The prize
ORIGIN
DECARMY is a French non-profit, founded in Paris in January 2025. It publishes an ecological guide: places, products, services. Every entry rests on a source.
The DecaPrize follows from it. A guide says where to go. A prize says what deserves to be copied elsewhere.
- 2025founded
- 2026first edition
- 4areas
PROCESS
The evening lasts three hours. The work behind it lasts months.
Every candidate is documented against the method. Three finalists per area take the stage. One of them receives the trophy.
- 12finalists
- 3per area
- 4trophies
CRITERIA
Three criteria judge every candidate: CO₂ avoided, people reached, the ability to be reproduced.
Each area breaks them into weighted items. Food’s are published. The other three will follow before the finalists are announced.
- #1 CO₂ avoided
- #2 People reached
- #3 Ability to be reproduced
WORK
- Record
Places, products and services, across four everyday areas.
- Verify
Every entry rests on a source. What cannot be checked is not published.
- Equip
An app, so it works where the choices are made.
- Honour
The DecaPrize, once a year.