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INDEVOR Global Impact Network – Fall 2024 Newsletter

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–  Climate Hero Initiative Surpasses 2,250 participants – Please tell your friends

–  INDEVOR marks Global INSEAD Day with a webinar on Investing for Sustainability

–  Check out Refreshed INDEVOR

–  Global Club Blogsite – and find lifelong learning resources on social and environmental impact

–  Mark your calendars for INDEVOR’ s Annual General Meeting January 17th 7 a.m. SF/10 a.m. NYC/4 p.m. CET/10 p.m. Sing. We’ll be planning our sustainability session for Amsterdam Alumni Forum.

–  Seeking a communications volunteer for INDEVOR’s Executive Committee

–  Community Impact Challenge is looking for Marketing and Communications Leader (volunteer role)

1. Let's spread the word on Climate Hero

Welcome back to fall, INDEVORites.  We have been heartened over the summer to see the numbers mounting to more than 2,250 participants joining in the INSEAD ClimateHero Initiative, to further enhance the awareness around climate change. Thank you, if you already participated; We still need more to join in order to change the game.  Could you please help promote it with classmates and friends on your WhatsApp groups, NAA & GC newsletters and other channels? Please find below a draft text that you can share with your communities.

INSEAD invites everyone to be better informed about their personal carbon footprints. Therefore, please join the INSEAD ClimateHero Initiative. Thank you to those who already participated.

It only takes 5 minutes to calculate your carbon footprint, which offers you many benefits:

  • Learn: Get a detailed breakdown of your environmental impact. The calculator provides specific, actionable recommendations to reduce your carbon footprint.
  • Improve: Consider the suggested changes in ways that fit your lifestyle and schedule. Every small, informed step contributes to significant reductions in carbon emissions.
  • Compete: INSEAD tracks participation by country and cohort. Spread the word to see your class/country at the top of the leaderboard.
  • Win: INSEAD offers three vouchers that grant a full waiver for any of the INSEAD Open Online Programs. More information can be found in the Frequently Asked Question section.
  • Join: 2285 INSEAD people already joined this initiative, including INSEAD Board Members, faculty, staff and, of course, alumni.

2. Recording available for Global INSEAD Day Webinar

Check out a thought-provoking webinar for Global INSEAD Day September 12 on “Investing in Sustainability: Mobilizing Capital for Sustainable Business” with Kiku Loomis (93D), Host; Jinna Li (19J), Moderator and Partner, Endgame Capital: Kamal Hassan (93D), Loyal VC investor; Nicolas Sdez (23J), Loyal VC investee in ocean carbon capture and Harini Sunderam (07J), VP Marketing & Sales GreenStruxure and leader of INSEAD’s Community Impact Challenge.

3. Refreshed Blogsite

Visit our refreshed blogsite, thanks to our wonderful administrator, Nicole Harari, which now links to an archive of past webinar recordings, to our past newsletters full of images and event outcomes, and to the INDEVOR student club, which now is 31 years old and a close collaborator with our alumni club.  For our last webinar, students set up a watch party in an Amphi.  Stay tuned for more improvements, including INDEVOR student C.V. books for alums looking to hire.

4. Annual General Meeting - January 17, 2025

Mark your calendars for our Annual General Meeting on January 17th – 7 a.m. PT, 10 a.m. ET, 4 p.m. CET and 10 p.m. SGT.  As per last year, we will cover housekeeping in the first 15 minutes and dedicate the remaining 45 minutes to breakouts and generative discussion to plan our sustainability session for the Amsterdam Alumni Forum in April.   Registration invite and link to follow later this Fall.

5. Consider becoming INDEVOR's inaugural Communications Volunteer

INDEVOR still is seeking a communications volunteer to join our team and keep our website refreshed and newsletters distributing, working with president Katie Smith Milway on strategy and web administrator Nicole Harari on implementation. Commitment: 1 hour per week. Experience in writing, editing and website content creation is desirable. This is a core volunteer role, which may convert in time to an Executive Committee member. A perfect job for a new alum who wants to get involved – or a longstanding alum with a little more margin in their life.  If interested, please send your CV and expression of experience and interest to INDEVOR Global Club Secretary [email protected]

6. Join the Community Impact Challenge organization as their Marketing and Communications Co-Lead

Looking for a chance to get involved in the sustainability domain and help communities to become carbon neutral? Do you have in-depth experience in Communication and Marketing, people management experience, and preferably experience in a volunteering organisation? We have a role just for you! Join the Community Impact Challenge (CIC)!  Our Communications team is at the heart of all we do and it is a great chance to make a real impact. You will Lead a team to design comms and marketing strategy, CIC branding, manage social media and all comms materials, liaise with INSEAD, the Hoffmann Institute and NAAs for comms purposes.

