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1. Entry Form
2. 50 word entry summary
3. 1000-2000 Word Submission
4. Company Logo
5. UK contact details
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ENTRY FORM
2025 WINNERS & SHORTLISTED
INDIVIDUALS AND TEAMS
1. Risk Manager of the Year
This award is the hallmark of outstanding performance by the risk management professional who has accomplished most in the past 12 months in reinforcing their organisation’s risk management framework, inspiring their team and offering creative thinking to the risk management community as a whole. Risk professionals in organisations of all sizes and sectors are all potential contenders for this award. Please include a high resolution (min 300dpi) photograph of your nominee. Enter here
2. The IRM Risk Management Leader of the Year
This award will be presented to the individual deemed to have contributed most to the world of risk management. Entries should include details of what the nominee has done to advance risk management or champion its principles, highlighting exceptional achievements and their impact on the practice of risk management. Please include a high resolution (min 300dpi) photograph of your nominee. Enter here
3. Newcomer of the Year
This award will be granted to the risk management professional with fewer than five years’ industry experience. Entries must demonstrate the impact this individual has had upon risk management within their organisation or the sector. Please include a high resolution (min 300dpi) photograph of your nominee. Enter here
4. Risk Management Team of the Year
This award will mark the best collective achievement in risk mitigation teamwork within an organisation. Contenders will be able to demonstrate that ideas and efforts that individual team members have contributed towards the group’s achievements. Entries will be accepted from teams of businesses of all size – from small teams to those of major multinationals. Enter here
RISK MANAGEMENT PRACTICE
5. Risk Management Strategy of the Year
This award will be presented to the company which has best demonstrated the implementation of an enterprise risk management strategy. Entries will describe the embedding of ERM into the culture and operations of the business, to solve real-world business problems, current and emerging. Enter here
6. Climate Risk Award
This award will be presented to the organisation that has made significant progress in assessing and managing climate risks – both operationally and strategically. The judges will want to see strategy, long-term vision and evidence of success so far. Enter here
7. Supply Chain Risk Award
This award recognises the organisation that has demonstrated outstanding management of strategic supply chain risks and dependencies. Entries should highlight innovative approaches to identifying, assessing and mitigating exposures, as well as the impact on operational resilience, commercial outcomes, and overall enterprise risk. Enter here
8. Compliance Risk Award
This award is design to honour the organisation that has excelled in embedding risk-based regulatory and compliance practices across the enterprise. Entries should demonstrate proactive management of evolving regulations, integration of compliance into strategic decision-making, and measurable outcomes that enhance organisational governance and reduce exposure to legal or regulatory penalties. Enter here
9. Reputation and Brand Risk Award
This award will be granted to the organisation that has most effectively anticipated, assessed and managed risks to its reputation or brand. Entries should show how risk management strategies protect stakeholder trust, address reputational threats, and support long-term organisational credibility and resilience. Enter here
10. Cross-Border Risk Management Award
This award will be presented to the organisation that can demonstrate how it has built a risk management function capable of operating across multiple business and legal jurisdictions that are geographically diverse (across international boundaries and cultures), including from within the UK. Entries should outline the organisation’s risk management programme, the development, scope and achievements of its team(s) and the way in which it communicates the risk message to the wider company – and how all of these align with local conditions as well as overall organisational goals. Enter here
11. Public Sector Risk Management Award
This category seeks to reward the team that has tackled the inherent risks of operating within a public sector environment. The winning team will be able to demonstrate best practice from which all organisations can learn. In a period where many teams have suffered major cuts to budgets, this award is especially well deserved. Enter here
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
12. Risk Management App of the Year
This award will be presented to the company or team responsible for the creation (or significant development in the past judging year) of an app designed to address a range of pertinent risk management challenges, such as pandemic risk, climate reporting, travel risk management, and so on). The app may have been developed for internal use, or offered to the market. In addition to innovation and ease of use, judges will be looking for evidence of successful implementation and proof of use. Submissions must include screen shots and may include an online demo. Where applicable, customer endorsements are encouraged, and will be accepted in addition to the main entry wordcount. Enter here
13. Award for Risktech
This category will acknowledge the risk management software or solution that has delivered real value to user organisations over the past judging year in their management of the full spectrum of risk challenges. Evidence of successful implementation, and of the product’s benefits must be provided in the entry. Customer endorsements are encouraged, and will be accepted in addition to the main entry wordcount. Enter here
14. Risk Management Specialist Company of the Year
This award will be presented to the company that is dedicated to providing effective risk management solutions to its clients. Entries should detail products, services or projects undertaken and how success was achieved. Judges will award innovation and quality as well as customer service and satisfaction. Customer endorsements are encouraged, and will be accepted in addition to the main entry wordcount. Enter here
15. Cyber Security Product of the Year
This award will be presented to the company whose product most successfully demonstrates their advanced skillset in dealing with the growing threat of cyber risk. Successful submissions will demonstrate the providers understanding of the diversity of this risk, and scalability to respond to the threat as it evolves. Customer endorsements are encouraged, and will be accepted in addition to the main entry wordcount. Enter here
GENERAL CATEGORIES
16. Best Use of Technology in Risk Management
This award will reflect the ability of an organisation to proactively use technology to deliver recognisable benefits in its management of risk, whether from a vendor or developed in-house. Evidence of implementation over the past 12 months should be provided in the entry. This category is designed to acknowledge implementations and their successful outcomes. Where applicable, customer endorsements are encouraged, and will be accepted in addition to the main entry wordcount. Enter here
17. Best Use of AI in Risk Management
This award will reflect the ability of an organisation to proactively use artificial intelligence to deliver recognisable benefits in its management of risk, whether from a vendor or developed in-house. Evidence of implementation over the past 12 months should be provided in the entry. This category is designed to acknowledge implementations and their successful outcomes. Where applicable, customer endorsements are encouraged, and will be accepted in addition to the main entry wordcount. Enter here
18. Risk Management Innovation of the Year
Judges are looking for innovation that has been initiated for the first time during the 18 months before the entry deadline, and which has the potential to change the way in which risk management may be approached. This could be a process, or a new way of working with technology. Entries must show evidence of innovation and original thought. Enter here
19. Best Workplace in Risk Management
This award will be presented to the risk management provider that can demonstrate a commitment to creating an outstanding workplace culture and environment for its staff. Judges will be looking for evidence of measures put in place to safeguard the workforce's psychological and physical well-being, in an environment that reflects the modern organisation's fresh approach to work-life balance. Enter here
20. International Risk Management Award
Please note: this category is open to companies without a UK office.
This award will be presented to the organisation that can demonstrate that it has built risk management into the very heart of its operations – encompassing the full scope of enterprise risks. Entries should outline the organisation’s risk management programme, the development, scope and achievements of its team(s) and the way in which it communicates the risk message to the wider company – and how all of these align with local conditions. Enter here
