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View our winners FINALISTS - 2025 The Zayed Sustainability Prize’s Jury, consisting of global sustainability leaders, draws from diverse expertise to review and select deserving winners who drive positive change.
The Americas ABALOBI ABALOBI is an NPO from South Africa that created a mobile app and marketplace that empowers small-scale fishers to log catches and sell directly to consumers.

Food

 Read More Europe And Central Asia Baku Modern Educational Complex Baku Modern Educational Complex, a private school in Azerbaijan with 740 students, aims to install an integrated solar powered microgrid and water management system for remote communities.

Global High School

 Read More East Asia And Pacific Beijing World Youth Academy Beijing World Youth Academy, a private school in China with over 1,170 students, aims to recycle food and organic waste through composting, promoting sustainability and educating the school community.

Global High School

 Read More Middle East and North Africa Ben Lahrech Said High School Ben Lahrech Said High School, a public school in Algeria with 900 students, plans to transform their school into a model for sustainability through energy, water, food and waste management solutions.

Global High School

 Read More Distant Imagery Distant Imagery is an SME from the UAE that specialises in the development of AI-powered drones for environmental monitoring, seed planting and habitat restoration.

Climate Action

 Read More D-Olivette Global Enterprise D-Olivette Global Enterprise is an SME from Nigeria that develops an IoT and AI assisted smart waste management solution that improves collection efficiency by 40%.

Energy

 Read More Elman Teknoloji Elman Teknoloji is an SME from Türkiye that employs sensors to optimise water use in irrigation and agriculture, cutting labour costs by 80%.

Water

 Read More South Asia Faafu Atoll Education Centre Faafu Atoll Education Centre, a public school in the Maldives with over 50 students, proposes to replace diesel with solar to cut costs, reduce pollution and promote renewable energy.

Global High School

 Read More South Asia Girls Higher Secondary School Khaplu Girls Higher Secondary School Khaplu, a public school in Pakistan with over 970 students, aims to make the school a sustainability model by integrating energy efficiency, water conservation and waste reduction.

Global High School

 Read More High Atlas Foundation High Atlas Foundation is an NPO from Morocco that provides a solar powered water pumping system to optimise groundwater extraction.

Water

 Read More Hyera Hyera is an SME from the USA that has developed a carbon capture process for removing pollutants from water by converting agricultural and forest waste into activated carbon.

Climate Action

 Read More The Americas Institución Educativa San Nicolás de Tolentino Institución Educativa San Nicolás de Tolentino, a public school in Colombia with over 500 students, aims to revitalise tropical dry forests using biomimicry, which includes planting native species and improving water retention.

Global High School

 Read More Sub-Sahara Africa M-PESA Foundation Academy M-PESA Foundation Academy, a private school in Kenya with 500 students, proposes to create artificial coral reefs using eggshell-derived calcium carbonate.

Global High School

 Read More The Americas Mulgrave School Mulgrave School, a private school in Canada with over 1,000 students, proposes to recycle plastic using a mushroom species called Pestalotiopsis microspore and produce organic compost to support local farms, community gardens, and food banks.

Global High School

 Read More Middle East and North Africa Obour STEM School Obour STEM School, a public school in Egypt with 320 students, aims to develop a hydrogel technology to enhance water retention and soil quality in agriculture.

Global High School

 Read More Rology Rology is an SME from Egypt that has created a 24/7 AI-assisted teleradiology platform that integrates with hospital systems to ensure prompt and accurate diagnoses.

Health

 Read More Sub-Sahara Africa St Kizito High School Namugongo St Kizito High School Namugongo, a private school in Uganda with 970 students, plans to convert food waste into nutritious livestock feeds and organic fertilisers using Black Soldier Fly larvae.

Global High School

 Read More Telemedan Telemedan is an SME from Chad that deploys solar powered, internet-connected medical kiosks that provide affordable healthcare to people in remote communities.

Health

 Read More Europe And Central Asia TEV Inanc Turkes High School TEV Inanc Turkes High School, a private school in Türkiye with over 380 students, plans to deploy activated carbon balls made from school cafeteria, combined with plastic-eating bacteria, to absorb pollutants and break down microplastics waste from Denizli Pond, significantly improving water quality and restoring local ecosystems.

Global High School

 Read More Turbulent Turbulent, as SME from Belgium that develops cost-effective, eco-friendly vortex hydropower turbines for 24/7 green energy generation.

Energy

 Read More East Asia And Pacific Votualevu College Votualevu College, a public school in Fiji with over 820 students, aims to use Juncao technology for mushroom cultivation for nutritious food, fertiliser, and animal feed.

