News

From November 7 to 21, 2025, HEC Paris will host the exhibition VULNERABLE in the Galerie Nord of Building T — a project inviting us to rethink the role of vulnerability within organizations. 

Drawing on insights from HEC Paris faculty, a new report maps how businesses can respond to vulnerability without defaulting to control, charity, or silence. 

A team of HEC Paris researchers outlines a new model to simplify sustainability disclosure, reduce costs for firms, and strengthen Europe’s global competitiveness. As the European Union revisits its sustainability reporting frameworks, a new HEC Paris Policy Paper — “Squaring Disclosure Regulation ...

What if business models could not only minimize harm — but actively regenerate the ecosystems and communities they depend on? A new white paper from HEC Paris “The regenerative shift, 7 business attributes and 7 archetypes to inspire action”, produced by Laurence Lehmann-Ortega, Professor of ...

HEC Paris proudly hosted the official launch of UNDERPIN Climate, a three-year, EU-funded research project that will transform the way Europe measures progress on climate resilience. The kick-off meeting took place on September 25–26 on the HEC Paris campus, with partners to mark the start of this ...

A major youth hackathon in Bangkok saw students from 20 business schools propose answers to human rights challenges in fields as diverse as palm oil, platform labor and indigenous justice.

HEC Paris research shows how trust and social connection across differences strengthens economies, improves well-being, and builds social resilience. 

Fernando J. Díaz López, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Climate & Earth Center, has been appointed as a Lead Author for the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Seventh Assessment Report (AR7, 2025–2029) on climate change mitigation.

On September 10–11, 2025, HEC Paris welcomed leading academics from across Europe for the workshop “European Public Scholarship: From Individual Stories to a Theory and Method for Academic Engagement”.

HEC Paris and Schneider Electric have successfully completed a pioneering pilot research clinic involving six students from the MSc Sustainability and Social Innovation, paving the way for new forms of collaboration between business, academia, and future leaders.