Following selection of the 10 category winners each year, a council of world-renowned, sustainability-minded thought leaders and gurus chooses the grand prize winner. The goal is to determine the initiative that stands to make the biggest contribution to a sustainable future. Katerva thanks everyone on the council for the contributions they make toward the success of the Katerva Awards.
Katerva Award Council
Jeremy Rifkin, President of the Foundation on Economic Trends
Marina Silva, Acclaimed Environmentalist and Politician
Gunter Pauli, Director of the Zero Emissions Research Initiative
Jean-Michel Cousteau, Explorer, Environmentalist, and Educator
Mary Robinson, Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Lord Hastings of Scarisbrick, CBE, Global Head of Citizenship & Diversity, KPMG International
Dr. J Craig Venter, American Biologist known for sequencing the human genome
John Elkington, Executive Chairman of Volans and Founder of SustainAbility
Stuart P.M. Mackintosh, Executive Director of the Group of Thirty
Hazel Henderson
Founder of Ethical Markets Media, LLC
Founder of Ethical Markets Media, LLC
Prof. Dr. Klaus M. Leisinger
Chairman, Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development
Chairman, Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development
Dr Fatih Birol
Chief Economist at the International Energy Agency
Chief Economist at the International Energy Agency
Dr Yuan Tseh Lee
President of the International Council for Science
President of the International Council for Science
Russel Norman
Co-leader of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand
Co-leader of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand
