The 2013 ICAS Sustainability Essay Competition winning prize £3,000

First prize £3,000 
Second prize £750
Third prize £250
plus
£1,000 prize for the best essay from an entrant aged 25 or under on 1 July 2013 
Following the success of last year’s essay competition, ICAS would like to continue the debate around the role that sustainability plays in our daily lives, both professionally and personally. As a result, we are
launching our second Sustainability Essay Competition, sponsored by Grant Thornton, inviting accountants from all branches of the profession to write a 1500 word essay on the following subject: 

“Organisations are under greater scrutiny to ensure that they effectively manage risk and are required to engage with their suppliers and other external stakeholders  in order to reduce the embedded environmental and social impacts across their value chains.  With increasingly complex supply chains,  how can businesses manage risk and report performance effectively, to help to contribute to a sustainable society and  to ensure their own long term sustainability?” 

Essays should be emailed to Sustainabilityprizeessay@icas.org.uk before 12 noon on the closing date 30 September 2013.  Prize winners will be notified to the return address specified on their entry.
Download competition rules  
Last year's winning essays can be accessed at the links below: 

• 1st Place  
• 2nd Place  
• 3rd Place  
• Best under 25