Ellen Macarthur Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation 2022

At its meeting in Oviedo, the Jury for the 2022 Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation, composed of Pedro Alonso Fernández, Eugenia Bieto Caubet, Francisco de Paula Bisbal Pons, Andrés Conde Solé, Laura Díaz Anadón, Beatriz Domínguez-Gil González, Enrique Fernández-Miranda y Lozana, Duke of Fernández-Miranda, Luis García Montero, Cristina Garmendia Mendizábal, Mónica Margarit Ribalta, Sophie Muller, Sami Naïr, Juan Carlos del Olmo Castillejos, Ana Pastor Julián, Ignacio Villaverde Menéndez, chaired by Gustavo Suárez Pertierra and with Gloria Fernández-Lomana García acting as secretary, has decided to confer the 2022 Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation on British social entrepreneur Ellen MacArthur for being an inspirational model in the fight for the better use of natural resources and for accelerating the transition to what is known as circular economy.

Ellen MacArthur works with her Foundation to change the current paradigm of production and consumption via the better use of resources, based on the reduction, reuse and sustainable recycling of materials. Her ability to promote alliances with governments, companies, scientific institutions and civil society has contributed to forging the first major legally binding international agreement against plastic pollution.

The Jury has also prized her work to promote a change in the culture of production and responsible consumption in the textile industry, among her other major commitments.

Oviedo, 9th June 2022