SDG Award

Review: SDG Award and UNIDO Innovation Award 2023 ceremony

WHAT IS THE UNIDO INNOVATION AWARD?

The  UNIDO Innovation Award will be presented for the first time. The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), represented by its Director General Dr. Gerd Müller, will honor applicants with the UNIDO Innovation Award. The UNIDO Innovation Award is aimed at companies and cities in Germany and abroad which are internationally active. Applicants who demonstrate a significant contribution to sustainable industrial development and generate a global impact and international synergies will be honored with the UNIDO Innovation Award.

The UNIDO Innovation Award is awarded in two categories:

At the midpoint of Agenda 2030, the achievement of the SDGs is at risk due to a slowdown in progress caused by the climate crisis, economic fluctuations, ongoing conflicts and the repercussions and effects of the pandemic. There has never been a greater need for action to improve the satisfaction of elementary basic needs as well as climate and environmental protection on an equal level. With the initiative of the German SDG Award and the UNIDO Innovation Award, we will highlight ideas and solution-oriented impulses and projects in order to tackle and successfully implement common challenges together.

The German SDG Award and the UNIDO Innovation Award are free from: