Period
since 2002

Background
What is the companies answer to the Factor X challenge? What about innovative products meeting the customers needs with only a fraction of the resources? Are there any smart service models, revolutionary ideas or regional resource  concepts? Where are the innovative start-ups becoming the stars of tomorrow?
The R.I.O. Award presents such innovations. R.I.O. awards the future!
R.I.O. = Resource Input Optimised Economy (brand name for eco-restructuring)

Description
Since 2002  the R.I.O. innovation prize has been awarded 4 times. In 2005 it has been renamed in R.I.O. Award and is endowed with 20,000 Euro. It addresses companies in the German-speaking parts of Europe, e.g. Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Partners
Aachen Foundation
(idea and concept, realization and supervision)
plenum gmbh  (realization in Austria)
RIO Impuls (realization in Switzerland)
Jury Members from Germany, Austria, Switzerland

Status
The current <media 95>announcement</media> is running until end of April 2008. Applications can be made at the foundation or one of the partner organisations. The language of this competition is German. The award ceremony will take place in November 2008.

Website
The R.I.O. award has its own website: www.rio-award.info