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The Zayed Sustainability Prize is a global award that recognizes and rewards organizations and schools that have made significant contributions to sustainability. The Prize was established in 2008 by the United Arab Emirates in honor of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founding father of the UAE. The Prize is awarded annually in five categories: Health, Food, Energy, Water, and Global High Schools. The Prize’s 2024 cycle is now open for submissions.
Benefits
- The Zayed Sustainability Prize recognizes and rewards impactful, innovative, and inspiring sustainable solutions.
- The total Prize fund of US$ 3.6 million is distributed amongst six categories: Health, Food, Energy, Water, Climate Action, and Global High Schools.
- The Prize facilitates the delivery of sustainable solutions to vulnerable communities, improving access to reliable and affordable energy, safe drinking water, nutritious food, and quality healthcare for millions.
- The Prize encourages international collaboration and builds a sustainable and prosperous global economy.
- The Prize prioritizes youth and empowers young people to lead in sustainable development.
- The Prize provides opportunities for young people to build their skills in sustainability and leadership.
- The Prize helps organizations and schools scale their solutions, enabling them to realize even greater impact and catalyze positive, transformational change.
Eligibilities
- The applicant must be a small to medium-sized enterprise (SME), a nonprofit organization (NPO), or a global high school.
- The solution provided by the applicant must be innovative, impactful, and inspiring.
- The solution must be a novel solution or a transformation of an existing solution that solves a challenge or a need, generates value, and brings significant positive impact.
- The solution must be technically and commercially viable and adopted by the market.
- The solution must have had a positive impact on the quality of people’s lives.
- The solution must be resilient to potential social, economic, technological, and environmental challenges.
- The solution must involve good governance by employing skilled people and establishing fair policies.
- The solution must reflect Sheikh Zayed’s core values, sustainability, and humanitarian efforts.
- The solution must be able to inspire and influence others to advance sustainable and human development.
- The solution must be able to further inspire sustainable actions from the wider community by instigating behavioral changes.
Deadline May 2, 2024.
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