University College Cork has been crowned the winner of the Enactus Ireland National Competition at an event held at Chartered Accountants Ireland in Dublin.
The university will go on to compete in the Enactus World Cup in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from October 30th to November 2nd. The Irish competition was supported by The Irish Times.
The winning team presented two projects — ReFrame and Ceangal. ReFrame focuses on plastic waste and how to transform it into new useful products. Its mission is to re-innovate the meaning of sustainable transport means by making micro-transport products out of plastic.
Ceangal is a local candle business with several initiatives whereby all products are handmade by asylum seekers with profits going directly back to them and communities within Direct Provision.
The Enactus World Cup will see 36 countries present social innovation projects. All projects must align with the UN Sustainable Development Goals and prove they can generate a real social impact.
The goal of the World Cup is to help build the “next generation of socially conscious leaders”.
