A team of five SAIS students finished in first place out of more than 100 teams competing in the Sustainable Innovation Summit Challenge hosted by Thunderbird School of Global Management in Glendale, Arizona, November 8-10.
SAIS was the only non-MBA school participant in the group of 10 teams vying in the final round of this international competition, which aimed to reflect a commitment to economically, environmentally and socially sound business practices. Graduate students from 51 universities in 13 countries participated in the Thunderbird challenge.
Tania Askins, Chris Meyer, Michael Ralles, Sarah Rotman and Genevieve Taft comprised the first-place SAIS team, taking home a $20,000 prize. A second SAIS team placed fourth overall.
Students in the final round of the competition had to develop innovative and sustainable business concept plans that addressed real-life challenges faced by global corporations Johnson & Johnson and Arizona Public Service Company.
“This year’s Thunderbird Sustainable Innovation Summit produced truly innovative thinking by the finalist teams,” said Greg Unruh, director of Thunderbird’s Lincoln Center for Ethics in Global Management. “They were able to demonstrate the real business value produced by new approaches to businesses that integrate economics, ecology and societal concerns.”
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