Highlights of the year in review - IMD Sustainability Report 2023

Highlights of the year in review

In 2023, we achieved a number of important milestones, reaffirming IMD’s position as a global leader in business education that drives impact.

Enabling a sustainable and inclusive business

Through our research

New dentsu Group chair for Sustainability Strategy and Marketing, Goutam Challagalla, appointed
Sophie Bacq appointed as Professor of Social Entrepreneurship
Research Fellow Esther Salvi and Research Writers Adrian Dellecker and Bryony Jansen – van Tuyll appointed
Jan van der Kaaij and Miguel Veiga-Pestana joined as Executive Fellows

Through our programs and teaching

New Inclusive Leadership Program launched
First E4S Master of Science in Sustainable Management and Technology participants graduated

Through our outreach and partnerships

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Eight Gold Brandon Hall Awards for innovative learning experiences
Two FT Responsible Education Awards – the Best School Award (highly commended) and the Teaching Award (highly commended) for innovation in a simulation of the COP climate conference
Gold Award for Building the Leadership Playground with LEGO Group at the EFMD 2023 Excellence in Practice awards

Access and representation in our programs

First BackPack-Excellence Scholarship for Women MBA participant, Sorelle Djankou Djeuga, graduated
Three new donor-funded scholarships established (The Hilti Scholars Program, The Jebsen Family Non-Profit Executive Scholars, The Jebsen Family Global South MBA & EMBA Scholars)
36% of MBA participants are female

DE&I Council established
55 managers attended a Leadership Development Program
27 participants from not for profits received subsidies to attend IMD open programs

New dentsu Group Chair in Sustainable Strategy and Marketing, Goutam Challagalla

Sophie Bacq appointed as Professor of Social Entrepreneurship ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎

First BackPack-Excellence Scholarship for Women recipient Sorelle Djankou Djeuga

Our people

Qualitative input obtained from our colleagues via DE&I feedback lunches to inform our DE&I initiatives

Tracked the gender and nationality split of our programs, employees, committees, and boards to ensure gender equity
33% of our Supervisory Board are female
55 nationalities represented at IMD

New face-to-face Inclusive Leadership program successfully launched
More than 100 employees attended a selection of open DE&I programs (virtual and in-person)
An onboarding process for new employees was implemented
55% of all employees and 68% of senior staff are female
44% of our Executive Committee are female

The IMD Asia and Oceania team gathered together on the occasion of the 2023 Orchestrating Winning Performance program in Singapore

How we manage our impact

Managing our environmental impact

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District Heating installation completed in one building on campus to reduce carbon emissions
Carbon emissions reduced to 426 tons of CO₂ from 522 tons of CO₂ in Scope 1 & 2
Developed a new Sustainable Procurement Policy and a Supplier Code of Conduct
IMD among top 5% of all education organizations assessed by EcoVadis

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