To find out more and discuss how you can be involved please send your CV and cover letter to [email protected].

INDEVOR Global Impact Network June 2024 Newsletter

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In this issue:

  1. Join our new INDEVOR “Alumni in Impact” Directory!

  2. May 2024 Alumni Business and Sustainability Summit at Station F/Paris Launches ClimateHero Initiative:  Please join!

  3. Hoffman Institute Hosts Business Schools for Climate Leadership Convening June 1

  4. Mark your calendars for INDEVOR’s INSEAD Global Day webinar 9/12/2024.

  5. Send ideas for our April 2025 Alumni Business & Sustainability Summit 

  6. Welcome to INDEVOR’s new student club leadership

  7. Apply for facilitator role at Community Impact Challenge

1. Join our global INDEVOR Alumni Directory:

Apply to join the INSEAD INDEVOR Directory for INSEAD Alumni working in any area of environment or social impact to connect with each other. The membership is free. Please email [email protected] for any questions and use QR code below to apply.

2. May 2024 Alumni Business and Sustainability Summit Launches ClimateHero Initiative: Please join in!

On May 30th the INDEVOR Global Impact Network GC, in partnership with Community Impact Challenge and Hoffman Institute, hosted a sold-out, 2nd annual Alumni Business and Sustainability Summit at Station F in Paris. More than 100 alumni gathered in person to learn and contribute at Station F in Paris, with more joining online, including those at a synchronized breakfast event at the SF Hub.  The program, sponsored in part by Loyal VC, featured INSEAD’s deep well of alumni expertise in sustainability issues.  Speakers addressed ESG regulations, AI risks and opportunities for carbon pollution reduction, and advances in shipping, air fuel and construction to crack emissions outside the direct control of a given business (Scope 3 emissions).

Shipping expert Pernille Dalhgaard, jet fuel expert Philippe Lacamp, and construction expert Dr. Andreas Claussen give lightning talks on Cracking Scope 3 at Station F, moderated by INSEAD COO Attila Cselotei.

Discussion groups aligned with sessions produced ideas for applying the learning to participants’ businesses and lives.  As a concrete step for the entire gathering we launched the ClimateHero Initiative, inviting all alumni to use this link to measure their carbon footprint as a base case for improving it.  Please join the initiative: Our business decisions are calculated; what about our personal ones? The event team thanks INSEAD professor Theos Evgeniou, COO Attila Cselotei and Dean Mark Stabile for their participation and support, and thanks co-promoters NAAs France, The Netherlands, UK, USA, and Global Clubs TechAlumni, Energy, International Directors Network, and Women in Business.  Event recording at this link.

Summit participants discussed and applied experts’ insights to there own contexts.

FEATURED EXPERTS:

Côme Perpère, MBA11J, Chief Sustainability Officer, Microsoft France, 
Pernille Dahlgaard, GMBA14, Chief Officer Government, Business & Analytics Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping
Dr. Andrea Claussen, EMCC12, Supervisory board, Hering International, systematised construction solutions & Founder of I Am Wilderness GmBH
Philippe Lacamp, Finance for Executives 2016, CEO, SkyNRG, sustainable aviation fuel
Siddartha Chaturvedy MBA15D  Director of Product Management, Microsoft
Alexandre D’Aspremont   Faculty, École Normale Supériure, Kayrros SAS Cofounder
Constance D’Aspremont, MBA06J Business Development, Strategy & Partnerships, Greenomy 

Summit Co-hosts Patricia Sennequier (Virtuals) and Katie Smith Milway (Station F)

