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For the first time this term, a new mandatory course, “The Planetary Boundaries,” is launching the academic journeys of first-year students in meaningful, enduring directions. Society & Organizations (S&O) Institute members designed and co-created with the students this course to provide a powerful ...

In the wake of the Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC) in Barcelona, HEC Professor Bertrand Quélin and SASI graduate Isaac Smadja publish a key study of six award-winning smart cities across the globe. The 238-page eBook is the result of a partnership between Bouygues & HEC in the context of the ...

On September 1, the 2021 HEC CEMS Block Seminar on Inclusive & Social Business proposed by the S&O Institute hosted a full-day workshop on systems innovation at les Mureaux, a popular working-class district of Paris Metropolitan area which has begun its social and ecological transition.  

For the second time ever, HEC’s first year L3 students began their school career with the off-campus “Purpose & Sustainability” seminar. 370 freshmen converged on the Alpine village of Chamonix for a physically and intellectually intense three-day seminar devoted to the major environmental and ...

In June, fifty students all over the world followed the summer school programs (100% online) on the S&O themes: “Geopolitics, Globalization and Business Strategy” and “Business and Climate Change”. Two weeks of intensive class to deepen their knowledge on the greatest challenges of our times.

Edition N°6 of the S&O Research Day lived up to its top billing yet again, with 45 co-authors presenting 20 scientific papers over two days. The academics’ research was prefaced by two outstanding keynote speakers, George Serafeim and Ruth V. Aguilera. The May 26-27 event was once again slickly ...

Hilary Matson, HEC MBA alumna 2020 is the founder of Yūgen Earthside  that aims at shaping the future of sustainable tourism. Thanks to her new online platform, she helps us to travel better to protect and preserve our planet’s most vulnerable destinations so that future generations of residents and ...

Margault Phélip, HEC alumna 2008 is now CEO of Impact Studio, and Manager at Archipel & Co. She has kindly accepted to answer our questions with authenticity and passion. Focus on her career path and personal adventure on the road of social innovation.

For those seeking to make a positive impact on the world, HEC Paris has created the first online sustainable management program.

In the last few years, rising awareness of the issues of resource scarcity and climate change has demonstrated the need to move from a linear economy to a circular and resilient one. To understand this approach and the potential levers of action to profoundly change the ethos of businesses and how ...