Looking ahead - IMD Sustainability Report 2023

01Message from the President
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Message from the President
IMD’s purpose of fostering a prosperous, sustainable, and inclusive society has never been more pertinent.
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02Our Sustainability Journey 2023
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Our Sustainability Journey 2023
Discover more about our sustainability journey and milestones achieved.
03Enabling a Sustainable and Inclusive Business
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Enabling a Sustainable and Inclusive Business
Fostering a prosperous, sustainable, and inclusive society through learning, research, outreach, and partnerships.
04Impact Driven Education
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Impact Driven Education
Impact Driven Education, through evaluating our programs and integrating technology in our pedagogical approaches.
05Access and Representation in Our Programs
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Access and Representation in Our Programs
We are focused on increasing diversity in our programs.
06Our People
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Our People
Our people; ensuring a diverse, inclusive, fair and high-performance environment.
07Managing Our Environmental Impact
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Managing Our Environmental Impact
What we are doing to reduce our impact on the environment and promote biodiversity.
08Our Previous Reports
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Our Previous Reports

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Looking ahead

Executive learning

Sustainability Accelerators, a suite of executive programs designed to expand capabilities in sustainable transformation, will be launched in 2024.
The Executive Certificate in Sustainable Business will be offered. Graduates will earn a Swiss government-accredited Certificate of Advanced Studies.
Our sustainability offering will be extended through the IMD Executive Master’s in Sustainable Business program.

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We will offer a new Women on Boards program.
IMD and the Lundin Foundation will partner with MIM Business School in Kyiv to offer an executive learning journey in Ukraine for female leaders from business, government, and civil society, comprising short, focused IMD programs on leadership, strategy, and business challenges.

Research

A new book, The Circular Business Revolution, is set to be published in 2024 (Julia Binder & Manuel Braun, Pearson).
As part of E4S, IMD will commence a new research project with UNIL in 2024, “Towards a nature-positive, actionable, and measurable framework for voluntary biodiversity credits.”
We are developing pedagogical games related to business impact on the planetary boundaries.

Outreach and partnerships

The Business Schools for Climate Leadership, of which IMD is a partner, will host a practitioners’ conference with alumni of all eight business schools. We will continue to be involved in the “Organizing the Climate Transition” PhD course, focusing on climate change challenges with innovative research.
IMD’s new Women on Boards program, led by Jennifer Jordan, will take place in May and September 2024.

Jennifer Jordan will lead IMD’s new Women on Boards program