The Financial Times and IFC are delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2015 FT/IFC Transformational Business Awards.
Showcasing ground-breaking business initiatives that create long-term, transformative solutions to environmental, social and corporate governance challenges, this year’s awards attracted 191 entries from 167 organisations, involving projects in a total of 140 countries.
The shortlisted nominees are as follows:
Achievement in Urban Transformation
- Financiera Sustentable de Mexico
- Heksagon Kati Atik Yönetimi Sanayi ve Ticatet, Turkey
- Nedbank Group, South Africa
- Pell Frischmann, United Kingdom
- Sanergy, Kenya
- Tianjin Hi-tech Environment Development, China
- XacBank, Mongolia
Special Award: Excellence in City Transformation
- Agra Nagar Nigam / Agra Municipal Council, India
- Barcelona City Council, Spain
- Monrovia City Corporation, Liberia
- People's Committee of Da Nang City, Vietnam
- Municipality of Dakar, Senegal
- eThekwini Municipality / Durban Metropolitan Council, South Africa
- Pereira Passos Municipal Institute / City of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Achievement in Inclusive Business
- Cummins Cogeneration (Kenya) Limited
- Echale a tu Casa, Mexico
- MicroEnsure, United Kingdom
- Novartis International, Switzerland
- Off.Grid: Electric, Tanzania
- Tribanco, Brazil
- UnionPay, China
Achievement in Transformational Finance
- Banking Environment Initiative, United Kingdom
- bKash, Bangladesh
- Citi, United States
- Credit Suisse, Switzerland
- International Finance Facility for Immunisation, United Kingdom
- Lion's Head Global Partners, United Kingdom
- Zopa – Peer-to-peer Lending, United Kingdom
Achievement in Information and Communications Technology
- Farmerline, Ghana
- Operation ASHA, India
- WhereIsMyTransport, South Africa