IMD_SustainabilityReport_Digital

Foreword by the President

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IMD’s degree programs, open and custom executive programs and advisory services are increasingly incorporating responsible business leadership and sustainable practices as key themes, for example within courses on marketing, digital, strategy, leadership, supply chain, finance, family business and entrepreneurship. IMD is also introducing targeted courses on sustainability, such as the new Winning Sustainability Strategies program. (EI&D) play a significant role. In 2020, IMD created a new position of Chief EI&D Officer and established an internal council to spearhead our own journey towards becoming an ever more equitable, inclusive, and diverse organization. Our new Chief E&ID Officer also started collaborating with our faculty on advisory activities with some of our corporate partners. One of the cornerstones of our Sustainability Policy, developed in 2019, is our commitment to the six UN Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME). This report shares our progress in meeting our sustainability goals as we challenge and inspire others to embrace sustainability through our teaching, research and engagement, and embed sustainability in our own operations and culture. The journey towards sustainability begins with each of us as changemakers within our communities and organizations. Given the magnitude of the challenges facing the world, we need to ask ourselves - how can we contribute? Through IMD’s “Real learning, Real impact” approach, we are committed to supporting leaders and organizations in balancing complex, competing commitments while leading transformation for a more sustainable world. Inclusive capitalism requires an emphasis on social impact, in which equity, inclusion and diversity

Jean-François Manzoni IMD President, Nestlé Chaired Professor

Jean-François Manzoni