GI goes business Award 2023
GI goes business Award 2023
The second edition of the GI goes business award received almost 40 submissions from six alpine countries. An international jury selected six winner teams plus two projects with special recognition. The winners receive a business coaching by PLANVAL from March to May 2023 and participate in the Awarding Ceremony on 4 May 2023 at the Munich Urban Colab.
Winners 2023
CONGRATULATIONS!
Winners
Grün statt Grau - Begleitung zum naturnah gestalteten Betriebsgelände (Austria)
Helix Pflanzensysteme (Germany)
MACRA DEVELOPMENT 2030 Project (Italy)
Un cercle immense / the great circle (France)
VAIA (Italy)
Valorization of wetlands “wastes” for fertilizing soils and improving carbon sequestration (Switzerland)
Special Recognition
The FunDAMental Change (Slovenia)
More information about the winners is available below.
Grün statt Grau - Begleitung zum naturnah gestalteten Betriebsgelände
The market town of Rankweil is a pioneer in biodiversity-oriented design in public spaces. Now this knowledge is about to be professionally conveyed to companies within the framework of a pilot project in order to jointly shape a green and livable future.
Helix Pflanzensysteme
Helix provides and maintains “Nature based solutions“ for dense urban areas. Helix works hard to reduce its eco-footprints. The services deliver and the maintenance secures ecosystem services. R&D together with Universities and other SME partners helps Helix to grow and learn.
MACRA DEVELOPMENT 2030 Project
The population of the small municipality called Macra dropped dramatically. This is why they have developped an innovative model for demographic growth based on the enhancement of naturalistic territory with rearrangement of old vineyard terraces and other measures.
Un cercle immense / the great circle
We are transforming the exceptional UNESCO site “Saline royale d’Arc-et-Senans” into an island of biodiversity dedicated to training in landscaping professions, inspired by the ideal city of the architect Ledoux.
VAIA
Recovering waste materials in specific places by giving them new dignity and life by transforming them into unique, iconic objects that can inspire people by generating a positive impact in the ecosystem.
Valorization of wetlands “wastes” for fertilizing soils
While restoring, we remove organic materials and create a virtuous circle making these “wastes” useful. It’s a + for nature by increasing biodiversity, for agriculture by naturally fertilizing soils and for climate change by avoiding CO2 release and increasing C- sequestration.
Special Recognition
b*coop. Citizens Create Community
b*coop is a cooperative of citizens for citizens. We pursue local sustainable and common good goals, seek solutions to environmental and social challenges and bring ideas to life, with an entrepreneurial approach and with communities.
The FunDAMental Change
This project is focused on developing a positive, long-term framework that provides a solution and opportunity to reverse current management practices applied to man-made water reservoirs and the potential uses of their surroundings. It envisions a connection between the reservoir, the community, and the landscape.