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The sustainability initiative at IMD  73 IMD embeds sustainability in its teaching, research, and operations: Copyright Material – Provided by Taylor & Francis Not for Redistribution Teaching: • At the heart of IMD’s mission is an ambition to encourage and deepen the positive impact that responsible and mindful leaders and businesses can have on society. IMD’s CLEAR leadership program, launched in 2018, brings diverse senior executives to- gether to reflect on their roles and responsibilities as leaders. In addition to its other goals, this ten-month program features a unique opportunity to learn from, and help to address, the challenges faced by specific organizations creating social impact in emerging markets. As part of the CLEAR module in Indo- nesia, business leaders from around the world collaborated in with Kopernik, a social enterprise supporting communities and building partnerships through social innovation in areas such as health, education, agriculture, women’s empowerment, and sanitation. • IMD’s flagship MBA program includes a required course on Busi- ness and Society led by Knut Haanaes, Visiting Professor of Strat- egy at IMD and Dean of the Global Leadership Institute at the World Economic Forum. The MBA includes a variety of guest speakers discussing sustainability in business such as Jose Lopez, former EVP and COO at Nestlé, Anne-Wil Dijkstra, executive from Tony’s Chocolonely, and Marco Lambertini, Director Gen- eral of WWF International. • The MBA also offers a Social Innovation elective by Professor Vanina Farber, focusing on purposeful for-profit business ap- proaches to addressing social and environmental challenges. The course objective is to explore how purpose and sustainability can be the source of innovation of business models. • For almost 40 years, IMD’s MBA Consulting Projects have helped organizations from around the world to assess industry and mar- ket challenges, clarify strategic alternatives and act on opera- tional and organizational implications. Companies benefit from research by a team of experienced MBA participants supervised by a dedicated IMD faculty. Several projects have been focused on sustainability issues such as: recycling policies and branding, low-carbon housing, e-mobility, and sustainable logistics. • Discovery Expeditions: All EMBA participants receive exposure to corporate responsibility issues through Discovery Expeditions that take them to emerging markets such as Peru and Kenya.