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The world’s leading sustainability award aims to recognise and support outstanding contributions from around the world. Our goal is to stimulate creativity and achieve lasting synergies as we strive to strike the right balance between ecological, environmental and social needs. The award has been presented in Gothenburg since 2000.

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WHO CAN WIN?

Any organisation, movement, business, group of people or individual whose work has resulted in greater change and contributed to a more sustainable future. The winners of the awards are appointed by an independent jury.

THE AWARDS

WHO MAKE IT POSSIBLE?

WIN WIN Gothenburg Sustainability Award is a non-profit organisation financed by the City of Gothenburg, Region Västra Götaland and several member organisations and companies.

OUR PARTNERS

AWARD OFFICE

The WIN WIN Award Office consists of individuals with diverse skill sets and professional backgrounds. What brings us together is the drive and motivation to create real change for the better.

The WIN WIN Team

NOT SURE WHO TO CONTACT?
Just use contact@winwinaward.org!

SARA LARSSON

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Ask me about the organisation, our awards and partnerships.

LOVISA RALPHER

PROJECT & COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER
Ask me about collaborations, events, press and communication.

STAFFAN ALFREDSSON

CHIEF ACCOUNTANT & PAYROLL ADMINISTRATOR
Ask me about... Well, actually that's classified. I work with the money stuff!

THE WIN WIN JURIES

Our two international awards, WIN WIN Award and WIN WIN Youth Award, has their own independent jury containing members with diverse backgrounds within academia, politics and civil society. They are responsible in the yearly selection of award finalists and winners. The nomination process is open to the public to participate in by submitting nominations of relevant candidates. The WIN WIN Award jury also selects a yearly award theme pertaining to current global relevance and to reaching the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The awards lifts initiatives in all aspects of sustainability - social, economic and environmental.

WIN WIN AWARD JURY

ANNIE HOHLFÄLDT

CHAIR OF THE JURY.
HEAD OF DEVELOPMENT
AT FRAMTIDEN GROUP

ERIK STERNER

RESEARCHER AT ENVIRONMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT AT UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG

MAX MOHAMMADI

FOUNDER OF PLASTICFRI

SUSANNE EKSTEDT

INNOVATION CATALYZER
AT INNOVATUM SCIENCE PARK

PER OLSSON

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR & DEPUTY SCIENCE DIRECTOR AT STOCKHOLM RESILIENCE CENTRE

JÖRGEN LARSSON

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN PHYSICAL RESOURCE THEORY AT CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

JILL BEDEROFF

JOURNALIST

CARL HEATH

EXPERT ADVISOR 2023
SENIOR RESEARCHER AT RISE & EDUCATOR AT THE SWEDISH PSYCOLOGICAL DEFENCE AGENCY

WIN WIN YOUTH AWARD JURY

ALEXANDRU AL-QASSAM

CHAIR OF THE JURY.
URBAN PLANNER
AT REGION SKÅNE

ALEXINA THORÉN WILLIAMS

SENIOR LECTURER IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION AT UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG

LISA KOLARBY

SUSTAINABILITY MANAGER
AT ELANDERS

LUDWIG BENGTSSON SONESSON

CLIMATE ADAPTATION STRATEGIST
AT MALMÖ STAD

EVA EIDERSTRÖM

DIRECTOR OF DEPARTMENT OF ECOLABELLING
AT THE SWEDISH SOCIETY FOR NATURE CONSERCATION

LINUS BERGSTRÖM

OPERATIONS MANAGER FOR SECOND HAND
AT GOTHENBURG CITY MISSION

VIVECA REIMERS

HEAD OF SUSTAINABILITY
AT REGION VÄSTRA GÖTALAND

SOFIA JOHANSSON

EXPERT ADVISOR 2023
PHD STUDENT AT THE DEPARTMENT OF JOURNALISM, MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION, UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG,

THE HISTORY

The WIN WIN Gothenburg Sustainability Award was established in the year 2000

by Göran Johansson, then mayor of Gothenburg, and Carl Bennet, a leading businessman in the Gothenburg region.

After unsuccessfully suggesting to the Nobel Prize Committee that it should establish a Nobel Prize for environmental contributions, Johansson and Bennet decided to introduce a completely new award, initially called the Gothenburg International Environment Award.

The list of winners of the 1 million SEK award includes names such as Gro Harlem Brundtland, Al Gore, Kofi Annan, Park Won Soon, Margot Wallström, Alejandro Aravena and Kalundborg Symbiosis.

The WIN WIN Youth Award was established in 2018 as a regional award, and in 2020 upscaled to an international award. It aims to empower and reward young people who play an active role in the creation of a more sustainable future.

Every year, the jury chooses a theme for the award and then asks for nominations based on the selected theme. The winner is usually announced each spring and the award ceremony is arranged in October of the same year.

THE BOARD

The board is made up of representatives from our members. Three representatives from the City of Gothenburg, two representatives from the Region Västra Götaland and three representatives from our other partners.