IMD Annual Report 2019

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IMD ANNUAL REPORT 2019

The Center inspires and encourages leaders in business, government and civil society to create social innovation in their respective areas of responsibility. Social innovation and impact embody new ways of thinking about business that position people and planet on the same level as shareholders.

HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2019

• Integrated elea’s focus on impact investing into IMD’s degree programs mix with EMBAs acting as impact investors and scouting scalable social entrepreneurs in Peru • Outgoing IMD chairman and Chairman of the elea Foundation Peter Wuffli, and Tina Ruchti, guided EMBA participants through a real impact investment due diligence with an INKA Moss life case • Publication of three popular media articles, two interactive multimedia cases and two paper cases asset management and insurance institutions on purposeful and strategic ESG integration and SDG investment • Chair Vanina Farber taught an online courseonSocialandFinancial Innovation to 20 graduate students from 10 international business schools across 5 continents on the platform of the Global Network for Advanced Management, a network bringing together the resources of 31 leading business schools • Custom programs with