Global Green Beauty Awards 2026 Now Open

New for 2026: Soil Association Collaboration Announced

Last year’s Global Green Beauty Awards saw a wide mix of beauty brands recognised across skincare, haircare, fragrance, wellbeing and sustainable beauty, from established international names through to smaller independent brands.

Among the winners was Paul Mitchell, which received Gold for Best Green Haircare Brand. Long associated with professional salon haircare, the brand’s recognition reflected the growing focus on sustainability within the hair industry, particularly around packaging, ingredients and more conscious product development.

RITUALS also picked up multiple Gold awards, including Best Vegan Shower Product for The Ritual of Sakura Foaming Shower Gel, Best Diffuser for The Ritual of Sakura Fragrance Sticks and Best Pillow Spray for The Ritual of Jing Pillow and Body Mist. The wins reflected how closely beauty, wellbeing and home fragrance now overlap, with consumers increasingly drawn to products that fit into wider self-care routines.

For 2026, the awards are also introducing a brand new collaboration with the Soil Association.

New this year is the Best COSMOS Certified Beauty Product category, which will be judged by the Soil Association themselves. The category sits alongside the awards’ wider categories, which continue to welcome brands across natural, organic, sustainable and ethical beauty without certification being required.

The 2026 awards include categories across skincare, haircare, fragrance, body care, wellbeing, supplements and beauty tools, alongside a number of new additions for this year.

Finalists receive complimentary digital finalist logos, while winners receive complimentary digital winner logos and e-certificates as part of the awards’ continued move towards a more paper-free approach.

To make international submissions easier, product samples can be sent to either UK or EU submission addresses.

Key dates for the 2026 awards are:

• Entries close: 17th August 2026

• Winners announced: 28th September 2026