About The Earthshot Prize
The Earthshot Prize is a global environmental award initiated by Prince William and the Royal Foundation. It aims to incentivise innovative solutions to urgent environmental challenges. The prize focuses on five key areas: (1) protecting and restoring nature, (2) cleaning our air, (3) reviving our oceans, (4) building a waste free world, and (5) fixing our climate. It offers substantial funding and recognition to individuals, organisations, and projects that demonstrate scalable, impactful and creative solutions to address these pressing environmental issues. The ultimate goal is to inspire a decade of transformative action and create a more sustainable and resilient future for our planet. More information at https://earthshotprize.org
About the collaboration between Standard Chartered and The Earthshot Prize:
Standard Chartered is proud to be a Founding Partner with The Earthshot Prize. The collaboration signifies our commitment to identifying and supporting innovative solutions that address pressing environmental challenges. Together with the Earthshot Prize, we aim to catalyse transformative action and drive positive change for our planet’s future. We are currently working with Earthshot prize to seek nominations for the 2025 cohort.
One of the nominations Standard Chartered put forward to the Prize last year has now been selected as a finalist for the 'Revive our Oceans' category. Coast 4C is now in for a chance to win GBP1mn to scale their regenerative seaweed farming and education programmes. This is incredibly exciting and we wish them well as we look ahead to Cape Town for the Earthshot Awards in November. We encourage you to bring forward your solution to have a chance at being shortlisted for the Earthshot Prize.
REVIVE OUR OCEANS*
1. Protecting and restoring coastal ecosystems
2. Replenishing fish populations
3. Reducing demand for fishmeal
Five Cross Cutting Enablers
1. Solutions that use technology, AI or data to enable transformative change*
2. Solutions that create or leverage nature and carbon markets, novel financial mechanisms and essential legal solutions*
3. Solutions led and informed by indigenous and local communities
4. Solutions that promote shared economy opportunity
5. Solutions that enable policy change
*Key Focus areas for Standard Chartered Bank
How to submit your nomination
Please completed the questionnaire attached in this application.
Please submit your application by 15 Nov 2024.
If you believe that your solution covers more than one area, pick the one that is most relevant and that your solution best answers.
If you have applied previously, you can still apply again. Similarly, if you are not shortlisted at this stage, you may apply in future.
Standard Chartered will carefully review all nominations and put together a list of strongest solutions for Earthshot’s evaluation. More information may be required for us to select the most promising ideas to nominate. Should your solution be selected, detailed information will need to be provided to Earthshot as per their requirements.
Encourage others in the fintech community who share your passion for environmental sustainability to participate too. By participating in this open call, you have the opportunity to be part of a global movement that recognizes and supports visionary solutions for our planet’s most pressing issues. Join us in creating a brighter, more sustainable future for all.
If you have any questions, please reach out to TheEarthshot.Prize@sc.com