Technology companies with social goals are being called upon to enter a new award scheme that highlights social impact in the world’s tech sector.

The Nominet Trust 100 is the first attempt to list the world’s “most inspiring” social innovations, as judged by a panel of funders, entrepreneurs and philanthropists.

Nominations can be submitted until 26th September (see link at bottom of this story for online form) or by tweeting @socialtechguide using the hashtag #nt100.

The NT100 says it wants to hear from established players such as Just Giving and Creative Commons as well as newer examples including:

- Cell Slider, a project from Cancer Research UK inviting people to analyse and classify images of cancerous cells

- Fairphone, an Anglo-Dutch venture promoting the first ‘fairtrade’ mobile phone based on alternative supply chains.

- Pavegen, a UK business creating paving slabs which converts energy from footsteps into usable electricity.

“The digital technologies we commonly use today have been taken up at such speed and scale because they change our lives for the better. They give us access to knowledge, connect us to our friends, gets us better deals and even gets us organised,” said Charles Leadbeater, Nominet Trust chair.

Results of the NT100 will be announced in November 2014.