Event Team:  INDEVOR admin Nicole Harari (registration and communications); INDEVOR president Katie Smith Milway (Co-host and event architect); INDEVOR NAA Liaison Patricia Sennequier (Co-host, tech and session coordinator); INDEVOR learning lead Kiku Loomis (Session coordinator); INDEVOR student liaison Joanne Schante (day-of logistics);  INDEVOR secretary Ebru Carter (slideshow); INDEVOR treasurer Ashish Singh (eventbrite & vendor payments);  INDEVOR climate journey liaison Hans Reus (ClimateHero initiative); CIC president Harini Sundaram and president emeritus Paolo Senes (ClimateHero Initiative); INDEVOR volunteer Nathalie Trutmann (welcome and nametags); INDEVOR NAA Germany rep Dr. Andreas Claussen (Pre-Summit Workshop on Leading for Sustainability); TechAlumni GC President Vikas Pandurkar (Technology); NAA France sustainability rep Solenn Marquette (Catering & Reception); INSEAD COO Attila Cselotei (faculty liaison), INDEVOR NAA Liaison Jinna Li (Alumni in Impact community). 

Event Team members post summit at Station F.  Time to relax!

3. Hoffman Institute Hosts Business Schools for Climate Leadership Convening on June 1

The Hoffman Institute hosted an insightful and invigorating European Business Schools for Climate Leadership (BS4CL) conference with eight peer institutions on the heels of the INDEVOR Biz & Sustainability Summit.  Several summit organizers were able to attend and port questions and learnings from one convening to the next.

8 participating B-Schools.              Core paradigm shift from “output” to “impact” economy

4. Investing in Sustainability Webinar, September 12, 2024:

We’ll be marking Global INSEAD Day, Sept 12, with a webinar featuring Loyal VC founder Kamal Hassan (MBA 93D) and INSEAD alumni entrepreneurs building businesses in social and environmental impact.   Webinar questions and ideas?  Contact INDEVOR learning lead Kiku Loomis at [email protected]. 

5. April 2025 Alumni Business & Sustainability Summit – Send Ideas

A recurring question out of both our virtual breakouts and in-person discussions at the 2024 biz & sustainability summit:  “What are best ways to influenced supply chains for both environmental and social responsibility?”   We are looking at ways to advance learning and action on this theme, in partnership with Community Impact Challenge.  We welcome ideas for our 2025 Summit, which will be in conjunction with INSEAD’s European Alumni Forum April 4-6.  Please send your ideas to [email protected]

6.  A warm welcome to INDEVOR’s new student leadership.

We look forward to collaborating with you!

7. Apply for Facilitator Role at CIC

Looking for a chance to get involved in the sustainability domain and to make a impact by mobilising more people and organisations to achieve net zero by 2050? 

Join the Community Impact Challenge (CIC) and act as Facilitator to mobilise, convince and guide organisations to register for the Race To Zero initiative. You will get the opportunity to meet and work with other like-minded people, to expand your network, and to train with partners. Your objectives will be to leverage your network to identify, contact and convince organisations to sign up to the RTZ. Support the organisation throughout the signup process, identify the best Partner the organisation can work with using the materials, toolkits and slides developed by the CIC Experts.

Candidates with experience and contacts in the financial services, logistics and transportation would be preferred.

Please send your CV and cover letter to [email protected] or reach out to Alina Ignatieva, Talent Co-Lead.

Find out more about this and other roles and CIC at www.communityimpactchallenge.org/volunteerroles

The Role of Asset Managers in Creating Sustainable Growth

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The Role of Asset Managers in Creating Sustainable Growth
Wednesday 24 April, 18:30 for 19:00

Asset managers play a crucial role in promoting sustainable growth by influencing investment decisions, corporate behaviour, and market practices. Sustainable growth is a long-term approach that seeks to balance economic, social, and environmental considerations.

We will cover the following questions amongst others:

• How do asset managers integrate ESG factors in their investment decision making?
• What are the specific challenges when addressing impact investing?
• Does your company have an ESG stewardship code?
• How do innovation and collaboration support sustainable growth?

