UBS launches first sustainability case challenge with SMU, social enterprises
![From left to right: Gerald Elflein, head of APAC Regional Treasury UBS; Yeoh Choo Guan, head of UBS SEA Global Markets; the four students from the SMU Sustainablity Case Challenge champion team; Mathieu Buehler, director, Treasury Assets Singapore; and Valerie Lau, executive director, UBS Sustainable Finance. PHOTO: UBS SINGAPORE](/sites/news.smu.edu.sg/files/styles/max_325x325/public/smu/news/BT_20210405_UBS5_4512822.v1.jpg?itok=w-RyItg8)
Nearly a thousand undergraduates from various universities took part in the inaugural SMU Sustainable Case Challenge, which saw the champion team outlast 229 others to take home the top prize. The competition, held at SMU on March 26, was organized by UBS Singapore and the University's Impact Investing Club. It sought to provide students with an opportunity to partner with local social enterprises to propose innovative sustainability-linked solutions for their businesses.
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The Business Times