The aim of the Environmental Innovation Awards is to promote ONE CREATION’s objectives and values as an investor by supporting young companies in the early stages of their existence and integrating them into a community.
Deadline for applications: 1 October 2024
After a successful first edition in 2022, the second edition in 2023 was a great success, with applications from 12 countries on 4 continents.
The candidates provided an impressive range of innovative solutions to the environmental challenges facing our planet.
Since 2010, the ONE CREATION Board of Directors has successfully financed growth-stage private companies through its private equity allocation in the field of environmental innovation.
In 2022, it recognized the need to encourage early-stage entrepreneurship in the field of environmental innovation. The Board has therefore decided to allocate a total of CHF 45,000 in the form of prizes to be shared between three companies at an earlier stage of development than it would normally consider for its own portfolio.
After being selected by a jury from 15 finalists, the three winning companies will benefit not only from the monetary contribution, but also from the visibility of being exposed to ONE CREATION’s community of investors. The winners will receive their prizes on stage at the next BUILDING BRIDGES event in early December in Geneva (Switzerland).
This year we are honored to have as a juror Mr. Raphaël Domjan, a renowned eco-adventurer who has supported ONE CREATION as an ambassador since the beginning. His vision as a leader and organizer of high-stake challenges will be very valuable in assessing the various projects.All the finalists will join the community of past winners of the Environmental Innovation Award.
Environmental Innovation Themes
Candidate companies are expected to provide concrete and innovative solutions to environmental issues through the following themes :
Renewable energy
All energy solutions from non-exhaustible natural sources.
Energy efficiency
All the processes, management systems, tools, products and services that enable a reduction in energy consumption.
Sustainable materials
Materials which, because of their constitution or their particular function, can be substituted for existing, more polluting materials.
Sustainable mobility
Low-polluting means of travel and other services or products that reduce the environmental impact of the transportation of people and goods.
Waste management
All products, services and tools that either recycle waste, produce energy from it, reduce the production of waste or treat it in a way that reduces its impact on the environment.
Water management
Products, services and tools that enable the efficient and sustainable management of available water resources.
Cleantech
Any innovation that has the potential to reduce environmental impacts through the application of their products and/or services.
Sustainable food and agriculture
All solutions that make it possible to reconcile productivity and limit the impact of the food and agriculture sector on our environment.
Stakeholders
ONE CREATION is a B-Corp certified investment company created in June 2010 to support the development of environmental technologies through its investment portfolio. This commitment meets the conjunction of social, economic and environmental needs.
Awards ceremony to be held at Building Bridges, an international event that aims to advance sustainable finance, on 9-12 December in Geneva.
