Hong Kong, China – Poman Lo, the Hong Kong-based international entrepreneur and creator of the children’s property Bodhi and Friends, has been awarded the 2015 Oslo Business for Peace Award by the Business for Peace Foundation. Lo is the first woman from Greater China to be honoured with this award.
Lo, who is also Group Managing Director of Regal Hotels International, is founder of Century Innovative Technology Limited, the media company developing interactive games, digital, mobile and television content for children. CIT’s flagship property, Bodhi and Friends, is designed to entertain young children while fostering academic and social development.
The Bodhi and Friends television series, which airs daily in China, reaches 1.5 million viewers every week. Since its premiere, Bodhi and Friends has aired on over 120 major channels and portals in China, with an estimated 350 million viewers. Following the success of the TV show, Lo launched Bodhiworld.com. Combining education, entertainment, and technology, the website integrates educational games, intelligence assessment, and multimedia content. Her goal is to provide equal access to quality education so that children are empowered through knowledge.
The Oslo Business for Peace Award is given annually to exceptional global business leaders who exemplify the Foundation’s concept of being business worthy by ethically creating economic value that also creates value for society. Honorees are selected by an independent committee of Nobel Prize winners in Peace and in Economics after a global nomination process through its partners International Chamber of Commerce, UN Global Compact and UNDP. Past winners have included top business leaders, such as Sir Richard Branson, General Electric’s Jeffrey Immelt and Ratan Tata of Tata India.
In addition to Poman Lo, the other 2015 Business for Peace Honorees include Juan Andrés Cano, Colombia, CEO of Semilla, an ethics consultancy, and Value4Chain, a technological platform; Merrill Joseph Fernando, Sri Lanka, the founder of Dilmah, Sri Lanka’s leading tea brand; Zahi Khouri, Palestine, founder of the Palestinian National Beverage Company; and Paul Polman, United Kingdom, CEO of Unilever.