The objective of the prize is to identify examples of particularly exemplary partnerships, to put them in the focus of a broader audience and to present them as best practice examples to other companies based in Germany and abroad.

The award is sponsored by the German Sustainability Award Foundation in cooperation with Wilo, leading municipal associations, the German Council for Sustainable Development, business associations, civil society organizations and research institutions. The award for corporate partnerships is supported by the company Wilo.

Within the framework of the International German Sustainability Award, an award is presented to a German company and its partner company in the Global South.

The winning companies receive an award which symbolises the logo of the German Sustainability Award. They will be guests on stage at the award ceremony on 29 November 2024 at the MARITIM Hotel Düsseldorf.

The finalists of the competition for corporate partnerships will each receive a certificate. In addition, they will receive tickets to the award ceremony on 29 November 2024 at the MARITIM Hotel Düsseldorf.

All nominees can acquire seals with which their own success can be communicated internally and externally within the framework of the terms of use.

All companies based in Germany are eligible to participate. They apply with a partnership, whereby the company in the Global South gives its consent and submits a statement on the cooperation. Only the previous year's winners of the German Sustainability Award for Corporate Partnerships are not eligible to apply.

To participate in the competition for the International German Sustainability Award, the companies must complete an online questionnaire. It collects the essential information about the partnership on the basis of key questions.

After the nominees have been determined, the partners in the Global South of the nominated partnerships will each be given the opportunity to contribute a video statement to the application, which they will record based on three guiding questions.

The application period ends on 29 July 2024. During this period, the online questionnaire is available.

No, your application is free of charge.

Each participation in the competition leads to an intensive examination of one's own contributions to development cooperation, which can already be a gain in knowledge. Each participating partnership has the chance of being nominated and the chance of winning.

The winners will receive communication materials to publicize their success. They will be intensively involved in the reporting of the German Sustainability Award Foundation and its cooperation and media partners. The winners in particular are usually widely reported in the media.

A ranking will not be published, only the nominees, finalists and winners will be announced.

Yes, only the previous year's winners of the International German Sustainability Award cannot apply

At the end of the application phase, all questionnaires are reviewed and evaluated by the assessment partner teams. After the questionnaires have been evaluated by the assessment partners, all applicants will receive feedback at the end of October 2024 as to whether they have been nominated for the German Sustainability Award for Corporate Partnerships. Upon nomination, the partner company in the Global South of the nominated partnerships will be given the opportunity to contribute a video statement to the application, which they will record based on three guiding questions.

The jury of experts will select the winner on the basis of the documents submitted and the interview results as part of a multi-stage process consisting of pre-selection, the individual consideration of each applicant, the overall assessment of the nomination platform and a vote. The jury meeting is expected to take place in mid-November 2024.

The jury of experts will decide on the winners based on the documents submitted and the interview results as part of a multi-stage process comprising pre-selection, individual assessment of each applicant, overall assessment of the nominee platform and voting. The jury meeting is expected to take place at the beginning of October 2024. The nominees will be informed of their results in the days following the jury meeting. The winning partnership will not be announced until the evening of the award ceremony.

No, only the nominated partnerships, finalists and winners will be announced.

The questionnaire must be completed in German. The English version is for the information of the partner companies in the Global South. The organizers will not be able to provide the documents in other languages. The agreement and optional statement of the partner cpmpany from the Global South must be submitted in German (or in English) to ensure equal opportunities for all applicants.

The congress (German Sustainability Day) will take place on 28 and 29 November 2024 at the MARITIM Hotel in Düsseldorf (Maritim-Platz 1, 40468 Düsseldorf). The International German Sustainability Award will be presented on the evening of 29 November 2024.

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You can reset your password on the start page and select a new one.

No, for technical reasons it is not possible to change the access code.

Yes, participation in the competition is only possible by completing the online questionnaire. The PDF file of the questionnaire is for preliminary information purposes only.

You can request your access code during the entire competition phase and use it to log in and out at any time during this period. Please note that by selecting “Submit questionnaire” you are submitting your application and will no longer have access to your data (even during the application period). After the application deadline, your access code will no longer be active.

Yes, you can upload additional supplementary files. Please note the page limit (max. 20 pages combined into one PDF). If the uploaded information is to be assigned to specific passages of your application, please provide a brief reference. References and web links to further documents, websites or pages in the sustainability report that go beyond this cannot be considered by the jury. Please refrain from sending additional materials by post. These cannot be considered.

No, once the application has been submitted, no further processing of the questionnaire is possible.

Yes, in the “Submission” tab (top right of the window) you have the option of saving the entire questionnaire as a PDF or printing it out before submitting it.

All information provided in the questionnaire will be treated confidentially. The data will only be accessed by a small group of individuals employed by the German Sustainability Award and the assessment partners who are directly entrusted with the collection and evaluation of the data as well as with the preparation of the jury meeting. Participants will only be published in the event they have been nominated for or have received an award.