PET Hero 2025 Terms & Conditions

PET HERO 2025 TERMS & CONDITIONS

Name of the promotional campaign: PET HEROES 2025

1. OVERVIEW

PET HEROES PURPOSE

Recognize individuals who are developing or have developed initiatives that contribute to the just transition of plastic circularity, proving social benefits of plastic circular initiatives.

Highlight underrepresented figures we aim to raise awareness of.
Show the world how these individuals’ efforts are driving both environmental and social change.
The prize must have a meaningful impact on the progress and growth of the project.

2. PET HEROES 2025 PRIZE

€10,000 (ten thousand euros) will be awarded to the PET Hero campaign winner. The prize is intended to provide substantial financial support to help advance and expand the project, enabling the winner to take it to the next level of development.

3. THE ORGANIZING COMPANY OF THE PROMOTION

The company, CONTROL PET SERVIÇOS LDA., a company duly organized and existing under the laws of Portugal, registered with corporate number 510425771, with its principal place of business located in the city of Santo Tirso in the state of Porto at Avenida Sousa Cruz, 14, zip code 4780-365, organizes the contest for promotional purposes through its website www.adapetation.com and LinkedIn profile https://www.linkedin.com/company/adapetation/ , called PET Heroes (hereinafter, “the contest”), to be developed through the Internet, exclusively for users of legal age (18 years or older) in accordance with the provisions of the conditions for participation section.

4. TIMELINE AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE CAMPAIGN

i. The call for proposals for PET Hero 2025 Award candidates will be open from February 10th t to MARCH 31st, 2025.

ii. To be considered a nominee, candidates must accept the terms and conditions of the contest and fill in the Project Concept Note (annexed to these Terms and conditions), by March 31st, 2025.

iii. The shortlist of nominees will be defined by April 30th.

iv. The adaPETation® committee will review all nominees’ Project concept notes by April 30th and provide the 3 PET HEROES 2025 finalists – who will be communicated in adaPETation® channels (website, LinkedIn, Instagram). The committee consists of 5 jurists, who will evaluate the quality of the proposals from a technical perspective.

v. The three finalists will be contacted during the first week of May to schedule an online interview, during which they will have the opportunity to further explain and promote their candidacy. This will allow adaPETation® to publish and communicate their profiles.

vi. A social media campaign on LinkedIn will run for two full weeks, starting once all three finalists have been interviewed and provided with a social media kit to promote their nomination during the designated period.

vii. The PET Heroes 2025 winner will be selected from the three finalists based on the results of the voting poll and the social media engagement generated during the two-week campaign on adaPETation’s website and LinkedIn. For the avoidance of doubt, anyone can access the voting poll through an online typeform to be divulged on PET HERO’s official LinkedIn page.

viii. Voting will close on May 31st, 2025, at 11:59 PM, unless an alternative date is proposed based on prior timelines. If a new date is set, it will be announced on the adaPETation® website and LinkedIn, of which the candidate will be duly informed.

ix. The winner will be contacted, and an agreement finalized the following week of the votation closing date.

x. The winner will be officially announced on adaPETation®’s communication channels when the winner has been informed and accepts the prize.

5. REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATION AND MECHANICS OF THE PROMOTION

The prerequisites for participation will be the following:

Individuals over 18 years of age, who are supported or backed by an organization/entity. (adaPETation® is not giving the funding/prize to an individual person, even if the visible face of the award is – the money will be directed to the organisation to with which this person develops its initiative.)

For the purpose of the above, being “backed by an organisation/entity” means that the candidate is a part of said structure of the entity and also that someone rather than the candidate him/herself presents a declaration confirming that very support from the organisation or entity the candidate is a part of.

For the avoidance of doubt, this statement must be presented with the Project Concept Note.

Being an individual who have created or are developing regenerative solutions for plastic circularity

The above initiative must involve a social impact drive.

Winner Selection and Entry Criteria

Anyone who meets the aforementioned prerequisites is eligible to submit their application. A candidate will be considered a nominee only if they meet all the criteria outlined in the chapter above (Requirements for participation and mechanics of the promotion) and subscribes the T&C and the Project Concept Note in a timely manner.