Jon Coker is one of the Founding Partners of Eka Ventures. Eka is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in technology companies building a healthy, inclusive and sustainable economy. At Eka Jon led investments in Hived, Hylo, UseAgain, OXcan, Runna, Isla & Axle. Prior to this, Jon spent 11 years at MMC Ventures, ultimately as one of the two Managing Partners. At MMC he led investments in 16 companies including Interactive Investor (1bn) Gousto (1bn), Bloom&Wild (500m), Mubi, Cloudsense, Peak and Total Mobile. Jon has an Engineering degree and technology has been a constant thread in his education and career.

James Pitt (MBA 94D) is a Partner of Lexington Partners, one of the world’s largest managers of private equity secondary and co-investment funds, where he is responsible for the firm’s international direct investments. He has worked in the private equity sector since 2000, prior to which he was an investment banker at Morgan Stanley in London and New York, and a strategy consultant at Arthur D. Little. Previously, he served as a warfare and ship’s diving officer in the Royal Navy from 1984-89.

Daniella Woolf is the founder of Danesmead ESG which works with investment managers globally, implementing ESG and responsible investment practices, and aligning with regulations and industry standards. Danesmead ESG specialises in alternative investment strategies including long/short equity and credit, structured credit, infrastructure, and private equity and debt. Previously, Daniella worked at Arrowgrass Capital, where she was a member of the Investor Relations team focusing on ODD and ESG.

Rekha Toora (MBA 11D) is Senior Vice President, EMEA Hotels Capital Markets, part of the JLL European hotels and capital markets team focusing on advising investors on hospitality transactions Europe-wide, with a focus on the UK. Passionate about sustainability, particularly the built environment and green finance, Rekha is a regular panellist and speaker on sustainability in real estate and hotel capital markets. She is a member of the global sustainability committee at JLL and Chair of the Capital Markets Committee of the Energy and Environment Alliance, a hospitality-focused not-for-profit organisation.

Moderator: Gaby Glasener-Cipollone (MBA 93D)

This event is held in conjunction with:

Hosted by:

 

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INDEVOR April 2024 Newsletter

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1. INSEAD Alumni Business & Sustainability Summit 2024: Accelerating the Race to Net Zero – May 30th 3-7 pm. CET, Paris/SF/Virtual

Venue: Station F (Central Room)/SF Hub/Hybrid, 5 Parvis Alan Turing Paris  75013
Attendees:  300 alumni (100 in-person – 20 spots left; 200 virtual – 100 spots left, including at SF Hub)

Register & See Full Agenda Here

Join fireside chat keynote Côme Perpère, Chief Sustainability Officer, Microsoft France, MBA11J, INDEVOR Global Club president Katie Smith Milway MBA93D, NAA France Sustainability Lead, Solenn Marquette, MBA09D, INDEVOR GC NAA Liaison Patricia Sennequier MBA04J and Global TechAlumni Club president Vikas Pandurkar at  Station F for our May 30th summit, sponsored by Loyal VC.

AGENDA, SPEAKERS & CO-PROMOTERS

For N. American alums: 

SF Hub will pipe in summit session: AI & Sustainability: Opportunities and Risks at 8 a.m. breakfast event May 30th, with panelist Sid Chaturvedi of Microsoft US present to lead discussion.  Register here

20 Spots for Pre-Summit Workshop on “Sustainability Leadership” at Station F Felicite building/Jardin Charcot (adjacent) May 30th, 12h -14h30

Dr. Andrea Claussen, NAA Germany, medical doctor, leadership coach and founder of I Am Wilderness will offer this leadership workshop pro-bono to first 20 summit participants to email [email protected]  with “pre-summit” in subject line.

2. Check out our YouTube recording of the International Director Network’s April 10 webinar on ESG X Governance: the materiality of board leadership.

3. Attend the next sustainability events in your geographies, including: 

April 24th 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. in London, sponsored by NAA UK
Location: Artefact, Rex Building, 1st Floor, 62-64 Queen Street, London EC4R 1EB.

