Winners 2009

The City of Cardiff "The city of Cardiff has shown a deep understanding of the importance of moving towards a knowledge based economy within a holistic perspective on sustainability. Cardiff demonstrates practices of a sustainable city with highly creative services and innovation. It is clearly shown that sustainable development and economical development go hand in hand in Cardiff."

Novo Nordisk
"Based on a collective assessment of the criteria, Novo Nordisk is at a highly advanced stage in integrating its sustainability activities into its reporting model. It demonstrates the long-term financial benefits to all stakeholders of the organisations, including shareholders, of its sustainability activities."

Tesla Motors
"Tesla stood out among the many worthy applicants to the Globe Award for Sustainable Innovation both for its level of impact and for its approach.The Tesla Model S Sedan will be the world's first highway-capable, mass-produced electric vehicle produced in what is planned to be the world's greenest factory. The impact of Tesla's effort reaches well beyond this one car - it sets the stage for a revolution in transportation that could quite literally reduce global petroleum consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by more than one third each."

Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute, NARI
"The Globe Sustainability Research Award was judged on several criteria, including originality, practicality, and contributions to humanity through economic gains, social development and environmental protection. The Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) project on development of a low grade ethanol filled cylinder, which provides energy to produce high quality light output in a lantern, as well as clean fuel for cooking systems, was the outstanding example of sustainability research, based on these criteria."