Kicking's core operation is the production of ethically and sustainably made sports balls to help adults in vulnerable job groups, including refugees, by creating employment opportunities across sub-Saharan Africa.

Read more about Alive and Kicking

About the 2022 winner

Clifford Chance has named humanitarian, digital connectivity charity Jangala as the winner of its United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDG) award. Jangala is a British charity which works internationally with grassroots and large aid and development organisations to enable internet access for people in need of urgent aid or longer-term development assistance across the humanitarian crisis, education, healthcare and refugee fields.

Read more about Jangala

About the 2021 winner

Clifford Chance named environmental protection charity and voluntary carbon standard, Plan Vivo as the winner of its first ever Sustainable Development Goal award, developed with the objective of supporting non-governmental organisations (NGOs) whose work contributes to the achievement of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Plan Vivo, based in Scotland received a £50,000 donation and 500 hours of pro bono support over an 18-month period to support the next stage of its growth, in particular, its ability to measure and evaluate impact and better incorporate the inclusion of marginalised groups at the project design stage.

Read more about Plan Vivo.

Meet Jangala, the 2022 winner of the Clifford Chance Sustainable Development Goals Award

2022 winner Jangala is at a pivotal stage in progressing towards its goal of becoming the world's leading humanitarian technology organisation, with support  from Clifford Chance. Watch co-founder and Managing Director Richard Thanki tells us about Jangala's mission, the application process for the Award and what's next for the team!

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