Abu Dhabi: Four start-ups that are positively impacting the lives of local communities, and 10 innovative high schools, were declared winners for the Zayed Sustainability Prize 2022 on Monday. The 13th edition of the $3 million (Dh11.02 million) prize will once again transform the lives of hundreds of beneficiaries, recipients told Gulf News a day after the winners were announced.
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Energy-tech company, SOLshare, has become the first company from Bangladesh to win the Zayed Sustainability Prize at the 2022 Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) in Expo 2020 Dubai.
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Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, vice president, prime minister and ruler of Dubai, presented awards to the 10 winners of the 2022 Zayed Sustainability Prize on Jan. 17.
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At the COP26 Climate Summit, the Duke of Cambridge joined Earthshot Prize Winners and finalists in addressing world leaders.
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GLASGOW, Scotland — One of the most powerful speeches to be given so far at the landmark climate summit in Glasgow — and there have been many — was arguably not one by a prime minister or president or even a prince: It was by a teen student innovator from India.
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Bangladesh-based renewable energy start-up SOLshare has been awarded a $120,000 cash prize along with a $364,000 fund for investment by EIT InnoEnergy, the world’s largest sustainable energy engine, to support expansion of SOLshare’s pioneering peer-to-peer solar trading platform.
Bangladesh-based SOLshare has closed a $1.1 million financing round and the off-grid solar energy marketplace firm will use the fund to bring smart solar micro-grids to off-grid, underserved communities in the country.
