Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Unilever Sustainable Living Young Entrepreneurs Awards





The 2014 Unilever Sustainable Living Young Entrepreneurs Awards in partnership with the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) is seeking young people aged 30 and under with practical, scalable initiatives designed to tackle the challenge of sustainable living.  

 The overall winner will receive the HRH The Prince of Wales Young Sustainability Entrepreneur Prize.
The Awards are looking for innovative but practical, tangible solutions to help make sustainable living commonplace.

€200,000 IN FINANCIAL SUPPORT & MENTORING
A total of more than €200,000 in financial support and individually tailored mentoring is on offer to help entrepreneurs develop and scale-up their initiatives.
Seven finalists will take part in a four-week online development programme, followed by a two-day accelerator workshop in Cambridge, UK, to help develop their ideas. The final step is a pitch to a panel of judges in London, drawn from the worlds of business, sustainability and entrepreneurs.
The winner and finalists will attend a Prize Event in January 2015 at which the HRH The Prince of Wales Prize will be presented.
The Awards are looking for scalable and sustainable solutions in the form of products, services or applications that enable changes in practices or behaviours in one or more of nine categories:
  • Water, sanitation and hygiene
  • Nutrition
  • Water scarcity
  • Greenhouse gases
  • Waste
  • Sustainable agriculture
  • Smallholder farmers
  • Opportunities for women
  • Micro-Enterprise
  • Tackling critical issues

The application deadline is 1st August 2014.




For more information and application please visit the Unilever Sustainable Living Young Entrepreneurs Awards page.

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