The shortlist for the 2026 Engineering Matters Awards has been decided. The awards celebrate work in engineering that impacts on key sustainable development goals. This year’s awards saw a record number of nominations, with more than 50 entries selected for the shortlist. These shortlisted entries will be detailed in episodes of Engineering Matters in 2026, with dedicated episodes on each of the gold champions.
Engineering with an impact on people
Three categories in this year’s awards celebrate the impact that engineering has on people and communities. The Community category focuses on the role engineers can play in their wider community. The Diversity and Inclusion category looks at how engineers can attract a more diverse workforce to the sector, and ensure that their work has inclusive benefits. And the Health and Safety category considers how engineers can make sure that everyone is safe in their workplace, and as members of the public.
Community
- Dremere Woods, Honda Development & Manufacturing of America (individual entry)
- Gaurav Mittal (individual entry)
Diversity and inclusion
- DesignID/The Big Bridge
- EqualEngineers
- In2scienceUK
- Skills 4
- STEM with Mr N
- University of Salford and Morson Group
- Wood
Health and safety
- Calibre Engineering
- Geprode Consultants
Engineering with impact on the planet
The Awards also consider the impact the engineering sector has on the planet. The three categories in this section consider how engineers can support the transition to a Net Zero; the role they can play in supporting Sustainability; and the impact of engineering on the Environment,
Environment
- Avove
- Ayesa, with Ward and Burke Construction
- Deep Trekker
- Fugro
- Mott MacDonald Bentley / Yorkshire Water
- Nattergall
- Olive Compliance (with Northumberland County Council, BAM Nuttall, Royal HaskoningDHV, AtkinsRealis, BAM Ritchies, Thompsons of Prudhoe, Mabey Hire, and the Mining Remediation Authority).
- Renaissance
- RWE
- WCS
Net Zero
- ABB
- BAM
- Ceres Power Holdings plc
- EvoPhase, KwikFab, the University of Birmingham
- Found Energy
- Geosolutions Leeds
- Intelligent Energy
- Lhyfe
- Minimass
- Mission Zero Technologies
- Naked Energy
- Nova Pangaea Tech
- ORIS Materials Intelligence
- SP Energy Transmission, in partnership with Network Rail, University of Leeds, Ricardo AEA, GE Power Conversion UK
- Superdielectrics
- Thermal Earth
- WasteX stream
Sustainability
- AKT II
- AMRC
- BDP
- Bioheat
- Bodor Laser
- Circular Bioenergy (University of Northumbria at Newcastle)
- Devise Engineers
- Momentum Engineering
- Showerkap
- Soarvo
- SymphonyAI
- Tensar
- Thames Water
- Thornton Tomasetti