The candidacy is submitted by completing the Project Concept note, in which the candidate will provide all necessary information related to the project. Once all project concept notes have been reviewed and assessed by the jury, the jury will propose the three nominees of the contest, who will compete for the prize. The winner will be decided amongst the three nominees based on the voting poll and the social media engagement.

Each nominee will be evaluated according to the following criteria in order for the adaPETation® Committee to designate the three finalists:

50% CAREER PATH – Demonstrated commitment to creating a positive social and environmental impact, and the candidate’s track record in the field of circular economy including: personal values and goals, leadership and the ability to influence, experience in the field, social & environmental impact achieved to date. (This will be provided in the Project Concept note filled in by the nominee at the beginning of the contest).

50% AWARD PURPOSE – The quality, relevance, and viability of the project/initiative to which the €10,000 prize will be allocated, including: innovation, concordance between the problem it seeks to address, the objectives set, the result indicators and the activities to be developed as well as the evaluation plan and the project capacity to scale or replicate.

(This will be provided in the Project Concept note filled in by the nominee at the beginning of the contest)

PET Hero will be elected amongst the three finalists based on:

Social media engagement – according to the social media awareness that the finalist generates (number of likes and comments will be used to evaluate engagement during the Social Media campaign). Also, it will be measured through voting results of a LinkedIn poll.

Voting results – from voting poll in adaPETation® website and LinkedIn profile.

For the avoidance of doubt, the social media engagement will be measured based on LinkedIn analytics tools (their analytics), which objectively evaluates the engagement rate, and engagement clicks of a certain post).

The candidate with the most engagement and votes will be the winner,

For the purpose of determining a winner, social media engagement will count for 50% of the score and voting results will count for the other 50%.

6. CONDITIONS OF THE COMPETITION, DISSEMINATION AND PRIZE

Three finalists will be selected by the adaPETation team. The winner will be determined based on the analysis of social media engagement and the voting process, as outlined above. If the selected winner cannot be contacted or fails to meet any of the terms outlined in the rules, the second finalist with the highest engagement and number of votes will be chosen as the winner. If the alternate winner is also unavailable or disqualified for similar reasons, the third finalist will be awarded the title. The selection of winners and alternates will be decided by the adaPETation® team on June 6th, 2025, and will be communicated via LinkedIn on June 16th, 2025.

The winner will have a period of 2 calendar days, from notification of their status as winner, to contact or respond to CONTROL PET SERVIÇOS LDA. expressing their acceptance of the prize obtained, at which time they will be informed of the procedure to formalize the delivery of the prize. The acceptance of the prize involves signing the winner statement and providing it to CONTROL PET. Once the acceptance period has elapsed without the winner having communicated with CONTROL PET SERVIÇOS LDA, it will be understood that he or she has renounced the prize without there being any compensation for said waiver.

If the winner or, as the case may be, the substitutes cannot be located/contacted, the prize will be attributed to the next best contestant and so on and so forth, based on objective quality criteria assessed by the juri mentioned above.

The prize is non-transferable, meaning it cannot be passed on to someone else. The prize consists of €10,000, which must be used solely to fund the regenerative project described in the application (Project concept note). The money should be spent within 12 months from the date the prize is awarded and the destiny of the funds must be proved to CONTROL PET through bank statements.

Shall the circumstances change in any way and it becomes impossible or difficult to deliver the award, for any reason, CONTROL PET SERVIÇOS, LDA. reserves the right to replace the award for any other similar award, whether in money or any other form, or even to cancel the campaign or revoke the award.

Similarly, CONTROL PET SERVIÇOS, LDA. reserves the right to cancel this campaign at any time, provided prior written notice is provided to candidates.

7. LIMITATIONS

If it becomes evident that any of the candidates do not meet the requirements of the Terms & Conditions, or the data provided to participate is not valid, their participation will be considered null and they will be automatically excluded from the contest, losing all rights to the prize awarded under this contest.

This promotion intends that the participation of the different users be done with equal opportunities and with strict respect for the rules of good faith. For this reason, CONTROL PET SERVIÇOS LDA. reserves the right to automatically and immediately exclude from it any participant who transgresses the rules of good faith, observes mendacious or inappropriate conduct, uses fraudulent means or fails to comply with these rules in any of its extremes. In the event that the irregularities are detected after the actual delivery of any of the prizes, CONTROL PET SERVIÇOS LDA reserves the right to exercise the pertinent legal actions against its author or person in charge, among others, those aimed at the return of the prizes.

