Hillary Institute
{{short description|International awards-giving institute based in Christchurch, New Zealand}}
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| key_people = Sir Edmund Hillary
Helen Clark
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| city = Aotearoa
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| address = P.O. Box 578, Christchurch, 8140, Aotearoa New Zealand
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The Hillary Institute of International Leadership is an international awards-giving institute based in Christchurch, New Zealand, inspired by the life’s work of (the late) Sir Edmund Hillary, the first conqueror (with Tenzing Norgay) of Mount Everest in 1953.
History
Founded in 2006, the Institute was launched in 2007 by Sir Edmund Hillary and patron Helen Clark{{cite web|last1=Clark|first1=Helen|title=PM welcomes establishment of Hillary Institute|url=http://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/pm-welcomes-establishment-hillary-institute|website=beehive.govt.nz|publisher=beehive.govt.nz|accessdate=20 May 2015}} (former NZ Prime Minister - now head of UNDP in New York), from Antarctica on Hillary’s last trip there before his death one year later in January 2008.[http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/new-institute-honour-hillary National Business Review New Zealand]
Choosing its first eight operating years to focus on Leadership on Climate Change,{{cite web|last1=Government|first1=New Zealand|title=PM: Hillary Institute Inaugural Dinner Speech|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0806/S00082.htm|website=Scoop|publisher=Scoop|accessdate=20 May 2015}} the Institute selects one Hillary Laureate annually in mid-career, drawn from an international search programme and governed by a board of governors across five continents. They include a number of pre-eminent leadership figures from INSEAD founder Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries (Fontainebleau) to Saatchi's global CEO Kevin Roberts (New York) to former IPCC head Rajendra K. Pachauri and US author and visionary Paul Hawken.[http://www.radionz.co.nz/collections/siredmundhillary/sir-edmund-hillary-obituary Radio New Zealand Sir Edmund Hillary: A Tribute, The Final Step]
The Hillary Institute is a charitable foundation with its founding trustees operating board based in Aotearoa, or New Zealand.[https://www.charities.govt.nz/charities-in-new-zealand/the-charities-register/search-the-register/ New Zealand Charities Register]
Laureates
The Institute has celebrated ten Hillary Laureates to date:
- Jeremy Leggett (UK – 2009)
- Peggy Liu (China -2010)
- Aimee Christensen (US – 2011)
- Pres. Anote Tong (Kiribati – 2012){{cite web|title=Anote Tong Announced as Hillary Laureate 2012|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1209/S00148/anote-tong-announced-as-hillary-laureate-2012.htm|website=Scoop|publisher=Scoop|accessdate=20 May 2015}}{{cite web|title=President of Kiribati awarded Hillary Laureate|url=http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/president-kiribati-awarded-hillary-laureate/5/135025|website=Voxy|publisher=voxy.co.nz|accessdate=20 May 2015}}
- Atossa Soltani (Amazon Watch – 2013)
- Michael Brune (US - 2014){{cite web|last1=Zimmaro|first1=Launa|title=Michael Brune Named as 2014 Hillary Institute Laureate!|url=http://sierraclubmass.org/|website=Sierra Club|publisher=Sierra Club|accessdate=20 May 2015}}
- no award (2015)
- Tim Jackson (UK – 2016)
- Johan Rockström (Sweden – 2017)
- Meagan Fallone (India - 2018)
- Christiana Figueres (2020)