Barefoot Power was named Small Company of the Year at the Australian Sustainability Awards. The awards, organized by Ethical Investor took place in Melbourne, Australia, in December. The judges recognized that Barefoot Power "has a simple technology-replacement business model that is on track to bring affordable renewable-energy lighting to five million of the world’s poor, across 20 countries - replacing unsafe and high-emissions kerosene".

Ethical Investor is an Australian news outlet specializing in sustainability issues.

The same week, Barefoot Power also won the 2011 Katerva Energy & Power Award. The Katerva Awards are given annually to excellent sustainability ideas and initiatives in 10 categories, including Energy and Power. They promote and accelerate solutions to the world’s greatest challenges, focusing on ingenuity, feasibility, scalability, and impact.

Katerva is a UK-registered charity organization which serves to identify, award & accelerate ingenious ideas that will enable the global community to live sustainably.

Barefoot Power is a Lighting Africa Associate. Go to Barefoot Power's products that have passed Lighting Africa quality tests: http://www.lightingafrica.org/specs.html

Learn more:
Barefoot Power: http://www.barefootpower.com
Australian Sustainability Awards: http://www.ethicalinvestor.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=30&Itemid=420
Ethical Investor: http://www.ethicalinvestor.com.au/
Katerva Energy & Power Award: http://katerva.org/finalists-2011-energy-power/
Katerva Awards: http://katerva.org/the-katerva-awards/