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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)

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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: 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, Community Impact Challenge and the Hoffmann Global Institute on Business & Society

 

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

 

 

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

INDEVOR-GIN December 2023 Newsletter

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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

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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 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

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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.