Recognising company, organisation and individual achievements in the South Australian energy and mining sectors.
Now in its 12th year the Premier's Awards in Energy and Mining showcase innovative approaches and technology, applaud leading practice, and acknowledge the delivery of exceptional leadership in South Australia, along with recognising the employment and business opportunities and the positive economic, social and environmental contribution the industry makes to South Australia.
The Department for Energy and Mining invites nominations for the 2023 Premier's Awards in Energy and Mining. Apply now if your company has a project that has delivered innovation, social, safety, community and environmental outcomes.
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Key dates
| 1 June 2023 | Nominations open |
| 3 July 2023 | Awards Presentation Dinner ticket sales open |
| 31 August 2023 | Nominations close |
| 9 November 2023 | Awards Presentation Dinner, SkyCity Adelaide |
Why apply?
This is an opportunity for you to share your achievements with government, industry and the public. It is a chance to expand awareness of your program or project and set an example of excellence in corporate social responsibility and innovation.
Entering the awards provides you with an opportunity to:
- demonstrate how your programs and projects have measurable and valued impact in the marketplace
- receive recognition for business policies that aim to improve diversity and support communities
- increase media and brand awareness
- highlight your company or organisation's attractiveness as a potential employer or business partner
- support the business case for more resources to be applied to projects of this type.
Winning organisations will be recognised for their performance and leadership in the energy, resources, and engineering, technology and services (ETS) sectors.
DEM will promote the achievements of winners and finalists through social media, websites, case studies and short videos. The winner of each award is given rights to use the award category logo on their website, social media platforms and marketing material.
Learn more about the importance of and benefits from applying for the Awards:
Award categories
Awarded to individual sectors
- Community – recognising demonstrated excellence in working with local, regional or statewide communities to deliver positive outcomes
- Environment – recognising demonstrated excellence in delivering positive environmental outcomes
- Safety and Wellbeing
- Health and Safety – recognising demonstrated excellence in the development and/or implementation of an innovative solution to an identified work health and safety issue
- Inclusion and Wellbeing – recognising demonstrated excellence in solutions to identified inclusion and wellbeing issues
- Innovation and Transformation
- Productivity Improvement – recognising a project or product that has improved efficiency, productivity or competitiveness
- Innovation and Collaboration – recognising excellence in innovation and collaboration, showcasing vision, opportunity and/or transformational change
Awarded to the overall winner
- Young Achiever Award (30 years of age or younger) – recognising the value, exceptional achievements and significant impact of those inspirational and dedicated South Australians in the energy, resources and/or ETS sector aged 30 years or younger
- Young Indigenous Achiever Award (30 years of age or younger) – recognising the value, exceptional achievements and significant impact of those inspirational and dedicated South Australians in the energy, resources and/or ETS sector aged 30 years or younger
Eligibility
To be eligible to apply for the Premier’s Awards 2023, companies, organisations or individuals must:
- Operate or work in any of the following sectors:
– Energy: generation, transmission, distribution, retail, energy products and services
– Mining
– Petroleum
– Quarrying
– Resource exploration, and/or
– Engineering, technology and services (ETS). - The company, organisation or individual must operate or work in South Australia, irrespective of ownership or headquarter location.
- Previously awarded winning projects will not be considered for another award in the same category, unless the applicant can demonstrate a significant difference and/or additional outcome has been achieved through the previous winning project or evolution of the project scope.
- Allow resubmission and award consideration by agreement of the full judging panel in that category or division. The judge’s decision will be final and no other correspondence entered into.
Project submission
All applications must be submitted on the Online Awards Portal
Information and instructions for Submitting your entry online
Award guidelines
Download the 2023 Premier's Awards guide to entering (PDF, 9.0 MB)
Selection process
DEM will manage and administer the awards selection process.
The judging panel will be made up of representatives from DEM appointed government and industry sectors.
Each application will be assessed against the selection criteria and judged on individual merit, not as a competition between applicants. The size and resources of the company or organisation will be considered when assessing the merit of each project.
Small companies, and companies with small projects, are encouraged to apply.
The judging panel will make recommendations on the winning applicants to the Premier. The Premier’s decision is final.
Our judges
The judging panel includes representatives from government and industry sectors.
The Department for Environment and Water (DEW) manages, conserves, and sustains South Australia's environment, water and cultural resources. Its work is critical to our future social, environmental and economic prosperity.
The Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is South Australia's independent environment protection regulator responsible for the risk-based regulation of pollution, waste, noise and radiation.
