GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY SUPPLY CHAIN STUDENT COMPETITION
A UN Sponsered Global Competition for University & College Students to develop cutting-edge sustainable Supply Chains focusing on UN SDG's (Sustainable Development Goals)
Registration
Opens May 1, 2024
SPONSORED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF FRIENDS FOR SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT
Test your Supply Chain skills against University and College Students from Asia, Africa, Western & Eastern Europe & North America, judged by Consortium of Government Officials and Industry Leaders. Use the UN's Sustainability Development Goal's to design & present solutions to real world sustainability problems.
“Our biggest challenge in this new century is to take an idea that seems abstract – sustainable development – and turn it into a reality for all the world’s people”
Kofi Annan, former United Nations Secretary-General.
80%
The typical consumer company’s supply chain accounts for more than 80% of greenhouse - gas emissions and more than 90% of the impact on the environment
- Source: McKinsey & Company
70%
70% of consumers are willing to pay more for sustainable goods.
- Source: McKinsey & Company
81%
81% of consumers say it is “very important” or “extremely important” for business to embrace programs to improve the environment.
- Source: Gartner’s 2018 Supply Chain and Circular Economy Survey
8
8 supply chains account for more than 50% of global emissions.
- Source: World Economic Forum
COMPETITION OVERVIEW & BROCHURE
In collaboration with the UN International Center for Transport Diplomacy (ICTD) & UN Group of Friends of Sustainable Transport this competition enables students and educators to work together to build a global network to share sustainable practices. Participating global companies write real world supply chain sustainability case study problems which students work to solve. Competition cases will focus on 6 specific UN SDG's (Sustainable Development Goals) while also applying ESG (Environmental, social, and governance) concepts.
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WE THANK THE 31 UNIVERSITIES WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE 2023 COMPETITION
71 REGISTERED TEAMS LAST YEAR
· University of Maryland, USA
· Iowa State University, USA
· The University of Texas at Dallas, USA
· University of Rhode Island, USA
· University of Pittsburgh, USA
· Texas Christian University, USA
· University of Wisconsin Superior, USA
· Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
· Loyola University Chicago, USA
· Governor State University, USA
· Tsinghua University, China
· Tongji University, China
· Ningbo Institute For Supply Chain Innovation (MIT SCALE), China
· University of International Business and Economics, China
· Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China
· Beijing Wuzi University, China
· Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, China
· Shandong Normal University, China
· Southwest Jiaotong University, China
· Beijing Insitute of Technology, China
· Southeast University, China
· Chongqing Finance and Economics College, China
· Harbin University of Commerce, China
· Anhui University, China
· Weifang University, China
· Xi'an Eurasia University, China
· Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada
· Graduate School of Industrial Logistics (ESLI), France
· Cranfield University, UK
· The School of Higher Commercial Studies (EHEC Algiers), Algeria
· Moscow State University, Russia
USING UN SDG'S TO HELP SOLVE REAL WORLD CASE STUDIES
Using the UN SDG's (Sustainable Development Goals) as guidelines for the case studies, student teams with the assistance of a faculty or industry professional advisor will be challenged with developing a sustainable solution to a selection of real world Supply Chain challenges faced by multinational companies.
TARGETED UN SDG'S FOR CASE STUDIES
PREPARE FOR THE COMPETITON WITH OUR ONLINE COURSES
Get ready for the competition with the free COMPETITION READINESS course. Learn about supply chain sustainability with the included FUNDAMENTALS OF GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN SUSTAINABILITY course. Gain advanced knowledge and skills with the optional CREARING SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS course.
BEST SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION - TEAM
Gold:
Team: United for Sustainability
School: Beijing Institute of Technology
Case: Schneider Electric
BEST SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION - PAIRED TEAMS
Gold:
Team: Woody
Schools: University of Rhode Island/Beijing Wuzi University
Case: Babemax
REGIONAL AWARDS
Asia-Pacific
First Place:
Team: United for Sustainability
School: Beijing Institute of Technology
Case: Schneider Electric
Americas
First Place:
Team: University of Pittsburgh
School: University of Pittsburgh
Case: AI Cargo
2024 FALL COMPETITION REGISTRATION OPENS MAY 1, 2024
COMPETITION ORGANIZERS & UN SPONSOR
