beVisioneers

🙋 Are you a professional looking to share your knowledge with the next generation of planet-positive innovators? beVisioneers: The Mercedes-Benz fellowship, is looking for those ready to step into mentorship. If you are a seasoned Mentor or looking to become one, we are searching for you. As a Mentor, you support Fellows in building their leadership, strengthening their projects, and navigating challenges with confidence. Whether your experience is in launching new initiatives or scaling existing ones, you can make a lasting difference for the next generation of changemakers. 👉 Apply to become a Mentor today! Link in our bio! ⏰ Applications close May 31, 2026. Thank you to featured Mentor Nicolas Gholam. 🙌

🇮🇳 The Chennai Local Hub visited Akshayakalpa Organic to learn more about sustainability initiatives in practice and explore planet-positive solutions firsthand. Fellows then came together to share the progress they’ve made on their own projects this year, exchanging ideas and reflecting on how far they’ve come. 🌍 This Local Hub was all about learning through shared experiences, strengthening ecosystem connections, and celebrating the completion of this program year. ✨ See how they’re turning ideas into impact.

🚀 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏 𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 | Yunus Environment Hub x beVisioneers:The Mercedes Benz Fellowship Real collaboration doesn’t stop when an event ends - it’s where it begins. Last week at the beVisioneers Global Summit 2026, Yunus Environment Hub announced a new partnership with beVisioneers - bringing together two ecosystems committed to supporting the next generation of environmental innovators. 🤝 Together, we will: • Connect young innovators to stronger global networks. • Increase visibility for impactful, climate-focused solutions. • Create new opportunities for learning, mentorship, and collaboration. This partnership builds on a shared belief: that young people already have the ideas and drive to address environmental challenges — what they need is access, support, and the right platforms to grow. The collaboration will introduce beVisioneers Fellows to the ReuseForAll platform to support them in building financially and environmentally sustainable businesses. ✍️ What is ReuseForAll? It's a free, open-source platform designed to help organizations design, launch, and scale reuse systems in practice. Because solving the climate crisis requires more than innovation alone - it requires connection across generations, sectors, and regions. This is what Generations for the Planet looks like in action. (𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙ö𝘤𝘩𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯)

🌏WOW 🌏 Since our Global Summit: Generations for the Planet wrapped up last week, we’ve been overwhelmed by the incredible messages of thanks, encouragement and congratulations. 👉 To every Fellow, expert, speaker and guest: thank you for your time, energy and commitment to building a more sustainable future together. On our final day, we heard powerful insights on Leading Responsible Innovation from: - Katrin Lehmann, Chief Information Officer, Mercedes-Benz Group AG - Roman Howe, Head of DACH and Central & Eastern Europe, Anthropic - Dr. Katharina Beumelburg, Chief Sustainability & New Technologies Officer, Heidelberg Materials 🧠We also welcomed an incredible group of experts who shared feedback, practical insights and opportunities that can help Fellows take their planet-positive projects even further. The impact of these conversations was clear: • 97.1% of Fellows said they received useful feedback from experts •74.3% of participants made 4+ valuable new connections during the Summit • 85.7% of experts said they are considering Fellows for opportunities including collaboration, funding, hiring and media features. 🫵 This is what Generations for the Planet is all about: creating lasting intergenerational collaboration that turns ideas into real-world environmental action.

🚀 That’s a wrap for day two of the Global Summit. Today we welcomed guests from our donor Mercedes-Benz. We got to hear from board members including, Mathias Geisen, Olaf Schick and Joerg Burzer, who helped spark discussions around intergenerational responsibility for our planet. Other special moments included many of our Fellows meeting their Mentors for the first time - and having four of our Fellows present their projects on stage. 👏 A big thank you to Fellows Shradha Pandey, Daniel Reyes Flores, Piyush Jha and Ashish Pahwa. Our guests provided valuable feedback to help our Fellows’ projects grow and scale. And as always, the day concluded with lots of joy and dancing. We can’t wait for tomorrow!

