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Hearing from Kaushik Burman, MBA’11Dec – General Manager & Managing Director at Gogoro India Pvt Ltd) What were your key takeaways after graduating from INSEAD in relation to having a positive social impact on the community? To build businesses which have a deeper purpose, and lead by example. Next, contribute to one or more of…

Hearing from Michelle Woo, VP Venture Build, ENGIE Factory Asia Pacific How does your business’s commitment to being a force for good align with its overall mission and values? Faced with the climate emergency and the need to reduce polluting emissions, it is now essential to find faster ways to transition to carbon neutrality. ENGIE…

The INSEAD Masters Programmes Team led by Antony Widjaja, Associate Director, EMBA Marketing and Recruitment, organised a panel discussion on The Role of Allyship in Advancing Equality and Inclusive Leadership on 19 January 2023. Speakers: Dr Vinika Rao Dr. Vinika Devasar Rao (Chairwoman | Executive Director, INSEAD Emerging Markets Institute & Gender Initiative; Director, HGIBS Asia)…

Hearing from Apo Ozkececi MCCC’19Dec-S  – SVP Commercial & Regional Head, Asia Pacific, Accelya How do you balance the need to recognize businesses that are making a positive impact with the reality that many businesses must prioritize profitability in order to survive? Making a positive impact and prioritizing profitable are not necessarily competing objectives. On…

Hearing from Diana Gan, EMBA’19Dec – Founder of Elementary Capital What were your key takeaways after graduating from INSEAD in relation to having a positive social impact on the community? Creating positive impact starts from realising how our relationship with other people and the planet are shaped. Understanding impact lays the foundation for which we…

Hearing from Li Lian Liew GEMBA’13 – Director, Corporate Planning at Tan Tock Seng Hospital & Central Health How did you determine which businesses demonstrated a strong commitment to being a force for good? Essentially I used frameworks to judge. The ESG notion of People, Planet and Profit was an easy trio to remember so…

In the years following World War II, Georges Doriot came up with the idea that the world needed a new kind of educational institution—one that united people, embraced diversity, and leveraged business to rebuild nations and promote peace. He envisioned an institution that could make a meaningful contribution to society. That institution, of course, was…

ECOSOFFT. Sam Al-Schamma (TIEMBA ‘13 ), a board member and investor in ECOSOFTT accepted the award on behalf of Marcus Lim (TIEMBA’13) and Stanley Samuel (TIEMBA’13). This social enterprise aims to address the global challenge of water shortage, scarcity and quality. ECOSOFTT has delivered more than 50 projects, providing safe drinking water to thousands of…