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IMD Sustainability Report 2020

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Equity, inclusion & diversity

IMD’s ambition is to accelerate the adoption of equity, inclusion and diversity topics in its MBA and EMBA teaching, custom and open programs, advisory, cases, and research, as well as into the institution’s own working environment. In its work with executives and organizations, IMD actively challenges the conscious and unconscious biases of its community and audiences, including the more than 11,000 senior executives with whom the organization works annually.

IMD encourages business leaders to consider the impacts of their decisions, to reduce deeply engrained inequalities and to contribute to an inclusive and sustainable future. IMD is uniquely positioned to act as a thought leader in the field of EI&D, based on its award winning academic research spanning over nearly two decades, its dedicated and custom programs, as well as its unique Fortune 500 D&I practice knowhow. Allies and allyship December’s thought leadership engagement on allyship and advocacy was part of IMD’s “Courageous conversations during troubled times” series.

Ginka Toegel Professor of Leadership

“The Women in Football Leadership Program created a unique training environment conducive for the personal growth of talented women from around the Globe. Participants were challenged and supported to explore own leadership identity, they learned how to advocate their mission, address gender-specific career derailers (for example, assertiveness, visibility, gravitas), and build social capital by networking with other women who share similar challenges. It was an amazing group of highly talented women, who are passionate about the beautiful game and have innovative ideas about its future.”