Q4 2023/24 Update

·?????? ?We hosted the 2nd edition of the Business Schools for Climate Leadership conference titled “Who pays for the climate transition” on our Europe campus??

On 1 June the second in-person Business Schools for Climate Leadership (BS4CL) Forum was hosted on our Europe Campus. The 100 participants strengthened their pledge to continue collaborating across their school’s alumni, faculties and student bodies to drive sustainable solutions into business. Giving the keynote, Pavan Sukhdev, INSEAD Hoffmann Institute advisory board member and CEO of GIST Impact, suggested that business leaders need to transition from an output economy to an impact economy.? Faculty such as Lucie Tepla, as well as, Deans Francisco Veloso and Mark Stabile, all took part. Read more here.

·?????? Professor in Finance, Lucie Tepla published a crossroads paper on ‘Can Financial Innovation Drive the Net-Zero Transition?

Building on the panel that Professor Tepla moderated during the Business Schools for Climate Leadership panel, she published the crossroads paper, ‘Can Financial Innovation Drive the Net-Zero Transition?’, exploring how promising new financing solutions are paving the way to net zero as well as the organisational, governmental and socio-political roadblocks.

·?????? Sustainability during launch week on Europe and Asia campuses

The new MBA 25J cohort on both Europe and Asia campuses were given sustainability sessions during their launch weeks. Dr. Vinika Rao, Executive Director of the INSEAD Hoffmann Institute on our Asia Campus and Kim Wilkinson, Associate Director of the INSEAD Hoffmann Institute on our Europe Campus presented an overview of INSEAD’s commitment to sustainability.

This included highlighting the MBA course roadmap, detailing the sustainability components of each core course, the sustainability electives, and sustainability capstone course.

·?????? We sponsored 3 student MBA Summer Start Up Tour Teams looking at green tech in 3 different global regions.

Gia Climate Lab were exploring climate innovation in major hubs in India, The Clean Energy Crew were examining the startup green tech industry in East Africa and Emissions Impossible were in the Middle East understanding how green tech can be leveraged ahead of COP28 in the UAE.

·?????? We supported 14 students with summer impact internship stipends

The INSEAD Hoffmann Institute Impact Internship Stipend programme provides financial support for INSEAD MBA students who pursue a summer internship in the public, not‐for‐profit sectors, for-profit impact ventures, and impact investment firms with a clearly defined social or environmental purpose. Students interned in companies such as Capitals Coalition in Amsterdam, Netherlands and The Optimal Greening Foundation in Lagos, Nigeria. Read the student blogs here.

·?????? We published INSEAD’s UN PRME report and finalized INSEAD’s annual ?????EcoVadis Assessment

Since 2008, INSEAD has been a member of United Nations Principles for Responsible Management Education (UN PRME). INSEAD’s 2024 UN PRME Sharing Information on Progress Report was published, sharing knowledge, best practices and progress made in implementing the UN PRME Seven Principles. We also submitted INSEAD’s annual activity reports to UNAI, and completed INSEAD’s 2024 annual EcoVadis Assessment.

·?????? INSEAD launched the Climate Hero initiative

Climate Hero is a new initiative for you to measure your personal carbon footprint. It is designed to help you make informed and sustainable decisions in your daily life. This initiative is a concerted effort by the INSEAD community (the INSEAD Alumni Association, INDEVOR (INSEAD's Global Impact Network), the INSEAD Hoffmann Institute, and the Community Impact Challenge). Get started here!

·?????? 10K followers on LinkedIn

We celebrated the 10,000 of you that now follow us on our LinkedIn. Follow our page for the latest knowledge, events and news.

Save the Date

MBA Summer Start Up Tour Presentation, Europe and Asia campuses (25 September)

Beyond Resources: Building Sustainable & Inclusive Economies in Africa, Europe Campus (12 October)

Southeast Asia Latin America Dialogues, Asia campus (16 – 18 October)

Back to Campus: Alumni P6 on Sustainability, Europe Campus on (18-19 October) We're thrilled to invite Alumni from MBA'98-'14 to an exclusive, alumni-only programme. Register here.

Les Conferences de l’INSEAD (without reservation, in French, 20:30- 22:00)

·?????? ‘Le leader peut- il être juste?? De Napoléon Bonaparte à nos jours’ – Ludo Van Der Heyden, Professeur émérite titulaire de la chaire INSEAD pour la gouvernance d’entreprise (26 September)

·?????? ‘La contribution de Paris 2024 au développement durable, social et urbain’ – Georgina Grenon, Directrice Excellence environnementale Paris 2024, Comité d’organisation Jeux Olympiques et Paralympiques 2024 (10 October)

·?????? ‘Le nouveau chapitre de la mondialisation?: le r?le des économies émergentes’ – Marcos Troyjo, Ecologiste, sociologue et diplomate (21 October)

·?????? ‘Faire face à la crise de santé mentale chez les jeunes’ – Marie Rose Moro, Psychiatre enfants, adolescents, Professeure Université Paris Cité (12 December)

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