Odebrecht Award for Sustainability
Odebrecht Award for Sustainability
Sustainable Development Goals
The Odebrecht Award for Sustainable Development is designed to stimulate contributions toward sustainable development for the benefit of engineering, construction, chemical, and petrochemical organizations; the academic community; and society as a whole. Whether related to new building techniques, new chemical and petrochemical processes, alternative environmental uses or sustainable materials, projects should explore innovative practices, methods and ideas that can be implemented in a variety of real-world ventures.
Established in 2008 in Brazil, the Odebrecht Award for Sustainable Development is an initiative to seek inovation, provide students a chance to share their ideas and to be a force for positive change. Today, the Odebrecht Award has expanded to Angola, Argentina, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Equador, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Venezuela, and the United States.
In 2015, 670 projects were signed up in the different countries, involving 2.493 students and 674 professors from 420 universities.
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