ISC Awards - ISCouncil

Celebrating the people and projects shaping a more sustainable infrastructure sector

The ISC Awards bring our industry together to recognise achievement and celebrate the people, organisations and projects helping to shape a more sustainable future for infrastructure.

Sustainability is never the work of one organisation alone. 

It’s the result of collaboration, leadership, innovation and collective action across the infrastructure ecosystem. The ISC Awards shine a light on those making a meaningful contribution across environmental, social, governance and economic outcomes, recognising the people and organisations helping to transform the market at individual, organisational, project, systemic and societal levels.

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BRINGING THE INDUSTRY TOGETHER

Local celebration, national recognition

For the first time, ISC will take the celebration of achievement into the heart of our industry, with five regional ISC Awards celebrations held across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, alongside our ISC Sustainability Summit series, with regional winners progressing to the ISC Excellence Awards.

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Award Categories

Excellence in IS Individuals

Recognising the people leading, inspiring and contributing to a more sustainable infrastructure sector.

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Excellence in IS Organisations

Celebrating organisations that are creating meaningful impact, driving innovation and helping to build capability and momentum across the infrastructure sector.

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Excellence in IS Rated Projects

Recognising projects that show what’s possible when sustainability is embedded into infrastructure decision-making and delivery. Awarded at the ISC Excellence Awards only.

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Key Dates

ISC Awards WA/SA

Opens 17 August 2026 - Closes 21 September 2026 - Winners announced at the ISC Sustainability Summit Dinner Perth, 19 November 2026

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ISC Awards NSW/ACT

Opens 17 August 2026 - Closes 21 September 2026 - Winners announced at the ISC Sustainability Summit Dinner Sydney, 2 December 2026

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ISC Awards VIC/TAS

Opens 28 September 2026 - Closes 9 November 2026 - Winners announced at the ISC Sustainability Summit Dinner Melbourne, 11 February 2027

ISC Awards QLD/NT

Opens 28 September 2026 - Closes 9 November 2026 - Winners announced at the ISC Sustainability Summit Dinner Gold Coast, 25 February 2027

ISC Awards NZ

Opens 28 September 2026 - Closes 9 November 2026 - Winners announced at the ISC Sustainability Summit Dinner Auckland, on 18 March 2027

ISC Excellence Awards

Opens 18 January 2027 - Closes 1 March 2027 - Winners are announced at the ISC Gala Dinner & Awards, Melbourne 1 June 2027

Frequently asked questions

  • Excellence in IS Individuals categories – The individual must be employed by an organisation or legal entity that is a current member of Infrastructure Sustainability Council.
  • Excellence in IS Organisations categories – do not need to be ISC members. Note entry fees below.
  • Excellence in IS Rated Projects categories – all organisations or legal entities listed on the entry must be current Infrastructure Sustainability Council members. Where non-members are part of the project, their work can be included in the submission, but they will not be recognised as finalists or winners.
  • There is no application fee for ISC Members.
  • Non-members may enter Excellence in IS Organisations categories. The fee is AUD$300 plus GST per submission, per region, for organisations with revenue less than AUD$200,000, Not for Profits and Local Government Agencies. For all other non-member organisations, the fee is AUD$600 plus GST per submission per region.
  • Excellence in IS Rated Projects categories – The initiative, innovation or approach must have been implemented on a project registered for, or that has achieved, an Infrastructure Sustainability Council Rating (IS Rating).
  • Excellence in IS Individuals and IS Organisation categories – do not need to be working on an IS Rated Project.

Yes. Please see the eligibility criteria regarding applicable date range.

  • Excellence in IS Individuals categories – The individual must predominantly live in Australia or New Zealand and must enter the awards in the Australian state, or NZ, that they predominantly live. They may only enter in one location.
  • Excellence in IS Organisations categories – The initiative/program/example must have been delivered in the region it is entered. Organisations may enter the same initiative/program/example in multiple regions. Organisations may submit multiple entries for different initiative/program/examples.
  • Excellence in IS Rated Projects categories – Projects may enter multiple categories, each will be judged separately.
  • Excellence in IS Individuals categories – Please enter the name of the individual being nominated. This can be different to the key contact who completes the submission.
  • Excellence in IS Organisations categories – Please enter the organisation name
  • Excellence in IS Rated Projects categories – Will be asked to provide two names. First will be the name of the project. The second will request the organisations or legal entities you would like recognised as delivering the project. Please note all organisations or legal entities listed on the entry must be current Infrastructure Sustainability Council members. Where non-members are part of the project, their work can be included in the submission, but they will not be recognised as finalists or winners

The ISC will communicate with the person submitting the entry – the Key Contact. For Excellence in IS Individuals categories, the ISC may also communicate with the nominated person once finalists have been announced.

You can partially submit your application and come back at any time before the closing date to complete your entry.

Applications for each event close at the date and time listed on page 5 of the Application Guide. Any late entrants and applications missing information, over the word count or that don’t meet the submission criteria will be automatically disqualified.

Judges for each category will be appointed from the industry and there will be a minimum of two judges per category. For judges who elect to be promoted, their names and organisations will be released after the awards close.

No. Winners will be announced on the night at each of the Award events.

All finalists must have a representative attend the Award event to accept the award should they win.

If your questions haven’t been answered in this guidebook or on our website, feel free to get in touch with us at events@iscouncil.org

Together, we can recognise what is being achieved today, and inspire what is possible tomorrow

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