By The Cloud Awards Team.

At The Cloud Awards, we’re pleased to announce a new global business awards program!

Five hundred years in the making, our team was inspired by none other than Leonardo Da Vinci.

Probably the most famous polymath who ever lived, Leonardo Da Vinci embodies several principles we have for business, innovation, and life in general. We’re looking for truly excellent businesses to take part, in every conceivable area.

Accepting entries internationally, The DaVinci Awards® has no strict category rules, but is divided into four deadlines:

• Product Awards – Friday June 27, 2025
• Lifestyle & Culture Awards – Friday, September 26, 2025
• Technology Awards – Friday, December 12, 2025
• Business Awards – Friday, March 27, 2026

Organizations may nominate their entire business; any product, service, initiative or project; or business department, team or person.

The DaVinci Awards® CEO, James Williams, said: “The DaVinci Awards® recognizes and celebrates the best products, services, businesses – and the visionaries and teams that create and run them.

“In accepting entries across the globe, from organizations large and small, and in every conceivable area, our international team of judges hope to honor Da Vinci’s spirit of holistic innovation and achievement.”

Three-tiered star accreditation

Unlike any of The Cloud Awards programs, The DaVinci Awards® has a three-tiered star system. Any entrant who achieves the top honor of three stars is the very best of what we’ve seen that year. Each classification of awards win – one star, two star, or three star – comes with a special hallmark of excellence to showcase the win on marketing materials, product packaging and your website.

Winners are notified around eight weeks after the standard deadline (six weeks after the extended deadline). There are no shortlist and finalist stages.

Vitruvian Man trophy

At the Cloud Awards, trophy winners receive the hardware at no extra cost, and we’ve kept the same commitment in this new international awards program. The trophy is styled after Da Vinci’s iconic Vitruvian Man.

How to qualify for The DaVinci Awards®

Entrants must have been operating for at least two years. Businesses must also demonstrate growth over the last year in any one of eight eligibility areas:

• Profitability or revenue
• Customer base
• Customer satisfaction
• Number of staff
• Staff satisfaction
• Staff retention
• Cross-border trade
• Workforce diversity

First up: international product awards

The team is extremely excited to see what you have in store for us, and the first deadline this year (Friday June 27, 2025) is for products. Any type of product can be put forward for consideration – as long as it’s exceptional:

• Retail Goods & Services; Luxury Goods
• Business Supplies
• Packaging
• Civil Engineering & Construction
• Automotive & Aviation
• Machinery and Industrial Engineering
• Renewables
• Energy & Utilities

The entry fee is $695 ahead of each deadline, with no additional costs. To begin an application to The DaVinci Awards®, please visit: www.davinciawards.com.