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IMD Sustainability Report 2020

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Partnerships and outreach Strategic partnerships for impact IMD helps develop responsible leaders through partnerships that enable cross-sector collaboration. Examples are the Enterprise for Society Center as well as IMD’s engagement with the UN Conference on Trade and Development and with a growing alumni community interested in contributing to sustainable business.

Enterprise for Society

economic activity, but it also presents a rare opportunity to fundamentally redesign our economies to become more inclusive, resilient and environmentally sustainable. Drawing on the broad expertise of its three foundation members, E4S is helping to shape the transition toward a more resilient, environmentally responsible, and inclusive economy. Jean-Pierre Danthine, Managing Director of E4S, called for a new social contract between academia, enterprise and society.

Based on the conviction that institutions of higher learning have a responsibility to help individuals and organizations overcome societal challenges and identify opportunities, IMD partnered with two leading Swiss academic institutions, the University of Lausanne (UNIL) and the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) to create Enterprise for Society (E4S).

In its inaugural annual meeting in 2020, E4S acknowledged that the COVID-19 crisis has damped

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