Competition "National Environmental Award named after V. I. Vernadsky" is aimed at identifying and popularizing implemented projects in the field of environmental protection and environmental safety, energy and resource conservation, the development of new technologies in industry and energy, the introduction of the best available technologies, the formation of environmental culture and the development of environmental education in the interests of sustainable development based on the ideas of Academician V. I. Vernadsky and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.