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Thank you for your applications for the SDG Innovation Award 2024!

SDG Innovation Award 2024 in
Munich awarded

Ceremonial award ceremony for the award winners by the Director General of UNIDO,
Dr. Gerd Müller, with international participation

The Senat der Wirtschaft and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) drawing for third time in a row innovative role models and sustainable pioneers who demonstrate exemplary commitment to sustainable development. They were awarded by the UNIDO Director General Dr. Gerd Müller.

Out of Africa, America, Asia and Europe Nominees came together in Munich to appropriately recognize their shared commitment to the global sustainability goals. The growing importance of the award is also reflected in the diversity of submissions, which extend across all continents. Nominees and award winners traveled from Arizona, India, Cameroon, South Korea and Sweden. With 270 applications from 38 countries The SDG Innovation Award has set a new record. The winners were selected by an independent expert jury, which is composed of top-class experts from science, business and international organizations.

The Winner 2024 are (in alphabetical order):

Category Companies:
Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG
Ecological Balance
Maschinenring Foundation gGmbH
VAUDE Sport GmbH & Co. KG
WILO SE

Category Youth & Education:
Stiftung Allianz für Entwicklung und Klima
Volvo Group

Category Cities/Municipalities/Districts:
Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Freetown (Sierra Leone)
Lüdenscheid (Germany)
Mesa (USA)

Nomination for the SDG Innovation Award 2024

SDG Innovation nominees
Award 2024

The German Senate of Economy and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) announce the 22 nominees for the SDG Innovation Award 2024. The nominees for the SDG Innovation Award were selected by an independent expert jury chaired by Ashok Sridharan, former Mayor of the City of Bonn and former President of the international city network ICLEI.

Out of 38 countries Applications were submitted for the SDG Innovation Award 2024. In the three categories “Companies”, “Youth & Education” and “Cities, Municipalities and Districts”, a total of 22 applications nominated for the SDG Innovation Award 2024. The winners will be announced at the award ceremony on December 7, 2024 in Munich.

The nominees are (in alphabetical order):

Category Companies:
Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG
Aseel Technology Corporation
Brands Fashion GmbH
Ecological Balance
Elucid GmbH
Maschinenring Foundation gGmbH
Mosca GmbH
PT Mukti Mandiri Lestari
VAUDE Sport GmbH & Co. KG
WILO SE

Category Youth & Education:
Akshar Foundation
Schule im Aufbruch gGmbH
SkillUp eV
Stiftung Allianz für Entwicklung und Klima
Volvo Group

Category Cities/Municipalities/Districts:
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Incheon, South Korea
Kiel, Germany
Lüdenscheid, Germany
Mesa, USA
Samsø, Denmark

WHAT ARE THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGs)?

The SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) intend to help ensure that ten billion people can live together peacefully, without hunger, in security and prosperity in the future. This includes the provision of climate and environmental protection, the fight against poverty and hunger in the world, and the promotion of health, justice, and education.

RAISING AWARENESS,
VISIBILITY AND SIGNIFICANCE,
FOR THE SDGs AND EVERYONE
WHO's VESTED IN
IMPLEMENTING THEM.

WHY IS THE SDG INNOVATION AWARD AWARDED?

The SDG Innovation Award honors pioneers who exemplary part contribute to the achievement of the SDGs and makes their exemplary, effective projects and activities known to a wider audience. In addition to the recognition of the award winners, the Anchoring the goals of the SDGs throughout society in the foreground. Innovative pioneers and committed pioneersthat make an exemplary contribution to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be honored with the SDG Innovation Award.

The focus is increasingly on projects and initiatives directed at a international impact and charisma develop and a relevant and innovative contribution to a sustainable development. The focus here is on the implementation sustainable supply chains as well as on the promoting clean energy and the technology transfer. We are looking for actors who understand the Agenda 2030 holistically. The aim here is to promote several sustainability goals simultaneously, such as environmental and climate protection.

The Senate of Economy Germany and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) are collaborating with the SDG Innovation Award to achieve the visibility and popularity of the global Sustainable Development Goals.

Companies, educational institutions, organizations, initiatives, institutions, projects, cities, districts, and municipalities can be awarded.

IN WHICH CATEGORIES CAN AN APPLICATION BE SUBMITTED?

The SDG Innovation Award 2024 is presented in the following Categories :

Review: Presentation of the SDG Award and UNIDO Innovation Award 2023

How much progress has been made on the goals set in 2015? We are halfway to 2030, and there is a pressing need to enhance security and ensure basic needs, climate, and environmental protection equally. Through the SDG Innovation Award initiative, we seek to spotlight innovative ideas and practical solutions as incentives for effectively addressing and implementing these challenges together.

The SDG Innovation Award is free of: