The Earthshot Prize

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The Earthshot Prize finds, supports and celebrates those who turn bold ideas into real solutions to repair our planet.

The world faces its greatest challenge: to regenerate the place we all call home during this decade.

We search the globe for game-changing innovations that will repair our planet, helping them to grow and awarding the very best five solutions each year with £1 million each to scale their work.

Meet our Winners & Finalists

Unearthing solutions with a network of Nominators

We work with hundreds of hugely experienced Official Nominators worldwide to help us find the most impactful solutions to our Earthshots, from grassroots and Indigenous communities to international businesses and governments.

Department for Business and TradeBetter Earth VenturesThe Ocean AdvocateGeneration-ReSavia VenturesConverge CapitalSynergosLilongwe university of AgricultureThe Great Bubble BarrierRegenerative IntelligenceNotplaTrillion TreesWasteAid UKThe Chartered Institute of Patent AttorneysThe Cyprus InstituteTemasek FoundationUNDPThe National Geographic SocietyRestorWhitley Fund for NatureSingapore Green Building CouncilSarus Capital ManagementUrban Solutions and Sustainability Innovation & Enterprise Office (USS IEO)AfrishelaThe University of EdinburghWayCarbonKing Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyMcGill UniversityGreenwood PlaceAlitheia CapitalThe Elevate Prize FoundationGrantham Foundation for the Protection of the EnvironmentINESC TECGlobal Fishing WatchSpringwiseFuterra LtdH&M FoundationPlanet Ark Environmental FoundationFIA FoundationInternational Coral Reef InitiativeSustainable Markets InitiativeClean Technology HubOVO FoundationSekayi Mwila FundafundaDEMA FUNDEarthshotOxford University InnovationHerbert Smith FreehillsMilkywiregrowth studioWRAPICLEI AfricaFuture Planet CapitalFireball CapitalMirovaUniversity of YorkBlue Germany E.V.FSD AfricaEsrag OceaniaEco-BusinessMandala ClubRippleworksRoundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB)The Long RunTUM Venture LabsLeague of ArtisansEqwow Ventures LtdaThe Royal African SocietyConscious LeadersUtopia Capital ManagementCirculate CapitalS4S TechnologiesHER Planet EarthRoyal Society of Wildlife TrustsD.LightXORAKoolmill Systems LimitedDian Fossey Gorilla FundGreat Barrier Reef FoundationGlobal Alliance for the Future of FoodRegenecapital/Convene EsgLondon & PartnersUBS Optimus FoundationKinjanitwygCape Leopard TrustTerrataiUniversidade Federal do AmazonasFORCE Family OfficeDraper Richards Kaplan FoundationVanagon VenturesPeace Parks FoundationEntlaqInnovate 4 NatureGreensetLocally Managed Marine Area (LMMA) Network International TrustThe University of MelbourneHoloceneStandard CharteredGlobal Seaweed Coalition (UNGC)ThetiusPrince Albert II of Monaco FoundationPharo FoundationGreenCapeGobi PartnersGlobal Compact NepalGreen Is The New BlackIsland InnovationSOSVThe 2050 Maritime Innovation Hub at the Port of Tyne AuthorityWildAidSalesforce, Inc.Hatch BlueAtomicoInternational Lawyers ProjectAlejandra NiñoCleantech GroupGenZeroGeute ConservaciónCoral VitaPersistent EnergyRoyal Academy of EngineeringTe Herenga Waka – Victoria University of WellingtonImperial College LondonWe Don’t Have TimeWeb SummitClimate Policy RadarInstituto ArapyaúMungo ParkKyoto UniversitySPACE-FZeitgeist19The Iris ProjectIf Not Us Then WhoMoonshot VenturesEuropean Marine Energy Centre (EMEC)TakacharNational Cheng Kung UniversityMillennium Campus Network (MCN)Pontificia Universidad Católica del PerúEllen MacArthur FoundationAmazon WatchSW/Niger Delta Forest ProjectDCVCThe European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF)JFK Library Foundation

