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INDEVOR Global Impact Network Newsletter: October 2

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Greetings INSEAD Sustainability drivers, investors and promoters.
We have a lot going on to advance social impact and climate action!

This newletter

  • Launches our self-nomination process for INDEVOR 2023 Executive Committee Elections seeking candidates for three specific roles to advance awareness building, advocacy and action for social and environmental impact.
  • Invites you to join the Community Action Challenge’s Start Now October initiative to reduce your carbon polluting actions at work and home.
  • Invites students to INDEVOR week webinar series on jobs in social impact
  • Reminds you to get your tickets to NAA USA’s Sustainable Resilience forum – November 9-11th at the San Francisco hub.
  • Provides take aways from our Sept 26th expert alumni panel on “Investment and Action to Address Global Food Crisis,” with comments from more expert alums in the audience.

 

1. INDEVOR EXCO Election: Self Nominations open Oct 1 – Nov. 15, 2023

ATTENTION ALL INDEVOR GLOBAL IMPACT NETWORK ALUMS! We have three openings for 3-year terms on our Executive Committee (ExCo) beginning January 2024 and are thrilled to open the nomination process October 1st. The ExCo is INDEVOR’s governing body with a total of 9 members from around the world, including several leaders of the Community Impact Challenge initiative, INDEVOR serves as host Global Club. We meet for 1 hour every two months and share the load leading events, including webinars and an annual Alumni Sustainability Summit.

To self-nominate, please fill out this form by November 15th. Our selection committee will review nominations and propose a slate of candidates for e-voting the week of December 4th. We are specifically looking to fill three roles:

  • INSEAD Climate Journey Liaison: We need someone familiar with INSEAD’s carbon footprint reduction commitments who is knowledgeable and curious about best practices in climate action. This role will keep INDEVOR updated on progress and alert to places that alumni voices can be helpful encouragers of the journey.  INDEVOR plans to weave INSEAD climate milestones across its learning and advocacy agenda.
  • NAA/GC Sustainability Reps Liaison: We have been organically building INDEVOR/Sustainability reps across National Alumni Associations and need someone with a vision for systematizing the network and info flows and event cross-promotions to and from NAAs.  This role would help develop a cross-NAA/Global Club (GC) advocacy agenda for sustainability learning and action.
  • Webinar Lead: Our learning agenda includes a bimonthly webinar series on social and environmental impact in collaboration with specific NAAs and Global Clubs (GCs).  This role will champion and facilitate webinars with our webinar administrator and NAA/ GC partners to create a repeatable approach to planning, promotion, implementation and feedback. 

Above all, we seek leaders who are passionate and committed to mobilizing the INSEAD alumni community toward positive social and environmental impact to imbue our alums with sustainable life and work practices for people and planet. Many of our members are part of the Community Impact Challenge initiative. Many work in NGOs, CSR, impact investing, social entrepreneurship, international organizations, microfinance, while others are interested in bringing sustainable practices to their corporate workplaces.

As part of our vision, launched at INSEAD’s June 2023 Annual Volunteers Meeting, INDEVOR, with CIC as an action arm, serves as hub of a growing alumni sustainability network across NAAs and Global Clubs in alliance with the IAA and school (including the Hoffman Global Institute for Business and Society and INSEAD Climate Journey, and the INDEVOR student club – where it all began back in 1993.

 

2. Join the Community Impact Challenge (CIC) – StartNOW Oct 2023 Edition!

Dear INSEAD Alumni and fellow climate warriors,We are thrilled to announce that the Community Impact Challenge (CIC) is back and better than ever for its 5th Challenge! It’s time to roll up our sleeves, unite, and embark on a journey towards high-impact climate action. The StartNOW Oct 2023 Challenge invites you to Learn, Act, and Connect as we collectively strive for a more sustainable future.

What is the Challenge about?
The StartNOW Oct 2023 Challenge is designed for INSEAD Alumni who share a deep passion for Sustainability and are eager to connect with like-minded individuals, take meaningful action, and make a positive impact on our planet. Over the course of 4 weeks, you will have the opportunity to:

✅ Learn: Access a wealth of tools and resources to measure your carbon footprint, gaining valuable insights into your environmental impact.

✅ Act: Choose from a selection of 4 Acts that resonate with you the most. This flexible approach allows you to focus on the areas where you are most passionate and committed.

✅ Connect: Engage with a vibrant community of climate impactivists, sharing ideas, experiences, and support as you work towards a common goal.

When does it start?
Mark your calendars for October 9th, 2023, as that’s when the StartNOW Oct 2023 Challenge officially kicks off. This is your chance to be part of a movement that is making a real difference.

