--- title: Introducing the TIME CO2 Earth Awards: 2023 description: In partnership with TIME CO2, the Earth Awards recognizes leading figures in the most important work there is. canonical: https://time.com/6272886/introducing-time-co2-earth-awards-2023/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2023-04-20T12:05:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-24T15:45:19.565Z article:section: Climate og:title: Introducing the TIME CO2 Earth Awards: 2023 og:description: In partnership with TIME CO2, the Earth Awards recognizes leading figures in the most important work there is. og:url: https://time.com/6272886/introducing-time-co2-earth-awards-2023/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltadd41d8239cbf793/698a3c23b21a9c21155072c5/time-cover-earth-awards-social.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2400 og:image:height: 1350 og:image:alt: time-cover-earth-awards-social og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Introducing the TIME CO2 Earth Awards: 2023 twitter:description: In partnership with TIME CO2, the Earth Awards recognizes leading figures in the most important work there is. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltadd41d8239cbf793/698a3c23b21a9c21155072c5/time-cover-earth-awards-social.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Introducing the TIME Earth Awards > Sponsored content. 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Our first Earth Awards honorees embody values we see as pillars of a more sustainable future. [**Mark Ruffalo** and **Gloria Walton**](https://time.com/collection/earth-awards-2023/6272882/mark-ruffalo-gloria-walton-storytelling-climate/) have, for a decade, worked together at the Solutions Project, fighting for the belief that clean energy increases racial equity. [**Lisa P. Jackson**](https://time.com/collection/earth-awards-2023/6272885/apple-sustainability-lisa-jackson/) joined the Environmental Protection Agency in 1987; after rising through the ranks to become the agency’s administrator in 2009, she left to become Apple’s environmental director in 2013, in charge of how the world’s most valuable company is addressing the ongoing climate crisis. 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