The theme of the world/u2019s leading sustainability award 2021 is Anti-corruption. The winners this year will receive a transparent, fluorescent prize cube made by German artist/u00a0Regine Schumann/u00a0on October 21./u00a0WIN WIN Gothenburg Sustainability Award/u00a0honors outstanding contributions towards a more sustainable future. The fight against corruption permeates all parts of the global goals in Agenda 2030, and it is a fundamental component for the desired goals to become a reality./u00a0

Corruption is one of the biggest obstacles to global sustainable development. It affects the world/u2019s most vulnerable the hardest and harms society as a whole, as well as the planet itself, says Emma Dalv/u00e4g, Chair of the WIN WIN Award jury. The prize constantly reinvents itself. The shape is always a cube made of different conceptual materials and techniques, which vary every year, connecting to the annual theme. When thinking about anti-corruption, designers thought of transparency. Anti-corruption is about exposing what is happening behind closed doors and investigating what is hidden underneath the surface, says Anna Ahnborg, Design director at branding agency/u00a0Happy F&B. This year/u2019s prize cubes involve collaboration with German light and installation artist Regine Schumann. Schumann/u2019s work explores transparency and the relationship between color, light, form, and room./u00a0

The prize cubes are transparent and fluorescent, symbolically envisioning how corrupt structures uncovered, says Regine Schumann. The winner of 2021 is the Icelandic whistleblower J/u00f3hannes Stef/u00e1nsson. /u2013 J/u00f3hannes Stef/u00e1nsson selflessly reveals hidden structures and illuminates them. The structures seem to have a different effect in daylight than in the dark. His prize cube will be illuminated under blacklight, symbolically sharpening the view, says Regine Schumann./u00a0