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Marie Ekeland, Founder & CEO of the 2050 fund explains how alignment and an open-ended approach are key to building a mould-breaking investment model focused on ‘a fertile future’.

As ESG backlash intensifies and employee activism rises, companies like Patagonia, Unilever, and VINCI are grappling with dissent over their stated corporate purposes. Against this backdrop, HEC Paris invited top researchers and practitioners to discuss dissent. How can organizations maintain ...

More than 200 participants gathered at the Hôtel de l'Industrie for the third edition of Purpose Day, organized by the HEC Paris S&O Purpose Center and Oxford University Saïd Business School Centre for Corporate Reputation, to differentiate corporate purpose from CSR and explore how companies can ...

This 2nd episode of HEC Bold Thinkers Podcast delves into four critical opportunities facing Mumbai: bridging socioeconomic divides, leveraging business potential, maintaining social connections, and addressing climate change vulnerabilities. Experts highlight the city's remarkable resilience ...

The second biennial workshop of the Society for Eco-Innovation Studies hosted by HEC Paris was a timely reminder of the transformative power of collaboration and interdisciplinary research around eco-innovation. Over two days, global experts from academia, policy, and industry gathered to share ...

Facing persistent abuses such as forced labor and child labor, new European regulations, such as the CSRD and the CSDDD, impose increased transparency and due diligence obligations on companies. As part of our partnership with De Gaulle Fleurance for the 5th edition of the 2024 Observatory of ...

The CSRD directive requires over 50,000 companies in Europe to provide harmonized non-financial reporting, while the duty of vigilance directive redefines their responsibilities across the entire value chain. As part of our partnership with De Gaulle Fleurance for the 5th edition of the 2024 ...

As part of our partnership with De Gaulle Fleurance for the 5th edition of the 2024 Observatory of Societal Transitions, Marieke Huysentruyt, Academic Director of the Sustainability & Organizations Institute at HEC Paris, discusses the historical dynamics of inequalities, the impact of new European ...

In the first episode of the Bold Thinkers podcast, we journey to Kinshasa, the bustling capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. With a population set to exceed 58 million by 2075, Kinshasa is one of the fastest-growing megacities in the world. Often seen through the lens of challenges, this ...

No one is equipped to address the new world challenges being faced in Kinshasa (and other megacities). Neither the best CEOs in the world, nor the world’s best academics, nor the best scientists. We therefore need to listen to, and include, the voices of the places where critical sustainability ...