How to Register:
Ready to take the plunge and be part of this incredible initiative? Simply visit our website at http://www.startnow.green/ to register and be a part of the StartNOW Oct 2023 Challenge.

Reflecting on CIC’s 4th Challenge
As we gear up for this exciting new challenge, let’s take a moment to celebrate the
achievements of our past participants in CIC’s 4th Challenge, which took place this past
summer. Here are some impressive statistics:

  • 139 enthusiastic participants joined forces.
  • Participants identified an average emission reduction of 10.6 tons, making strides in areas such as travel and transportation, as well as energy consumption in residential and commercial buildings.
  • A remarkable 30% of the 139 participants completed the challenge and earned a well-deserved certificate.
  • Volunteer facilitators played a vital role in moderating conversations across 7 WhatsApp groups and leading engaging weekly calls.

These numbers are a testament to the incredible impact that individuals can achieve when they come together with a shared purpose. Let’s make the StartNOW Oct 2023 Challenge even more impactful! Join us as we Learn, Act, and Connect towards a greener, more sustainable future. Together, we can make a world of difference.

 

3. Register for INDEVOR Week Webinar Series on Jobs in Social & Environmental Impact for current MBAs

Interested in careers in impact? Join us for INDEVOR Week, 2-6 October. Social impact consulting webinars organized by Indevor student club on both campus:

Who: The Bridgespan Group
When: 2 October, 3pm-4pm CET [ask for recording]
Sign up: https://bridgespan.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEsfuqsqDsjG9Ou-rLSJQ6ahQhv-F_inBl-

Who: Dalberg
When: 3 October, 4pm-5:30pm CET
Sign up: https://forms.office.com/e/YfMNnXAsCi

Impact-oriented Venture Capital
Who: Kamal Hassan, MBA 93D and founder of Loyal VC
When: 6 October, 2pm CET
Where: Amphi Forster & Zoom

INDEVOR x ISIF Mixer:
When: 6 October, 3pm-5pm CET
Where: Freddy’s

 

4. Get 20% off Registration for INSEAD Americas Conference – Nov. 9-11 Sustainable Resilience: Catalyzing Innovations

INDEVOR Global Impact Network members passionate about tackling climate change are meeting at this America’s forum! Come to the conference and use this code for a 20% discount: INDEVOR20. You will learn what it will take to transform your industry with more sustainable business solutions. The conference will be held at the INSEAD San Francisco Hub for Business Innovation from Nov 9-11, 2023. On day one, you will meet brave entrepreneurs betting on the business opportunities that sustainability offers. On day two, explore, learn, and connect with experts from a diverse pool of industries (from construction, plastic, and food to tech) to better understand how small and large players are already transforming their business models to combine prosperity and the environment. On day three, become an agent of change and get active in one of the many workshops featured, including INDEVOR Global Impact Network’s working group at 10:45 a.m. November 11th.

More Info: https://www.insead.edu/san-francisco-hub/events/americas-conference-
2023

Get Your Ticket(s): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/americas-conference-sustainable-
resilience-catalyzing-innovations-inst-tickets-642237247897

N.B. On Nov 10th, we will announce the winners of Karel Cool and Ataly Atasu’s INSEAD’s Business Sustainability Awards. We are honored to have the new Dean, Francisco Veloso, and Andreas Jacobs, Chairman of INSEAD’s Board of Directors, join us for an awards ceremony and celebrations.

 

5. Wake Up Call on Global Food Crisis – and Some Promising Solutions

INDEVOR had a terrific turnout and panel expertise at its September 26th webinar on “Investment and Action to Address Our Global Food Crisis” in collaboration with Community Impact Challenge.For the full recording, check out this link (password: gdGJ7!*q)

For the highlights, read on:
We heard from Robin Millington (NAA UK) and CEO of Planet Tracker about six ways our food system is killing itself by spiking climate change, and we heard of six priority actions that food investors and consumers can take to turn it around – and profit.

We heard from James Stewart (NAA Australia/NZ) and cofounder of Always Carbon, about an engineered solution to advance regenerative agriculture: Biochar, and we heard from Philippe Dongier (NAA Canada), executive director of global NGO CECI, about a nature-based solution to advance regenerative agriculture: Biodiversity tagging and credits.

Finally, Maria Fedorova, from the Hoffman Global Institute for Business and Society spoke of INSEAD’s own climate journey and how they are influencing food systems by defaulting to vegetarian meals, lowering dairy and vetting suppliers.