Register Here

May 6th Amsterdam, 18h30 – 21h15 sponsored by NAA The Netherlands with the Energy Global Club and Health Care Global Club

The Future of Electric Vehicles hosted at EVBox’s Amsterdam office:
EVBox
Kabelweg 47
1014 BA Amsterdam

Register & See Full Agenda Here
Speakers:
  • Remco Samuels, CEO EVBox, Chairman of ChargeUp Europe
  • Anja van Niersen, CEO Milence, ex-CEO of Allego
  • Arjan Keizer, Global Head of Industrial & FMCG at Shell Fleet Solutions
  • Sacha Muller, candidate for Volt Europa for the European Parliamentary elections, ex-McKinsey

4. Become INDEVOR Global Impact Network’s Inaugural Communications Volunteer 

INDEVOR is seeking a communications volunteer join our team and lead our branding and website refresh, working with president Katie Smith Milway on strategy and web administrator Nicole Harari on implementation. This includes content management and links to related INSEAD alumni organisations like CIC and INDEVOR student club. The role will also work with our club president on our bimonthly newsletter and social media messaging.

Commitment: 2 hours per week. Experience in writing, editing and website content creation desirable. This is a core volunteer role, which may convert in time to Executive Committee member.  If interested, please send your CV and expression of experience and interest to INDEVOR Global Club Secretary [email protected].

5.  Kudos to new steps on INSEAD’s Climate Journey

As part of the Europe Campus Reimagination project geothermal well drilling began in March at Fontainebleau. This sustainable energy source will take care of 86% of the new MIM building’s heating and cooling needs. It is another important step for delivering on the school’s greenhouse gas reduction pledge.

Record. available! ESG x Governance: Materiality of Leadership

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Our April 10th webinar, co-hosted by INSEAD IDN and INDEVOR, explored how ESG factors intertwine with corporate governance. Led by Dr. Pamela Ravasio, it featured INSEAD professor emeritus Ludo VAN DER HEYDEN, Singapore ESG expert Jessica Cheam, US expert Kiku Loomis, and board consultant Frederik Otto. They emphasized the urgent need for boards to embrace sustainability issues summed up in Otto’s CHANGE framework for boards (Climate, Human Rights, AI, Nature, Geopolitics and Equality) Discussions pointed out the challenges of imbuing (vs. siloing) these priorities and shifting boards’s focus from 20th C shareholder value creation to 21st C stakeholder value creation. The latter necessarily includes communities affected by a given business and calls for public-private collaboration to address externalities captured in CHANGE. Please find attached 4 relevant articles that have been hand picked by the speakers:

https://blogs.insead.edu/indevor-globalclub/files/2024/04/TSB-Memo-ESG-Preparedness-2024-01-02-Frederik-d82df488558d3234.pdf

https://blogs.insead.edu/indevor-globalclub/files/2024/04/TSB-2023-Annual-ESG-Preparedness-Report-Frederik-9e2c954913da9475.pdf

https://blogs.insead.edu/indevor-globalclub/files/2024/04/SSRN-2023-Crisis-Management-Reviewed-Ludo-47000618d52e8b09.pdf

https://blogs.insead.edu/indevor-globalclub/files/2024/04/Generali-Bolletino-Community-First-2017-Fair-Play-Leadership-Ludo-6d60296b44ebfa9d.pdf

INSEAD Alumni Business & Sustainability Summit 2024

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Please join us for INSEAD Alumni Business & Sustainability Summit: Accelerating Our Race to Net Zero, May 30th at Station F in Paris, in collaboration with multiple INSEAD Alumni Global Clubs and National Alumni Associations.

This will be an unprecedented gathering of alumni expertise in sustainability with a goal of informing a change agenda for our work and lives. INSEAD faculty, staff and alumni experts will seed our thinking, and we all will participate in discussions to apply insights to our own climate journeys.

 

 

Date: May 30, 2024, 3:00-7:00 p.m. CET

Venue: Hybrid/Station F, 5 Parvis Alan Turing Paris 75013

Attendees: Limit: 100 in person; 200 virtual

 

AGENDA:

PRE-SUMMIT:

Noon -2 p.m.: Biodiversity Plunge near Station F (Green space tbd) led by Dr. Andrea Claussen, Founder, I Am Wilderness GmBH

 

SUMMIT:

3-3:30 p.m.: How Companies Can Accelerate Decarbonization – Fireside Chat
Interviewer: Prof. Theos Evgeniou, INSEAD Professor of Decision Sciences and Technology Management with Côme Perpère,MBA’11J, Chief Sustainability Officer, Microsoft France.

