Posts Tagged ‘sustainability’
Launch of TASK™️ by Sulitest
Sulitest launches TASK™️ – The Assessment of Sustainability Knowledge – with the ambition to transform education by making sustainability a common language. The online certificate of sustainability knowledge! Press Release – March 10, 2023 To build a sustainable future, it is essential to improve the level of knowledge, skills and attitudes towards sustainability worldwide. While…
Read More5 reasons for academics to focus on ESG and more: Q&A with Dr Ana Nacvalovaite
As researchers within higher and business education become evermore interested in the welfare of people and planet, we speak with Dr Ana Nacvalovaite, Research Fellow at Kellogg College, University of Oxford’s Centre for Mutual and Co-owned Business, about her focus on sustainability. Dr Nacvalovaite believes it’s right for academics to pay attention to ESG. She tells…
Read MoreSustainability takes centre stage at Woxsen University’s sustainability week
Woxsen University organised an exciting Sustainability Week that took place from 6th February to 10th February 2023. The university is committed to promoting sustainability and has organised a series of activities to educate, engage and inspire its community. The week-long event is a celebration of sustainable living, and the university community is invited to participate…
Read MoreSustainability at the core of new student competition with Microsoft Italia and three top business schools
A competition aiming to tackle societal, economic, and environmental challenges has been launched by three major European academic institutions – POLIMI Graduate School of Management, EDHEC Business School, and ESMT Berlin. Supported by Microsoft Italia, INNOVA Europe invites students from bachelor to master’s level to submit innovative proposals that address any one of the specific…
Read MoreRedefining management education through ERS
Raul V. Rodriguez, PhD, Steven Pinker Professor of Cognitive Psychology and Vice President, Woxsen University, provides an overview of Woxsen’s progress with ERS as a core pillar of its institution. Besides technological progress, ERS is certainly the essence for further growth, even more so. Key thinkers in the field, such as Dr John R. Boatright…
Read MoreAfrican business schools’ deans launch their climate leadership initiative at AUC School of Business
On November 7, AUC School of Business hosted a roundtable for deans of six leading African business schools as well as representatives from the African Chapter of the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) and the European Business Schools for Climate Leadership (BS4CL), who gathered to launch of the Business Schools for Climate Leadership (BS4CL…
Read MoreWhat are business schools doing to meet the challenges of 2023 and beyond?
Another year has gone by, and as we turn the page on 2022 and shift our focus to the year ahead, Jonny Stone and Stephanie Mullins from specialist business education PR consultancy BlueSky Education take a look at the one question that sits at the forefront of everyone’s minds: what will 2023 have in store?…
Read MoreIIM Indore ensures its surroundings are green, clean, hygienic and healthy
This Member Spotlight highlights the Indian Institute of Management Indore (IIM Indore) and its commitment to a green and sustainable campus. A special thank you to Dr Himanshu Rai, Director of IIM Indore, for his contribution. They say the grass is always greener at the other end. However, we at the Indian Institute of Management…
Read MoreFinal call for students to Pilot TASK, a radical new online certificate to help education change
Despite the worsening climate crisis and rising global inequality, education is struggling to ensure that young people graduate ready to thrive in a green economy and sustainable planet. Our vision is a sustainable future where students and other young people are equipped and empowered to create a better world. The Assessment of Sustainability Knowledge (TASK)…
Read MoreCorporate learning’s role in ESG
EFMD survey shows that corporate learning is deeply involved in the embedding of ESG in organisational mindsets, practices, and processes. EFMD occasionally runs a quick global survey on topical issues of corporate learning. In September, we conducted a five question-survey on how learning functions support Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) priorities in their companies: either…
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