Postcode Lottery Green Challenge 2015 opens March 11th

The ninth edition of the Postcode Lottery Green Challenge will open March 11th 2015. Until June 1st you can send in your business plan that will help combat climate change. The competition calls on creative, innovative thinkers from around the world to submit business plans for sustainable products and services. Entries should directly reduce CO2 emissions, score highly on design, user-friendliness and quality, and ready to be in the market in two years.

The Challenge is open to any individual from the age of 18 years and to companies, businesses, institutions and all other organisations.
The winner will receive € 500,000 to help bring his or her plan to market. An additional € 200,000 will go to one runner-up.

On July 15th the preliminary jury’s Top 25 will be announced. From those nominees, the preliminary jury will select 5 finalists, and these will be announced on August 17th. These five finalists will be coming to Amsterdam from September 6th - September 11th 2015. They will pitch their business plan on stage before a selected audience and expert international jury on Thursday September 10th, at the Gashouder venue in Amsterdam. In the week leading up to the event, the finalists will attend pitch and presentation training sessions that are hosted by Rockstart.