 

3:35 – 4:20 p.m.: Cracking Scope 3 – Lightning Talks and Table Discussions

Moderator: Attila Cselotei , INSEAD Chief Operating Officer
Alumni Experts

  • Shipping: Pernille Dahlgaard, NAA Denmark, GEMBA’14, Entrepreneur in Residence.
    Chief Officer Government, Business & Analytics, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping.
  • Construction: Dr. Andrea Claussen, NAA Germany, EMCC’12, Supervisory Board, Hering International, systematised construction solutions.
  • Air Travel: Philippe Lacamp, INSEAD Finance for Executives 2016, CEO of SkyNRG.

 

4:30 – 5:15 p.m.: AI & Sustainable Value Chains – Expert Panel
Moderator: Prof. Theos Evgeniou, INSEAD Professor of Decision Sciences and Technology Management
Alumni Experts:

 

5:20– 6 p.m.: 2024 Launch of Community Impact Challenge: Measuring Your Carbon Footprint.
All participate.

 

6-7 p.m.: Cocktail and Canapes with Dean Mark Stabile, Dean of Degree Programs and Europe Campus.

 

Registration Fees:
Non-NAA member in person: EUR 75

NAA member in person: EUR 50

Virtual attendance: EUR 15

 

Co-organizers:

INDEVOR, Community Impact Challenge and the Hoffmann Institute

 

Co-promoters:

TechAlumni Club, International Women in Business Club, Energy Club, International Directors network Club, the USA National Alumni Association, France National Alumni Association, The Netherlands National Alumni Association and UK National Alumni Association.

 

Sponsors:

Loyal VC

INDEVOR Global Club February 2024 Newsletter

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INDEVOR Global Club February 2024 Newsletter

Join Us at Alumni Asia Forum March 1; Change Now/Paris March 25; IDN Webinar on ESG X Boardroom, April 10; and our Business & Sustainability Summit at Station F in Paris, May 30th

 

Raising Alumni Awareness, Advocacy and Action to Sustain People & Planet

We thank the more than 40 INDEVOR members who joined our Annual General Meeting on January 19th, affirmed our 2024-26 Executive Committee, and helped us to plan our 2nd annual Alumni Business & Sustainability Summit.  The latter will take place at Station F in Paris, May 30th. More upcoming events below, and please join our LinkedIN group for ongoing alerts.

 

FEBRUARY 29 – MARCH 2, DELHI:

Going to the Alumni Forum Asia?  Meet up at the INDEVOR counter and join our Speed Networking Table on Climate Action on Friday March 1, 12:45 pm – 1:10 p.m. IST

NAA India INDEVOR sustainability representative, Ram Chaitanya, CEO of Ecowiser, will host a climate action discussion during Friday’s networking break. Please look for him at the INDEVOR counter (and help him man it) or reach him on our new INDEVOR WhatsApp chat, which you can access with the QR code above.

***If you’re interested in becoming an INDEVOR sustainability rep for your NAA, please contact INDEVOR NAA liaisons Patricia Sennequier at [email protected]  or Jinna Li at [email protected].  We’re planning a “Sustainability Advances” section of this newsletter, beginning April, to publicize related events as NAAs and Global Clubs.  NAA and GC reps, please send your news and links to Jinna.

MARCH 25 – 27, PARIS:

Do you live within a train, bus or RER ride from Paris?  Join INDEVOR ExCo members Paolo Senes, Jinna Li, and Joanne Schante at the ChangeNow Summit & INSEAD Impact Entrepreneurship Forum on March 25th. Register here for the Forum, evening Networking Cocktail on March 25th 7-9 p.m. and a Pre-Forum Online session on March 19th. Once registered, you will receive a code for a complementary 3-day (March 25th – March 27th) ChangeNOW pass. For more information contact [email protected] (HGIBS), [email protected] (ICE) or [email protected] (INDEVOR ExCo).

 

APRIL 10, 9 a.m. ET/3 p.m. CET/9p.m. SGT:  WEBINAR on ESG X Governance

Register here for our next free webinar, in collaboration with the International Directors Network, on the topic of “ESG X Governance: The Materiality of Board Leadership,” The event, per banner below, features INSEAD professor emeritus Ludo van der Heyden and INDEVOR ExCo member Kiku Loomis, a sustainability consultant.  IDN Co-Leader Dr. Pamela Ravasio organized the panel and will moderate. Read more about all panelists here.