Global High School

 Read More Xinjiang Shawan Oasis Xinjiang Shawan Oasis Sustainable Development Institute is an NPO from China that specialises in solar powered smart greenhouses that transform desert land into farms.

Food

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ABALOBI

Food

 | The Americas ABALOBI is an NPO from South Africa that created a mobile app and marketplace that empowers small-scale fishers to log catches and sell directly to consumers.
Baku Modern Educational Complex

Global High School

 | Europe And Central Asia Baku Modern Educational Complex, a private school in Azerbaijan with 740 students, aims to install an integrated solar powered microgrid and water management system for remote communities.
Beijing World Youth Academy

Global High School

 | East Asia And Pacific Beijing World Youth Academy, a private school in China with over 1,170 students, aims to recycle food and organic waste through composting, promoting sustainability and educating the school community.
Ben Lahrech Said High School

Global High School

 | Middle East and North Africa Ben Lahrech Said High School, a public school in Algeria with 900 students, plans to transform their school into a model for sustainability through energy, water, food and waste management solutions.
Distant Imagery

Climate Action

 Distant Imagery is an SME from the UAE that specialises in the development of AI-powered drones for environmental monitoring, seed planting and habitat restoration.
D-Olivette Global Enterprise

Energy

 D-Olivette Global Enterprise is an SME from Nigeria that develops an IoT and AI assisted smart waste management solution that improves collection efficiency by 40%.
Elman Teknoloji

Water

 Elman Teknoloji is an SME from Türkiye that employs sensors to optimise water use in irrigation and agriculture, cutting labour costs by 80%.
Faafu Atoll Education Centre

Global High School

 | South Asia Faafu Atoll Education Centre, a public school in the Maldives with over 50 students, proposes to replace diesel with solar to cut costs, reduce pollution and promote renewable energy.
Girls Higher Secondary School Khaplu

Global High School

 | South Asia Girls Higher Secondary School Khaplu, a public school in Pakistan with over 970 students, aims to make the school a sustainability model by integrating energy efficiency, water conservation and waste reduction.
High Atlas Foundation

Water

 High Atlas Foundation is an NPO from Morocco that provides a solar powered water pumping system to optimise groundwater extraction.
Hyera

Climate Action

 Hyera is an SME from the USA that has developed a carbon capture process for removing pollutants from water by converting agricultural and forest waste into activated carbon.
Institución Educativa San Nicolás de Tolentino

Global High School

 | The Americas Institución Educativa San Nicolás de Tolentino, a public school in Colombia with over 500 students, aims to revitalise tropical dry forests using biomimicry, which includes planting native species and improving water retention.
M-PESA Foundation Academy

Global High School

 | Sub-Sahara Africa M-PESA Foundation Academy, a private school in Kenya with 500 students, proposes to create artificial coral reefs using eggshell-derived calcium carbonate.
Mulgrave School

Global High School

 | The Americas Mulgrave School, a private school in Canada with over 1,000 students, proposes to recycle plastic using a mushroom species called Pestalotiopsis microspore and produce organic compost to support local farms, community gardens, and food banks.
Obour STEM School

Global High School

 | Middle East and North Africa Obour STEM School, a public school in Egypt with 320 students, aims to develop a hydrogel technology to enhance water retention and soil quality in agriculture.
Rology

Health

 Rology is an SME from Egypt that has created a 24/7 AI-assisted teleradiology platform that integrates with hospital systems to ensure prompt and accurate diagnoses.
St Kizito High School Namugongo

Global High School

 | Sub-Sahara Africa St Kizito High School Namugongo, a private school in Uganda with 970 students, plans to convert food waste into nutritious livestock feeds and organic fertilisers using Black Soldier Fly larvae.
Telemedan

Health

 Telemedan is an SME from Chad that deploys solar powered, internet-connected medical kiosks that provide affordable healthcare to people in remote communities.
TEV Inanc Turkes High School

Global High School

 | Europe And Central Asia TEV Inanc Turkes High School, a private school in Türkiye with over 380 students, plans to deploy activated carbon balls made from school cafeteria, combined with plastic-eating bacteria, to absorb pollutants and break down microplastics waste from Denizli Pond, significantly improving water quality and restoring local ecosystems.
Turbulent

Energy

 Turbulent, as SME from Belgium that develops cost-effective, eco-friendly vortex hydropower turbines for 24/7 green energy generation.
Votualevu College

Global High School

 | East Asia And Pacific Votualevu College, a public school in Fiji with over 820 students, aims to use Juncao technology for mushroom cultivation for nutritious food, fertiliser, and animal feed.
Xinjiang Shawan Oasis

Food

 Xinjiang Shawan Oasis Sustainable Development Institute is an NPO from China that specialises in solar powered smart greenhouses that transform desert land into farms.
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