Smart infrastructures at heart of new tve film award

Award-winning landlord and director of property companies, Azad Ayub, brings his passion for future-proof design to the 2019 tve Film Awards by launching a new category, Infrastructures for the Future. The award celebrates the architects, engineers, designers, construction companies, developers, landlords and urban planners who are putting the future of the planet and its people at the forefront of their work. This is one of six competitive awards open to film entries from companies addressing the UN Sustainable Development Goals in their day-to-day business. Find out how to enter your film for the Awards here, and benefit from a discounted early-bird entry fee by submitting your entry before 19 July.

From Dubai to Dallas, from Sydney to Singapore, developed infrastructure is the cornerstone for future development, and effective infrastructure leads to prolonged and sustainable development,' says Azad, who will announce the award-winner during the high-profile ceremony at London's May Fair Hotel on 18 November, 2019.

During his time as a senior civil and structural engineer at Freeman Fox and Partners, Azad worked on large-scale infrastructure projects from the development of the M5 Motorway in Devon to the Exe Viaduct, and Exminster Bridge. He is now director of the London-based property management company, Azad Ayub Limited, which won the biennial Best Green Landlord award three times between 2012 - 2016 and the Best Student Landlord award in 2019.

During his time as a senior civil and structural engineer at Freeman Fox and Partners, Azad worked on large-scale infrastructure projects from the development of the M5 Motorway in Devon to the Exe Viaduct, and Exminster Bridge. He is now director of the London-based property management company, Azad Ayub Limited, which won the biennial Best Green Landlord award three times between 2012 - 2016 and the Best Student Landlord award in 2019.

Editors notes:

Azad Ayub is launching the new Infrastructures for the Future category for the 2019 Awards. Prior to his career in property, Azad practiced as a senior civil and structural engineer for over 15 years at Freeman Fox and Partners, where he was involved in many large scale infrastructure projects such as the design and supervision of the M5 Motorway in Devon, the Exe Viaduct and Exminster Bridge. As founder of the property management company, Azad Ayub Limited, he provides accommodation to a wide range of clients in London, and has won several landlord awards over the years. Azad is passionate that both large scale infrastructure projects and local-level residential development should prioritise sustainability in their design and function. www.azadayub.co.uk

The tve Global Sustainability Film Awards are organised annually by the charity tve and are now in their 8th year. Jennifer Viccars, Octopus Group's brand and marketing director, is president of the 2019 Awards which are now open for entries. Businesses and institutions globally are invited to enter films into the following competitive categories, which focus on the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Companies taking Climate Action, Transforming Society, Sustainable Transactions, Sky: Beyond Plastic, Infrastructures for the Future, and AI and Digital Innovation. tve will also run the two nominated categories, The Founder's Award for Sustainability on the Big Screen, an award directed at feature length films addressing one or more of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and the PA Award for Environmental Storytelling. www.gsfa.tve.org

tve is the non-profit based in London that organises the Awards. It creates and enables others to create powerful, effective communications about the environment and sustainable development. Through film, animation, documentaries, debates and social media, the media charity reaches global audiences, giving a voice to a new generation committed to a greener and fairer world. The Awards are tve's main fundraiser each year. www.tve.org

Sky has partnered with tve to sponsor the Beyond Plastic category for a second year. Through Sky Ocean Rescue, Sky is using its voice and reach to inspire simple, everyday changes to stop the oceans from drowning in plastic. Since January 2017 over 45.8 million people are aware of the campaign and 7 million Sky households have changed their attitudes towards single-use plastic. Sky has ambitious plans for future engagement with more ground-breaking content and sports partnerships. As a business, Sky is committed to leading by example and transforming its own business by eliminating all single use plastics from its operations by 2020. It is encouraging and supporting innovation to develop solutions through Sky Ocean Ventures, a 25M venture fund.

PA has partnered with tve for the PA Award for Environmental Storytelling for the third year. The award recognises television programming - news, current affairs and factual in a range of formats - which best engages the audience with the environment.

Established as the Press Association in 1868, PA is the UK's leading provider of multimedia content and services. PA remains the national news agency for the UK and Ireland, serving the major media and digital brands around the world, businesses and public sector organisations. PA's products and services also span pictures, video, data APIs, hosted live blogs, graphics, listings pages, social media curation and page production. The news agency is part of the PA Group of specialist media companies.

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Contact: Lucy Walmsley, tve's business and sustainability programme manager, lucy.walmsley@tve.org.uk.

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