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Center for Sustainable and Inclusive Business

Envisioning and implementing sustainable business transformation

Center for Sustainable and Inclusive Business

Envisioning and implementing sustainable business transformation

Sustainability is an essential element of business strategy, driving the transformation of business models and the roles of senior executives. IMD partners with sustainability leaders to research and share innovative best practices that harness opportunities and mitigate risk.

Moving the Needle on Sustainability

by Goutam Challagalla and Frédéric Dalsace, Harvard Business Review (Nov-Dec 2022)

Let’s be clear: ESG is not ‘woke’ and it’s different from sustainability

by Julia Binder, I by IMD (Feb 2023)

New rules of the game or game changer? Three things to consider as you prepare for (mandatory) sustainability reporting

by Florian Hoos and Mahwesh Khan, European Business Review (May 2023)

We don’t just discuss a better future, we actively shape it

Julia Binder, Professor for Sustainable Innovation and Business Transformation, discusses the mission of the Center for Sustainable and Inclusive Business.

Sustainability trends

13 sustainability trends driving business in 2023

For 2023, IMD experts identified a series of sustainability trends that will drive further business transformation to create value, manage risks, and reconfigure industries and entire systems to ensure we respect our planetary boundaries and create a more inclusive and resilient economy.

Management Science

The Social Cost of Carbon When We Wish for Full-Path Robustness

By Yifan Zhao, Arnab Basu, Thomas S. Lontzek and Karl Schmedders

24 April 2023

MIS Quarterly

Multifarious Roles and Conflicts on an Interorganizational Green IS

By Dorothy E. Leidner, Juliana Sutanto and Lazaros Goutas

15 February 2022

News Stories

IMD wins award in 2022 EFMD case writing competition

Professors Julia Binder and Heather Cairns-Lee were recognized in the Responsible Leadership category.

24 April 2023

News Stories

Why digital, sustainability, and talent transformations must work together

Senior leaders often think of digital transformation, sustainability, and talent as three separate transformations. However, they should always be integrated with each other, argue Phil Chronican, National Australia Bank Chair and IMD alum, and IM…

24 March 2023

News Stories

Two IMD cases highly commended by the Financial Times

IMD-authored cases demonstrating how sustainability can be put at the heart of an agribusiness enterprise and exploring how a social enterprise pivoted to make money for itself and investors while staying true to its purpose, are commended as valu…

18 January 2023

Case Study

Schneider Electric: Becoming the world leader in sustainability

Schneider Electric is a multinational company providing energy management and automation. The case briefly outlines the company’s history and describes the progressive integration of sustainability efforts into its overall strategy. This 20-year j…

09 May 2022

Case Study

KINTO: Toyota’s new mobility services platform

In 2019, Toyota launched KINTO, its new mobility services brand, in Europe – to address the increasing shift in consumer preferences from ownership to on-demand usership. KINTO was only the third brand to be launched by Toyota in its history (afte…

31 January 2022

Case Study

Kineer: A social marketing challenge

Kineer Services Limited (Kineer) was a social marketing startup set up in 2018 by Lakshmi Narayan Tripathi, a prominent Indian transgender, and Manish Jain, an ex-hospitality industry veteran. Their objective in setting up Kineer was to provide a …

26 January 2022

Research

IMD’s faculty and research teams regularly publish important research on sustainability and inclusive business.

Insights

Discover our thought leadership articles on a wide range of sustainability-related topics.

Sustainability Toolkits

Sustainability toolkits is a resource that helps navigate global indicators and trends that will impact your business.

Partnerships

IMD partners with academic institutions, organizations, and not-for-profits to advance sustainable transformation.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Through our research, thought leadership, programs, and practice-based know-how, we help current and future leaders work toward a more diverse, inclusive, and fair future.

About

The Center for Sustainable and Inclusive Business helps organizations navigate a more sustainable future.