AmCham Announces 2026 Global Impact Award Shortlist
The American Chamber of Commerce Ireland (AmCham) is delighted to announce the outstanding projects that have been shortlisted for its 2026 Global Impact Award.
The Global Impact Award is presented to a team or organisation for a project that has had a significant positive, global, or international impact on markets or society.
Seven projects were shortlisted this year from an extensive and competitive field of entrants.
This Award will be presented as part of AmCham’s prestigious US-Ireland Business Awards on Thursday, May 28th, 2026. AmCham members can book their tickets for this event here.
Each shortlisted project was shortlisted for their demonstrated a positive global impact in areas including research, development and innovation, talent development, advanced manufacturing/industry 4.0-5.0, digitisation/artificial intelligence, sustainability, and supply chain innovation.
The shortlist was chosen this year by an independent judging panel, chaired by Professor Brian MacCraith.
And a huge congratulations to those shortlisted for AmCham's 2026 Global Impact Awards, click on each company name to find out more about each project:
- IBM Research Ireland and Trinity College Dublin for their collaborative work
- Origina for their Sustainable IT Lifecycle Extension Model
- Verizon for their Source to Pay Transformation
- Dell Technologies their AI Business Academy
- Workday for their use of generative AI capabilities to amplify human performance at work
- Aerogen for Project Aerogen Solo
- Boston Scientific for their Process Excellence System
In the coming weeks, AmCham will be showcasing each of the fantastic, shortlisted projects in the 2026 Global Awards across our relevant channels.
A huge congratulations to all the shortlisted companies and thank you to everyone who applied to the 2026 US-Ireland Business Awards!
Thank you to our US-Ireland Business Awards sponsors, EY and IDA Ireland and to our media partner The Irish Times.
