IMD business school for management and leadership courses
Looking ahead
We will continue to deepen the integration of sustainability into our activities to contribute to a more prosperous, sustainable, and inclusive world.
Enabling sustainable and inclusive business
In the year ahead we will:
- Strengthen IMD’s MBA position as a destination of choice for diverse talent through new program features
- Extend our sustainability offering through an Executive Master’s in Sustainable Business program
- Enhance our EMBA program by introducing new formats – the Modular Flex and Elective Flex – with each featuring sustainability-related themes
- Carry forward many of our ongoing research projects, including those on circular business models, biodiversity, and sustainability strategies
- Co-organize a research conference with Business Schools for Climate Leadership and participate in the Change Now Conference in Paris
- Leverage our expertise across disciplines to drive impactful sustainable change. Three interdisciplinary research topics will be explored – sustainability leadership, digital sustainability, and energy transition
Impact-driven education
We will continue to ensure that our work is impactful by:
- Continuing to measure business impact, ROI, and intangible benefits, such as the societal and environmental impact of our programs
- Ensuring we continue to use AI to analyze participant feedback to better utilize the insights for further improvements
- Evolving our AI-enabled chatbot further to allow participants to set learning objectives, get feedback, allow reflections, and finally collect the impact data
Access and representation in our programs
We will promote greater access and representation in our programs by:
- Advancing gender diversity in our MBA and EMBA programs through targeted outreach for female candidates and offering scholarships for some female applicants
- Expanding financial aid for MBA and EMBA participants by increasing institutional support and external funding from alumni and corporate sponsors
- Continuing to promote our Sprints and other online programs to broaden access to executive education across the globe
- Striving to achieve gender balance among faculty members across various facets of our MBA program
Our people
We will continue to focus on nurturing a diverse, inclusive, fair, and high-performance environment by:
- Continuing to increase the size, quality, and diversity of our faculty and strengthening our organizational culture
- Advancing pay equity certification and salary benchmarking efforts
- Deepening our commitment to DE&I and social and environmental responsibility
- Enhancing learning and development by launching new leadership programs and expanding employee learning opportunities
- Developing a human rights policy and establishing clear guidelines to embed respect for human rights across our operations
- Nurturing and increasing our alumni networks and relationships
Managing our environmental impact
We will manage our environmental impact by:
- Finalizing our new procurement policy, providing a framework for all procurement activity to enhance sustainability outcomes
- Completing our supplier risk management and roll-out of our code of conduct
- Measuring our carbon footprint annually, encompassing Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions and communicating progress towards our impact reduction targets
- Continuing to install solar panels and the automated, energy-efficient lighting system on our Lausanne campus
- Extending the district heating system installation in more Lausanne campus buildings
- Promoting biodiversity on our Lausanne campus with the integration of more green spots and natural habitats