During the month of May 2024, the students from Mahidol University International College’s  Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) course of Market Structures and Pricing Strategies actively participated in the Global Poster Competition on Sustainable International Business, organized by the Sustainable International Business Partnership network.

The competition asked students to conduct research on international businesses, to identify one major sustainable development challenge related to the activity of such business and major efforts that the business is already developing to address such challenges, proposing further transformations and effective actions that could help the business address the sustainable development challenge. Overall, the project aimed to answer the research question: “What transformation should an international business organization adopt in order to take effective action on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?”

In total for the global competition, there were 69 posters reviewed, which were submitted by more than 150 students, affiliated with 15 different universities across three continents. MUIC’s BBA students submitted a total of eight different posters.

Of the 69 posters submitted by all participants all over the world, 16 were shortlisted. All of the 8 posters submitted by MUIC-BBA students were shortlisted.

On July 9, 2024, there was a Virtual Award Ceremony, announcing the final results of the global competition. For undergraduate level, there were a total of seven awards, from which MUIC’s BBA students’ posters received six awards, including the highest-level poster award of Global ‘Decade of Action’ Sustainable Development Award.

The winning teams for the undergraduate (bachelor level) were:

Global ‘Decade of Action’ Sustainable Development Award
Athasit Manchanda (Major in Business Finance)
Chayathorn Charoenratanaporn (Major in Marketing)
Chinthan Tampraditpong (Major in Marketing)
Han Coridon Emery (Major in Business Finance)
Jirapat Vaisommart (Major in Business Finance)
Rosanan Kumar (Major in Business Economics)

Best Sustainable Strategy Award
Anyavee Wutthikittiwirun (Major in Business Economics)
Phruthathorn Chavalkul (Major in Business Finance)
Premika Rungruangworachot (Major in Business Economics)
Putt Intarasuebwong (Major in Business Finance)
Sangboon Kittipuyakul (Major in Business Finance)
Thanadol Tangkhaoropkul (Major in International Business)

Best Sustainability Analytics Award and Best Sustainable Technology Award
Khate Likittrakul (Major in Business Economics)
Khwannapa Thawanyasukkul (Major in International Business)
Natthapol Ngamsiriwong (Major in Business Economics)
Parechompoo Saivichein (Major in Business Economics)
Salisa Tiyasatapon (Major in Business Finance)
Yanothai Lertrattanapreecha (Major in Marketing)

Best Sustainability Partnership Award
Darin Santiluckana (Major in International Business)
Pakanan Khlibthong (Major in Business Economics)
Supitra Dusadeevijai (Major in International Business)
Thanatchaporn Imraksa (Major in International Business)
Thattham Thophol (Major in Business Finance)
Wuttipat Pensawang (Major in Business Economics)

Best Visualisation for Sustainability Award
Kamolchanok Ruangkajorn (Major in Business Economics)
Nina Stefanie Oehri (Major in International Business, exchange student from Reutlingen University in Germany)
Ryo Nagayama (Major in Business Economics)
Thanut Triratanachat (Major in Business Economics)
Viritpol Limchantra (Major in International Business)

The Competition Organizing Committee members included the AIB UKI Community of Practice Taskforce, Dr. Amelia U. Santos-Paulino from UN Trade and Development, and the founder and the competition coordinator of the Mainstreaming Impact in International Business (MIIB) Initiative. It also counted with the collaboration of several Sustainability Education Pioneers, among them was Asst. Prof. Dr. Isabel Pereira Rodrigues from MUIC’s Business Administration Division.

Congratulations to all participants for the great effort and in particular to MUIC’s BBA students who showed an amazing commitment. Let us continue working together to contribute for a positive change towards sustainable development!

Further information about the competition is available at: https://www.aib-uki.org/poster-competition.html