ESG Award 2024
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INVITATION
Have you written an outstanding bachelor's or master's thesis that deals with a complex issue in the field of environmental, social and governance?
Then seize your chance! The ESG Award honors innovative and forward-looking work that sets new impulses for tomorrow!
The Kufstein Savings Bank, in cooperation with the University of Applied Sciences Kufstein Tirol, is once again offering the “ESG Award”. The prize is aimed at students at the Kufstein University of Applied Sciences who are writing their bachelor's and/or master's thesis in the field of (Environment, Social & Governance).
TENDER
For the ESG Award, only those bachelor's and master's theses can be submitted or considered that have been submitted for assessment in the last two calendar years (beginning with September 30, 2022) by September 30, 2024 at the latest and have been assessed as “excellent” or “good”.
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Award ceremony
The official presentation of the certificates of participation and cash prizes to the winners will take place in November 2024. The exact date will be announced separately.
Possible topics
ENVIRONMENT
- Climate protection: Initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, increase energy efficiency and promote renewable energies.
- Climate change
- Resource conservation: Sustainable usage and protection of natural resources, including water, soil and the sea.
- Biodiversity and ecosystems
- Waste and environmental management:
Effective waste prevention, recycling and reuse of materials (circular economy) - Environmentally friendly products and services: Development and marketing of products that are environmentally friendly.
SOCIAL
- Employee rights and working conditions: Promoting diversity, gender equality, inclusion, fair working conditions and health and safety in the workplace.
- Community and social inclusion: Projects and initiatives that benefit the local community or address social issues.
- Customer responsibility: Consumer protection, including data protection and the safety of products and services.
- Human rights: Commitment to respecting and promoting human rights along the entire supply chain.
GOVERNANCE
- Governance and ethics: Transparent and responsible corporate governance, anti-corruption and ethical behavior.
- Risk management: Strategies and practices for identifying, assessing and managing ESG risks.
- Stakeholder engagement: Dialogue and cooperation with all relevant stakeholders, including shareholders, employees and civil society.
- Reporting and transparency: Comprehensive and transparent reporting on ESG practices and performance.
Of course, other topics can also be submitted that demonstrably relate to environment, social and governance (this must be justified when submitting).
The jury will decide whether this condition has been met.
The jury
- Dr. Miriam Lettner
FH Kufstein Tirol
Professor of Sustainability Management - Prof. (FH) Dr. Dr. Mario Situm, MBA
FH Kufstein Tirol
Director of Studies in the bachelor's degree program in Leadership & Business Management and in the master's degree program in Corporate Transformation Management - Dir. Klaus Felderer
Sparkasse Kufstein
Board director - Alexandra Leber
Sparkasse Kufstein
Sustainability officers - Mag. (FH) Hannes Widmann, MSc.
Sparkasse Kufstein
Head of Marketing and Personnel Development
SUBMISSION
Please note that only complete applications can be included in the further review process. Please submit all documents as PDF files by E-mail:
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Deadline
until September 30, 2024 Documents:
- Copy of the bachelor's or master's thesis
- Curriculum vitae of the student applicant (please include a photo)
- Short summary of the thesis
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Contact
Bitte reichen Sie bis zum 30. September 2024 die erforderlichen Unterlagen per E-Mail an banking-award@fh-kufstein.ac.at bei Prof. (FH) DDr. Mario Situm ein.