We thank our attendees, who contributed insightful questions and commentary and our webinar co-promoters: Alumni Engagement, HGIBS, NAA Australia/NZ, NAA Canada, NAA US, NAA UAE and the Global Energy Club. As always, we invite you to join INDEVOR in galvanizing awareness, advocacy and action to advance sustainability for our work, communities and the planet.

 

Kind regards,

INDEVOR Global Club ExCo:

Katie Smith Milway, President, NAA/GC Liaison
Carla Belitardo, VP & Communications
Ebru Carter, Secretary
Ashish Agarwal, Treasurer
Joanne Schante, Student Liaison
Arnaud Bertrand – CIC Liaison
Jai Karia
Philippe Dongier
Cintia Tavella, IAA Sustainability

INDEVOR Global Impact Network

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Dear members of INDEVOR & Community Impact Challenge.  Did climate change affect you this summer? Don’t miss the following, upcoming sustainability events to learn what you can do at work and home to take pragmatic action.  Also:
  • Read this account of INDEVOR’s July webinar with NAA Brazil on globally reknowned social entrepreneur Edu Lyra’s innovative approach to poverty alleviation in favelas, and…
  • Stay tuned for news later this month on upcoming self-nominations for INDEVOR executive committee, which will open in October for voting in early December (For questions, reach out to [email protected]).

Webinar September 26th

INDEVOR-CIC Webinar (for the month of Global INSEAD Day)
Investment & Action to Address Our Global Food Crisis

INDEVOR-CIC’s next webinar on Business as a Force for Good will take place September 26th at 9 a.m. ET/3 p.m. CET, co-sponsored by Hoffman Global Institute for Business & Society, the Energy Global Club and NAAs from Australia/NZ, Canada, US and UAE.  We’ll be tackling “Investment & Action to Address Our Global Food Crisis” with an expert panel of INSEAD alums providing data and analysis of the problem and discussing both nature-based and engineered solutions.

Register here: https://lnkd.in/eWQkNYSn

November 9th – 11th, 2023
Americas Conference
Sustainable Resilience: Catalyzing Innovations
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Today, companies are asked not just to innovate but to innovate sustainably.  To remain competitive, companies must accommodate consumers who embrace circularity and demand that companies operate in an eco-friendly, sustainable fashion.

The Americas Conference, to be held at the INSEAD San Francisco Hub of Business Innovation, provides an exceptional platform to rethink and discuss, with faculty, alumni, and senior business and government leaders, how companies can integrate environmental, social, and financial factors into their decision-making as well as generate new business ideas and organizational models. The event promises to be three full days of meaningful connections, interactive learning, deep conversations, and unforgettable fun! It is open to all industry professionals and welcomes friends and networks to join in the fun.

On Nov 10th, we will announce the winners of Karel Cool and Ataly Atasu’s INSEAD’s Business Sustainability Awards. We are honored to have the new Dean, Francisco Veloso, and Andreas Jacobs, Chairman of INSEAD’s Board of Directors, join us for an awards ceremony and celebrations.

Save the date: Nov 9-11, 2023
Location: INSEAD San Francisco Hub

Website:  https://www.insead.edu/san-francisco-hub/events/americas-conference-2023
Ticket(s): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/americas-conference-sustainable-resilience-catalyzing-innovations-inst-tickets-642237247897

We hope to see you at these two events.

INDEVOR Global Club ExCo:

Katie Smith Milway, President, NAA/GC Liaison
Carla Belitardo, VP & Communications
Ebru Carter, Secretary
Ashish Agarwal, Treasurer
Joanne Schante, Student Liaison
Arnaud Bertrand – CIC Liaison
Jai Karia
Philippe Dongier
Cintia Tavella, IAA Sustainability

Webinar: Investment and Action to Address Global Food Crisis

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Investment and Action to Address Global Food Crisis

An Expert Panel Discussion post-Global INSEAD Day on the Food Crisis and Engineered & Nature-Based Solutions

Tuesday, September 26th, 2023 3 PM CET | 9 PM ET Duration: 1 hr

Once you register for the event, double-check if the time is set right on your calendar.

In this webinar, we’ll hear from INSEAD alumni across three decades who are working to address our climate-driven global food crisis from an investment perspective, straddling stockholding, carbon credits, and newer biodiversity credits.

The event is co-sponsored by INSEAD Global INDEVOR Club, INSEAD Global Energy Club, INSEAD Alumni Association Australia & New Zealand, INSEAD Alumni Association Canada, INSEAD Alumni Association United Arab Emirates, INSEAD Alumni Association USA and the Hoffmann Global Institute for Business & Society.