The following people may not participate in the Promotion:

Employed workers employed in any of the companies and other entities with legal personality linked to CONTROL PET SERVIÇOS LDA .
The natural persons who participate directly or indirectly in the capital of CONTROL PET SERVIÇOS LDA.
Any other natural person who has participated directly or indirectly in the organization of this Contest or has been directly or indirectly involved in its preparation or development (agency, suppliers, etc.).

The prize awarded will not be transferable or susceptible to changes, alterations or compensation at the request of the Participants, and cannot be exchanged for any other product or for money.

CONTROL PET SERVIÇOS LDA reserves the right, if there is just cause and prior legal communication, to make any changes, suspend or extend this contest.

Any fiscal or tax burden that the acceptance of the prize could entail, as well as any other expense derived from the promotion that is not expressly assumed by CONTROL PET SERVIÇOS LDA, will be borne by the winner.

A period of FIFTEEN (15) calendar days is established from the date of awarding the prize, to make any reasoned claim.

8. PUBLICATION OF COMMENTS OR OPINIONS

Comments or opinions whose content is considered inappropriate, that are offensive, insulting or discriminatory or that could violate the rights of third parties will not be allowed. Nor will comments against an individual that violate the principles of the right to honour, personal and family privacy and one’s own image be allowed. CONTROL PET SERVIÇOS LDA is not responsible for the damages caused by the comments made by the participants in the contest, and that at any time could offend the sensitivity of other participants.

9. EXONERATION OF LIABILITY

By way of example, but not limitation, CONTROL PET SERVIÇOS LDA is not responsible for possible losses, thefts, delays or any other circumstance attributable to third parties that may affect the development of this contest, nor is it responsible for the use made by the participant regarding the prize obtained from this contest, and does not assume any responsibility for any damage or harm of any kind that the Participants, winner or third parties may suffer, unless it is due to CONTROL PET SERVIÇOS LDA.’s gross negligence or intent.

CONTROL PET SERVIÇOS LDA does not assume responsibility in cases of force majeure or fortuitous event that could prevent the completion of the contest or the total or partial enjoyment of the prize. In the event that this contest cannot be held, either due to fraud detected in it, technical errors, or any other reason that is not under the control of CONTROL PET SERVIÇOS LDA and that affects the normal development of the Contest, we reserve the right to cancel, modify, or suspend it.

Any damages caused to life and physical or mental health are excluded of this exoneration of liability, as well as any extracontractual damages.

10. LINKEDIN

The promotion is not sponsored, endorsed, administered, or associated in any way with LinkedIn, so the Participants release LinkedIn from any responsibility for any damages arising from it.

11. PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION AND USE OF IMAGE RIGHTS

The company responsible for processing your data is CONTROL PET SERVIÇOS LDA, registered with corporate number 510425771, with its principal place of business located in the city of Santo Tirso in the state of Porto at Avenida Sousa Cruz, 14, zip code 4780-365. CONTROL PET SERVIÇOS LDA . is the controller for the processing of your personal data for the purpose of this campaign.

In accordance with the provisions of the applicable regulations on data protection, and specifically in Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of April 27, 2016, regarding the protection of natural persons in Regarding the processing of personal data and the free circulation of these data, as well as Law n. 58/2019, of 8 August (“Personal Data Protection Law”), each Participant, with the acceptance of these T&C, is informed of the terms of processing of its personal data in line with this chapter.

We inform you that your personal contact data will be processed for the following purposes:

The controller will process the personal data collected in an automated way in order to manage the development of the draw, the communication and delivery of the prize. The legal basis for this processing is the controller is the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party to.
The controller will also process your personal data to comply with any legal obligations that arise. The legal basis for this processing is the need to comply with legal obligations.
The controller will also process your personal data for the purpose of divulging your image as a participant and as a winner, in case thereof. The legal basis for this processing is the controller’s legitimate interest in divulging the participants and winners of the contest.

CONTROL PET SERVIÇOS LDA reserves the right to exclude from this promotion any Participant who has provided false information. It is recommended to exercise the utmost diligence in terms of Data Protection using security tools, and CONTROL PET SERVIÇOS LDA cannot be held responsible. of theft, modification, or loss of illicit data.

