Sustainability Circle

Navigating sustainable business transformation

IMD Circles

Sustainability is a business imperative requiring collaboration and a clear roadmap for business transformation. With pressure mounting for organizations to accelerate their sustainability journeys, the urgency for transformation sits at the desk of the Chief Sustainability Officer. 

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Addressing the biggest challenges of our time requires that organizations speed up and scale their collective abilities to ensure a more sustainable and inclusive future for all.

Julia Binder Executive Director of IMD’s Center for Sustainable and Inclusive Business

Bold leadership is required to meet these challenges head on – and to ensure viable, implementable solutions.

Natalia Olynec Head of Sustainability, IMD

The Sustainability Circle provides a space where you can collectively unpack sustainable business transformation. In a learning environment that fosters open communication, you have the opportunity to share new ideas, best practices, and your experience in navigating the complexities of ensuring that sustainable business transformation drives both business success and societal impact. Drawing on robust discussions on a broad array of topics that apply across industries, IMD experts help shape actionable insights that address environmental and social challenges.

Sustainability Leaders Circle – virtual dialogue

05 February 2024 Time: 12:00 – 13:30 CET

Sustainability Leaders Circle – virtual dialogue

11 June 2024 Time: 11:00 – 12:30 CET

Sustainability Leaders Circle – Roundtable

19-20 September 2024 Time: 12:00 – 14:30 CEST

Sustainability Leaders Circle – virtual dialogue

05 December 2024 Time: 12:00 – 13:30 CET

Businesses are forging ahead with climate action despite patchy progress at COP27

Climate action by companies gives more grounds for optimism

ALIEN thinking: innovating our way to a net-zero future

How can we best accelerate our search for the new practices our planet needs to ensure its future?

Best of frenemies: how to engage with ESG activists

Collaborations between foes can reap benefits for corporations and wider society.

Platforms for change: how business can successfully harness UN development goals

Multi-stakeholder SDG platforms can open the way to enabling sustainability innovation both in and beyond companies.

What executives can learn from Schneider Electric’s sustainability drive

Its 20-year journey provides a blueprint for success.

Changing mindsets within our organizations

How do we lead change from the bottom up AND top down?

Julia Binder

Professor of Sustainable Innovation and Business Transformation and Director of the Center for Sustainable and Inclusive Business

Julia Binder is Professor of Sustainable Innovation and Business Transformation, and Program Director of IMD’s Creating Value in the Circular Economy program. She is a renowned thought leader, recognized on the 2022 Thinkers50 Radar list for her work at the intersection of sustainability and innovation. Her research and teaching delve into the intr…

Natalia Olynec

Head of Sustainability

Natalia Olynec is the Head of Sustainability at IMD, where her work focuses on research, program development, strategy, governance, reporting, and advisory. She has worked in sustainability management, consulting, and education for more than 15 years.