Smartel wins Creativity Award for modular hydroponics at UN SDG Action Awards
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Smartel, a modular hydroponics provider, won the 2025 SDG Action Creativity Award at the UN ceremony in Rome. The company was recognized for scaling food-production solutions to urban rooftops and refugee settings; its onstage representative urged young innovators to act with courage.
Smartel, which develops modular hydroponic systems aimed at strengthening food security in urban and remote settings, won the 2025 SDG Action Creativity Award at the UN SDG Action Awards ceremony in Rome.
Andrea Macri, a judge at the ceremony, announced Smartel as the Creativity category winner. A Smartel representative accepted the prize and used the platform to call on young people to "wake up, build with compassion, innovate with love" and to act now. The representative dedicated the award to fellow finalists and described the ceremony as an inspiration for young dreamers.
The Creativity Award honors projects in music, film, theater, digital media and other arts-driven efforts that spur social change. Other finalists in the category included investigative podcast "Stolen, Missing and Murdered" and an initiative called Sounds Right. Smartel's selection highlights growing attention to agricultural innovations that can be deployed in constrained urban or displacement settings to improve food access.
The ceremony's program emphasized the intersection of art, technology and grassroots action throughout the evening.