Advantech's Participation in the
SDG Challenge
for a Sustainable Future
Advantech and the SDG Challenge
The SDG Challenge unites students and organizations to address the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, focusing on climate change and global inequality. Open to students across Dutch universities, teams are formed from top applicants to tackle SDGs collaboratively.
Advantech enthusiastically joined this initiative as part of our commitment to sustainability. We aim to enhance our environmental, social, and governance practices, bridging the gap with DJSI requirements by 2026. Our goal is to contribute to a more intelligent and sustainable future, aligning with the global pursuit of positive impact change.
Advantech and the SDG Challenge
The SDG Challenge unites students and organizations to address the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, focusing on climate change and global inequality. Open to students across Dutch universities, teams are formed from top applicants to tackle SDGs collaboratively.
Advantech enthusiastically joined this initiative as part of our commitment to sustainability. We aim to enhance our environmental, social, and governance practices, bridging the gap with DJSI requirements by 2026. Our goal is to contribute to a more intelligent and sustainable future, aligning with the global pursuit of positive impact change.
Solutions Outcomes and Timeframe
List of Services
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Short-Term Goals (End of 2024)Item Link List Item 1
- Employee Engagement
- Insect Hotel and Garden
- Wasted Separation System
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Medium-Term Goals (End of 2025)Item Link List Item 2
- Events and Workshops
- Sunstaibality Training
- Beehive
- Sustainable Transport
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Long-Term Goals (End of 2026)Item Link List Item 3
- Packaging Optimization
- Thinktank
- Facilitation Repair Cafe
- Improvement of Hardware Repairs
Advantech and the SDG Challenge
The SDG Challenge unites students and organizations to address the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, focusing on climate change and global inequality. Open to students across Dutch universities, teams are formed from top applicants to tackle SDGs collaboratively.
Advantech enthusiastically joined this initiative as part of our commitment to sustainability. We aim to enhance our environmental, social, and governance practices, bridging the gap with DJSI requirements by 2026. Our goal is to contribute to a more intelligent and sustainable future, aligning with the global pursuit of positive impact change.
Solutions Outcomes and Timeframe
List of Services
-
Short-Term Goals (End of 2024)Item Link List Item 1
- Employee Engagement
- Insect Hotel and Garden
- Wasted Separation System
-
Medium-Term Goals (End of 2025)Item Link List Item 2
- Events and Workshops
- Sunstaibality Training
- Beehive
- Sustainable Transport
-
Long-Term Goals (End of 2026)Item Link List Item 3
- Packaging Optimization
- Thinktank
- Facilitation Repair Cafe
- Improvement of Hardware Repairs
SOLUTION: Employee Engagement, Insect Hotel & Garden, and Waste Separation System
How does this solution solve the problem?
Waste Separation: Addresses environmental concerns and fosters employee engagement.
Data for ESG Rating: Reporting provides insights into the building's biodiversity, contributing to ESG ratings.
Biodiversity Conservation Effort: Enriches local ecology, aligning with biodiversity conservation goals.
SOLUTION: Employee Engagement, Insect Hotel & Garden, and Waste Separation System
How does this solution solve the problem?
Waste Separation: Addresses environmental concerns and fosters employee engagement.
Data for ESG Rating: Reporting provides insights into the building's biodiversity, contributing to ESG ratings.
Biodiversity Conservation Effort: Enriches local ecology, aligning with biodiversity conservation goals.
SOLUTION: Workshops and Events, Sustainability Training, and Beehive
How does this solution solve the problem?
Sustainability Culture: Transforms sustainability into an ingrained organizational culture, making employees "agents of change."
Favorable ESG Rating: Training and sustainability events measure ESG effectiveness for rating agencies and reporting frameworks.
Community Engagement for Regional Sustainability: Involving local Brainport Eindhoven companies, the broader community, and industry experts.
Who needs to be involved?
Target Group: (Potential) employees, suppliers, students, citizens.
Various Stakeholders: Target groups, municipalities, ESG investors, universities, firms within Brainport Eindhoven, industry experts, externals (trainers, moderators).
SOLUTION: Workshops and Events, Sustainability Training, and Beehive
How does this solution solve the problem?
Sustainability Culture: Transforms sustainability into an ingrained organizational culture, making employees "agents of change."
Favorable ESG Rating: Training and sustainability events measure ESG effectiveness for rating agencies and reporting frameworks.
Community Engagement for Regional Sustainability: Involving local Brainport Eindhoven companies, the broader community, and industry experts.
Who needs to be involved?
Target Group: (Potential) employees, suppliers, students, citizens.
Various Stakeholders: Target groups, municipalities, ESG investors, universities, firms within Brainport Eindhoven, industry experts, externals (trainers, moderators).
SOLUTION: Packaging Optimization, Thinktank, Facilitation Repair Cafe and Improvement of Hardware
How does this solution solve the problem?
-Think tanks and increase collaborations in the science park.
-Support repair cafés to increase awareness of e-waste and consumerism.
-More circularity of the hardware with the reuse, repair, recovery principles.
-Rethinking packaging solutions focusing on sustainability.
Who needs to be involved?
Science park companies & Designers and process engineers i.e. Nefab
Repair café association Eindhoven
Internal employees of Advantech
SOLUTION: Packaging Optimization, Thinktank, Facilitation Repair Cafe and Improvement of Hardware
How does this solution solve the problem?
-Think tanks and increase collaborations in the science park.
-Support repair cafés to increase awareness of e-waste and consumerism.
-More circularity of the hardware with the reuse, repair, recovery principles.
-Rethinking packaging solutions focusing on sustainability.
Who needs to be involved?
Science park companies & Designers and process engineers i.e. Nefab
Repair café association Eindhoven
Internal employees of Advantech
Poster created by the student team in collaboration with Advantech for the SDG Challenge, summarizing the various suggestions and solutions generated in their brainstorming sessions.
Poster created by the student team in collaboration with Advantech for the SDG Challenge, summarizing the various suggestions and solutions generated in their brainstorming sessions.