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Accounting for Sustainability International Case Competition (A4SICC)

We are delighted to support the Accounting for Sustainability International Case Competition: a unique opportunity for students across the world to help drive sustainable business solutions.

Today’s business and accounting students will have to manage a wide range of sustainability challenges upon entering the workforce. To succeed, and more importantly, to help shape and drive a sustainable economy, these students will require both theoretical and practical sustainability skills. Accounting for Sustainability (A4S) aims to address this knowledge gap – join us in supporting the competition!

What is the competition?

Established in 2018, A4SICC provides an opportunity for business and accounting students to develop and apply their skills to solve sustainability challenges in a commercial environment – supporting us all to transition to a sustainable economy. By engaging students in how we can solve pressing global problems, we are equipping them with the tools and skills to meet the social and environmental challenges ahead.

For the 2025 competition, students are invited to select one of the world’s 2,000 most influential companies from the World Benchmarking Alliance SDG2000 list and examine its approach to corporate decarbonization within the broader context of a fair and just climate transition.

Get your students involved

A4SICC offers your students a transformative and practical learning experience as well as the chance to:

Travel to Toronto, Canada for the face-to-face finals
Win a cash prize of CA$10,000 (winning team) or CA$5,000 (runner-up)!
Access the internships linked to the competition
Cultivate critical skills for sustainable business development
Connect with industry leaders
Contribute to the advancement of sustainable business practices

You can find an overview of the competition and links to easy-to-use templates to excite and engage your students in this A4SICC Communications Deck. Watching the video from A4SICC 2024 is a great way to get a feel for the competition.

A4S International Case Competition is running two information sessions. These sessions will be critical for students who want to enter A4SICC 2025 and will cover:

Firsthand insights from business leaders driving sustainable change about the skills they look for when hiring
How the A4SICC can support students in their professional careers
Top tips, practical insights and guidance from past ICC winners on crafting your entry and your presentation
More context and detail about this year’s case focus: internships available and the logistics of this year’s competition

The sessions will also provide a space for students to ask questions about the challenge or process.

Be sure to share these with your students – we’re looking forward to seeing them there!

Information Session 1
Date: 10 October 2024
Region: Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific
Speaker: Rishi Kalra, Executive Director & CFO, Olam Food Ingredients
Time: 08:00 BST / 09:00 CEST / 15:00 SGT / 18:00 AEDT / 20:00 NZDT
Sign up here to attend

Information Session 2
Date: 15 October 2024
Region: Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa
Speaker: Patrick Taylor, Managing Director, Brookfield Asset Management
Time: 09:00 PDT / 12:00 EDT / 17:00 BST / 18:00 CEST
Sign up here to attend

Find out more on the A4S website here, or contact the A4SICC team at a4sicc@a4s.org to get involved.

Third Round Call for Applications | PhD Fellowship on ‘The Non-Profit Sector’s Contribution to African Economies’ – A Mastercard Foundation funded project

The Centre on African Philanthropy and Social Investment (CAPSI) at the Wits Business School (University of the Witwatersrand), with the support of the Mastercard Foundation invites applications for Doctoral Fellowship on the Non-Profit Sector and its Contribution to African Economies project. The aim of the PhD fellowship is to provide opportunities for young African doctoral students registered in African universities to participate in research on non-profit organisations and their contributions to African economies. The specific focus of the research project is ‘The creation of dignified and fulfilling work for young Africans by the non-profit sector’.

ABOUT THE PROGRAMME

This doctoral fellowship program offers a maximum of five years of support to twenty (20) selected full time Ph.D students. Each fellow will receive a fully funded fellowship, providing a full scholarship of up to $30,000 per year. The program invites doctoral students exclusively from African universities in the 17 countries targeted by the project. These are Burkina Faso, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Doctoral students will be working on topics related to non-profit organizations and their contributions to African economies, particularly those focusing on dignified and fulfilling employment for young Africans. Successful applicants will work closely with Regional Research Leads paired with senior researchers in undertaking their research. Fellows will be selected in line with categories of youth marginality that the project is paying special attention to -namely gender, disability, geography, class, age and various forms of marginality such as refugees, ex-prisoners, and internally displaced persons, just to mention a few.

