WIN WIN GOTHENBURG SUSTAINABILITY AWARD
FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS
TOWARDS A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
THEME 2024: INCLUSIVE TRANSITION
WIN WIN Gothenburg Sustainability Award is one of the world's leading sustainability awards.
We reward and encourage outstanding solutions to the most urgent challenges facing the world today.
The award of 1 million SEK has been presented yearly since 2000 in Gothenburg, Sweden.
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The award is a non-profit organisation financed by members who, like us, are committed to creating a better future. The winners are appointed by an independent jury containing members with diverse backgrounds within academia, politics and civil society. The Global Goals is our guide in the selection of a yearly theme.
THEME 2024
Until 15 January, the WIN WIN Gothenburg Sustainability Award accepts nominations for individuals and organisations that have made exceptional efforts in achieving inclusive transitions.
We anticipate nominees to have initiated a change that inspires others, showcasing what is necessary on our path to sustainable and equitable futures.
THEME: FIGHTING DISINFORMATION
Abbie Richards
Abbie Richards is a disinformation researcher and social media content creator. Abbie Richards was awarded the WIN WIN Youth Award 2023 for her outstanding ability to educate and engage a diverse audience using humour, facts, and accessible graphic design, as well as her ability to facilitate a deeper understanding of some of the most complex and pressing societal issues of today.
Eliot Higgins
Eliot Higgins is the founder of Bellingcat, an independent international collective of researchers, investigators and citizen journalists.
Eliot Higgins and Bellingcat was awarded the WIN WIN Award 2023 for their innovative methods, which have led to a new generation of investigative journalism and enabled Bellingcat to uncover critical information about urgent global issues.
AWARD NIGHT 2023
PREVIOUS WINNERS
The winners of the WIN WIN Award have created change, developed new innovations and game-changing policies, mobilised people and persistently worked for a more sustainable future. They go further than the rest of us. They endure a little more. They show us what is possible and guide us in the right direction.
“For us, this partnership truly has been a WIN WIN. On the one hand, we contribute to drawing attention to and focusing on sustainability issues, and on the other hand, we gain increased knowledge through our membership.”
- Eva Halvarsson, Chief Executive Director at Andra AP-fonden
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is a blueprint for achieving a better and more sustainable future for all. At its heart are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that address the global challenges we face, including poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, peace and justice.
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The WIN WIN Gothenburg Sustainability Award select a yearly theme connected to one or more of the Sustainable Development Goals. The 17 Goals are all interconnected, and in order to leave no one behind, we must achieve them all by 2030.