 

SPEAKERS:

 

Robin Millington (MBA ’87). Robin brings extensive experience of working on global issues requiring transformative change across the climate, land use and food sectors before helping found Planet Tracker in 2018. She has wide senior management experience in philanthropy and industry, having worked for many years with the European Climate Foundation and headed organisations including the Centre for European Policy Studies and Wetlands International. Robin currently sits on the Capitals Coalition Board as well as numerous advisory groups within the Natural Capital and ESG space.

 

James Stewart (MBA ’11). James is CEO of Always Carbon, which delivers projects for biomass processors to turn their waste biomass costs into highly useful biochar, and deliver new additional revenue from permanent carbon removal credit sales. We help partners by delivering profitable projects that safely lock CO2 out of the air permanently at large scale, by turning waste plants into a solid form of charcoal. Projects deliver new revenue for agriprocessors by issuing high-value carbon credits. The biochar we make is a highly useful resource for regenerative agriculture and is used to boost farm productivity/profits.

James is a UK Chartered Mechanical Engineer (C.Eng., MIMechE), holds an MBA from INSEAD, an MEng (Manufacturing Engineering) and MA (Cantab) Engineering from the University of Cambridge. He is an angel investor, an investor in two VC funds, an active advisor to tech/startup companies, and part-time venture partner for the INSEAD-aligned global fund Loyal VC. James held senior roles in scaleup tech companies and corporate innovation, was a strategy consultant at BCG (Boston Consulting Group). Originally from the UK, James is now an Australian, lives in Sydney and is an active surf lifesaver patrolling Bondi Beach.

 

Philippe Dongier (MBA ’93). Philippe is Executive Director of CECI since 2021. CECI is an international NGO working for women’s climate resilience and economic empowerment in Africa, Asia and the Americas.

After graduating from INSEAD in 1994, Philippe worked 5 years at McKinsey & Co and later played leadership roles in sustainable development at The World Bank (1998-2016) and at General Electric (GE) (2016 to 2021).

At GE, Philippe was global managing director for Government Affairs and Policy (2016-2021). He was based in Nairobi and led sustainable development investments and programs across the world in renewable energy and sustainable healthcare.

At the World Bank, Philippe was regional director for infrastructure and regional integration in the South Asia region (2015-2016), Country Director for Tanzania, Uganda, and Burundi (2012-2015), and global sector manager for telecom policy and digital development (2006-2012). He earlier led a reorganization initiative for World Bank operations (2004-2005) and led World Bank support to Afghanistan reconstruction (2001-2004).

 

Maria Fedorova. Maria Fedorova has over 15 years of professional experience in culture and higher education, with over a decade spent in international roles across diverse environments.

In her recent position at INSEAD Hoffmann Institute, Maria has been working on fostering multi-stakeholder partnerships to address UN Sustainable Development Goals, aimed at uniting stakeholders to contribute to solving social and environmental challenges. She has orchestrated partnerships focused on advancing SDGs in business education while effectively identifying suitable channels for content promotion. Her work includes organising a high-profile panels at COP26, SDG Tent within the WEF-affiliated program at Davos, institutional partnership with United Nations Principles for Responsible Management Education (UN PRME) and United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI), institutional partnership with social impact summit ChangeNOW, and Les Echos. For the past three years she has been the project manager of the school’s GHG Emissions Reduction Project.

Outside her professional responsibilities, Maria actively contributes to volunteer work across diverse domains, including supporting orphanage houses in Russia, participating in academic and social impact conferences, UNESCO, NGOs in Ukraine.

She lives in Fontainebleau with her family, loves sports climbing, bouldering, yoga, contemporary art and spending time in the forest.

 

MODERATOR:

 

Katie Smith Milway (MBA ’93), principal of MilwayPLUS social impact advisors and the president of the Global INDEVOR Club will moderate the panel and audience questions.

