SMU Emerges Sole Winner Among More Than 100 Teams at Prestigious Gobi Desert Challenge
Published on 12 May 2026
The Singapore Management University (SMU) – Zhejiang University Doctor of Business Administration (SMU-ZJU DBA) (Accounting and Finance) team has become SMU’s first team to complete the renowned Gobi Desert Challenge, (or "Gobi to West") with SMU emerging as the sole recipient of the event’s Model Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Team Award among more than 100 participating teams from leading business schools and executive cohorts across the region.
Led by SMU’s School of Accountancy, the 14-member team completed a demanding 58-kilometre trek across the Gobi Desert, earning recognition for exemplary environmental stewardship, teamwork and thought leadership on sustainability.