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INDEVOR Newsletter Summer 2025

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INDEVOR Alumni Meet Up at Amsterdam Alumni Forum, April 4-5

In this issue:

1. Try This at Home, NAA Sustainability Reps! “Sustainability Decisions” Workshop from INDEVOR Biz & Sustainability Summit, Amsterdam Alumni Forum

2. Apply for INDEVOR – CIC  Small Grant for NAA Sustainability Events

3. Watch our Webinar on  “Business Strategies in Response to Diminishing Humanitarian Support”and call your governments to retain funding for Global Vaccine Alliance.

4. Collaboration with INDEVOR Student Club on INSEAD Earth Week 2025

5. CIC Propeller to Launch This Fall as Advisory Resource for Start Ups in Sustainability

6. Plug Into INDEVOR GC by Joining Our WhatsApp Group, LInkedIN Group and Subscribing to Newsletter

7. Dutch Sustainability  & INDEVOR Student Clubs Helps MBAs Gain Social Enterprise Consulting Experience (SECE)

1. INDEVOR “Sustainability Decisions” workshop at Amsterdam Alumni Forum – Try hosting one at your NAA!

Hans Reus and Jinna Mairlot guide INDEVOR workshop at Alumni Forum Amsterdam;  Groups of four engaged in peer-coaching on sustainability decisions

 

On April 5th, about 80 alumni gathered for INDEVOR GC’s annual business and sustainability summit, this year held as a “Sustainability Decisions” workshop within the Amsterdam Alumni Forum.  Led by INDEVOR ExCo members Hans Reus and Jinna Mairlot, the session took 90 minutes, was fully participatory and could be easily replicated as a local or regional in-person event for NAAs and other GCs.   After some set-up remarks and use cases from Hans and Jinna, participants divided into peer-coaching groups of four and each member presented a sustainability / ESG challenge they were facing – ranging from career shifts to personal and work norms.  Every group reported gaining both rich insight and new relationships.   Sounds simple?  It was – just like INSEAD working group magic in our degree programs.

 

2. INDEVOR-CIC launches small grants program for NAA & GC meet ups to advance sustainability awareness, advocacy and action.

Inspired to try the Sustainable Decisions workshop in your city?  INDEVOR and Community Impact Challenge has launched a small grants program that can help.  We grant up E250 per application to support alumni engagement around sustainability.  Our first grant funded a meet up in Amsterdam for alumni working on green start-ups.  For more information contact INDEVOR GC Treasurer Ashish Agarwal at [email protected]

3. Webinar on Business Strategies in Response to Diminishing Humanitarian Support

Listen to our May 7 webinar here, sponsored by Sattva Consulting,  and learn from faculty research on Humanitarian Aid; alums advancing global health and a Nigerian health authority, what’s at stake with cuts to Official Development Assistance; where blended finance and joint procurement can help; and where those in Global North should advocate their governments replenish critical programs, like the GAVI vaccine alliance.

4. Collaborating with INDEVOR Student Club on INSEAD Earth Week 2025

Get ready for INSEAD Giving Day, where our global community comes together in a celebration of generosity and impact. Since its inception in 2017, we’ve raised an incredible €10.6M from 16,604 donors, proving that every contribution counts. Be part of this exciting tradition and help us make a difference for the future. Together, we grow!

INDEVOR GC members Jinna Mairlot (top center) & Robin Millington (bottom left) join Prof. Mark Stabile for INSEAD Earth Week’s opening plenary.

INDEVOR GC ExCo member Joanne Schante (far right) leads INDEVOR students in forest bathing.

5. INSEAD Alumni “Propeller” Coming this Fall

INDEVOR-Community Impact Challenge  is excited to announce an initiative in to support social and environmental impact entrepreneurship: Propeller – a global networking platform designed to propel profitability, people and planet. Propeller aims to help impact-driven startups and scale-ups grow profitably by connecting them with a community of investors, corporates, experts, and supporters who can offer what these startups need – funding, partnerships, mentorship, and market exposure.

If you are running such a company, or if you are looking to give back- by advising, partnering, opening doors or investing – we would love to hear from you.

Eligible organizations must be INSEAD-founded, built on a potentially viable business model, fundamentally sustainable, and driven by disruptive innovation.

INDEVOR is keen to partner with INSEAD faculty, other global clubs, national INSEAD alumni associations etc.  Interested? Please reach out to [email protected]  to get involved. 

6. Plug Into INDEVOR GC by Joining Our WhatsApp Group and LInkedIN Group!

Sign up here at our LinkedIN group for registration alerts and report outs from our events

For real-time event alerts and peer discussions, join our WhatsApp group by clicking here or scan the QR code.

7. Dutch Sustainability & INDEVOR Student Clubs' SECE Program Helps MBAs Activate as a Force for Good

A team of five current MBA students is engaged in a highly relevant  Social Enterprise Consulting Experience (SECE) assignment with Optimal Greening Foundation, which is led by Osen Iyahen (MBA’12J). Provoked by the recent withdrawal of USAID funding, the students are investigating new financial models for innovative Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) initiatives in W. Africa. In exchange for this consultancy support, the students will gain first-hand experience of the challenges facing a purpose-driven organization, as well as gain a credit to their MBA. They will soon present their recommendations to the OGF Board. For more information on the SECE program, which is facilitated by the Dutch Sustainability Club and the INDEVOR Student Club, please contact Tim Bett [email protected]