Montreal – December 5th, 2023:
The Montreal, Canada based non-profit organization, Clean Recycling InitiativeTM announced the winners of the International Sustainability Marketing Competition (ISMC) – 2023. The competition attracted students from prestigious universities around the world, with a total participation of nearly 300 schools from 63 countries. “We could not be happier about not only the level of participation in this years competition, but also the quality,” said Anna Belford, the Sustainable Development Specialist at Clean Recycling InitiativeTM.
“The judges and organizers alike were incredibly impressed with the high level of submissions we received, which certainly made it difficult for winners to be decided,” Anna continued.
“With education as one of the key elements of this competition, it was very important to us that we taught the students about the environmental issues that arise from the textile goods we use everyday and how we can effectively address it when we dispose of it. With that, we were very excited to see how well the students were able to grasp these concepts and apply them to their marketing campaigns,” said Sae Chang, CEO of Clean Recycling InitiativeTM.
Both of the judging panels for the competition consisted of professionals from around the world who work in various roles from a variety of sectors related to sustainability.
“It was great to see all of the excellent submissions from all corners of the world. Narrowing down the finalists was not easy!” said Kevin Nilsen, President & CEO of ECO Canada and the President of Judges for the ISMC 2023 main judging panel.
Sarah-Mae Amde, CEO and Managing Director of Paragon Digital Marketing, also had words to share from her experience on the judging panel, adding, “ The passion of the students was incredible. It was so inspiring to see a younger generation’s care and concern about the future of the environment. Truly, they all did very well. I am humbled to be able to participate.”
The ISMC 2023 consisted of five prizes: 1st Place Overall (3500 CAD), 2nd Place Overall (2000 CAD), 3rd Place Overall (1000 CAD), Media Choice Award (500 CAD), and Public Choice Award (500). The following is the list of winners from this year’s competition:
1st Place: Hyeonji Yu and Nayoon Jang from Chungbuk National University
2nd Place: Ignacio Moreno Olmeño and Pablo Pinilla Mendi from Universidad de Zaragoza
3rd Place: Sarah David from University of Technology Sydney
Media Choice Award: Ella Haywood from Swinburne University of Technology
Public Choice Award: Seyede Sara Esmaeili from Amirkabir University of Technology
The finalists projects will soon be available for viewing on the competition page of the Clean Recycling InitiativeTM website, https://cleanrecyclinginitiative.com/competition/. To stay up to date with Clean Recycling InitiativeTM & be the first to know about upcoming ISMC 2024 details, follow them on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/clean-recycling-initiative/) or Instagram (@cleanrecyclinginitiative) for more information.
About Clean Recycling InitiativeTM
The non-profit organization, Clean Recycling InitiativeTM was established based on the donations of the technology platform with the same name, i.e., Clean Recycling InitiativeTM, from a Montreal, Canada based company, HEAT-MXTM, which specializes in thermal insulation business. The organization engages in providing solutions for recycling textile wastes without using chemicals or any other harmful processes for the environment. The solutions are designed for collecting and processing textile wastes from the general public as well as organizations in global textile industries in a wide range of operational categories, including manufacturing, transportation, distribution, retail, wholesale, etc. The technology platform consists of three different levels, defined based on the sources of textile wastes and how to collect and process them. LEVEL 1 is for household wastes with labeling requirements fulfilled by the general public. LEVEL 2 is for manufacturing wastes from textile mills and LEVEL 3 is for specific types of intermediary raw material manufacturing. Although the technologies were developed based on how the materials from each level are processed, one important aspect of it concerns the collections, especially in LEVEL 1, i.e., household wastes. Therefore, the organization will work with federal governments, municipalities, law makers, etc., around the globe to help implement the technology platform.
