Off the Balearic Islands, where anchoring has caused significant damage to the seagrass meadows, 86,000 Posidonia plants have been replanted since 2021. In Genoa, a refit yard's 1 MW solar array generated close to 1 million kWh last year. Both projects are among the winners of the 2026 Blue Wake Awards, which the Monaco Yacht Show gives to exhibitors whose environmental solutions are backed by measurable data.
The show has worked on sustainable innovation in superyachting since 2022, first through its Sustainability Hub and, since 2025, through the Blue Wake programme. Every application is assessed independently by the Water Revolution Foundation on technical evidence across four areas: emissions reduction, material circularity, eco-design and innovation, and protection of water and marine ecosystems. This year 60 projects were validated. The highest-scoring solutions went to the jury, which voted on the winners.
Bespoke Projects took the Luxury Services & Products award for GreenCast, a cast acrylic made with recycled monomer (R-MMA), which the company supplies and installs for furniture, joinery and special finishes in yacht interiors. Through an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD), Bespoke Projects compared the recycled material with the virgin-monomer version under the same production conditions. The results show lower global warming potential, acidification, eutrophication and fossil resource use. The company also reuses teak offcuts from its interior projects.
In the supplier category the winner was Termodinamica, with a direct expansion marine HVAC system using inverter heat pump technology that can replace a conventional chilled water system. A cradle-to-grave life cycle assessment compared the two systems across 10 impact categories following ISO methodology; the study was independently peer reviewed and verified by LCA experts, and found reductions of between 60 and 66% across the assessed impacts. The company then tracked the system on a yacht in the Mediterranean for 8 days. Based on those results, it could save around 8,000 litres of fuel and 22 tonnes of CO2 per year.
Amico & Co won the new build and refit shipyard category. At the Genoa yard, the solar array avoided more than 400 tonnes of CO2 last year. Every dock has shore power, so yachts alongside can switch off their generators. Wastewater is treated on site, the permanent sheds are built for high energy efficiency, and waste is separated into 25 streams at an Eco-Island, with more than 1,000 tonnes recovered last year. The jury noted that these measures already operate at full scale and that other yards can adopt them. The company has held ISO 14001 certification since 2002.
Tykun won in Tenders / Water Toys for its aluminium-hulled Tykun X and Tykun XII. The company carried out a full life cycle assessment from raw materials to end of life, following ISO 14040 and 14044. The results cover 14 impact categories and go down to component level, showing where the largest impacts come from and where improvements can be made. An Environmental Product Declaration is currently under review by RINA.
The Yacht Services / Brokerage / Charter award went to Marina Ibiza, which has worked with the Vellmari Association since 2021 to restore Posidonia meadows, habitats that matter for marine biodiversity, carbon storage and seabed stability. The 86,000 plants cover close to 3,000 square metres, survival rates are above 90%, and 28 species have been recorded in the restored areas. Divers monitor the results along the same transects each year.
The Blue Wake special prize for a yacht went to Simena, a 62-metre cruising ketch from Ares Yachts. Her hybrid propulsion includes electric motors and regeneration under sail, and the jury also pointed to low hourly fuel consumption and optimised hotel load power demand. Her YETI assessment, based on her yearly operational profile and carried out in accordance with ISO/TS 23099, showed an 11% improvement compared with the average fleet.
The jury was made up of Lucy Dunn, content director at Boat International Media; Vienna Eleuteri Held, vice president of the Water Revolution Foundation; Toby Moore, CEO of Informa Prestige; Sara-Jane Skinner, head of partnerships at the Blue Marine Foundation; Carlo Torre, naval architect and owner of Monaco Yacht Temptation; and Tom von Bonsdorff, CEO of Baltic Yachts. The winners' trophy was created in Normandy by French artist Cyril Bagnost and takes its inspiration from a yacht's wake and a whale's fin.