The demand for sustainable investing has grown to the point where it vastly outstrips the supply of investment-ready projects. This imbalance is among the reasons why Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management founded this challenge in 2011. Each year, Kellogg and Morgan Stanley's Institute for Sustainable Investing present the Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Challenge, which can potentially pave the way to a career in sustainable finance for participants.

Below are the 10 finalist teams chosen to pitch their investment proposals at this year’s challenge, which will be held in Hong Kong on April 15. The sheer diversity of ideas, the number of students involved and the diversity of schools represented is testament to how much the responsibility and opportunity of sustainable investing is becoming a mainstream financial force. 

A total of 341 students submitted investment prospectuses targeting sustainability issues across 32 countries. They represent 64 schools based in 21 countries.