CESR Impact Awards

Winners of the 2024 Impact Business Buff Awards pose with their awards


These student-driven awards recognize members of the Leeds community who inspire students to pursue excellence in sustainability and social responsibility.

We are currently accepting nominations for the 2025 CESR Impact Awards.

In 2024, both students and faculty who have made a difference in how you think about sustainability and social responsibility were nominatedin the following categories:

  • Faculty Member
  • Graduating Student
  • "Rising Star" Student (not graduating the year the award is received)

The winners of the 2024 award are:

  • Faculty: Joshua Nunziato, Undergraduate,Dejun “Tony” Kong, Graduate
  • GraduatingStudent: Gabriel Cervantes, Undergraduate,Steven Winterbach,Undergraduate,Mary Boling,Graduate
  • "RisingStar" Student: Natalie Bovie, Undergraduate, Emma Ritson,Graduate

Read more about the 2024 winners here.

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“Receiving the Impact Buff Award is a tremendous honor for me, symbolizing the culmination of two years’ worth of dedicated effort in helping to enhance CESR and its associated initiatives. Throughout my journey, I've been privileged to collaborate closely with CESR's exceptional staff and fellow students, absorbing invaluable lessons along the way.”

– Emma Ritson (MBA, '25)

The winners of the 2023 award are:

The winners of the 2022 award are:

  • Faculty: Stacey Edgar,Undergraduate, Heather Kennedy,Graduate

  • Graduating Student: Caitlin O’Neill,Undergraduate, Cate Griffin,Graduate