Developing Sustainable Leadership

Retooling Leaders for the Future Changing MBA Curriculums to Breed Responsible Leaders

The World Awakes Solutions: Conversations Conversations about climate change have largely driven by, or depended on, politicians, environmentalists, or venture capitalists

Traditional Definition Drive Traditional Solutions In China, sustainability is being framed by different constraints …… ..constraints that were far more personal than “carbon” Labor Safety Consumer Safety Urban Planning & Urbanization Food & Agriculture Landfills & eWaste Overpackaging Healthcare (Elderly & Family) Resource Management Traffic and Transport Air, Food, and Water Quality Income Gap – Poverty Alleviation

CEIBS in Transition Established to incubate and develop China’s future business leaders, the CEIBS process has begun to change to meet student needs It was a process started by ONE student, but has now become part of the core curriculum
BGRC 2.0
Green Campus
CSR Club
2007
BGRC 3.0
Green Campus
CSR Club
Enterprise Solutions to Poverty
Innovate China
Cleantech Conference
Energy and Env .Club
2008
BGRC 4.0
Green Campus
CSR Club
Enterprise Solutions to Poverty
Ethics Day
Club Leadership Election
Green Campus Growth
RLP Curriculum
2009 Being Globally Responsible Conference 2006

Sustainability & Responsible Leadership Project Clean Technology
Smartgrid
Biofuels
Transportation
Waste-to-energy
Water Filtration
Clean Coal
Renewable Energy
Carbon Offset/ Trading
2 Semester Program Required for Graduation
1 semester research/ 1 semester partnership
Deliver Research paper and business plan
CEIBS Goals
To institutionally support society by leveraging student, faculty, alumni relationships
Improve student awareness of pressing social and environmental challenges
To provide a profound, integrative experience for students to learn from
Basic Model
Integrates academic setting and hands on experience
Flexible platform that engages student interests (They could choose own topics)
Show students the business cases for sustainability
Economics Built Env. Manufacturing Resources Civil Society Social Services Land Use Renewable Mat’ls Food & Agriculture Forests and Parks Bodies of Water Labor Pools Waste Mgmt Air Quality Life Cycle Analysis Closed Loop mfg. Product Design Packaging/ Waste Logistics/ Transport Ethical Supply Chain Quality Control / Assurance Recycling & eWaste Financial Mkts Green Economies MFG Vs Services Urbanization Rural/ Urban Gap Consumer Spdg Green Consumers Urban Planning Building Materials Urban Transport Greenspace Energy Efficiency Water Usage Build Retrofitting Building Operation Affordable Housing Civic Engagement Philanthropy NGO Devlopment NGO Capacity Social Enterprises Cultural Preservation Consumer Safety Community Prog. Healthcare Education Poverty Alleviation Elderly Care Job Training Rehabilitation & Counseling Financial Services

Sustainability & Responsible Leadership Project Partners

Critical Drivers
Programs with clear goals
Goals should be tangible by all parties, and realistic
“ open source” platforms
Gradual and sustainable curriculum development.
Avoids costly mistakes in resource commitment
Fits CEIBS’ general-management, China-centric positioning, and limited resource pool
Leads to close collaborations between school (faculty, admin and students), corporate partners, community members and government units
Programs with scale and impact
Collaboration with Europe China Center for Leadership and Responsibility (ECCLAR) and Europe China Business Management Training Project (ECBMT)
Develop collaborative relationships with regional schools and communities
World EXPO partnership
Integration
New courses ( Sustainable Marketing ) and clubs (COIN - Community Outreach and Inclusion Network)
Integration of existing course through increased staff collaboration
Continue integration of BGRC and RLP

“ In the end, environmental, social and economic sustainability cannot be separated. A sustainable planet must include a sustainable human civilization – resilient human systems that respect the complicated relationships among poverty, human rights, economic development, environmental health, and human success” - Institute for the Future, 2008
Lydia Price
Associate Dean and Academic Director MBA Program
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Richard Brubaker
Visiting Professor – Sustainability and Responsible Leadership
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Developing Sustainable Leadership

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