30 Finalists announced for Zayed Sustainability Prize 2023

• 10 Winners to be announced at Awards Ceremony in January 2023 throughout the classes of Health, Food, Energy, Water and Global High Schools
• 4,538 submissions from 152 nations, marking a 13% enhance in entries in comparison with the earlier cycle​

The Zayed Sustainability Prize, the UAE’s pioneering world award for recognising excellence in sustainability, held its Jury assembly to elect winners for its present 2023 cycle, who will probably be announced through the Prize’s Awards Ceremony on the 2023 Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW), this January.

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A complete of 30 finalists have been confirmed and at the moment are in competitors for the ten awards, throughout the 5 classes of Health, Food, Energy, Water, and Global High Schools. This 12 months, the Prize acquired a document 4,538 purposes, marking a 13% enhance in entries in comparison with the earlier cycle, whereas attracting submissions from 152 nations.

The Prize Jury, comprising former heads of state, UAE authorities ministers, and worldwide business figures, met in Abu Dhabi in October to evaluation the shortlisted submissions recognized by the Prize’s Selection Committee.

Remarking on the announcement of the finalists, H.E. Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and Director General of the Zayed Sustainability Prize, stated: “The late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan instilled in the UAE a commitment to inclusive sustainable and humanitarian development, and the Zayed Sustainability Prize continues to honour his legacy by turning this commitment into action. For the past 14 years, the Prize has accelerated the deployment of practical yet sustainable solutions that have positively transformed the lives of over 370 million people.”

“The Zayed Sustainability Prize has played an important role in supporting the UAE’s vision to drive inclusive climate action. The Prize will continue to amplify the UAE’s track record of supporting sustainable innovation across the world and driving progress toward empowering entities and schools who are contributing to global development,” he added.

Many of this 12 months’s finalists proposed sustainable options that deal with environmental points whereas additionally empowering local people members by unlocking their entrepreneurial potential. Many of these options leverage subsequent technology applied sciences akin to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) to drive influence.

The Chair of the Jury and former President of the Republic of Iceland, H.E. Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, added: “The diverse range of innovations demonstrated in this year’s applications, including inspiring projects envisioned by the youth, reflects the Prize’s continuous ability to bring out the world’s sustainability pioneers by offering them a unique platform for driving transformational change.”

Health finalists centered on offering specialised medical care to distant communities.

The ‘Health’ class finalists are

• Associação Expedicionários da Saúde (Brazil), an NPO that gives specialised medical and surgical care for indigenous communities geographically remoted inside the Amazon by means of its Mobile Hospital Complex.
• Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (Germany), an NPO that developed the Surveillance Outbreak Response Management and Analysis System, an open-source digital platform for early detection of illness outbreaks and epidemic management administration.
• Ory Laboratory (Japan), an SME that developed the robotic, OriHime, designed for folks with disabilities to cut back social isolation and supply them the chance to work and join with society.

Food finalists centered on remodeling small farmers into entrepreneurs with improved agricultural productiveness, both by means of modern business fashions or superior applied sciences.

The ‘Food’ finalists are:

• Nuru International (USA), an NPO that helps farmers in Africa transition from subsistence farming to farmer-owned and farmer-led cooperative agribusiness, tailoring their capability growth actions to present efforts by authorities companies and adapting to the native context.
• Sanergy (Kenya), an SME that combats problems with excessive farm enter costs, low availability of provides, and declining soil fertility confronted by Sub-Saharan African farmers by manufacturing natural fertiliser and bug protein from various waste streams.
• Ynsect (France), an SME that produces insect protein and pure insect fertilisers, with Europe’s first of its form insect manufacturing unit geared up with modern vertical farming and built-in biorefining setup.

Energy finalists centered on extending clear vitality entry to susceptible communities whereas additionally introducing new business fashions that promote a gender-inclusive clear vitality sector and generate socioeconomic alternatives.

The ‘Energy’ class finalists are:

• Green Girls Organisation (Cameroon), an NPO that makes use of patented algorithms to determine areas the place ladies and ladies can profit from vitality entry, after which deploys decentralised photo voltaic PV and biogas techniques in recognized areas for lighting and clear cooking.
• NeuroTech (Jordan), an SME that developed Al-based algorithms with a blockchain-based transaction system to deliver dependable vitality entry to refugee camps.
• Solarkiosk Solutions GmbH (Germany), an SME that developed the “E-HUBB” and the Connected Solar Market Center “THE PULSE” to empower native farmers and micro-businesses with renewable vitality for productive use.

Water finalists centered on inexpensive options to make secure ingesting water and sanitation extra accessible in last-mile communities.

The ‘Water’ class finalists are:

• HELIOZ – WADI (Australia), an SME that deploys a solar-powered machine that informs folks when water is secure to drink – a way that reduces CO2 emissions and indoor air air pollution.
• LEDARS (Bangladesh), an NPO that integrates water useful resource administration fashions to unravel water shortage points in disaster-prone areas the place water turns into unusable as a consequence of salinity and flooding.
• Seisui Industries Inc. (Japan), an SME that developed a movable wastewater remedy plant which might be customised as per wants and deployed when and the place it’s wanted.

The Global High Schools’ finalists offered project-based, student-led sustainability options, with finalists divided into 6 areas. The regional finalists embody: 

The Americas: Centro Etnoeducativo Integral Rural Nuestra Señora del Carmen (Colombia), Escuela Técnica Nro.3 Maria Sanchez de Thompson (Argentina), and Fundacion Bios Terrae – ICAM Ubate (Colombia).

Europe & Central Asia: ES Kreativno pero (Serbia), Northfleet Technology College (United Kingdom), and Romain-Rolland Gymnasium (Germany).

Middle East & North Africa: Gifted Students School (Iraq), JSS Private School (UAE), and Obour STEM School (Egypt).

Sub-Saharan Africa: Cheshire High School (Nigeria), Mary Mount Secondary School (Kenya), and UWC East Africa – Arusha Campus (Tanzania).

South Asia: Dhaka Residential Model College (Bangladesh), Kopila Valley School (Nepal), and Obhizatrik School (Bangladesh).

East Asia & Pacific: Bohol Wisdom School (The Philippines), Kamil Muslim College (Fiji), and Sangam Sadhu Kuppuswamy Memorial College (Fiji).

In the Health, Food, Energy, and Water classes, every winner receives US$600,000. The Global High Schools class has six winners, representing six world areas, with every winner receiving as much as US$100,000. Since its launch in 2008, the US$3 million Prize has, immediately and not directly, remodeled the lives of over 370 million folks throughout 150 nations. Today, the Prize stays a catalyst for addressing the world’s most urgent points because it continues to drive and ship long-term influence to numerous communities around the globe.

About the Zayed Sustainability Prize

The Zayed Sustainability Prize is the UAE’s pioneering world award in sustainability and a tribute to the legacy of the late founding father of the UAE, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. Established in 2008, the Zayed Sustainability Prize goals to drive sustainable growth and humanitarian motion by recognising and rewarding small and medium-sized enterprises, nonprofit organisations, and excessive faculties which can be delivering impactful, modern and provoking options within the classes of Health, Food, Energy, Water and Global High Schools.

Through its 96 winners, the Prize has positively impacted the lives of 370 million folks around the globe.

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