🎉 We’ve kicked off our 2026 Global Summit! Today we welcomed Fellows to Stuttgart where they arrived and had the opportunity to connect - many meeting for the first time from different parts of the world! We also got to hear opening remarks, Moments That Shape a Leader, with Britta Seeger and Ola Kaellenius from our Donor Mercedes-Benz. The day ended with some our Year 1 Fellows getting the to visit the Mercedes-Benz Museum, while Year 2 and 3 Fellows participated in project clinics and venture coaching. 🙌 We can’t wait for tomorrow, when we welcome more guests, experts, and people from our donor community!

🇹🇷 The Ankara Local Hub convened for their ecosystem showcase where they confidently shared their projects and the progress made this year and received thoughtful feedback from ecosystem leaders and peers. Then, they closed the year off by bonding over some zip lining over the city skyline. 🌍 This Local Hub was all about strengthening connections with people working across the ecosystem and celebrating their achievements and the completion of this program year. 🚀 Check out their progress!

🇰🇪 The Mombasa Local Hub is where ideas come to life 🌍✨ For the third and final Local Hub, Fellows are focused on creating an ecosystem showcase. It’s a space to share what they’re building, exchange ideas with experts and innovators, and build meaningful relationships beyond the Fellowship. From gaining visibility and receiving valuable feedback to strengthening connections and celebrating progress, Hub 3 is all about growth, collaboration, and impact. A powerful moment to showcase projects, reflect on the journey, and mark the completion of an incredible program year 🎉

🤝 Building a sustainable future is work that will take many hands. As generations come together, they will share the responsibility of making planet-positive solutions because progress happens when we work together. 📍 From May 6th-7th, we will gather in Stuttgart, Germany, bringing together 150 Fellows from 55 countries alongside global experts for our third annual Global Summit. Under the theme Generations for the Planet, we’ll explore how collective leadership can scale innovative climate solutions for maximum impact on a local and global level. Last year at our Global Summit, we showed how change accelerates when people act together. This year focuses on who is carrying that change forward — and how it grows across generations and regions. Stay tuned on our socials for event highlights, insights, and behind-the-scenes moments. 🤲 The future is in the right hands.

As the countdown to the Global Summit continues, we turn to moments that reflect Shared Agency in action through the experiences of Fellows and Mentors. One such story follows Denyse Mukeshimana and her Mentor, Olive Mbone Enie. Through their collaboration, Olive identified what Denyse needed to take her project to the next level and helped connect her with a partner from her network, Hope Integrated Community Programs Organization. With this support, Denyse was able to make tangible progress in her work. Olive also encouraged her to submit her proposal to international programs in Canada, including the Canadian Association for African Studies, opening pathways for funding, visibility, and further development. What began as an idea evolved into a set of relationships and opportunities. By recognising what was needed and reaching into existing networks, Denyse moved closer to the long-term goals of her project.

👏 Huge congratulations to Cohort 2 Fellow Annie Aixa Rosas Hernández for winning this year's Climate Robotics Summit Startup Competition, an event co-organized by MIT, WPI, EPFL, ETH & others. Her project, Bluekali, is a startup that cleans aquatic ecosystems using robotics technology and community engagement. Inspired by humpback whales, who use bubble nets to capture their food, she has applied biomimicry to create an effective method for trapping plastic waste. As the winner, she'll receive pro-bono expert support and tailored marketing strategies from RoboSuccess! 🚀 Congratulations Annie, we are blown away by the progress you have made with Bluekali.

As we count down to the Global Summit, we highlight moments that bring Shared Agency to life through the experiences of Fellows. One such story follows Hannington (Doer) Sserwanga (Cohort 3) and Frederik Hornung (Cohort 1), whose connection formed organically through the fellowship. What began as a simple exchange of ideas soon evolved into a meaningful collaboration. Through their conversations, Frederik’s perspective helped Hannington revisit parts of his project he had previously seen as barriers. In doing so, new ways of thinking emerged, allowing Hannington to refine and strengthen his approach.