 

MAY 30, STATION F, PARIS:

Second Annual Alumni Business & Sustainability Summit SAVE THE DATE:

INDEVOR Global Club  and collaborating NAAs and Global Clubs will host a second, annual Business and Sustainability Summit on May 30th, 3-7 p.m. in advance of INSEAD’s Annual Volunteers Meetings May 31st.  This hybrid event will have 100 in-person seats at Station F’s Central Room in Paris and 200+ slots for virtual participation, with modest registration fees to cover costs, and no charge to participate live in a lunch-hour biodiversity plunge near the venue.  Come share, learn, build our community of influence and advance sustainable practices that can make business a force for good.  Agenda outline below.  To co-sponsor or suggest speakers please contact: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]

Pre-Summit:  Noon-2 p.m Biodiversity Plunge (Green Space TBD) – Led by Dr. Andrea Claussen, NAA Germany (Free in person)

Summit – Station F, Central Room, 5, Parvis Alan Turning, Paris (Live & Virtual Registration)

  • 3-5 p.m. Fireside Chat by Katell Le Goulven (Hoffman Institute) with Sustainability VIP (TBD)Expert Sessions on:
  • Cracking Scope 3:  Lightning Talks & Table Topics: Alumni Experts
  • AI & Sustainable Value Chains:  Moderator,  Prof. Theo Evgeniou + Alumni Experts
  • 5-6 p.m.  2024 Community Impact Challenge (CIC) Launch – Measuring Your Carbon Footprint: Moderator,  CIC + INSEAD Climate Journey Team

 

Networking Cocktail: 6-7 p.m. Central Room 

Central Room Station F Start-Up Incubator, Paris

 

Signed, the 2024-2026 INDEVOR Global Club Executive Committee

Katie Smith Milway – President/Comms (MBA 93D, NAA US)
Ebru Carter – Secretary  (EMBA 2018, NAA Luxembourg)
Ashish Agarwal – Treasurer (MBA 06D, NAA Hong Kong)
Kiku Loomis – Learning/Webinars (MBA 93D, NAA US)
Joanne Schante – Student liaison  (MBA 13D, NAA France)
Hans Reus – Climate journey liaison  (MBA 90D, NAA Netherlands)
Paolo Senes, CIC president & liaison (MBA 01D, NAA Belgium)
Patricia Sennequier  NAA/GC Co-Liaison (MBA 04J – Senegal)
Jinna Li –NAA/GC Co-Liaison (MBA 19J NAA Netherlands)

Core Volunteers
Christian Ledoux (MBA 93D, NAA France – NAA/GC liaison and annual summit support)
Ram Chaitanya (MBA 16D, NAA India – INDEVOR WhatsApp Group Manager)

Webinar: ESG x Governance: The Materiality of Board Leadership

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ESG x Governance: The Materiality of Board Leadership
Wednesday, April 10th, 2024 – 3 PM CEST | 9 AM ET | 9 PM SGT Duration: 60 min.

 

 

Boards of Directors are the ultimate responsible of a company’s actions. The latest surge of legislation – notably in the EU but not only – makes this tangible. And yet: What exactly are the roles of boards in this context? What skills do they need? How can they successfully steer a company through this increasingly complex topic while doing what they are expected to do: Preserve the company’s value long-term?

In this webinar we will address these aspects and fathom the role boards of directors must play, and how they can do so successfully.

 

Speakers:
Ludo van der Heyden – INSEAD Chaired Professor Emeritus in Corporate Governance.

 

Ludo has been Professor of Technology and Operations Management at INSEAD since 1988, the INSEAD Chaired Professor in Corporate Governance since October 2010, and the INSEAD Chaired Professor Emeritus in Corporate Governance since September 2018. He was the founding Academic Director of INSEAD’s Corporate Governance Center, where he co-founded a number of programs: International Directors Program, the Modern Governance in Banking, Value Creation for Owners and Directors, and Advanced Strategy for Directors. He was the first holder of the Wendel Chair for the Large Family Enterprise, which transformed into the Wendel International Centre for the Family Enterprise. He co-authored the book Value Creation for Owners and Directors, with Massimo Massa and Kai Taraporevala (Palgrave Macmillan, 2023).
He is a member of the Supervisory Board of Naftogaz of Ukraine and is the Executive Chairman of the Board of Seisquare, a software company for estimating natural resource reserves. He was a member of the Board of Bencis Capital Partners and is a co-founder of the Association des Plantes Aromatiques et Médicinales, which is an NGO supporting the restart of essential oils production in Milly-la-Forêt (near Fontainebleau).

