ZAYED SUSTAINABILITY PRIZE WINNERS HONOURED
Zayed Prize awarded in categories of food, health, water, energy and global high schools
His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, with the winners for the Zayed Sustainability Prize in Abu Dhabi yesterday.
In recognition of their work in improving people’s lives, the winners of the Zayed Sustainability Prize were honoured yesterday during a ceremony in Abu Dhabi as part of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW).
Launched in 2008 under the name of the Zayed Future Energy Prize, the award has expanded both its scope and mandate beyond sustainable energy with the introduction of five winning categories such as health, food, water, energy and global high schools. The prize fund for each winning category is $600,000 (Dh2.2 million).
The awards ceremony was attended by several UAE Rulers, senior UAE government officials and international leaders, including His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces.
Since its inception, the Zayed Sustainability Prize has impacted 318 million people globally through projects that have been funded by the award, highlighting the importance of the prize and its reach.
For each of the five categories the prize evaluates the winning candidate based on the impact of their work and the positive change it has led to in the communities they are assisting.
The prize aims to not only fund the winners, but to also raise awareness on their work.
Global High Schools
Winning in the global high schools category for the Middle East and North Africa was the UAE’s very own American School of Dubai. The school has proposed plans such as installing a biodigester for organic food, creating a data dashboard to monitor their energy and water use, and also having automatic timers for air conditioners in faculty housing.
The other winners were The Impact School, Guatemala (Americas), African Leadership Academy, South Africa (Africa), Gymnasium Goethe, Tajikistan (Europe and Central Asia), Secmol, India (South Asia) and Muntinlupa National High School, Philippines (East Asia and the Pacific).
$600,000 prize fund for the winners in each category