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The Unilever Young Entrepreneurs Awards can help you take your sustainability initiative, product or service to the next level. We know that the world’s problems will only be solved with the ideas and talents of a new generation of leaders and future-makers who are challenging business as usual, and who are the future of sustainability. We see a big opportunity to support, inspire, reward and collaborate with them, to help them scale and grow – both as individuals and as enterprises.
We’re looking for initiatives relating to one or more of the three categories we’re focusing on:
Improve people’s health and well-being
Improve the health of the planet
Contribute to a fairer and more socially inclusive world
Whether it’s with an initiative, product or service, if you’ve gone beyond the idea stage and started to make an impact, we want to hear from you.
CLOSEDJun 30, 2019Deadline
Up to €50,000Amount
12Duration(Months)
Mandatory Requirements
| Stage | Stage 3: Proof of Concept and Stage 4: Transition to Scale | |
| Implemented In: | ||
| Region | Low and Middle Income Countries | |
| Country | N/A | |
| Focus Areas | Health Environment Inclusion |
The competition is open to founders or co-founders, aged between 18 and 35 (as of 29 June 2019), of initiatives from any part of the world with the exception of those based in Russia, due to local data protection laws.
Initiatives must relate to at least one of the categories:
-Improve people’s health and well-being
-Improve the health of the planet
-Contribute to a fairer and more socially inclusive world
Initiatives must have grown beyond the conceptual stage to an active organisation or project with quantifiable impacts, e.g. already gaining traction among local communities or other markets.
Entries cannot be accepted from current Unilever employees, nor can entries promote Unilever or its products. However, the entrepreneur may have worked with Unilever in the past or may be working with Unilever currently as a third-party supplier.
Entries must be submitted in English.
Other Requirements
| Management Team | The competition is open to founders or co-founders, aged between 18 and 35 (as of 29 June 2019), of initiatives from any part of the world with the exception of those based in Russia, due to local data protection laws. | ||
| Potential for Scale | The strongest entries will outline how your solution can be sustained without reliance on philanthropic donations or aid for core funding when established. Entries from for-profit, non-profit as well as new units of existing organisations will be considered. | REQUIRED | |
| Financial Statements | You should describe how your initiative is currently financially supported, as well as your vision for growth and scaling up. This should include a plan for how you will fund your initiative’s growth, and how you aim to achieve a sustainable financial model. | REQUIRED |
Application Directions
To submit your entry, you’ll need to create a profile and complete the application form online.Applications must be submitted online through the Awards website.
Application And Awards Process
If shortlisted, entrants will be required to submit further information in the form of a pitch deck OR business plan, and financial projections, by 23 August 2019 (further guidelines will be sent to shortlisted entries in the first week of August).
If shortlisted, entrants will be required to participate in a video call with a shortlisting panel on Thursday 19 or Friday 20 September 2019.
If shortlisted, entrants will be required to participate in a video call with a shortlisting panel on Thursday 19 or Friday 20 September 2019.