DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – December 01, 2023: HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates (seventh R), stands for {a photograph} the Zayed Sustainability Prize with the winners throughout COP28 UAE, Al Wasl Plaza, Expo Metropolis. Seen with HE Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Trade and Superior Expertise, Director Basic of the Zayed Sustainability Prize, and COP28 President (L). Photograph by ( Abdulla Al Bedwawi / UAE Presidential Court docket )
Press Workplace: Zayed Sustainability Prize
Small and medium enterprises, nonprofit organisations and excessive faculties are invited to submit entries earlier than the 23 June 2024 deadline
The Zayed Sustainability Prize, the UAE’s pioneering international sustainability and humanitarian award, has formally introduced that the 2025 cycle is now open for submissions.
Submissions will probably be accepted till 23 June 2024 by way of the Prize’s on-line portal. Small to medium enterprises (SMEs), non-profit organisations (NPOs) and excessive faculties with sustainable options are invited to submit an entry for consideration in one of many six classes of Heath, Meals, Vitality, Water, Local weather Motion and International Excessive Faculties.
Commenting on the launch of the 2025 submissions cycle, H.E. Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Trade and Superior Expertise, Director Basic of the Zayed Sustainability Prize, and COP28 President, stated: “Since 2008, the Zayed Sustainability Prize has honoured the legacy of Sheikh Zayed by fostering inclusive sustainable and humanitarian improvement all over the world. On this decisive decade for local weather change, these values are extra essential than ever. I’m optimistic that the Prize will contribute to international local weather motion in keeping with the UAE Consensus, which can pave the way in which towards an efficient response to the International Stocktake determination.”
In response to the urgent local weather disaster, and to additional assist the UAE’s efforts to speed up sensible options wanted to drive local weather motion and uplift weak communities all over the world, the Prize has elevated its funds from US $3.6 million to US $5.9 million. The Prize will reward US $1 million to every winner within the organisational classes of Well being, Meals, Vitality, Water and Local weather Motion. Throughout the International Excessive Faculties class, which is break up into six world areas, every college can declare as much as US $150,000 to begin or additional develop their challenge. The six world areas of the International Excessive Faculties class are The Americas, Europe & Central Asia, Center East & North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and East Asia & Pacific. The newest Zayed Sustainability Prize winners had been recognised at an Awards Ceremony held throughout COP28 UAE.
To encourage a broader vary of organisations and excessive faculties to take part, the Prize will probably be accepting submissions in a number of languages, together with Arabic, Chinese language, English, French, Russian, Spanish, and Portuguese. This may be sure that revolutionary options from various linguistic and cultural backgrounds will be recognised.
For the Well being, Meals, Vitality, Water and Local weather Motion classes, organisations ought to show that they’re bettering entry to important services or products of their focused communities and are in a position to implement a long-term imaginative and prescient for higher residing and dealing situations. For the International Excessive Faculties class, initiatives must be led by college students, and should show revolutionary approaches to handle sustainability challenges.
The analysis of every submission to the Prize consists of a rigorous, three-stage course of. First, due diligence is carried out on all submissions to make sure that they meet the Prize’s analysis standards of Affect, Innovation, and Inspiration. This identifies the certified entries and leads to the choice of eligible candidates. Following this, evaluations are undertaken by a Choice Committee consisting of category-specific panels of impartial worldwide consultants. From this shortlist of candidates, the finalists are chosen after which despatched to the Prize Jury who unanimously elect the winners throughout all six classes.
Winners of the Zayed Sustainability Prize will probably be introduced at an Awards Ceremony through the 2025 Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW).
