Participating Companies 2023
Organisations from all over the world acknowledge the importance of the Challenge as an integral tool to educate their young professionals on leadership, sustainability, and impact.
As a Participating Company, you enter a high-quality development programme, set up in a unique format. You get access to ideas, new partners, innovative thinking and an entryway to a global leadership network among businesses, scientific institutions and governments. We provide future leaders with the knowledge, tools and confidence to implement positive change, with tangible impact and real added value.
Below a complete overview of companies participating in the Nudge Global Impact Challenge.
ABN AMRO serves retail, private and corporate banking clients with a primary focus on the Netherlands and with selective operations internationally.
ABN AMRO uses digital services and data to get closer to its clients, so that it can be there for them at key moments in their lives. The overarching goal is to accelerate the sustainability shift, making sustainability an integral part of our business.
ABN AMRO offers its clients specific expertise in sustainability and is embedding sustainability in its products and services. To help combat climate change and promote the energy transition, it supports clients in greening their real estate. ABN AMRO shares expertise and supports businesses that are looking to go circular. Its social impact activities, meanwhile, centre on financial resilience, financial inclusion and equal opportunities for the vulnerable in society.
Equans is a global energy and services company, committed to providing low-carbon power renewable energy.
Equans is a global energy and services group, focused on three core activities: low-carbon power generation, mainly based on natural gas and renewable energy; global networks and customer solutions.
Driven by its ambition to contribute to harmonious progress, Equans takes up major global challenges such as the fight against global warming, access to energy for all, or mobility, and offer their residential customers, businesses and communities energy production solutions and services that reconcile individual and collective interests.
Ferrero is amongst the market leaders of the confectionery sector and the fourth worldwide Group in the chocolate confectionery market.
Ferrero was founded in 1946 in Alba, a small town in the north of Italy. Nowadays, the family business evolved into a multinational company and is among the market leaders in the food industry. With a turnover of 10.7 billion Euro in 2018, the Ferrero Group has grown into one of the largest chocolate producers and confectioners in the world.
At Ferrero, sustainability is part of the identity. Corporate social responsibility always stood as a priority. Ferrero’s corporate social responsibility strategy “sharing values to create value” affects many different stages of its supply chain, from caring for people to its strong commitment to sustainable farming practices.
Gasunie is a leading European energy infrastructure company whose core activities are gas transport and gas storage.
Gasunie manages and maintains the infrastructure for large-scale transport and storage of gas in the Netherlands and the northern part of Germany. Safety, reliability, sustainability and cost-effectiveness are central in everything we do. The company was founded in 1963, four years after the discovery of natural gas in the northern Dutch province of Groningen.
They are a public limited company under Dutch law and fully owned by the State of the Netherlands. Gasunie has two subsidiaries that manage the gas transport network: Gasunie Deutschland in Germany, and Gasunie Transport Services (GTS) in the Netherlands.They believe in a sustainable future with a balanced energy mix and a lasting role for diversified gas.
Gruppo Mondadori is one of Europe’s top publishing companies with more than 100 years of history.
Committed to becoming more sustainable in the areas of printing and publishing. Gruppo Mondadori constantly sets new goals to reduce its environmental impact and contribute to society.
Since its inception, in 1907, the Mondadori Group has striven to be a sustainable media company through reconciling traditional values and innovation. It has been providing readers with numerous opportunities for growth, entertainment and enrichment, supporting the sustainable development of communities, all while developing the company into an inclusive and diverse business. Gruppo Mondadori’s combined love for culture, quality publishing, and laws of the market turn it into an agent of change within society.
From a single brewery 150 years ago, Heineken has grown into the number one brewer in Europe and the most international brewer in the world.
From a single brewery in Amsterdam 150 years ago, Heineken has grown into the number one brewer in Europe and the most international brewer in the world. The brand has become a staple for bars, restaurants, and stores globally. Beyond beer, Heineken also sets out to make a positive impact in the markets it operate and has incorporated sustainability into the business strategy.
Heineken’s sustainable development strategy, Brewing a Better World, looks at improving each of its activities, from sourcing, producing, marketing and selling the products, all the way to how they are consumed, and how the waste can be reused and recycled. For example, one of Heineken’s sustainability focus areas is reducing CO₂ emissions across the value chain, so its target is to grow the renewable energy usage to 70% by 2030.
Jongerenmilieuraad is a youth organization dedicated to representing all young people within the Netherlands in Dutch environmental policy.
De Jongerenmilieuraad is een jongerenorganisatie die zich inzet om alle jongeren binnen Nederland te vertegenwoordigen in het Nederlandse milieubeleid. Binnen de jongerenmilieuraad krijgen jongeren van 12 tot en met 29 jaar de kans om te werken aan het verbeteren van jongerenparticipatie op het gebied van milieu. Onder het motto “door jongeren, voor jongeren”, gaan wij actief opzoek naar de meningen van jongeren in Nederland, en geven we jongeren de mogelijkheid om direct inspraak te hebben op milieubeleid. Op het moment ligt onze focus op het leveren van input op het Nationaal MilieuProgramma: het document dat het Nederlandse milieubeleid van de komende decennia (tot 2050) zal bepalen. Dit doen we in samenwerking met het Directoraat-Generaal Milieu en Internationaal van het Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat.
New Economy develops research-based regenerative solutions and programmes for businesses aiming to create sustainable growth.
Philips is committed to supporting sustainability in the areas of healthcare and technological innovation.
Sustainability is at the core of Philip’s vision. For instance, its ‘Healthy people, sustainable planet’ programme focuses on access to care, circular economy, and climate action. This reflects Philip’s devotion to a better future. Furthermore, its ambitious goal of improving the lives of three billion people by the year 2030 demonstrates their commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals:
- SDG 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
- SDG 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
- SDG 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
Steward Redqueen is a specialised consultancy firm that works across the globe advising organisations on impact and sustainability.
Steward Red Queen see it as their mission to make business work for society. They do so by advising organisations on impact and sustainability. Their name combines two elements they feel determine the future viability of private businesses and public organisations: stewardship and the Red Queen principle.
They assist in the development of clear and practical sustainability and impact strategies, by performing tailored research to solve complex problems in the fields of sustainability and impact, combining quantitative and qualitative analysis.
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. is a multinational pharmaceutical company with headquarters in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Teva Pharmaceuticals has been developing and producing medicines for more than 120 years. Along with our established presence in generics, we have significant research and operations supporting our growing portfolio of innovative medicines and biopharmaceutical products.