Top Ten Innovators
Shell LiveWIRE ‘Top Ten Innovators’ highlights and rewards LiveWIRE businesses that demonstrate excellence in innovation.
Sustainability is at the heart of our business, especially in light of current events around the globe. This means providing energy in a responsible manner and respecting people, their safety, and the environment, all with the goal of working towards a better world. With Covid-19 changing our way of life, Shell is committed to responding to changing global needs and maintaining support for entrepreneurs. We want to solidify this commitment by championing these concepts around the world, rewarding entrepreneurs whose businesses work towards positive goals.
This year, we have partnered with Shell Global Commercial to deliver Top Ten Innovators (TTI) 2020, a global competition to find innovative solutions among our Shell LiveWIRE alumni that promote Creating a More Liveable World. It has been our pleasure to hear from entrepreneurs that help us move towards an economy that prioritises a sustainable future.
We were thrilled to have received more than 130 applications from around the world and were inspired by the groundbreaking ways our Shell LiveWIRE entrepreneurs set about creating a more liveable world. After a rigorous judging process and a public vote that drew in more than 27,000 votes from over 170 countries, I’m pleased to announce we’ve chosen our 2020 Top Ten Innovators. Please read on to learn more about these incredible businesses.
Congratulations, entrepreneurs!
Joanna Cochrane, VP Shell Social Performance
Top Ten Innovators (TTI): Impact
- 40 winners since 2015
- >48M people reached in 2019 via media coverage
- >18,000 public votes gained from 144 countries in 2019
- 8 Top Ten Innovators winners collaborate with Shell businesses
- 40% of Top Ten Innovators expanded their business abroad
- 65% of Top Ten Innovators received follow-up funding
Shell LiveWIRE - Top Ten Innovators 2020
Shell LiveWIRE – Top Ten Innovators 2020
Duration 00:02:45
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Rising sun, followed by a rapid, dynamic sequence of people from around the world in different day-to-day environments.
[Voiceover Audio]
“Do you want to make a difference?
In 2019…some Shell LiveWIRE Top Ten Innovators accepted that challenge.”
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Animation of a spinning globe, with Shell LiveWIRE countries glowing in yellow. Zoom in on Trinidad & Tobago. Picture-in-picture window pops up, displaying a video of an entrepreneur discussing his company, Organo Gardens. Video plays of the entrepreneur talking to the camera, walking through his farm, and watering his plants.
[Audio of Entrepreneur from Organo Gardens]
“I was inspired to create a company to reduce our island’s food imports.”
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Animation of a spinning globe returns. Zoom in on Malaysia. Picture-in-picture window pops up, displaying a video of an entrepreneur discussing her company, Benak Raya Enterprise. Video plays of the entrepreneur talking to the camera, a field, a bag of rice, and the entrepreneur with a series of cosmetic products displayed in front of her in a shop.
[Audio of Entrepreneur from Benak Raya Enterprise]
“Our company makes products from local traditional rice.”
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Animation of a spinning globe returns. Zoom in on Indonesia. Picture-in-picture window pops up, displaying a video of an entrepreneur discussing his company, Jember Futura Energi. Video plays of the entrepreneur talking to the camera, the team walking in front of a bioreactor, an individual shovelling livestock waste, cattle eating at a trough, and the entrepreneur walking through a barn.
[Audio of Entrepreneur from Jember Futura Energi]
“We created a cheap, flexible bioreactor to turn livestock waste into energy.”
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Globe centred on Indonesia, followed by a rapid, dynamic sequence of shots: city skyline, people from around the world in different day-to-day environments, interspersed with footage from the Shell LiveWIRE Top Ten Innovators 2018 Awards Ceremony.
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“Shell’s LiveWIRE Top Ten Innovators has been celebrating inspiring entrepreneurs since 2015…”
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Top Ten Innovators
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19 countries
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“…using a public vote to pick the very best from within its enterprise development programme…”
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44,000 votes
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Livewire Logo
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Rapid, dynamic sequence of shots of people of different ages from around the world.
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“The competition is themed around global needs…”
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Spinning wind turbine, followed by children picking vegetables and a fisherperson casting a net.
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“For 2020, the focus is ‘Creating a More Livable World’.”
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Creating a More Livable World
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Footage from the Shell LiveWIRE Top Ten Innovators 2018 Awards Ceremony, interspersed with footage from Shell LiveWIRE training activities and footage of Shell LiveWIRE Top Ten Innovators contestants at their enterprises.
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“Shell supports candidates with a range of training and resources…”
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Training and Resources
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“…and the programme has had measurable impact:”
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Footage of celebrations from the Shell LiveWIRE Top Ten Innovators 2018 Awards Ceremony, interspersed with footage of people celebrating around the world.
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“…with 40 winners.”
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40 Winners
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Animation of a spinning globe, with Shell LiveWIRE countries glowing in yellow.
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“…1/3 Expanding their business abroad”
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1/3 Expanding Abroad
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Shell LiveWIRE teams at a Shell service station and conversing together at a training, followed by the Shell LiveWIRE Top Ten Innovators 2018 Awards Ceremony
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“…eight work directly with Shell.”
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8 winners work directly with Shell
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Dynamic cityscape, followed by individuals discussing, a woman looking at a tablet device
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“You too can get involved in Top Ten Innovators…
…whether voting for your winner…”
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Voting
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The panel of judges applaud at the Shell LiveWIRE Top Ten Innovators 2018 Awards Ceremony, followed by sequences of entrepreneurs onstage and interacting at the same event. One participant talks to the camera.
[Participant Audio]
“The programme has really transformed both my life and my career.”
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Entrepreneurs interact informally at the Shell LiveWIRE Top Ten Innovators 2018 Awards Ceremony. One participant talks to the camera, and then she is shown speaking and laughing.
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“Supporting networking opportunities…”
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Supporting networking opportunities
[Participant Audio]
“Meeting with the people who have the same passion, we discuss things together.”
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Entrepreneurs interact informally with Shell staff at trainings. One participant talks to the camera. He then receives an award at the Shell LiveWIRE Top Ten Innovators 2018 Awards Ceremony.
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“Or, volunteering as a mentor.”
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Volunteering as a mentor
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“I had no experience and I had zero knowledge on the business side. I actually learned a lot from them; thanks to Shell LiveWIRE.”
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Shell flag waving in sunlight, followed by a dynamic sequence of individuals in varied contexts: in the classroom, at work, doing chores, in the evening, at a Shell LiveWIRE training.
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“And now, through the Covid-19 recovery…We will support entrepreneurs facing new challenges…”
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COVID-19 support
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“….as they strive to create a more livable world.”
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Sequence of people running through water, lights illuminating, a child looking at the camera, and a woman working.
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“Do you want to help make a difference?”
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Do you want to help make a difference?
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Animation of a globe, with Shell LiveWIRE countries glowing in yellow.
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LiveWIRE Logo
Vote. Support. Mentor.
https://www.livewire.shell/top-ten-innovators.html
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