The American Chamber of Commerce in Kazakhstan opens nominations for the AmCham Awards 2025, honoring outstanding member companies and individuals that have made a measurable impact on business and society.
Winners will be announced at the AmCham Gala on November 14.
Award Categories:
Individual Awards
Women’s Leadership
Awarded to an individual (any gender) who has led or implemented a project or initiative that resulted in measurable progress in promotion of women and girls and/or gender equality within the company, industry, or community.
Executive of the Year
Recognizes a senior executive whose leadership has driven significant and sustainable business growth, strategic development, and/or organizational transformation.
Young Professional
Recognizes a rising star under the age of 35 who demonstrates exceptional promise, initiative, and impact in their field, and serves as a role model for the next generation.
Company Awards
Innovation
Honors a company that has successfully introduced a unique product, service, business process or technology with demonstrated impact on business performance, industry practices and/or enables the modernization of the Kazakhstani economy.
Health
Awarded for a project or initiative that has improved the physical or mental well-being of employees and/or made a meaningful impact on community health.
Safety
Recognizes excellence in introducing or maintaining effective systems or processes that ensure workplace safety and risk mitigation.
Environment
Recognizes a company for launching an impactful environmental initiative or adopting a new approach that demonstrates measurable sustainability outcomes.
Community Service
Celebrates a company’s contribution to community development through sustainable, replicable, and measurable initiatives valued by the communities they serve. Social investment, economic development, support to local companies, and effective engagement with communities are all relevant areas. Evidence of the community’s support of the initiative will strengthen a nomination.
Kazakh Culture
Acknowledges a company for its meaningful contribution to promoting or preserving Kazakh culture, among employees and/or in the wider community.
Kazakhstani Business
Honors a home-grown Kazakhstani business that has demonstrated strong performance, innovation, and/or successful regional or international expansion.
Non-jury awards
These special honors are awarded directly by AmCham, without a nomination process, to recognize outstanding contributions to our mission and community.
AmCham Service
Presented to an individual or organization for exceptional service and meaningful contributions to the AmCham community.
Public-Private Dialogue
Recognizes outstanding efforts to advance constructive dialogue and cooperation between the public and private sectors in Kazakhstan.
Key Dates:
- By July 4 – Call for nominations
- September 14 – Deadline for nominations
- October 14 – Jury completes evaluation
- November 14 – Winners announced at the Gala
Eligibility, criteria and selection
- Nominees must be AmCham member companies or employees on November 14, 2025, in good standing
- Self-nominations and third-party nominations are both accepted
- There is no limit on the number of nominations, but a company or individual can win only one award
- Submissions should demonstrate significant and measurable success in the relevant category, during the period starting from January 1, 2024
- Nominations should support AmCham’s values of free enterprise, fair competition and rule of law.
- A jury comprised of respected leaders from the media, business and diplomatic communities will evaluate nominations, using SMART criteria:
- Is the achievement specific? Is there an identifiable project, initiative or outcome
- Is there convincing evidence of measurable results? What supporting documentation is provided? Are there reliable metrics?
- Is it relevant to the category?
- Did it occur in 2024-2025?
The jury and AmCham staff will keep the results secret until they are announced at the November 14 Gala dinner.
Submit your nomination via this link by September 14.
For more information, contact info@amcham.kz