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Serious game on sustainable business

Sustainability as strategy, not a report

In SDGame, teams set the course of a company using real-life cases. Every choice affects profit, emissions, water, people and more. Just like in real life.

  • 12 real-life cases
  • Physical and digital
  • In Dutch, French and English
The full SDGame set: trade-off board, pegs, marker and case cards

Played at, among others

  • AMS
  • Aertssen Group
  • Belfius
  • Bouwgroep Denys
  • Cobofisk
  • Colruyt Group
  • Element61
  • Eshuis Accountants en Adviseurs
  • Financial Media
  • HOGENT
  • INSEAD
  • Loyola College
  • Rigorgeous
  • Seeder De Boer
  • SET Supply Chain Professionals
  • TIAS School for Business and Society
  • Tilburg University
  • Universiteit Gent
  • Voka Limburg
  • Waterbedrijf Groningen
  • WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management
  • Vitaz

Sustainability is more than a mandatory report

In many organisations, sustainability is still a cost or a report. Those who do not think strategically about energy, water, waste or people get caught off guard: by rising costs, stricter rules or customers and staff who expect something else.

How SDGame works

  1. Choose a case

    A real company with a real challenge. Or a case from your own organisation.

  2. Decide as a team

    Invest, save, postpone? Every choice is a trade-off, and that is what the discussion is about.

  3. See the impact

    Your choices shift the KPIs on the board. What one gains often costs another.

Everything is connected

Every decision moves the pegs on the trade-off board. There is no right or wrong, only trade-offs. You see straight away that sustainability and strategy are not separate things.

  • Profit
  • Emissions
  • Water use
  • Diversity
  • and much more

Choose how you play

Recommended!

Guided session

We come to you, for a training, team building or event.

  • Half a day, at your place or ours
  • With the physical board, pegs and roles
  • Facilitated in Dutch or English (French on request)
  • Debrief included

Price on request

Request a session

Digital version

Host your own sessions, wherever and whenever you like.

  • The same cases, in the browser
  • Ideal for large or dispersed groups
  • Pay per participant or group, with credits
  • Guide and videos for the host

Try the free demo first

Discover the digital version ↗

Bespoke case

An exclusive case around your organisation and sector.

  • Your dilemmas and KPIs in the game
  • Playable physically or digitally
  • Physical? Then you keep the personalised game set
  • Ideal for internal training or onboarding

Price on request

Discuss your case

Possible with every format

12 companies with a challenge. Or yours.

Every case is based on real challenges faced by CFOs and sustainability managers, in sectors from construction to healthcare. No recognisable case for your sector? Then we make one.

  • EventsAmusico
  • ConstructionConstructo
  • CoolingCoolit
  • TechnologyElectroco
  • FoodGustoso
  • FashionJulie&Marie
  • RetailMangeco
  • MachineryMecano
  • ×2 (2 cases)HealthcareSanico
  • WaterWatrico
  • MunicipalityZonnedorp
Bespoke SDGame set for VitazBespoke case

Their own company on the board

These organisations did not play with an example company, but with themselves. Their own dilemmas, figures and house style, in a game their people recognise straight away.

  • Your strategic choices and KPIs
  • In your house style, physical or digital
  • You keep the game set

Already made for

  • Aertssen Group
  • Waterbedrijf Groningen
  • Vitaz

SDGame in action

  • Session at Rigorgeous
  • Winners at Bouwgroep Denys
  • Session at AB InBev
  • Session at Belfius
  • The digital version

I found the start of the training very strong with the Sustainable Development Game, where it quickly became clear that making choices is a constant trade-off, with consequences. An ideal icebreaker too!

Global Project Manager, after a training

Developed with academia

SDGame was developed by Wakaaro together with Prof. Dr. Bart Dierynck, professor at Tilburg University and lecturer at TIAS and INSEAD.

Tilburg UniversityTIAS School for Business and SocietyINSEAD

SDGame at your organisation?

Tell us what you are looking for. Or discover everything about sessions, the digital version and the demo on sdgame.eu.

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