INDEVOR Global Impact Network June 2023 Newsletter

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NEWSLETTER

June 2023

Thanks to the small but mighty group of INDEVOR Global Impact Network Members who made our Annual General Meeting on June 10th.  We took care of the following business as the global “umbrella” club for engaging alumni and promoting events and resources around all things related to sustainability, a role that saw us formalize a tight collaboration with Community Impact Challenge (CIC) this year and spur a robust and growing membership:

  1. We voted unanimously to amend INDEVOR club’s charter to: focus on sustainable development – both social and environmental impact; collaborate closely with all INSEAD clubs and initiatives that care about sustainability; and explicitly invite NAAs and Global Clubs that want to formalize collaboration with INDEVOR to invite their members to join INDEVOR’s mailing list through MyINSEAD.  See amended Charter here.
  2. We ratified by large majority the appointments of Ebru Carter (Secretary), Ashish Agarwal (Treasurer) and Arnaud Bertrand (Community Impact Challenge Liaison) to the INDEVOR-GIC Executive Committee, all of whom are both CIC and INDEVOR members and have been filling critical ExCo roles that were vacated during COVID.
  3. We provided updates on our collaborations with: CIC on annual sustainability summit and StartNOW challenge, shared back office services and merger exploration; with student clubs and HGIBs on sustainability careers mentoring; and with NAAs & GCs on joint programming.
  4. We planned our late fall ExCo election to fill three seats vacating at year end and agreed election with be open to all members, with promotion across the INDEVOR/Sustainability reps within each NAA or Global Club to surface nominations.  Election date TBD in late November or early December.
  5. We brainstormed ideas for our May 2024 second annual Sustainable Business Summit and agreed it will start with a morning nature plunge in the Fontainebleau forest to ground ourselves in the stakes of biodiversity before we meet for panel discussions.  Please send more ideas to [email protected].
  6. Looking forward, this Saturday, we’ll co-sponsor a summer jobs/internships kiosk before and after HGIBS Summit (see below), and roll out more programming with NAAs, and other GCs on creating social and environmental impact, starting with our next webinar July 6th co-sponsored with NAA Brazil on using tech to eradicate poverty (See announcement below.)

June 17th
SUSTAINABILITY JOB/INTERNSHIP CORNER ON CAMPUS

HGIBS will celebrate 5 years of its Force for Good actions on Saturday 17th June from 2-6 pm in Fonty with panels (featuring some of our dear classmates) and a cocktail at the Château (line up here), and a jobs corner for sustainability internships and full-time roles for students, co-sponsored by INDEVOR global club and INDEVOR and Environment & Business student clubs.

The jobs corner will be held during the following times (and its exact location posted at the Summit):

  • one hour before (1-2 pm)
  • one hour after (6:15-7:15 pm)
  • during the mid-conference break (3:50-4:10 pm)

Why? To meet potential employers / INSEAD Alumni in the “business & society” sphere in person who have available opportunities for students.

Please fill in the following survey here to let us know of your presence and the areas in which you’re looking for an internship or a job.

Webinar July 6th
Using Tech to Eradicate Poverty: The 3D (Dignity, Development& Digital) Approach That’s Working in Brazil’s Favelas

REGISTER NOW  for this fireside chat with globally acclaimed social entrepreneur Edu Lyra on using tech to eradicate poverty.  Sponsored by INDEVOR-GIN, NAA Brazil, HGIBS.  Time 10 am NYC/ 4 pm Paris/ 10 pm Sing.
Biographies

EDU LYRA (Speaker)
Founder & CEO @Gerando Falcões*

Edu Lyra, 34, is the founder and CEO of Gerando Falcões, an NGO that makes social impact projects possible in the peripheries and favelas of Brazil. It is a reality that he knows from his own experience and seeks to transform through globally recognized actions.

One of the country’s most active and admired social entrepreneurs, Lyra is also a sought-after speaker, having been invited to speak at universities such as Harvard and Babson College and at companies such as Google, Ambev, and Accenture.

The World Economic Forum selected Edu Lyra as one of the fifteen young people who can change the world, thus joining the Global Shapers team. He wrote the book “Jovens Falcões” and contributed to the film “Na Quebrada” screenplay.

Recently spoke at the UN to present the Favela 3D project at the invitation of the UN Global Pact in Brazil.

 

KATELL LE GOULVEN (Moderator)
Executive Director @INSEAD’s Hoffmann Global Institute for Business & Society

Katell is the Executive Director of the Hoffmann Global Institute for Business and Society. Previously with UNICEF, she founded a Policy Planning unit to analyze global trends and emerging issues and inform UNICEF’s strategic positioning and led UNICEF’s corporate engagement with International Financial Institutions. Katell holds a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics, an MS in Tropical Agronomy, and an Engineering degree. She recently moderated food industry discussions at Davos.

 

RAFAEL BREVIGLIERI, MBA’19D (Moderator)

NAA Brazil INDEVOR Club Leader
Director @ LALA Brazil Hub

Rafael is an economist from Unicamp and MBA from INSEAD, 19D cohort. He started his career as a management consultant at Bain & Company, where he worked across a wide range of industries and practices, and spearheaded social impact initiatives within the São Paulo office. He also worked at Fundação Lemann and is currently the Brazil Director at Latin American Leadership Academy (LALA), a leadership development non-profit that aims to build the next generation of principled and purpose-driven leaders for Latin America.

