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Annika's contribution to sustainability in education

Friday, 10 June 2022

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  • Annika Gnaedig was invited to be part of the international jury for the 2022 PRME Recognition of Excellence Awards.

    Annika Gnaedig

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Often it’s a student’s extra-curricular involvement that sets them apart from other graduates.

Annika Gnaedig is a German international student who chose ECU based on its reputation for high quality teaching.  Her Bachelor of Commerce majors are in Management and Health Management.

Annika chose to include the Managing for Sustainability unit into her course.  This unit involves examining how businesses can contribute to global responsibility and sustainable development goals (SDGs); areas which Annika sees as essential for all workplaces.

Due to her high level of engagement with the course and excellent results, Annika’s lecturer Dr Mehran Nejati felt that Annika would be a great choice to be part of the jury for the 2022 PRME Recognition of Excellence Awards.

PRME (Principles for Responsible Management Education) is a United Nations-supported initiative aimed at equipping business students around the world with the understanding and ability to deliver change tomorrow. ECU’s School of Business and Law has had a PRME and Sustainability Steering Committee since 2019.

Annika’s jury duties involved reviewing and evaluating a selection of SIP (Sharing Information on Progress) reports from universities across the world which had submitted their first SIP reports. Giselle Weybrecht who chaired and managed the judging process was impressed with Annika’s contributions. “Annika was fantastic. I couldn’t have asked for a better jury member”, said Giselle.

All universities that are signatories to PRME are required to communicate their progress at least every 24 months. Annika found that reading the various reports further increased her interest and passion to see sustainability in Business education and from there, as students graduate, into workplaces. According to Annika ‘the reports showed how easily sustainability can be brought into universities and also the range of opportunities that are available’.

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