The Participants have the right to (i) access their personal data, as well as (ii) request the rectification of inaccurate data (iii) request its deletion, (iv) request the limitation of the processing of their data, (iv) oppose the processing of your data and (v) request its portability. The Participants can exercise all these rights at the following email address: [email protected] indicating the reason for their request.

Without prejudice to any other administrative resource or legal action, the Participant will have the right to file a claim with the Portuguese Data Protection Supervisory Authority (www.cnpd.pt – Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados) if they consider that the processing of their personal data is not appropriate to the regulations, as well as in the case of not seeing the exercise of their rights satisfied.

Data conservation criteria: they will be kept until the purpose with which they were gathered ceases. After that period, the data will be deleted. The data that are relevant for tax purposes can be kept for a period of 10 years.

Recipients of the data: The data will not be communicated to third parties, except to comply with a legal obligation or if strictly needed for any of the purposes mentioned in this notice. Any service provider that is a recipient of personal data shall be bound within the terms of the GDPR.

Contact information to exercise your rights:

IMG GROUP, Calle Almagro 36, 4 left, 28010 Madrid; [email protected]

By entering into this campaign, the participant declares to have been informed of the personal data protection information present in this chapter.

IMAGE RIGHTS:

With regard to participants’ image rights, participants consent to the assignment of their image rights under the terms set out below.

In accordance with the Portuguese Civil Code and the rights provided for therein, including the right to honor, personal and family privacy and one’s own image, participants and winners authorize CONTROL PET SERVIÇOS, LDA. to use their image derived from their participation in the contest through any means of reproduction, both electronic (Internet, cd and the like) as well as conventional (paper, photographs and the like), in any medium or technical or technological system currently in existence or in the research and development phase (including, by way of example but not limited to, exploitation on the Internet; television exploitation in any form; exploitation via mobile telephony; cinematographic or non-cinematographic public projection or exhibition or through any other means that is in the interest of CONTROL PET SERVIÇOS, LDA., for the maximum time legally permitted and for all territories of the world so that it may be used for advertising, commercial or similar purposes legitimately linked to the public projection of CONTROL PET SERVIÇOS, LDA., as well as the exhibition of the same in public acts or in places open to the public. In view of the above, participation in the contest and, where applicable, acceptance of the prize by the winners, implies express authorization by the participants to use the rights indicated.

Without prejudice to the above, by way of example and without limitation, the following are some performances that will be carried out by CONTROL PET SERVIÇOS, LDA:

– Participants consent to the use, publication and reproduction throughout the world and without limitation, of their image and name in any type of advertising, Campaign, publication, including the Internet, or any other medium of any nature whatsoever, for commercial or informational purposes of CONTROL PET SERVIÇOS, LDA. Among the aforementioned uses, CONTROL PET SERVIÇOS, LDA. may, for advertising or promotional purposes, use and retransmit the images and names of the participants via the Internet, television or any other means that CONTROL PET SERVIÇOS, LDA. may deem appropriate.

– CONTROL PET SERVIÇOS, LDA. may publish the image and name of the people who have won the contest through the means of communication that it considers. For these purposes, by accepting the prize, the winners automatically authorize CONTROL PET SERVIÇOS, LDA. to publish their name, surname and image in order to make the other participants and the general public aware of the winners.

12. CHANGES

CONTROL PET SERVIÇOS LDA reserves the right to modify or expand these promotional bases, to the extent that it does not harm or undermine the rights of the participants in the Promotion.

13. APPLICABLE LEGISLATION AND JURISDICTION

These T&C will be governed in accordance with Portuguese law.

14. FISCAL ISSUES

Where appropriate, the regulations on Personal Income Tax, Non-Resident Income and other legal texts on tax matters will apply to the prizes of this promotion. In this sense, obtaining a prize of this type could constitute a capital gain for the winner for personal income tax purposes, as it gives rise to a variation in the value of his or her assets as manifested by an alteration in its composition. The winner of the prize will be subject to compliance with all tax obligations established by current applicable legislation, where appropriate, being their exclusive responsibility to pay them.

15. ACCEPTANCE OF THE RULES

The mere fact of participating in the contest implies that the participant fully accepts the conditions of these T&C. Likewise, participation in a contest of this nature implies acceptance of the rules where it is held.