Six young entrepreneurs from LEINN (the Entrepreneurial Leadership and Innovation degree from TeamLabs and the University of Mondragon) are among the winners and finalists of the Sustainability World Cup. For seven weeks, this international competition brings together ten teams of students, entrepreneurs and managers from 17 countries in order to raise awareness of sustainability as well as aiming to share strategies that promote businesses with the minimun environmental impact.
The awards ceremony took place within the Digital Enterprise Show (DES), the largest European event in Exponential Technologies held in Malaga from June 11 to 13.
The winning team in the “Lowest Carbon Footprint” category was the “Bamboo Brands” team formed by Juan Carlos Recio, from the 4th year of LEINN Madrid, and Juana Esquitino and Andrés Rodríguez Quirós, both LEINNers from the first year in Malaga.
In addition, the “Fontaine” team consisted of Lucía Márquez (1st LEINN Málaga), María Delgado (2nd LEINN Madrid) and Arnau Palau (2nd LEINN Barcelona) were among the first 5 finalist teams in the main category “Sustainability World Champions”. Arnau was also finalist himself in the “Best Sustainability Leader” category.
- The Winners: The following teams and individuals are the first ever winners of this innovative programme:
- Sustainability World Champions: AmbassaT Team (Chidubem Daniel Gbujie, Delight Chimdiuto Gbujie, Silas Kimara Ochaka, Leonard Tabengwa, Chinazaekpere Uchegbu
- Best Sustainability Leader: Chidubem Daniel Gbujie, Team Leader, AmbassaT. The Finalists were: Justine Abola, Arnau Palau, Andrei Popescu and Rachael Ramos
- Best Sustainable Growth: Kuipers Team (Emanuela Mitrea, Georgiana Monea, Andrei Popescu, Daniel Sfita)
- Most Purposeful Business: Kuipers Team (Emanuela Mitrea, Georgiana Monea, Andrei Popescu, Daniel Sfita)
- Best Sustainable Profits: Curupira Team (Jaqueline Belolli, Pires Mundel, Rachael Ramos, Keeley Witts)
- Lowest Carbon Footprint: Bamboo Brands Team (Juana Esquitino, Juan Carlos Recio, Andrés Rodríguez Quirós)
- Best Business for Prosperity: AmbassaT Team (Chidubem Daniel Gbujie, Delight Chimdiuto Gbujie, Silas Kimara Ochaka, Leonard Tabengwa, Chinazaekpere Uchegbu)
- Best Environmental Performance: AmbassaT Team (Chidubem Daniel Gbujie, Delight Chimdiuto Gbujie, Silas Kimara Ochaka, Leonard Tabengwa, Chinazaekpere Uchegbu)
- Best Social Performance: AmbassaT Team (Chidubem Daniel Gbujie, Delight Chimdiuto Gbujie, Silas Kimara Ochaka, Leonard Tabengwa, Chinazaekpere Uchegbu)
- Best Governance Performance: Kuipers Team (Emanuela Mitrea, Georgiana Monea, Andrei Popescu, Daniel Sfita)
Sponsored by TeamLabs and organized by Dr Leila Bardasuc and Edmund Bradford, the programme fostered knowledge, collaboration and leadership around delivering sustainable business growth.
“It has been a pleasure to support an initiative like the Sustainability World Cup that connects so much with our values, allowing all participants, among whom there have been young people from our university degree LEINN (Entrepreneurial Leadership and Innovation), to have an international experience of creating sustainable projects with social and environmental impact,” said Ibai Martínez, co-founder and General Manager of TeamLabs.
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