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SDG Innovation Award 2025 ceremony with large international participation

For the fourth consecutive year, the Senate of the Economy and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) honored innovative pioneers. The award was presented to companies, initiatives, and cities and municipalities that are concretely implementing the global sustainability goals.

This year's award recognized initiatives from China, Sri Lanka, South Korea, India, Togo, Kenya, Indonesia, Portugal, Belgium, Switzerland and Germany nominated. The applications from 35 countries The results from five continents clearly demonstrate the global commitment to the SDGs, the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, Agenda 2030.

The participation of Dr. Silke Launert, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space, as a representative of the Federal Government, underscored the importance of the Sustainable Development Goals during the award ceremony. Dr. Gerd Müller, Director-General of UNIDO, personally presented the awards to the winners for their outstanding commitment.

We warmly congratulate all the winners and nominees.

The ten award winners in alphabetical order:

Companies

Brands Fashion
Help-O (Sri Lanka)
Ralf Bohle GmbH, Schwalbe
Suntec Togo (Togo)
Synhelion AG (Switzerland)
Volkswagen Group

Youth & Education

Capgemini
Dreyer Foundation

Cities, municipalities & districts

Cascais, Portugal
Zichuan District, Shandong China

Nominees: Lean Energy Solutions Limited, Polindo Utama, Sea Water, Victus Dyeings, City of Ghent, Incheon City, Seocho-gu (Seoul District Office), iCONDU GmbH, SkillUp eV, Stiftung Bildung

Nominees for the SDG Innovation Award 2025

The German Senate of Economy and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) announce the nominees for the 2025 SDG Innovation Award. The nominees were selected by an independent panel of experts chaired by Dr. Martin Frick, Director of the Global Office of the World Food Programme. Submissions from 35 countries across five continents clearly demonstrate the strong global commitment to the SDGs.

In the three categories of "Companies," "Youth & Education," and "Cities, Municipalities, and Districts," a total of 20 applications were nominated for the 2024 SDG Innovation Award. The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on December 6, 2025, in Munich. We thank all of this year's applicants for their valuable commitment and submissions.

The nominees are (in alphabetical order):

Companies

Brands Fashion
Help-O (Sri Lanka)
Lean Energy Solutions Limited (Kenya)
Polindo Utama (Indonesia)
Ralf Bohle GmbH, Schwalbe
Sea Water (Netherlands)
Suntec Togo (Togo)
Synhelion AG (Switzerland)
Victus Dyeings (India)
Volkswagen Group

Youth & Education

Capgemini
Dreyer Foundation
iCONDU GmbH
SkillUp eV
Foundation for Education

Cities, municipalities & districts

Cascais, Portugal
City of Ghent, Belgium
Incheon, South Korea
Seocho-gu, District Office Seoul, South Korea
Zichuan District, Shandong China

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 given?

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 is presented in the following Categories :

The following criteria are used for the evaluation

Contribution to the SDGs
Objective
Goal achievement
Progress
Motivation to participate
Transferability
Multiplicity
Cooperation or partnership
Area of action
Effect & Effectiveness
Measurability

2024 Award Winner Category Cities

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Review: SDG Innovation Award 2024 presented in Munich

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: