INSEAD Alumni Business & Sustainability Summit 2024

 

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: Katell le Goulven, Executive Dir., Hoffmann Global Institute on Business & Society 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: TBC

 

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, Academic Director of the Hoffmann Global Institute on Business & Society, Dean of Degree Programs.

 

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

NAA member in person: EUR 50

Virtual attendance: EUR 15

 

Co-organizers:

INDEVOR and the Community Impact Challenge.

 

Co-promoters:

TechAlumni Club, International Women in Business ClubEnergy 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

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

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

 

 

The registrations are screened. Please submit your registration by Apr 9th to receive the access link.

INDEVOR-GIN December 2023 Newsletter

INDEVOR-GIN December 2023 Newsletter 

Meet the New INDEVOR ExCo
Raising Alumni Awareness, Advocacy and Action to
Sustain People & Planet

 

In this newsletter we welcome INDEVOR Global Impact Network’s 2024-2026 executive committee, including Community Impact Challenge president Paolo Senes, who will officially liaise with CIC. And we recognize our growing NAA/Global Club network of sustainability reps. Together we create a vibrant alumni hub for furthering awareness, advocacy and action to work and live in ways that promote equity and sustainability for people and planet.

We also profile recent and upcoming events, including: “Dispatches from Dubai” alumni reports from COP28, current search for the next CIC president, INDEVOR’s 2024 AGM on January 19th, upcoming webinars, ChangeNOW conference in Paris March 25th and our Alumni Sustainable Business Summit May 30th.

 

1.    Welcome to our INDEVOR-GIN 2024-2026 Executive Committee & NAA/GC Network

A big thank you to INSEAD alumni who self-nominated to join INDEVOR Global Impact Network’s executive committee.  Our outgoing 2020-2023 ExCo voted unanimously this month to welcome all nominees!  We added five new voting members, up to our limit of nine, and an official volunteer, a category that allows committed individuals to help with a specific ExCo committee or initiative.  Come meet and ratify our leadership team at INDEVOR’s 2024 AGM on January 19th, 2024, 8 a.m. ET/2 p.m CET/9 p.m SING).  See agenda at point 3 below.  REGISTER HERE

The 2024-2026 INDEVOR-GIN Executive Committee will be:

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 19D NAA Netherlands)
Official Volunteer Christian Ledoux (MBA 93D, NAA France – NAA/GC liaison and annual summit support)

 

Our growing network of NAA and Global Club sustainability reps are bubbling up initiatives from their constituents that INDEVOR can promote and making their constituents aware of INDEVOR events and initiatives they can join.  We are grateful for the following network allies and look forward to expanding the network as GCs and NAAs contact our liaisons: Patricia Sennequier [email protected] and Jinna Li [email protected].  As of December 2023, INDEVOR is linked to the following GC/NAA Sustainability Reps and looking to grow the network:

 

2. Search for the next Community Impact Challenge president:

CIC is taking nominations for president when Paolo’s term ends after Q1 2024.  Interested in applying?  Click here for detailed information on the leadership role and its requirements. The application deadline is Sunday, January 28, 2024, 11pm PST. Interviews will be conducted in February 2024.

 

3. December 2023: Dispatches from Dubai

COP28 has delivered both promising pathways and some cognitive dissonance on the world’s way forward to decarbonize.   Read our frontline reports from alums Megan Pillsbury and Ram Chaitanya at INDEVOR-GIN’s LinkedIN Group  (and join the group if you haven’t).  Thanks to Kiku Loomis and Nicole Harari for curating and posting!  In addition INSEAD captured videos of alums in attendance.

 

4. January 2024: AGM 1 hour, January 19th

8 a.m. NY/ 2p.m. CET / 9 p.m. Singapore

Register here:

Please join us and meet INDEVOR 2024-2026 leadership and our growing network of sustainability reps.  The agenda will focus on two items:

  1. Meeting each other and ratifying our 2024-2026 global leadership team
  2. Ideating in breakout rooms elements of our annual Alumni Sustainability Summit, May 30th, Fontainbleau (hybrid ideas that create local nodes especially welcome).  We’ll send breakout room options once we see our numbers.

 

5. Q1 2024 Webinars

Save these dates for our next two webinars, registrations to come:

February 1, time TBD:  Launch of 2024 Community Impact Challenge, curated by CIC
April 10th, 9 a.m. ET:  Sustainability & ESG in the Boardroom, featuring Prof. Ludo Van der Heyden, curated by IDN
Check out videos of past webinars and events at our new INDEVOR YouTube channel.
If your NAA or GC has ideas for an INDEVOR-related webinar contact Kiku Loomis, [email protected]

 

6. March 2024: Change Now Summit & INSEAD Impact Entrepreneurship Forum

The Hoffman Global Institute for Business and Society and Rudolf and Valeria Maag INSEAD Centre for Entrepreneurship are creating opportunities for students and alums at the 2024 ChangeNow Summit in Paris 25 March 2024.

For INSEAD students, the Hoffmann Institute will sponsor transportation and tickets to the ChangeNow Summit, and in parallel organize a career trek to Paris-based companies with a sustainability focus.  INDEVOR is collaborating with the Hoffmann Institute to organize an alumni-student networking event at ChangeNow.  If you work in sustainability, can offer a trek stop for students, or join the networking event  please contact [email protected] (HGIBS) and [email protected] (INDEVOR)

For alums working in sustainability: The INSEAD Impact Entrepreneurship Forum: Driving Systemic Change will be held March 25th from 4:00pm – 8:30pm, Blue Bubble, Grand Palais Ephemere, Paris, during the ChangeNow Summit.  It aims to foster connections and conversations on how impact entrepreneurship can drive systemic change for people and the planet.  To RSVP for the event, please complete a short form by DECEMBER 30, 2023:  https://inse.ad/ChangeNow.  Selected applicants can secure their seat in February 2024 with a 25€ registration fee.

In addition to the forum, note that there is a Global Call for applications to showcase INSEAD alum solutions at the ChangeNow Summit via an exhibitor booth.  Learn more HERE.

 

7. May 2024: Second Annual Alumni Business & Sustainability Summit

The agenda for this will be our focus at the January 19th AGM.  The plan is to host the summit at Fontainebleau campus on May 30th, in advance of INSEAD’s annual board and volunteers meetings, to limit one-off travel.  We aim to time it so we can offer hybrid participation from other campuses and become a demo for a high-quality hybrid alumni event. Lots of alumni experts have begun planning the agenda, which we’ll share for further ideation at INDEVOR AGM.   Register here

 

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 Newsletter: October 2

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 access here!

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

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

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 ClubINSEAD Global Energy ClubINSEAD Alumni Association Australia & New ZealandINSEAD Alumni Association CanadaINSEAD Alumni Association United Arab EmiratesINSEAD 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

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

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]

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/