The 5 new Laureates of the Rolex Awards for Enterprise 2021 are a marine scientist, conservationist, polar explorer, social entrepreneur and a geographer and climate advocate.
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Rinzin Phunjok Lama, Rolex Laureate. Credit: Rolex
Rolex has been supporting projects to improve the planet via the Rolex Awards for 45 years, reminding the world that a successful watchmaker is one that does much more than make great watches. Don?t get us wrong, we love great watches ? because of course we do ? but it just feels good to think that every watch sold makes the world a little bit better. This goes for whatever Rolex watch you own too, because this has been ongoing for close to half a century. As you might recall, the Rolex Awards are one of the pillars of the Rolex Perpetual Planet programme, which we have covered extensively on this site, but we digress. This month, the Geneva-based firm announced five new Laureates of the Rolex Awards for Enterprise, each of whom is working on ground-breaking projects that might have a profound impact on the world we share. They are Felix Brooks-Church, Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, Rinzin Phunjok Lama, Gina Moseley and Luiz Rocha. They will each receive funding (amounts unspecified) and the benefits of the Rolex press machinery for publicity purposes, globally. So, why these five, you may ask"

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