23 September 2020
Alongside the United Nations 75th Annual General Assembly week, the UN Global Compact has virtually convened high-level representatives from business, government, the UN and civil society for the three-forum event Uniting Business LIVE, consisting of the Private Sector Forum, the Global Impact Forum, and the SDG Business Forum. Uniting Business LIVE took place from 21 to 23 September and focuses on “uniting business for a better world” in the spirit of “building back better.” Yesterday, at the Global Impact Forum, PRME hosted two key panels - a Session Panel on Sustainable Finance in Education and a Main Stage Panel on the Impact-Based University.
The first panel invited finance scholars to discuss the status of sustainable finance in the classroom today, noting how far both research and pedagogy have come in the last five years. Dave Chen (Kellogg School of Management), Costanza Consolandi (University of Siena), and Basma Majerbi (Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria) joined moderator Andreas Rasche (Copenhagen Business School) on stage to discuss the urgent need among finance professionals and in the financial sector for skills to address ESG issues. The panel focused on how SDG-related business and management education plays a crucial role in transforming the financial sector to support global achievement of the SDGs. It also explored what SDG skills, tools and mindsets are needed to support a greener and more equitable society, and how business schools respond best to developing such skills.
The second panel took to the main stage to offer diverse geographical perspectives on the notion of an impact-based university and to challenge the traditional measurement of this definition. Andrew Jack (Financial Times), Tim Mescon (AACSB International), Sanjeev Khagram (Thunderbird School of Global Management, ASU), Enase Okonedo (Lagos Business School), and Wilfred Mijnhardt (Rotterdam School of Management) actively discussed the urgent need for management scholars and business schools to achieve greater impact that is of relevance in addressing grand societal challenges. This session was led and moderated by Urs Jager (INCAE Business School).
17 June 2020
Dear PRME community,
I am honoured and humbled by the appointment as Chair of PRME Board. We are on a journey that is more urgent and more important than we had ever imagined.
PRME’s mission is to create a global movement and thought leadership for responsible management education. The need for PRME in the world has been reinforced by a global pandemic crisis, racial injustice and climate change. Today, it is more important than ever for management education to remain steadfast in its priority: to develop responsible leaders who drive business as a force for good, with the mindset and ability to deliver change and societal progress.
I look forward to working with colleagues at PRME and the UN Global Compact as we aspire to achieve targets set in the Sustainable Development Goals.
I am very pleased to announce the members of the new PRME Board. They have all generously agreed to contribute to setting the strategic direction for the future of PRME. They are all dedicated to the PRME Principles, and each one of them is an experienced and committed leader in the area of responsible management education. Board members are PRME supporters willing and able to advance PRME’s vision, acting in a personal, honorary and unpaid capacity.
The PRME Board comprises five constituency groups —management schools (i.e. Deans, Directors, faculty, students, etc.), international management and leadership development associations, international academic communities, UN Global Compact and United Nations.
The new PRME Board will have its first constitutive meeting on 25 August 2020.
It is my pleasure to present to you the members of the new PRME Board.
Sincerely,
Ilian Mihov
Chair of PRME Board