A commitment to ethics, responsibility and sustainability (ERS) is easy to agree on in principle. It becomes messier when it meets with reality. The reality being, that on the ground, it often creates tension. The current challenge with ERS initiatives in business schools is definitely not a lack of ideas. It is rather what happens…

We are pleased to announce that KEDGE Business School, France, has successfully completed the EFMD Business School Impact System assessment process and has been awarded the BSIS label for positive impact. The BSIS review team highlighted several key strengths at KEDGE, including its financial robustness, academic grounding, and regional embeddedness, with its influence extending well…

In a postgraduate marketing class discussing sustainable consumption, a case was presented on a multinational apparel company launching a recycled clothing line. The discussion began in familiar territory: lifecycle analysis, supply chain transparency, green pricing strategies, and reputational risk mitigation. But midway through the session, the conversation shifted. One student raised a question that moved…

At the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos in January, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney warned that “we are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition”.  This was mirrored in the WEF’s Global Risks Report 2026, released a week prior to Davos. In it, 50 percent of some 1,300 global experts expressed…

EFMD Global officially launches the Centre for Human and Emotional Leadership, established in honour of the visionary management leader Gerard ‘Ray’ van Schaik. The Centre represents a strategic initiative that brings together complementary projects to strengthen the connection between academic insight, leadership practice, and societal impact across the global management education community. The Centre for…

Earlier this month, more than 450 deans and senior leaders in management education gathered at WU Vienna University of Economics and Business for the 2026 EFMD Deans Conference under the theme “New Realities, Bold Choices: Reinventing the Business School.” Across two days, discussions moved from diagnosis to execution, examining how business schools respond to geopolitical…