The 2012 winning cases were selected in a double-blind review process by the oikos judging committee comprised of distinguished scholars from all around the world.
Corporate Sustainability Track
First prize
Mind the Gap: Royal Dutch Shell’s Sustainability Agenda in Nigeria
Esther Hennchen and Josep Maria Lozano
ESADE Business School, Spain
Second prize
Building and Scaling a Cross-Sector Partnership: Oxfam America and Swiss Re Empower Farmers in Ethiopia
Jonathan Doh, Villanova University, USA
Ted London and Vasilia (Lea) Kilibarda, University of Michigan, USA
Third prize
Of Orangutans and Chainsaws: Cargill, Inc. Confronts The Rainforest Action Network’s Palm Oil Advocacy
Ram Subramanian, Montclair State University, USA
Runner up
Walmart: Love, Earth
N. Craig Smith and Robert J. Crawford, INSEAD, France
Runner up
Social Entrepreneurship Track
First prize
Second prize
World Toilet Organization: Leveraging Resources for Social Impact
Imran Chowdhury and Thierry Sibieude, ESSEC Business School, France
Third prize
Crediamigo: Partnering with VivaCred?
Emmanuel Raufflet, HEC Montréal, Canada
Frédéric Lavoie, CECI, Canada
Runner up
Bio-Vert: Green to What Limit?
Catherine Bedard, Genevieve Grainger and Raymond Paquin, Concordia University, Canada
Runner up
Nuru Energy
Filipe Santos and Anne-Marie Carrick-Cagna, INSEAD, France
For further information on this competition please visit the
oikos foundation website.
