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)