 

Kind regards,

Your INDEVOR Alumni Club Executive Committee,

Katie Smith Milway, MBA’93D. President

Carla Belitardo, MBA’07D. Vice-President / Communications
Ebru Carter, EMBA’18. Secretary
Ashish Agarwal, MBA’06D. Treasurer
Arnaud Bertrand, EMBA’18. CIC Liaison
Philippe Dongier, MBA’93D. NAA Liaison
Joanne Schanté, MBA’13D. Student Liaison
Jai Karia, EMBA’18.
Cintia Tavella, MBA’07D.

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Global INDEVOR – Annual Letter – May 2023

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Dear INDEVOR members,

We look forward to seeing many of you at our virtual 2023 general meeting June 10th. If you haven’t yet, please register HERE.  And please read in advance our inaugural “Annual Letter,” with key information re:

  • Objectives 2023 – 2025
  • Initiatives & events (looking back and looking forward),
  • Finances
  • Membership
  • Organizational structure
  • Governance

We will vote on 3 critical items:

  1. Ratification of three Executive Committee members appointed by ExCo president to fill vacancies since the last general meeting in 2020.
  2. Expanding our objectives to include all things related to social and environmental impact, or “sustainability.”
  3. Expanding our membership to formally invite close collaborators like Community Impact Challenge’s INSEAD alumni members to join INDEVOR and INDEVOR members to join close collaborators, like CIC

Specific proposed amendments to the INDEVOR-GIN Charter

1.    Under Objectives: 

  • Amend bullet to add “and environmental” per: “to promote INSEAD’s social [and environmental] impact clubs, groups, events and initiatives
  • Add bullet: “to collaborate closely and jointly with alumni and school initiatives that advance INDEVOR’s purposes”
2.    Under Membership:
  • Add paragraph: We invite INSEAD NAAs and Global Clubs that wish to formalize collaboration with INDEVOR-GIC on issues of mutual interest to encourage their members to join INDEVOR mailing list through MyINSEAD sign up.

Kind regards,

Your INDEVOR Alumni Club Executive Committee,

Katie Smith Milway, MBA’93D. President

Carla Belitardo, MBA’07D. Vice-President / Communications
Ebru Carter, EMBA’18Dec. Secretary
Ashish Agarwal, MBA’06D. Treasurer
Arnaud Bertrand, EMBA’18Dec. CIC Liaison
Philippe Dongier, MBA’93D. NAA Liaison
Joanne Schanté, MBA’13D. Student Liaison
Jai Karia, EMBA’18Dec.
Cintia Tavella, MBA’07D.

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INDEVOR Linkedin page (public):
https://www.linkedin.com/company/indevor

INDEVOR Linkedin group (exclusive to INSEAD alumni):
https://www.linkedin.com/groups/767687/

Global INDEVOR – Annual General Meeting [Jun 10]

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Hello INDEVOR Alumni!

We will be holding the INDEVOR alumni global club Annual General Meeting on Saturday, June 10th, from 5 to 6:30 PM, CET.

(NYC – 11 AM / London – 4 PM / Paris – 5 PM / Singapore – 11 PM)

We hope you can join us!

Please register for the virtual meeting by Wednesday, June 7th so that we can send you a Zoom invite and the background documents.

The event is EXCLUSIVE TO MEMBERS of the Global INDEVOR Club. If you want to join the Club, please sign up through your MyINSEAD profile.

MyINSEAD > my profile > email subscriptions preferences > sign up for the Global INDEVOR mailer.

 

REGISTER HERE!

 

Meeting Agenda:

1. Meet the 2023 INDEVOR Executive Committee and ratify appointees since the last AGM (in orange).

2. Discuss the nomination and election process to fill three ExCo positions that will become vacant in 2024.

3. Review finances & membership and brainstorm how we can best collaborate with and promote sustainability events at other clubs.

4. Review and discuss 2023/24 activities and the 2nd annual Sustainable Biz Summit.

5. Review and discuss organizational partnerships, including CIC partnership and student club partnership.

If you are unable to join the meeting, we welcome you to email [email protected] with your thoughts and suggestions. We look forward to seeing all who can attend.

