Sustainability Report 2021

IMD’s five core focus areas 14

Responsible Leadership Development

Teaching Responsible leadership development is the most important sustainability focus area for IMD. The opportunity to create exponential impact on society is created through innovative teaching, actionable research and proactive outreach to the tens of thousands of senior executives participating in IMD’s programs and forming its active alumni community of leaders around the world. Across its degree programs, open, and custom-enrollment programs, IMD integrates sustainability frameworks, cases, and action learning. Participants learn how sustainable innovation, technology, and finance can enable sustainable business transformation. They also build an understanding and awareness of the new leadership capabilities needed to create value for both business and society. The MBA degree program aims to develop responsible leaders. Sustainability forms a core part of the curriculum through required courses, electives, case studies, Innovation Week, working with startups, and International Consulting Projects. Business and Society All MBA participants take the required Business and Society: Corporate Sustainability course, taught by Lundin Sustainability Chair Professor Knut Haanaes, which equips leaders of tomorrow to combine high performance with positive societal impact. Guest speakers include Marco Lambertini, Director General for the WWF; Yves Daccord, former Director General of the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC); and leaders of businesses that champion sustainability, such as Danfoss CEO Kim Fausing, Royal DSM Co-CEO Geraldine Matchett, and Schneider Electric Executive MBA

Vice President Industrial Automation Barbara Frei- Spreiter. A Primer on Impact Investment and Sustainable Finance In this elective, taught by elea Professor of Social Innovation Vanina Farber, MBA participants learn how impact investment can mobilize private capital to help fill the development-financing gap and address pressing global challenges. Participants develop a broad understanding of the nuances involved when integrating ESG criteria in asset managers’ portfolio decisions. Reforming Marketing for a Sustainable Future The objective of this course, Professor of Marketing and Strategy Frédéric Dalsace, is to review current marketing practices and to systematically investigate possible avenues to develop new, or alter, practices by empowering customers and developing new sustainable products, services, and business models. Innovation Week MBA participants faced a unique week-long challenge exploring how innovation can drive large companies to address the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). During Innovation Week, MBA teams each focused on how a company could create impact for one SDG in a specific region. Companies selected by the MBA teams included: Volkswagen, Amazon, Starbucks, Maersk, Netflix, Alibaba, and Uniqlo.