Zayed Sustainability Prize opens for 2022 edition

The Zayed Sustainability Prize, the United Arab emirates' (UAE) pioneering global award for rewarding impact, innovation and inspiration, has announced that the 2022 edition is now open for submissions.

entries will be accepted until May 6 via the Prize’s online portal for five sustainability categories: heath, food, energy, water and global high schools.

Applicants who have submitted for the postponed 2021 cycle will enter automatically into the 2022 edition.

h.e. Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry and Advancedtechnology and director general of the Zayed Sustainability Prize, said:“as a catalyst for change and positive transformation, the Zayed Sustainability Prize continues its drive to dynamically empower small and medium enterprises and nonprofits, while encouraging and empowering youth to take on an active role in supporting their communities and becoming future sustainability leaders.”

he added, “The prize’s support of sustainability pioneers reflects a globally shared vision and ethos that streamlines an integrated approach to meeting UN Sustainable Development Goals.”

Inspired by the sustainable development and humanitarian legacy of the Uae’s founding father, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the prize enters its 14th submissions cycle having rewarded a total of 86 winners whose solutions or school projects have, directly and indirectly, positively transformed the lives of more than 335 million people, to date.

The prize’s $3 million annual fund awards winners $600,000 in each category; the Global high Schools category is split into six world region winners, with each school able to claim up to $100,000 to start or expand their project.

The six world regions of the Global high Schools category arethe Americas, Sub-saharan Africa, Middle east & North Africa, europe and Central Asia, South Asia, and east Asia and Pacific.

Winners will be announced in 2022 during an Awards Ceremony as part of the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week.