What is the Center for Corporate Sustainability?

The IMD Center for Corporate Sustainability has a highly dynamic corporate membership-driven business forum. The Center's current research focus is on innovation in sustainable sourcing, energy & climate change and sustainable finance. It provides a forward vision and perspective to companies on the strategic management of social and environmental issues. It carries out research, runs learning events and conducts roundtables on topics of strategic relevance to companies. It also partners with other centers of excellence in the area of corporate sustainability to jointly run groundbreaking projects, events and contribute to corporate learning in different ways.

Your learning partnership

• For the Center's member companies, it makes good business sense to be sustainable; balancing social, environmental and economic considerations contributes to their long-term prosperity.
• Member companies reduce inefficiency and minimize lost profits while ensuring that they take on their role as global citizens.
• The Center gives managers the chance to learn through a partnership with other companies that are on the cutting-edge when it comes to sustainability.
• The Center's member companies come from diverse industries, which gives them the opportunity to hear different perspectives on issues.
• Participants of the Center's events share ideas and solutions for environmental, health and safety and social business dilemmas.

How do companies learn from the Center?

• IMD Faculty and research staff provide expertise for hands-on pilot projects, surveys, case studies and other types of research.
• All in-company research is shared at biannual roundtables.
• The Center's member companies can send up to five managers from different business functions to the roundtables. In this way, learning is spread beyond the sustainability function in the companies to all business units.