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Prince William and The Earthshot Prize announced the 15 Finalists for this year’s Prize at the second Earthshot Innovation Summit in New York on 19 Sept. The event, held alongside the UN General Assembly, celebrated and championed innovators focused on solving our most pressing global climate challenges – with the 2023 Finalists being revealed to the world.

Founded by Prince William in 2020, The Earthshot Prize aims to discover and help scale the world’s most innovative climate and environmental solutions to protect and restore our planet. Studio Silverback is proud of our ongoing partnership with The Earthshot Prize, we’re producing all 2023 content as well as the live awards ceremony and broadcast for the first time – helping to shine the spotlight on these inspiring innovators and their work.

The Prize’s annual awards ceremony will take place in Singapore this November. It will air around the world via broadcast partners to be announced in due course. Our five-episode YouTube series, exploring each Earthshot and the finalists’ solutions also launched on Weds 27 Sept – with a new episode being released each week leading up to the awards.

This year, the awards ceremony will also be accompanied by a series of events as part of Earthshot Week. Beginning Monday 6 November, the week will see global leaders, businesses and investors convene in Singapore to explore exciting opportunities with The Earthshot Prize Winners and Finalists, aimed at accelerating their solutions and bringing about tangible action to repair the planet. Members of the public will also be invited to experience local activations centred on the 2023 cohort of Earthshot solutions.

The Prize is centred around five ‘Earthshots’: simple but aspirational goals to ensure our communities, oceans, and ecosystems can thrive together in harmony for generations to come: 1) Protect & Restore Nature; 2) Clean Our Air; 3) Revive Our Oceans; 4) Build a Waste-free World; and 5) Fix Our Climate.

For The Earthshot Prize to Protect and Restore Nature, the 2023 Finalists are:

1. Acción Andina, Peru: Acción Andina is grassroots, community-based initiative working across South America to protect native high Andean Forest ecosystems for their invaluable benefits to nature and millions of people in the region.
2. Freetown the Tree Town, Sierra Leone: Combining community stewardship and digital tools, the City of Freetown’s initiative, Freetown the Tree Town is galvanising a grassroots movement for tree preservation in Sierra Leone’s capital.
3. Belterra, Brazil: Belterra works with smallholder farmers in Brazil to restore forests through regenerative agricultural practices and to create market incentives for sustainably grown crops.

For The Earthshot Prize to Clean Our Air, the 2023 Finalists are:

1. Polish Smog Alert, Poland: One of the world’s most effective conservation campaign groups, Polish Smog Alert, helps secure policy change and air quality improvements across Poland and has goals to do the same across Central and Eastern Europe.
2. ENSO, UK: ENSO creates tyres specially designed for electric vehicles that are more sustainable and reduce harmful tyre pollution, leading to cleaner air for everyone.
3. GRST, Hong Kong: With the development of a new way to build and recycle vital lithium-ion batteries, GRST’s solution offers a pathway to make the electric cars of the future even cleaner.

For The Earthshot Prize to Revive Our Oceans, the 2023 Finalists are:

1. Abalobi, South Africa: Using easy-to-scale technology, Abalobi works with small fishing communities to record their catch data and to ensure a fair and improved livelihood from sustainable fishing.
2. Coastal 500, Global (US HQ): A global network of mayors and local government leaders, Coastal 500 is restoring ocean habitats and advocating for coastal protection internationally.
3. WildAid Marine Programme, Global (US HQ): Global non-profit organisation WildAid uses partnership building and knowledge sharing to address the world’s ocean conservation needs.

For The Earthshot Prize to Build a Waste-Free World, the 2023 Finalists are:

1. S4S Technologies, India: S4S Technologies’ solar-powered dryers and processing equipment combat food waste, enabling small-hold farmers to preserve crops and turn produce that might otherwise go to waste into valuable products.
2. Circ Inc., US: US-based company Circ has created a ground-breaking solution to enable the recycling of polycotton fabrics, which make up half of all textile waste.
3. Colorifix, UK: Colorifix uses DNA sequencing and nature’s own colours to create sustainable dyes that reduce the fashion industry’s use of water and harmful chemicals.

For The Earthshot Prize to Fix Our Climate, the 2023 Finalists are:

1. Sea Forest, Australia: Sea Forest’s revolutionary seaweed-based livestock feed drastically reduces the planet-warming methane emissions from cattle and sheep and supports sustainable farming and healthy marine ecosystems.
2. Aquacycl, US: Using microbial technology, Aquacycl are making the treatment of industrial wastewater more accessible, more efficient, and less polluting.
3. Boomitra, Global (US HQ): Boomitra are removing emissions and boosting farmer profits by incentivising land restoration through a verified carbon-credit marketplace

Each of the Finalists will be in the running to receive one of the five £1 million prizes awarded at the third annual Earthshot Prize awards ceremony and all Finalists will receive mentorship, resources, and technical support from The Earthshot Prize Fellowship Program. That support includes access to the Prize’s robust network of influential businesses, investors, and climate experts, including The Earthshot Prize’s Global Alliance of Partners, comprised of some of the world’s largest businesses, donors, investors, and environmental organizations committed to climate action.

Visit: www.earthshotprize.org to learn more.