Echoing GreenMullenLowe SingaporeNet Zero Lawyers AllianceAnanas Anam Uk LtdNairobi Climate Network (soon to be The Climate Network)Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE)Impact Entrepreneur, PBCEmerson CollectiveAsia Carbon InstituteAqualibre AfricaPDIE GroupUnited Nations World Food ProgrammeAfrican Leadership AcademyFuture Fabrics Expo LtdCranfield UniversityTU DelftArupJSC ImpactLeading CitiesAfrican Leadership GroupFondation pour la Protection de la Biodiversite Marine (FoProBiM)TerrasetInstitute for Sustainable Development at EPLOJames Michel FoundationAgriFutures AustraliaFirst Nations Clean Energy NetworkGo Green AfricaSMEP ProgrammeEcologiBritish High Commission Abuja, NigeriaUniversity of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability LeadershipInvestors for ClimateLiving SeawallsQ Life Sciences Ssn BhdOceano Azul FoundationTallis SustainabilityLow CarbonDecarb VenturesThe Radical FundClean Air Society of Australia and New ZealandTop Tier ImpactSOLshareLeapFrog InvestmentsWildlife Conservation NetworkSt. Vincent & The Grenadines Environment FundSynchronicity EarthKronaClientEarthUniversity of BremenMark SchwartzKheytiGrange ManagementIndigenous Land and Sea CorporationInstituto IgarapéKatapult OceanGlobal Forest GenerationETF PartnersDirect Air Capture CoalitionBrightVibes NL BVDaughters for EarthDarena VenturesConservation InternationalZero Carbon CapitalGreenMatterFish 2.0 VenturesCirc, IncAnfani Energy LimitedTech NationLondon GreenCityWOTA Corp.Nigeria Climate Innovation Center (NCIC)OceanHub AfricaNess SeaCity of AmsterdamCooperaccionC40 CitiesGrowthAfricaWavemaker ImpactPhilanthropy AfricaThe Mills FabricaUniversity of BristolCenter for Financial Inclusion (CFI)ABC ImpactOxford Innovation FinanceStartupXSave the ElephantsRare IncNational University of SingaporeClimate Zeitgeist@iBizAfrica – Strathmore UniversityMukuru Clean StovesPolygreen Culture and Art InitiativeCyclades Preservation FundGreen Africa Youth OrganizationUniversity of WarwickZoological Society of LondonPista VenturesSouth African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)Project DandelionInstitutot Social PlusConfluent GlobalFrancisco José De Caldas District UniversityBenioff Ocean Science LaboratoryFundación PachamamaQuantedge Advancement InitiativeThe Pennsylvania State UniversityAfriLabsGrocircular Agro Services LTDZero SummitEDBIWoods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionMultiChoiceAfrican Circular Economy NetworkEuro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change – CMCC FoundationSWEN Blue OceanShEquity PartnersWWF-UKCOmON FoundationEnviuSystemiq CapitalCircle CapitalEleven Eleven FoundationBloombergStyle House Limited | Lagos Fashion Week101 Capital PartnersKickstart VenturesGlobal Water PartnershipGeneration VeganE4E AfricaPacific Blue FoundationWomen Environmental ProgrammeDevelopment AlternativesAnday ABForgotten Parks ASBLUniversity of LeedsPlanet AGlobal Impact Investing Network (GIIN)Thomson Reuters FoundationDarwin CollegeThe Global Warming Mitigation ProjectLaudes FoundationPlastic Pollution CoalitionThe Zero PlanetClean Air Task Force, Inc.EquiloManufacturing Africa

ViridianBFA Global – TECA ProgrammeAga Khan Development NetworkBritish Embassy AbidjanLos Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI)Paris Peace ForumJourneys With PurposeMission RatioSand RiverHHMI Tangled Bank StudiosSea Forest LtdNatural Heritage CapitalInnovate UKeTrash2CashCrampton Blackie PartnersOcean Born FoundationGlobal Commons AllianceStellenbosch University LaunchLabBreakthrough EnergyPlanetaryXBiomimicry InstituteEdinburgh Ocean LeadersUNCCDWildlife Conservation Research UnitBerge BulkNEXUS GlobalConservation X LabsWashington Maritime BlueUnited Nations Environment ProgrammeTusk TrustGlobal Fashion Agenda (GFA)Regeneration.VCGlobal Covenant of Mayors for Climate & EnergyForum for the FutureSingapore Fashion CouncilOcean VisionsKawiSafi VenturesLive Ocean FoundationNear East FoundationTalanoaUberTIGRIS WATER COMPANY PTE LTDAlana FoundationCentre for Global Eco-InnovationFundação Grupo Boticário (Boticario Group Foundation)WaterAidDesignSingapore CouncilEnda ColombiaHalo ImpactChangeNOWOppenheimer Generations Research and ConservationClimate Action Platform for Africa (CAP-A)Clean Air FundNature’s PitchTemasek TrustTheNewClimate, IncSolar Impulse FoundationAt One VenturesTheia VenturesExpo City DubaiEka VenturesSatganaEnvironmental Sustainability Rotary Action Group (ESRAG)EARTHDAY.ORGJohannesburg Parks Alliance (JPA)Instituto SocioambientalLeonard StiegelerClimate Collective FoundationOceanaVan Hall Larenstein University of Applied SciencePONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANATereco Global (Pty) LtdUICCA – UAE Independent Climate Change AcceleratorsProspect InnovationUnion of Concerned Researchers in FashionAshokaFoundation for Amazon Sustainability (FAS)Korea Green FoundationGreentown LabsGRST LimitedYGA – Young Guru AcademyZerotolandfill2150Third Derivative (RMI)Sustainable Ocean AllianceSpeSeasB2R FarmsAirQualityAsiaRising Voice Changing Coasts HubBritish AirwaysSilverstrand CapitalBrincInstitute of Sustainability and TechnologyUniversity of Edinburgh School of Engineering and Centre For Human Ecology, GlasgowBirdLife South AfricaImagine H2OThe B TeamENSOHesabu CapitalMastercard Center for Inclusive GrowthDr Sass BrownGlobal Invest HerOne Million VoicesWildlands Conservation Trust (WILDTRUST)Co-AxisCarbon TrustBrowning the Green SpaceAustralian Marine Conservation SocietyBVRioBlue Earth SummitClimate CollectiveVirgin UniteOcean Impact OrganisationPT Restorasi Ekosistem KarbonBlavatnik School of Government, University of OxfordInstituto TerraCloverlyIgarapé InstituteAudacy VenturesArizona State University Global Futures LaboratoryCatalyst FundVaitea CowanThe Last Great Ape OrganisationThe Manta TrustColeman Family VenturesHult Prize FoundationProject EveryoneGoldman Environmental PrizeSynthesis CapitalIAU Office of Astronomy for DevelopmentChongqing Jiaotong UniversityAmpd EnergyWomen’s Earth AllianceUEASDG Global GroupCo.labEarth League InternationalYOUTHTOPIAInstituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas (IPE)Foreign Commonwealth and Development OfficePhilanthropy Asia AlliancesThe International Strategy ForumVikāra InstituteMontpelier Foundation and Family OfficeUrbanBetterFauna & Flora

