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How Signatory Members Engage

Get Involved

PRME is a community of business and management schools that are committed to transforming business education in order to develop future business leaders so that they have the skills needed to advance sustainable development. Once business or management schools have joined PRME as Signatory Members, they have several opportunities to get involved:

  1. PRME Community: This is how we organize our Signatory Members. These groups are ongoing engagement opportunities for Signatories in which they can get involved with at any time.
  2. Special Projects: These are projects that dive into a specific area of responsible management education. They are offerings that may be time bound, depending on the projects partners and funding. Within these projects, there are a variety of ways for Signatories to get involved.
    1. The Impactful Five (i5) Project
  3. Current Offerings for Signatory Members: This includes exclusive offerings available to Signatories through our external partnerships as well as opportunities within the community. Examples can include book publishing, data access for research, award nominations, workshops etc.

PRME Community

This is how we organize our Signatory Members. These groups are ongoing engagement opportunities for Signatories in which they can get involved with at any time.



PRME Chapters

The 17 PRME Chapters help to advance the Six Principles within a particular geographic context, rooting PRME in different national, regional, cultural, and linguistic landscapes.

They function as platforms for localized engagement from higher education institutions, and in cooperation with Global Compact Local Networks, can develop projects and initiatives that support the Sustainable Development Goals regionally.

Through the PRME Chapters, Signatory Members are enabled to commune at a local level and make PRME activities contextually relevant.



PRME Working Groups

9 PRME Working Groups deepen collaboration in and across institutions on specific issues relevant to corporate sustainability and responsibility and related to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). They develop and publish resources relevant to increasing awareness around responsible management education and other thematic topics for business.

Through the PRME Working Groups, Signatory Members are enabled to further key thematic areas and increase impact of PRME.



PRME Champions

PRME Champions are a select group of high-engaging institutions that have radically transformed their curricula and research around the Six Principles. Their mission is to contribute to thought and action leadership on responsible management education in the context of the United Nations sustainable development agenda. They offer case studies of the challenges and opportunities of embracing institutional transformation, and provide a roadmap for other Signatory Members to follow.

Through the PRME Champions, Signatory Members are enabled to take a more active role in shaping and driving the PRME mission.



Student Engagement

Involving students and youth will be crucial to advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Today's youth will be the leaders of tomorrow, and their role will be pivotal in tackling the development challenges of the 21st century. PRME Global Students (PGS) is a student-run global movement that aims to co-create a space for fruitful and creative collaboration, collective reflection, and joyful interactions between and beyond student organizations in the realm of sustainable development.

Through the PRME Global Students (PGS), Signatory Members are enabled to empower sustainability-oriented student organizations.


The Impactful Five (i5) Project


The Impactful Five (i5): Learning in Leadership Education project is building on prior LEGO Foundation research and expertise to develop and pilot pedagogical approaches for holistic skill set development to help the next generation of leaders address sustainable development.

Through the i5 Project, Signatory Members are enabled to implement an innovative pedagogical approach in their classrooms.


Current Opportunities for Signatory Members

This includes exclusive opportunities available to Signatories through our external partnerships as well as opportunities within the community. Examples can include book publishing, data access for research, award nominations, workshops etc.



2024 PRME Global Students (PGS) Sustainability Awards

Timeline: Apply by 31 March.

Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) now invites sustainability-oriented student organizations to apply for the PRME Global Students (PGS) Sustainability Awards, recognizing the excellence of impactful sustainability-oriented student organizations from PRME Signatory Members that align their work with the Seven Principles for Responsible Management Education and advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

PGS aims to award student organizations from the global PRME community that have demonstrated a solid commitment and taken meaningful action to promote sustainable development in their localities, focused on social, economic, and environmental progress, as well as fostering good governance and responsible management throughout the 2023 calendar year.

The PGS Sustainability Awards are divided into two phases: Regional Awards and Global Awards. On 18 June 2024, PRME will celebrate the Regional Winners and award the Global Winner during the PRME Global Forum. The student organization awarded as the Global Winner will receive a USD 2,000 monetary prize to increase the impact of their local initiatives

Important dates:

  • Call for Nominations - Open: 12 February 2024

  • Call for Nomination - Close: 31 March 2024 (23:59 EST)

  • Regional Judging Committee evaluation: 01-21 April 2024

  • Notification to the Regional Finalist: 22-26 April 2024

  • Regional Awards Ceremonies: 08 May 2024

  • Conscious Capitalism Competition (Global Awards): 09 May to 17 June 2024

  • Global Awards Ceremony: 18 June 2024 at the PRME Global Forum



2024 PRME Faculty Teaching Awards

Timeline: Apply by 31 March.

PRME is excited to announce the PRME Faculty Teaching Awards, recognizing excellence in teaching sustainable development and responsible management practices in business education. The Faculty Teaching Awards seek to honor innovative and impactful pedagogical contributions that advance the SDGs and align with the pedagogical interests of the PRME community. We believe that by acknowledging and rewarding outstanding pedagogical practices, we can drive meaningful change in transforming business education.

