OIR Awards & recognition 2026
One entry puts your verified work in the running for every award you qualify for. Entry does not guarantee a win.
Entry fees by headcount
Small (up to 500 employees): USD $300. Medium (501–2,500): USD $600. Large (2,501+): USD $900. Early-bird and Source Partner discounts are 10% each and stack to 20%. Included with a verified Champion Partner licence. Fees are nonrefundable.
Prepare your entry →Judged by data, not a panel.
Winners are computed from verified activity scores. No committee and no lobbying: results cannot be bought or influenced, by sponsors or by us.
| Award | Deciding metric |
|---|---|
| Outsourcing Impact Champion | Highest Total Impact score among entrants. |
| Impact Intensity | Highest size-normalized Impact Intensity score among entrants. |
| Community Impact | Highest category-level verified-impact score among entrants with activities in this category. |
| Education & Skills | Highest category-level verified-impact score among entrants with activities in this category. |
| Environment & Sustainability | Highest category-level verified-impact score among entrants with activities in this category. |
| Diversity, Equity & Inclusion | Highest category-level verified-impact score among entrants with activities in this category. |
| Health & Wellbeing | Highest category-level verified-impact score among entrants with activities in this category. |
| Rising Impact | Largest verified impact added during this cycle, from new verified activities since entries opened. |
Only verified, source-linked activities count. Ties break first on the number of verified activities, then on the most recent verification date. Entering never changes a firm’s score.
Read the full activity-scoring methodology →
Entry and sponsorship buy consideration and visibility only, never a win. Sponsors have zero say in the results. One entry puts a firm in the running for every award it qualifies for.
Support the industry’s impact.
Sponsorship provides visibility. It never influences who wins.
- Presenting Partner · $10,000
- Grand award, annual Report and masthead.
- Category Partner · $5,000
- Support one of the five category awards, with “supported by” attribution.
- Supporting Partner · $1,000
- Recognition on the supporting partner logo wall.