 

Jessica Cheam – Founder and Managing Director of Eco-Business.

 

Jessica is the Founder and Managing Director of Eco-Business, Asia Pacific’s leading independent media and business intelligence organisation dedicated to sustainable development. She is recognised as a sustainability pioneer with two decades of experience in media, sustainable development and ESG issues globally.
She serves as an independent, non-executive director for Singapore-listed Wilmar International, Asia’s leading agribusiness group, and ComfortDelGro, one of the world’s largest land transport companies. She chairs ComfortDelGro’s Board Sustainability Committee, and is a member of its Audit & Risk; and Digitalisation Committees.

 

Kiku Loomis – INSEAD MBA’93D, Sustainability Strategy Consultant.

 

Kiku has over 20 years’ experience in the field of business and sustainability both nonprofit and for profit settings. As a sustainability strategy consultant at Futerra, a UK based sustainability communications and branding firm, Kiku has helped numerous global Fortune 500 companies to strengthen their sustainability programs, mitigate risk, and drive positive impact. Prior to joining Futerra, she served at the Rainforest Alliance as the Director overseeing traceability, claims and the well-known Frog Seal found on thousands of products containing Rainforest Alliance certified coffee, cocoa, tea, and other sustainably grown agricultural products. She also served as a Director of Integration following the merger of Rainforest Alliance and Utz Certified, overseeing its transformation into one of the world’s largest certification organizations. Prior to that, Kiku led the human rights supply chain sustainability program at PVH – the owner of Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger – overseeing more than 1000 factories globally. In 2000 she co-founded World Monitors, a consulting firm specializing in the emerging field of business and human rights. There she worked with apparel and footwear firms to strengthen stakeholder relationships and raise awareness of the importance of human rights in business worldwide. At World Monitors she also helped to launch and lead the Fair Factories Clearinghouse, a tech based platform to help brands and retailers collaborate to improve factory conditions which sold to Worldly in 2023.

 

Frederik Otto – Founder and Executive Director of The Sustainability Board (TSB).

 

Frederik Otto is the founder and executive director of The Sustainability Board (TSB), an independent think tank that aims to advance sustainable practices in leadership and governance.
Frederik has been a leader in consulting multinational companies on organisation and human capital strategy for over 15 years, with a recent focus on sustainability and ESG. Since 2019, in partnership with a contributor network of board directors, chairs, advisors, and academics, Frederik and team have undertaken extensive research on businesses’ and boards’ actions on sustainability strategy and governance.
Besides running TSB, Frederik is also the Advisory Lead and Head of Client ESG for a Global Fortune 500 company that is the world’s leading provider of human capital solutions.
Frederik hosts the ‘Leadership Conversations by TSB’ podcast, where he interviews movers and shakers in sustainable leadership. He is also a member of the Council for Inclusive Capitalism and a fellow of Salzburg Global Seminar.
He has written articles for several leadership and governance resources such as Board Agenda, Ethical Boardroom, Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, and more.

 

Moderated by: Dr. Pamela Ravasio – Founder and managing director @Shirahime Advisory.

 

Dr. Pamela Ravasio is the founder and managing director of Shirahime Advisory, a Corporate Responsibility Governance boutique consultancy. She serves as fractional Chief Sustainability Officer for companies and advises boards on ESG and governance. With a background in roles like Global Stakeholder Manager, she played a key role in making the European outdoor industry a leader in future-proofing.
She currently sits on the boards of Polygiene AB and INSEAD’s International Directors Network.

 

Organized by the INSEAD International Directors Network (IDN) and the INSEAD INDEVOR Global Club.
Co-sponsored by: INSEAD Women in Business Global Club, INSEAD NAA Switzerland and INSEAD NAA USA

 

 

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