IMD Annual Report 2019

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Towards a green campus In 2019, IMD continued its long-term work towards a more sustainable way of operating the campus. This included conducting a full energy audit and reducing its environmental impact in areas such as stationery supplies.

Diversity and inclusion IMD addresses diversity and inclusion in three spheres: as an employer, as a leadership development Institution, and as a thought leader. As an international institution, IMD counts more than 40 nationalities among its staff and faculty, with the core faculty of 50 individuals comprising more than 20 nationalities. IMD staff is made up of 49 percent Swiss nationals by birth or naturalization. The remaining 51 percent of staff hold passports from 30 countries. Nationalities represented across the faculty and staff, in addition to Western Europe and North America, include Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Bulgaria, China, Egypt, South Korea, India, Israel, Japan, Mauritius, Mexico, Poland, South Africa, and Tunisia. IMD is also making consistent and clear annual progress in its goal to deliver more gender balance across its faculty and administration. For example, 43 percent of senior staff members are female, while the eight-strong Executive Committee features three women. Of the six new faculty hired in 2019, three were female. This commitment to gender diversity also applies to IMD’s degree programs. For its 2020 MBA intake, 34 percent of MBA students are women - a record high - and 63 percent of female students are also scholarship recipients. In addition, the EMBA degree program has seen a year-on-year increase in female participants of between 10-14 percent since 2011.

Green campus highlights:

• IMD procured a third of its stationery and office supplies by value from certified green suppliers in 2019, up from 28 percent in 2018.

• IMD switched to recycled and locally sourced PET lanyards.

• In 2019, IMD participated in an energy audit. In 2020 we will choose an energy reduction plan and start its implementation. • In2019, two insecthotelswereaddedoncampus to highlight the importance of biodiversity to the ecosystem. IMD also owns three bee hives that produce honey sold on campus and offered as gifts.

EcoVadis certification In 2019, IMD received a Silver rating from EcoVadis. EcoVadis addresses the needs of procurement executives looking for reliable sustainability indicators on their suppliers. EcoVadis assesses institutions in 21 areas across the four themes of environment, fair labor practices, ethics/fair business practices, and supply chain management. IMD obtained its first Ecovadis certification in 2015.