Faculty at PRME Signatory institutions are eligible. Five total winners will be chosen, one per each discipline listed below:

  1. Accounting & Finance
  2. Marketing
  3. Economics
  4. Operations & Analytics
  5. Management (includes Human Resources, Strategy, International Business, Leadership)

The five winners of the PRME Pedagogical Awards will receive global recognition and will present their work at the PRME Global Forum on June 18, 2024. They will also be showcased on the PRME website in an awardee repository that will highlight the winners through narratives and materials from their classroom experience.

If you have a passion for transforming management education in order to develop responsible decision-makers of tomorrow to advance the #SDGs through innovative and impactful curriculum, apply today!



PRME World Tour

The ‘PRME World Tour Research Paper Development Program’ offers to PRME Regional Chapters one research paper development workshop during 2022-2024 invited by the PRME Secretariat and co-organized with the PRME World Tour Organizing Committee and the PRME Regional Chapters. We invite clusters of 2-3 smaller PRME Regional Chapters to apply for co-hosting a workshop and larger PRME Regional Chapters to apply for hosting a workshop alone.

The PRME World Tour Research Paper Development Program is made possible by the generous partnership with two of the world’s leading international journals in the responsible management and business-in-society field: Business & Society and Journal of Business Ethics. The PRME World Tour Research Paper Development’s Organizing Committee is chaired by a former co-editor of Business & Society and has senior scholars from both journals with research experience from different world geographies. Each workshop will be organized with one or more PRME representatives from the region. Each workshop is open for engaging with senior scholars and mentors from other relevant journals.

Upcoming workshops:

15 March - 2nd PRME World Tour: Research Paper Development Workshop - France Benelux

9 April - PRME World Tour: Research Paper Development Workshop - Poland

20 May - PRME World Tour: Research Paper Development Workshop - Italy



Join Sulitest's TASK™ Change Leader program this year and benefit from a discount

Timeline: Join by 19 June

Sulitest, a global movement mainstreaming sustainability literacy in Higher Education, and the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME), an initiative the UN Global Compact that aims to raise the profile of sustainability in business and management education, are thrilled to announce a new partnership. Sulitest has been leading the assessment framework of PRME’s Impactful Five (i5) project since 2023 and are now excited to provide their assessment tools to the greater PRME community.

PRME’s mission is to transform management education and develop the responsible decision-makers of tomorrow to advance sustainable development. In this effort, embedding sustainability in the curriculum, so that all students are equipped with the relevant sustainability knowledge, is vital. With this aim, Sulitest has launched TASK™ (The Assessment of Sustainability Knowledge), a reliable and standardized assessment tool for measuring and monitoring sustainability knowledge.

As a comparable assessment, TASK can be used to compare programs, or in entry- and exit-testing of a cohort of students. It enables higher education institutions to identify areas of improvement and monitor progress. These detailed and aggregated results provide evidence to accreditors, rankings, and various stakeholders of the tangible outputs of a sustainability education strategy.

As we celebrate his partnership, we would like to invite PRME Signatory Members to the upcoming webinar on 18 April presenting TASK™ and discussing the importance of sustainability education evaluation. PRME Signatories who join the TASK™ Change Leader program this year will benefit from a discount. This event represents an opportunity for professors, sustainability professionals, and the broader higher education community to better understand how this tool can enhance their impact, support curricular review, equip graduates, and facilitate sustainability reporting.



i5 Certification for 2024 Engagement

Timeline: First quarter opportunities end 31 March. Second quarter opportunities are now available.

An i5 Certificate of Engagement will be available for 2024. Before pursuing a certificate of engagement, please attend an Introduction to i5 Workshop. Online sessions that build on the foundation established in the Introduction to i5 Workshops will be offered throughout the year. These sessions are community building opportunities that will delve into key themes that promote pedagogical innovation in the classroom. Four sessions will be held quarterly and each will focus on one of the following topics:

  • Student engagement

  • Leadership

  • Building a Community of Practice

  • Research

By attending one session every quarter and completing the corresponding 5-minute survey you will be eligible to receive an i5 Certificate of Engagement for 2024. Below are the engagement opportunities that are eligible for certification. Engagement offerings will be updated every three months.



FREE Registration for Signatory Members at the 2024 PRME Global Forum

The 2024 PRME Global Forum’s strategic vision is to accelerate the global collective impact of responsible management education while also serving as a space to learn and connect with passionate stakeholders. It will bring together all walks of life from business, academia, the United Nations, the public sector, and the PRME community to accelerate the positive impact responsible management and business education is making on the leaders of tomorrow. The theme of this year's Global Forum will be Accelerating our Common Agenda.

Following the "chasing the sun" method, PRME will offer 16 hours of programming spanning a variety of time zones to reach our global community:

  • Eastern Hemisphere: 02:00 - 06:00 (offered in English)
  • PRME Time: 08:00 - 16:00 (offered in English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish)
  • Western Hemisphere: 18:00 - 22:00 (offered in English)

Signatory Members are welcome to register for FREE! Please register with your institutional email to access the free ticket.



Routledge Call for Book Proposals

Timeline: Accepting proposals on a rolling basis

The Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) and Routledge have partnered to produce a ground-breaking book series, focusing on responsible management education and its application in practice. The Editorial Board is currently accepting proposals.