Zayed Award for Sustainability 2025 celebrates innovators who promote global progress in the world

On May 20, the president of the EAA, his highness the sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed al Nahyan, recognized the winners of the Zayed Awards for Sustainability 2025. Celebrating the transformative impact of 11 pioneer organizations and schools in the world, the prize shows the commitment of the United Arab Emirates with the promotion of scalable solutions for global challenges and the empowerment of communities in their search for Sustainable prosperity.

In a ceremony held during the ABU DABI Sustainability Week (ADSW) and with the assistance of 11 heads of state, ministers and business leaders, Sa El Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed He awarded the winners for their notable achievements, motivating continuous innovation in each part of the world.

“The EAU are signed their commitment to sustainable development and the empowerment of communities worldwide through innovation. He Zayed Award for Sustainability Inspires great impact solutions that address critical social and environmental challenges. By promoting these efforts, we are not only creating a more sustainable future for all, but also honoring the legacy of Sheikh Zayed, whose vision of global progress and humanitarianism continues to guide us”, Said his highness.

The distinguished Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al JaberMinister of Advanced Industry and Technology and General Director of the Zayed Award for Sustainability, praised the incredible work done to offer innovative and scalable solutions that address the most indispensable challenges in the world.

His excellence Dr. Sultan Ahmed al Jaber declared: “Today we recognize a notable group of organizations and schools that promote obvious progress towards a more prosperous future. This year’s winners stand out for solutions that take advantage of advanced technologies, such as artificial intelligence, improve local resilience and generate a transformative and scalable impact on the world. In doing so, they personify the power of progress in the acceleration of sustainable development and inclusive socioeconomic growth”.

The winners of the 2025 awards were selected by a distinguished jury in the six categories: Health, Food, Energy, Agua, Climate action y Global Secondary Schools.

The president of the jury and former president of the Republic of Iceland, his excellence Ólafur Ragnar Grímssonhe said: “This year’s winners have demonstrated extraordinary innovation by addressing critical global challenges. They are facing a wide range of problems, focusing on reducing damage to Climate change and building a more sustainable access to medical care, energy, food and water, especially in unattended communities. Its contributions will undoubtedly bring us closer to reach crucial objectives of sustainable development”.

In the Health categorythe Indian company Periwinkle Technologies It was awarded by its portable detection device of cervical cancer enabled with artificial intelligence. Operating independently of electricity, the device is accessible even in remote or unattended areas. It provides results in the point of attention in just 30 seconds, which allows early detection and significantly improves women’s health, having already examined more than 300,000 women throughout India.

In the Food category, Nafarm foods of Nigeria It was awarded by its innovative solar hybrid food dryers, which prevent post-harvest losses, reducing both food waste and carbon consumption. To date, 80 dryers have been distributed in six Nigerian states, benefiting more than 65,000 farmers and reducing carbon emissions by 50,000 metric tons per year, while more than 18,000 women and young people are trained through skill development programs .

In the Energy category, Palki Motorsa SME of Bangladeshshe was awarded by her light, affordable and manufactured electric vehicles, specifically designed for commercial drivers. With an accessible price of US $ 4,990, these vehicles respond to the transport needs of the region. Besides, Palki Motors It operates a network of solar battery exchange stations, benefiting more than 23,000 people.

In the Water category, SkyJuice Foundationa non -profit organization of Australiawon by its water treatment solution by gravity, economical and easy to use, which uses low pressure membrane filters to provide drinking water without the need for chemicals, pumps or external energy sources. Your model Skyhydrant supplies clean drinking water to complete communities. More than 3 million people have benefited from their 9,000 facilities in 74 countries, which have collectively produced 1,000 million gallons of safe drinking water.

In the Category of Action by Climate, OpenMap Development Tanzania It was recognized for its innovative mapping solutions, which combine the collection of data promoted by the community with advanced technologies such as drones, geographic information systems (GIS) and television. To date, this non -profit organization has benefited 140,000 people, involved to more than 1,000 young people in community health efforts and created 100 jobs.

Finally, the Zayed Award for Sustainability provides incomparable opportunities for the next generation of sustainability leaders through their category Global Secondary Schoolsempowering young people to promote critical progress in their communities. Until 2025, the 56 global school winners have impacted the lives of more than 56,599 students and 480,660 people worldwide

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Merits remember that in the previous edition the High Performance College (Strain) Freedom The prize was awarded thanks to his project of ‘Improvement of the pre -Hispanic channel La Mochica’Through the use of the phytoremediation technique, which uses plants to decontaminate soils and purify wastewater.

The winners of the 2025 Global Secondary School Awards are the Mar 07 Technological Studies Center (Mexico), representing America; Sakafia Islamic Senior High School (Ghana), representing subsahary Africa; Merryland International School (EAU), representing the Middle East and North Africa; Presidential School en Tashkent (Uzbekistan), representing Europe and Central Asia; Janamaitri Multiple Campus (Nepal), representing southern Asia; and Rākaihautū pā (New Zealand), representing East Asia and the Pacific.

By offering access to clean energy, nutritious foods and safe drinking water, along with improvements in medical care and strengthening of climate resilience, the efforts of the winners of 2025 highlight their commitment to progress and sustainable innovation.