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Contribute to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals
Challenge Today,
Improve tomorrow
Join the SDG-Challenge and dive into an exciting ecosystem where talented young minds come together to drive change within our network of dynamic partners. Together, we’re sculpting a brighter, more sustainable future! Let’s make a difference – come be a part of our movement!
Registrations are now open!
The SDG-Challenge is a competition that unites diverse student teams from various educational levels for impact. Students creatively address real-world business cases from our partner network linked to the SDGs. Our mission is to empower organisations in reaching their sustainability ambitions and to nurture students as future “changemakers” for a more sustainable world.
Are you a curious, proactive student passionate about sustainable development? Ready to expand your future job prospects? Join us in this game-changing challenge for a high-reward, low investment opportunity and become an SDG Student Consultant.
Want to embrace new perspectives, facilitate positive change and prepare for your future workforce? Students are specifically selected based on expertise, interest, and motivation for each partner and their respective challenges. Guided by the SDG-Challenge, they become true SDG Student Consultants. Join us and become a prominent advocate for sustainable development!
Contribute to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals
Develop concrete solutions for real-life challenges set out by companies
Combine academic knowledge with fresh ideas by putting them into practice
Expose your sustainability ambitions
Meet your future employer or employees
How can DELA optimize its goods transportation by developing a sustainable, cost-effective, and future-proof strategy that leverages central, decentralized, or existing logistical hubs to minimize the ecological footprint, reduce logistical costs, and ensure flexibility in the transportation infrastructure?
Dutch speaking students in the fields of logistics, environmental science, industrial engineering, data science, among others
Develop a sustainable business strategy to transform Afriflora’s plastic waste into practical and valuable products for the benefit of the company, its employees, the local community and the environment. This initiative aims to reduce plastic waste, enhance sustainability, and provide tangible benefits to all stakeholders.
Students in Business Economics, Mechanical Engineering, Process Technology, Environmental studies. Agriculture, or Sustainability.
Currently, building installations contribute significantly to the negative environmental impact of material usage in buildings. Due to challenges in procurement, legislation, and design, it is difficult to reduce this environmental impact and accurately assess it. What innovative solution can be implemented to overcome or alleviate one of these obstacles?
Students in Business Economics, Environmental Sciences, Urban Planning & Development, Sociology, Law, Sustainability, Engineering, and Industrial Design
As a tree nursey, to what extent is Tree Nursery Ebben contributing to the SDGs? And how can Ebben best communicate its sustainability efforts internally and nudge their employees to communicate this externally?
(International) Communication, Environmental Sciences, Social studies, Business studies, Marketing, HAS, Van Hall Larenstein
How can Bayer's R&D department repurpose hybrid crops that are no longer usable after the screening process, rather than destroying them?
No specifics - just thrilled to work with a multidisciplinary team of positive thinkers!
The SDG-Challenge connects students with organisations to solve real-world sustainability issues aligned with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It offers students hands-on experience by working on business cases, helping companies implement sustainable strategies. Through collaboration, the initiative aims to create future changemakers while empowering businesses to enhance their sustainability efforts.
All students who wish to make an impact on the SDGs!
As a student, you have the opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) while gaining valuable work experience with a prominent organisation. You will also connect with like-minded students from all over the Netherlands and give your career a significant boost as a future changemaker.
The SDGs provide a strategic framework for enhancing corporate responsibility strategies, enabling organisations to future-proof their businesses and meet the growing demand for sustainable products and services. The challenge empowers its partners to drive positive change by engaging the fresh minds of young talents in addressing pressing challenges.
For educational institutions, we offer an extracurricular program tailored to your ambitious students, focusing on sustainable development. Every curious and impact-driven student from any educational institution can apply, regardless of their sustainability knowledge!
Sandra Pellegrom
National SDG Coordinator for the Netherlands (2019-2024),
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Wendelien
Project Lead
Marly
Project Coördinator
Jasmijn
Project Coördinator
Adriaan
Partnerships Lead
Joris
Partnerships & SDG Advocate
Frieke
Junior Partnerships Manager