Kind regards,

Your INDEVOR Alumni Club Executive Committee,

Katie Smith Milway, MBA’93D. President

Carla Belitardo, MBA’07D. Vice-President / Communications
Ebru Carter, EMBA’18Dec. Secretary
Ashish Agarwal, MBA’06D. Treasurer
Arnaud Bertrand, EMBA’18Dec. CIC Liaison
Philippe Dongier, MBA’93D. NAA Liaison
Joanne Schanté, MBA’13D. Student Liaison
Jai Karia, EMBA’18Dec.
Cintia Tavella, MBA’07D.

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INDEVOR Linkedin page (public):
https://www.linkedin.com/company/indevor

INDEVOR Linkedin group (exclusive to INSEAD alumni):
https://www.linkedin.com/groups/767687/

Sustainable Business Summit – Recording now available!

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Dear INDEVORites – For those who made our inaugural sustainability summit last week, thank you for your engagement, terrific questions and commitment to climate action.  For those unable to make it, please find recordings and passwords at links below -and feel free to share broadly.  

The first recording captures Ravenous author Henry Dimbly’s session on “Rethinking Food” on the path to Net Zero (get the book – it’s outstanding), as well as a video and short talk by leaders of INSEAD alumni Community Impact Challenge, who have created a platform  as part of their Start Now challenge, which each of us can join to track our progress decarbonising and share ideas with others. 

The second session, in partnership with The Global Energy Club, is on Rethinking Energy, featuring Julian Critchlow, who was UK’s net zero czar and Tom Delay, CEO of The Carbon Trust.  In all cases we heard that the majority of change needed rests in the hands of individuals and the way we choose to eat, heat, move about, invest our savings and more.  Let’s START NOW to make those changes.   – INSEAD Alumni’s INDEVOR Global Impact Network

 

Fueling Our Future: Rethinking Food

Passcode: B^0GNyM?

Fueling our Future: Rethinking Energy

Passcode: 6se0&y7+

 

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INDEVOR + CIC Sustainable Business Summit [Mar 23]@hybrid

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Please join the summit on Fueling our Future: Rethinking Food and Energy in conjunction with the INSEAD Alumni Forum Europe

 

This hybrid, interactive convening will take place on March 23rd, 2-5 p.m. at 40 Strand, London, and feature overviews, expert talks, and networking around the sustainable future of food and energy production and delivery. All are welcome as learners, idea contributors, and solution co-creators

Sponsored by INDEVOR Global Impact Club, the Energy Club, and the Community Impact Challenge and hosted by Bain & Company, the event marks the 30th anniversary of INSEAD’s INDEVOR Global Impact Club and the 3rd anniversary of the Community Impact Challenge.

 

SPEAKERS

Rethinking Energy Fireside Chat:
Julian Critchlow: Former UK Dir. General Energy Transformation & Clean Growth, U.K. Government. Energy Carbon & Transition Center, Bain & Company.

Tom Delay: CEO, UK Carbon Trust

 

Rethinking Food Fireside Chat:

Henry Dimbleby: Author of Ravenous: How to Get Ourselves and Our Planet Into Shape, co-founder of Leon restaurants and director of the Sustainable Restaurant Association.

Katell le Goulven: PhD Agricultural Economics,  Executive Dir. of INSEAD’s Hoffman Global Institute for Business & Society.

 

BIOS

Henry Dimbleby

UK author of The National Food Strategy, The School Food Plan and Ravenous: How to Get Ourselves and Our Planet Into Shape, co-founded the Leon restaurant chain. He is also co-founder and Director of The Sustainable Restaurant Association and of London Union, which runs some of London’s most successful street food markets. He was appointed lead non-executive board member of the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in March 2018.

Henry previously worked as a Strategy Consultant at Bain & Company (1995-2002) where he advised businesses on strategy, performance improvement and organizational design.

Julian Critchlow
Julian is an advising partner at Bain & Company’s Energy and Carbon Transition Center and the former head of the firm’s global Utilities and Alternative Energy practices. He served as the UK Government Director General of Energy Transformation and Clean Growth, leading cross-government action to deliver Net Zero domestically and internationally, including integrated and inclusive governance for climate action. His commitment to clean propulsion extends to swimming the English Channel – four times so far.

Katell le Goulven
Katell is the Executive Director of the Hoffmann Global Institute for Business and Society. Previously with UNICEF, she founded a Policy Planning unit to analyze global trends and emerging issues and inform UNICEF’s strategic positioning, and led UNICEF’s corporate engagement with International Financial Institutions. Katell holds a PhD in Agricultural Economics, an MS in Tropical Agronomy, and an Engineering degree. She recently moderated food industry discussions at Davos.

