Background and Award Criteria

The C.K. Prahalad Award, created in 2010 to honor founding CEF Advisory Board member C.K Prahalad, recognizes exceptional, globally significant private-sector leadership that exemplifies sustainability as a key driver of innovation and long-term business success. Honorees may be either (1) individual executives, (2) notable corporate actions/initiatives, or (3) collaborations involving the private sector that have produced globally significant results in any of the following ways:
  • Influential “next practices” that significantly raise the bar for defining leadership or best practice in a pivotal sphere
  • Transformative impact within an industry or value chain
  • Groundbreaking sustainability-inspired innovation
  • Problem-solving on major global challenges

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* 1. Your name, title and affiliation

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* 2. Your email

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* 3. I wish to nominate...

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* 4. Your nominee

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* 5. Please briefly outline (bullet points are fine) why your nominee is deserving of the Prahalad Award. Keep in mind the criteria that the nominated individual/action/collaboration should have already produced globally significant results in at least one of the following ways:
  • Influential “next practices” that significantly raise the bar for defining leadership or best practice in a pivotal sphere
  • Transformative impact within an industry or value chain
  • Groundbreaking sustainability-inspired innovation
  • Problem-solving on major global challenges

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* 6. Feel free to include URLs below linking to any supporting background/documentation that may help the selection committee

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