Carbon13The New York Community TrustBluetech Clean Air AllianceToyota VenturesWARF – Wisconsin Alumni Research FoundationSAG VenturesAfrikelpBridge That Gap Hope for Africa InitiativeCarbon Business CouncilHolch Povlsen FoundationRosewood Hotel GroupASOCARBONOCentre for Sustainable FashionDovetail Impact FoundationCitron Violet ProductionsPDS LimitedUnruly CapitalThe First Thirty VenturesImpact DynamixAquacyclPermaculture CapitalConservation OptimismArgali Carbon Corporation2040 VenturesUKAid Propcom+ (The Palladium Group)International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA)C1 VenturesNational Textile UniversityEco Living Magazine2X GlobalDuke UniversityOceanic Preservation SocietyCommonwealth Secretariat Commonwealth Blue CharterAshden Climate SolutionsDistrital Francisco José De Caldas UniversityFactor EFordham University LondonCambridge UniversityGlobal Innovation FundOceanovationDP WorldD-PrizeAntlerAfrica Climate VenturesAEON Environmental FoundationCircular Earth LTDEcoChampionsØrsted VenturesMYCLOcean Risk and Resilience Action AllianceConservation and Wildlife FundandBeyondTech To The RescueAdvaita CapitalOne Ocean FoundationBuilding and Construction AuthorityCPI EnterprisesBarka FundEngineers Without Borders InternationalClimate FirstHitachiRoyal Green Pacific Enterprise LtdThe Nature ConservancyVoLo Earth VenturesGreen Awards Inc.SanergyUpcycled ShackAsia School of BusinessRESPOND I BMW FoundationAfrican Conservation FoundationNature FinanceFashion for GoodQLD INDIGENOUS WOMEN RANGERS NETWORKWildlife Conservation SocietyCaribbean Climate-Smart Accelerator (CCSA)Healthy Seas FoundationRoberto HerreraPlastic Oceans International8090 IndustriesAsian Species Action PartnershipCambridge EnterpriseBIOFUND – Foundation for Biodiversity ConservationClimateworks CentreAsia BioBusiness Pte. Ltd.Tri-Sector AssociatesOceanWatch AustraliaGreen Building Council South AfricaThe Future of FoodClay CapitalTSIBA Business SchoolYTL Corporation BerhadTemasek Life Sciences Laboratory LimitedAgenda 21 Partnership Aachen-Cape TownSouthSouthNorthPolish Academy of SciencesCaban EnergyTrustcare Empowerment & Development InitiativeIntellecap Advisory ServicesChallenge Works500 GlobalZero Waste EuropeGroup on Earth ObservationsDeep Science VenturesClimateImpactHeriot-Watt UniversityYeo Kai TingCornell UniversityRumah FoundationAmigos da Terra – Amazônia BrasileiraDunelm EnergyWhoWhatWherePlanète AmazonePelican AgUN RCC East and Southern AfricaCampaign for NatureFlora-Arcade ConsultancyAutodesk FoundationImpact PlaygroundAcumenABALOBICasa do ImpactoRevive Impact PartnersFireglowOcean Ecostructures S.L.Elion HouseWhat Can You Do (Earth) CicBetawavesOceans 5Aera VCGreenPushSustainable VenturesOne Young WorldNektonNew Energy NexusPositive VenturesTMVAgFunderUnited Nations Development ProgrammeGlobal Resilience PartnershipPluto Mussels and Trading (Pty) LtdSigma Squared SocietyTerra EnergySmart Climate TransitionsEndangered Wildlife Trust

How We Search for Solutions

Our Five Earthshots

Our challenge to the world is based on five Earthshots.

These simple but ambitious goals for 2030 have been developed in collaboration with leading environmental experts to repair our planet before irreversible damage occurs.

Each year, from a shortlist of 15 Finalists, five Winners are awarded The Earthshot Prize – one for each Earthshot.