The second edition of the Red emprendeverde Awards already has the 16 finalist candidates that opt for the awards of this contest promoted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment (MAGRAMA), through the Biodiversity Foundation, in order to recognize and support those green entrepreneurs who stand out for their contribution to the sustainable economy. helping them to create and consolidate their company and recognizing their ideas and initiatives. The second edition of the Red emprendeverde Awards already has the 16 finalist candidates that opt for the awards of this contest promoted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment (MAGRAMA), through the Biodiversity Foundation, in order to recognize and support those green entrepreneurs who stand out for their contribution to the sustainable economy. helping them to create and consolidate their company and recognizing their ideas and initiatives.
 
The candidatures selected by the technical committee, made up of experts in entrepreneurship and the environment and collaborators from the Emprendeverde Network and the Biodiversity Foundation, stand out for their feasibility, potentiality, environmental results, social impact, innovative nature, capacity and leadership.
 
These initiatives are linked to sustainable rehabilitation and building, transport and mobility, renewable energies, organic production, forest management, eco-design, beekeeping, waste and the circular economy, among other sectors.
 
The 16 selected candidates will be able to present their initiatives to a jury made up of prestigious personalities in the business, investment, financing and entrepreneurship fields, people related to sustainable development and conservation of the natural environment, as well as representatives of the Biodiversity Foundation.
 
The members of the jury will determine on July 8 the candidacies that will be recognized with economic prizes and special mentions. In this edition, the prize money is €24,000, divided into five prizes. In each of the two categories, the first prize has an endowment of €6,000, while the winners of the second prize will receive €3,000. In addition, a runner-up prize of €6,000 will be awarded to the initiative that stands out for its protection of biodiversity.
 
In this second edition, a special effort is made to support innovation, initiatives with environmental and social impact, international projection, as well as women entrepreneurs and young entrepreneurs. For this reason, 10 candidatures of those submitted to the contest will be recognized with five special mentions: Young Green Entrepreneur, Green Entrepreneur, Eco-innovation, International Projection – Keiretsu Forum and Red Emprendeverde Community. The winning nominations and special mentions will be announced during a gala to be held in Madrid during the last quarter of 2014.
 
In addition to offering support to the selected entrepreneurs through training, advice and financial prizes, the call for the contest contributes to developing a network of contacts between entrepreneurs and investors and gives dissemination and visibility to their initiatives. In this second edition, 265 candidacies have been submitted, which represents an increase of 40% compared to the previous edition.
 

Finalists

 
1. “Entrepreneurship in green” category

• Achelous: Dedicated to the design and construction of natural pools.
• Citysens Project for the development of a smart, vertical garden with automated irrigation in cities.
• Solar Aerothermal Collector: It has devised a solar thermal energy collection system for domestic and industrial use.
• Mycology applied to EI: Dedicates its activity to the production of mushrooms
• La Pina: It offers formulas for collective management of the forest, unifying small forest plots.
• HolycomB: Applies a new methodology in the development of intensive beekeeping.
• Pecocos: Dedicated to the production and marketing of organic cosmetics.
• Ecodome: Innovative initiative for the construction of houses with clay soil improved with ecological materials.

2. “Grow and Grow Green” Category

• Bluelife Battery: It is dedicated to the regeneration and restoration of electric and hybrid car batteries to continue to be used.
• Edyma Laboratories: Technology-based company dedicated to the production of plants and seeds through “in vitro” multiplication.
• Naturae: Company specialized in the extraction of active ingredients from fungi and vegetables.
• Métrica6: R+D+i company that has developed a new water-saving device in the home.
• Ecoteck: It participates with a project based on a robotic cleaning and disinfection system without using disinfectants or chemical products and reducing water consumption by up to 98%.
• Gluten Free Fibers: dedicated to the production and marketing of dietary fibre for the food industry from agri-food by-products.
• Cartonlab: Dedicated to the design of furniture and spaces in 100% recyclable cardboard
• Bluemove Carsharing: Launch of a new service that allows residents of a neighbourhood to share their own car with the rest of the neighbours.

All these candidates participated in the “Emprendeverde” training programs taught at the ESADE and IESE business schools during the months of May and June to the 35 selected in the initial phase of the contest.