BIG Biodiversity Challenge and Awards
Congratulations to all our BIG Biodiversity Challenge and Awards 2024 winners, as well as those highly commended! Check them out here.
Take the Challenge by adding a new biodiversity enhancement to a site, development or existing building
What is the BIG Biodiversity Challenge?
The Biodiversity Challenge Awards encourage the construction industry to 'go big for nature' by putting biodiversity at the centre of its projects to deliver beyond minimum requirements set out by biodiversity net gain in England.
A biodiversity enhancement is an action that improves biodiversity and ecological habitat in the local environment. Enhancements should increase opportunities for biodiversity and go beyond normal business practice or predetermined planning and construction conditions.
Biodiversity enhancements can be simple or more complex intervention(s). Examples of these include bird or bat boxes, insect habitat creation, wildflower meadows or wetland restoration.