Tom Delay
Tom is CEO of the UK Carbon Trust, a world leader in advising businesses and governments on Net Zero and developing low-carbon technologies, markets, and businesses. He has taken the company’s unique capabilities to China, Singapore, Mexico, Brazil, and South Africa, extending its mission to accelerate decarbonization. Prior to Carbon Trust, Tom worked for Shell for 16 years in commercial and operations roles in Africa and Europe before moving into management consultancy with McKinsey and A.T. Kearney. He studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Southampton and has an MBA from INSEAD. In 2018, he was awarded a CBE by the Queen for services to sustainability in business.

 

Date / Time:
March 23, 2023

2 PM – GMT

Hybrid event
Online attendance:
The link will be distributed closer to the event date.

In-person attendance:
Bain & Company
40 StrandLondon, England,
WC2N 5RW

Limited spots available!

REGISTER HERE!

 

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Riding the energy transition Webinar – 13th June, 2022

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Riding the energy transition – separating the truly sustainable projects and investments from greenwashing and waste

 

There are trillions of dollars chasing ESG investments and virtually every company is portraying itself as sustainable. However, when applying unbiased natural sciences, it becomes clear that, despite good intentions, some approaches are merely a wasteful draw on our planet’s precious limited resources, whereas others are more sustainable than they might initially appear.   

The questions we will address in this panel discussion:

  • How useful is the ESG framework to pick truly sustainable investment projects? 
  • What is a measurable way to help to cut through this?
  • What are examples where this approach leads to radically different insights?

How would you embed this type of thinking in a practical way to day-to-day investment decision-making within companies to make themselves more sustainable over time?

Join us for this 1-hour panel talk full of insights from three seasoned leaders from the financial investment industry and large corporations to learn how to cut through the hype. 

 

Register HERE

Moderator:

Gaby Glasener Cipollone (MBA 93D) 

Gaby Glasener-Cipollone is a business transformation consultant and independent board advisor. Gaby is working with the INSEAD Community Impact Challenge to support the United Nations’ Climate Change’s ‘Race To Zero’ (RTZ) campaign, through which she has advised numerous organizations on becoming carbon neutral.

Gaby has worked for more than 20 years in business and digital transformation, having led multiple initiatives at Fortune 500 financial services companies, Big 4 consulting and PE firms. Gaby is also an entrepreneur, having owned and led digital start-ups from inception to exit.

Gaby is passionate about supporting businesses and expanding their horizons to tackle digital growth and promote sustainability/climate issues and societal impact. She holds an MBA from INSEAD and a Ph.D. with summa cum laude in Neurobiology from the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany.

 

Panelists:

Chris McNally

Chris McNally is a Senior Managing Director for Evercore ISI and leads coverage of Global Automotive & Mobility equity research out of their London office. 

Prior to joining Evercore in 2015, Chris gained more than two decades of global buy-side experience covering Industrials/Autos for buy-side firms such as SAC Capital, RWC Partners, Occitan Capital & Karsch Capital. Chris’s early-stage AutoTech research has played a pivotal role in the expansion of Evercore ISI’s global automotive research coverage into the new worlds of Electrification (Charging, Hydrogen), ADAS/Autonomous & Shared Mobility (Uber/Lyft co-coverage).

He earned a B.S in Business from Cornell University, an M.B.A in Finance from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business and most recently joined the Advisory Board of the BioPhysical ECOnomics Institute in early 2022.

 

Patrick Kent:

Patrick Kent is the lead portfolio manager for the US Opportunistic Equity strategies and head of the Small-Mid Cap Equity Research team at Newton Investment Management group. 

Prior to Newton, Patrick was a portfolio manager at Wellington where he developed and co-managed the firm’s global impact investing strategy, which paired top-down thematic research with bottom-up stock selection and focused on positive social and environmental impact. 

 

Jan-Pieter Oosterom (executive program M&A ‘09):

Jan-Pieter Oosterom (JP) is president of the Biophysical Economics Institute, a non-profit that seeks to enhance economic decision-making using natural science (www.bpeinstitute.org). He is also a board advisor for energy companies going through corporate transformations. He has 18 years of experience at Royal Dutch Shell plc in executive roles across its businesses in Europe, Asia and North America. 

JP is passionate about finding ways to accelerate sustainable transformation at large corporations and about enhancing investment decision-making to better navigate the energy transition. 

JP has extensive experience in corporate transformations and corporate investment decision-making through roles as finance director on executive leadership teams, transformation leader, head of planning and reporting, and senior manager of Mergers & Acquisitions. He is also a Fellow with CPA.