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IMD Sustainability Report 2020

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Responsible leadership development IMD’s main impact on society is through responsible leadership development, its core sustainability focus area. With more than 11,000 executives participating in IMD programs each year, the potential of responsible leadership is magnified through IMD’s participants, partners, and wider network. IMD develops responsible leaders through: Innovative teaching, actionable research, proactive outreach and partnerships. Innovative teaching

Business and Society – Corporate Sustainability

Across its degree programs, open, and custom- enrollment programs, IMD integrates frameworks, cases, tools and experiential and action learning to build understanding and awareness of responsible leadership, strategy, and innovation that can create value for both business and society and help achieve the UN SDGs. MBA Responsible leadership and sustainability form a core part of the curriculum through specific courses, case studies within core courses such as entrepreneurship and marketing, and as a foundation for several activities such as International Consulting Projects.

All IMD MBA participants take a required Business and Society course, comprising 44 class hours. The course helps equip participants to make choices that ensure high performance as well as positive impact for business, communities, people and the environment. The course culminates with student presentations on business solutions related to a specific SDG and a summary plenary with a UN representative on SDGs related to institutions and partnerships. Guest speakers have included Marco Lambertini, Director General for the WWF; Yves Daccord, former Director General of the International