In the presence of a number of heads of friendly countries
Mohammed bin Rashid honors the winners of the Zayed Sustainability Prize 2022
Mohammed bin Rashid honoring the 10 winners of the Zayed Sustainability Prize in its 2022 session. WAM
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His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, honored the 10 winners of the Zayed Sustainability Prize, as part of its 2022 session, in the presence of a number of heads and leaders of friendly countries, during the annual awards ceremony held yesterday, in « Expo 2020 Dubai, coinciding with the official opening of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week.
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, during the ceremony, which was attended by His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, congratulated the winners of the award in its five categories within this session, stressing the importance of their contribution to the advancement level aspirations, and promote sustainable development efforts within their communities.
His Highness stressed that the UAE is continuing, under the leadership of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the State, to take important steps to advance the global sustainability agenda and stimulate economic and human development, noting the continuation of the Zayed Sustainability Prize in these efforts, with the aim of seeking to alleviate life burdens. Improving living conditions, by honoring projects that have the ingredients for impact and innovation, and providing a platform to enhance access to a larger number of beneficiaries.
His Highness highly valued the patronage and support of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, the Zayed Sustainability Prize, for his wise directives had a significant positive impact on achieving the objectives of the award and turning them into achievements that enhance the areas of sustainability and have a positive and tangible impact. in the lives of millions around the world.
His Highness affirmed that the long-term vision and the rich legacy of the founding father, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, may God rest his soul, have motivated millions of sustainability pioneers around the world over the past 14 years, which paved the way to advance the award to new heights, expand its scope, and diversify its concentration levels, to become today a comprehensive and integrated award.
His Highness stressed the importance of enhancing the role of youth as a driving force for sustainable development efforts in the future, qualifying tomorrow’s leaders and enabling them to play a larger and more effective role, in order to be contributors to achieving comprehensive development, and within various sectors in a world witnessing rapid changes, praising the level of projects proposed by students. Within the category of international secondary schools in the award, and its advanced visions and ideas.
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, through a tweet on Twitter, said: "Today I witnessed the launch of the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week from (Dubai Expo 2020). The week began in Abu Dhabi 14 years ago, bringing together 50 heads of state and 45,000 specialists in sustainability. Across all its sessions...the capital will receive world leaders at the COP28 Climate Change Summit in 2023.”
The thirteenth annual awards ceremony of the Zayed Sustainability Prize was attended by Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, and His Highness Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. , member of the Executive Council of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, a number of senior officials, previous winners and finalists for the 2022 session of the award.
Hosting the awards ceremony at Expo 2020, in addition to the announcement of the fiftieth principles that accompanied the UAE’s celebration of its golden jubilee last month, constitutes an ideal ground for this year’s awards, as all these national efforts come together to achieve one goal of building a future More sustainable for everyone.
The Zayed Sustainability Prize and Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week cooperated with Expo 2020 Dubai to host the opening of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week and the award ceremony of the thirteenth session of the award, both of which were held this morning at the Dubai Exhibition Center.
The leading annual global award launched by the UAE honors small and medium-sized companies, non-profit organizations and high schools that provide sustainable solutions that possess the ingredients for innovation, impact and inspiring ideas.
Since 2008, the innovative projects submitted by the 86 previous winners of the Prize have made a positive impact in the lives of more than 370 million people, in 150 countries.
The prize is awarded to winners in the health, food, water and energy categories, a grant of $600,000, while six winners in the global high schools category will receive a grant of $100,000.
In the health category, the Argentine company “Mamutiste” won the award, for its efforts in providing diagnostic and other life-saving services through radiology and remote data analysis.
The company currently deploys centers that provide high-quality health care to 583,000 breast cancer patients.
Mammutiste is also distinguished by its keenness to follow up on the condition of patients, as 87% of women diagnosed with breast cancer have the opportunity to obtain timely treatment and save their lives, while the company has succeeded in making more than 5,000 diagnoses so far.
S4S Technologies, from India, won the Food Category Award for its tangible efforts in the field of food preservation and drying systems, and the company currently contributes to making a direct impact on the lives of about 36,000 people, and plans to expand the impact to 10 million people over five years. .
As part of its commitment to supporting gender balance and promoting economic opportunity, the company has provided additional income to 455 female farmers-turned-entrepreneurs, increasing their profits by 50-200% annually.
In the energy category, Solshire, a Bangladesh-based company, received the award for installing the first point-to-point mini-grid to distribute electricity more efficiently in rural communities in Bangladesh.
The company won the 2022 award for its efforts in energy management, as it currently serves more than 35,000 people, and has plans to expand to reach two million people in the next five years.
Solshire contributes to enabling more than 1,000 families to obtain more than 85 megawatt-hours of additional clean energy, and serves about 500 entrepreneurs, by utilizing its services within their networks, of whom 25% are women who have achieved high incomes as a result.
Waterroom, a small and medium-sized enterprise from Singapore, won the Water Category Award for its commitment to addressing the global challenge of reducing polluted water by providing portable water filters to serve disaster-affected and rural communities.
Waterroom solutions have been deployed in more than 38 countries, which contribute to providing safe drinking water to more than 150,000 people on a daily basis, and the company aims to reach one million people within five years.
Dr. Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and Director General of the Zayed Sustainability Prize, said: “In line with the leadership’s directives, and in line with the well-established legacy of Sheikh Zayed, may he rest in peace, the Zayed Sustainability Prize continues its efforts to make a tangible and long-term positive impact. , within many societies around the world.. Over the course of more than 10 years, these efforts have contributed to consolidating the UAE’s leading position in the field of sustainability, and the award has gained a leading global position as a supporter of positive change, and has contributed to improving the lives of more than 370 million people so far.” .
• The award honors small and medium businesses, non-profit organizations, and high schools that provide sustainable solutions.
• 600 thousand dollars, the value of the grant for the winners in the categories of health, food, water and energy.
• 6 winners in the International High Schools category, receive a grant of 100,000 dollars.
Vice President of the State:
• "The UAE, under the leadership of Khalifa, will continue to take important steps to advance the global sustainability agenda and stimulate economic and human development."
• "We appreciate Mohamed bin Zayed's support for the Zayed Sustainability Prize, and his wise directives have a significant positive impact on achieving the award's objectives."
• "The vision of the founding father, Sheikh Zayed, is an incentive to encourage millions of sustainability pioneers, and it paved the way for advancing the award to new heights."
Youth and the future of sustainability
Within the Global High Schools category, whose award is given to six schools representing different regions of the world, for their suggestions to develop or enhance a solution they have developed within the school or the local community.
This category, which was included in the award in 2012, aims to motivate young people to be pioneers, innovators, and activists in the field of sustainability.
This year, the Iberia Institute School (Dominican Republic) received the award in this category for the Americas region, the Lyceo Europeo School (Spain) for the Europe and Central Asia region, and the Eastern Mediterranean International School (Israel) for the Middle East and North region. Africa, Sayedna Abu Bakr Secondary School (Uganda) for sub-Saharan Africa, Hera School (Maldives) for South Asia, and finally UWCESK School (Japan) for East Asia and the Pacific region .
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