ESADE, together with BDO, an auditing and professional services firm, awarded the ESADE-BDO Prize for Business Creation at Ramon Llull University. This prize is awarded to the top business plans developed by those final-year MBA students enrolled in the Entrepreneurship course.

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Offset Options was awarded the 16th edition of this prize. This company promotes the reduction of carbon emissions by helping companies invest in carbon credits. If the possibility to reduce emissions in one area is limited by economic or technological restrictions, Offset Options provides a means to invest those carbon credits and reduce emissions elsewhere. The award was given to the MBA team of Olaf Petzschmann, Luke Miller, Steve Green, Irina Kostina and Tilde Frostholm.

Three finalists were also considered for this award: Inaaya Power by Manish Tiwari, Vikal Kapoor and Rishabh Dalal, awarded 2nd Prize; Training Leisure Centre (TLC) by Marta González, Mara Ribas, Angelika Pipal and David Figueras; and eFactur@Solutions by Ainoa Barajas and Àngel Pallarés.

About BDO

BDO International is a worldwide network of auditing and consulting firms. Each member firm is a legally independent entity in its country. Today, BDO has 1,095 offices in 110 countries and employs over 44,000 professionals. Its 2008 total revenue reached 5.145 billion dollars.

In Spain, BDO provides auditing services, legal and tax advice, specialised consultancy, outsourcing and corporate finance services. Its 2008 turnover exceeded 85 million euros and currently 42 partners and over 1,000 professionals work in its 10 offices and 6 partner firms across the country.