The Circulars is the world’s premier circular economy award program that is created as an initiative of the World Economic Forum and the Forum of Young Economic Leaders, in collaboration with the Accenture Strategy. It has started accepting applications as of 1st of August and will be receiving until the 30th of September 2018. Application is free of charge. The finalists will be determined at the end of 2018 and the awards will be hosted in the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland in January 2019.
Benefits of the awards can be identified as below:
- An opportunity for Winners and Runners Up to attend the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos
- Invaluable global recognition, credibility and exposure as a circular economy pioneer
- A chance to leverage the global influence of The Circulars, with publicity via the World Economic Forum, media partners, supporters and The Circulars Twitter handle
- Access to, and interaction with, fellow circular economy leaders from across the entire network
- A chance for participants to further develop and refine their own circular economy story
The award has 7 categories as follows and every category will have 1 winner:
1- Award for Circular Economy Leadership
2- Award for Circular Economy Multinational
3- Award for Circular Economy SME
4- Award for Circular Economy Public Sector
5- Award for Circular Economy Investor
6- People’s Choice Award for Circular Economy Entrepreneurship
7- Award for Circular Economy Tech Disruptor
For further information and application please check here