Applications are now invited from female doctoral students with an interest in the non-profit sector and its role in African economies . In the current call, only female applicants from and focusing on the following countries are to apply:

Burkina Faso
The Democratic Republic of Congo
Egypt
Mozambique
Rwanda
Senegal
South Africa
Zambia

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

To be eligible for the Fellowship Program, applicants must:

Be a female aged 35 years or below
Be currently enrolled as a full time student in a relevant doctoral program at an African university focusing on themes and research aligned to the project.
Have research interest in the non-profit sector’s contributions to dignified and fulfilling work for African youth.
Demonstrate commitment to the program and the ability to work effectively in a team.
Be available to participate in the program for its entire duration.
In the first or second year of their PhD programme.
Be nationals of any of the countries listed above and conducting research on any of them or some of them.

SUBJECT FIELDS

Social and behavioural sciences, including Economics, Development Studies, International Development, Non-profit or Philanthropic studies, Statistics and Actuarial Sciences, Management, Public Policy, History, Human Geography, or any development-related field.

The research should strictly focus on the project’s main objective; The Contributions of Non-profit Sectors to African Economies with specific focus on Dignified and Fulfilling Work for the Youth.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

Eligible candidates should prepare and submit the following as part of the application package:

Current curriculum vitae (CV).
A personal statement (maximum 500 words) outlining their research interest, motivation, and alignment with the advertised CAPSI Research program.
An outline of their proposed research project (Maximum 2500 words) covering the following.

Background of study
Problem Statement
Research questions
Research objectives
Literature review and theoretical framework
Proposed methodology (covering research design, sampling and, data collection and ethical considerations)

A letter of recommendation from supervisor/proposed supervisor.
A copy of academic transcripts.
Proof of age ( e.g., passport, birth certificate, etc.)
Proof of admission or registration in an African University

The application must be sent by email to: dennis.osei@wits.ac.za (applicants from West and North Africa), wycliffe.ouma@wits.ac.za (applicants from East Africa), and eleanor.chipeta @wits.ac.za (applicants from Southern Africa) clearly marked “PHD FELLOWSHIP IN THE NON-PROFIT SECTOR’S CONTRIBUTION TO AFRICAN ECONOMIES, and copied to Joseph.Sobuthongo@wits.ac.za.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

The deadline for applications is Monday, September 16^th, 2024.

Successful applicants will be notified by Friday, September 27^th, 2024.

For more information and to apply, please visit the CAPSI website (https://capsi.co.za).

Inquiries should be directed to Joseph.Sobuthongo@wits.ac.za or any of the emails above.

Two PhD Positions in the Governance of Natural Resources and Sustainability for a Just and Fair Energy Transition | Copenhagen Business School

Two PhD positions in the governance of natural resources and sustainability for a just and fair energy transition, at the Department of Management, Society and Communication at Copenhagen Business School

Copenhagen Business School (CBS) invites applications for two PhD positions in governance of natural resources and sustainability for a just and fair energy transition at the Department of Management, Society and Communication (MSC).

Both PhD positions (project A and project B) form part of work packages under the research project ‘Frontiers of natural resource and sustainability governance for a just energy transition’ (FRONTIERS).

At an overall level, FRONTIERS aims to advance knowledge for a just and fair transition, which involves and respects those (such as communities or individuals) who are at risk or in practice adversely affected by mining of minerals for the green transition. Comprising four complementary work packages and a focus on land-based and potential deep-sea mining as a field of natural resource exploration, we will explore effects of risk-based due diligence demands for the industry; industry and investors practices; and potentially complementary normative ideas related to the rights of nature. Ultimately, the project seeks to develop insights that may support a comprehensive assessment of eco-system impacts as an aspect of risk-based due diligence for mining of minerals for the transition and investments in the industry and the value chain, including the solar and wind power and energy storage industries. Some fieldwork in mining countries and/or with relevant industries is envisaged. Please see https://frontiers.cbs.dk/ for details.

The central objective of PhD project A is to explore and advance our understanding of the effects of legal requirements on risk-based due diligence in value chains and non-financial reporting (disclosure) with regard to transition minerals mining. As part of this, the project should explore what factors, including in legal demands and organisational practices, are conducive to adequately identifying and preventing social, environmental and wider eco-system harm or risks, including in multi-tier supply chains in complex settings for environmental and social impacts. Research can, for example, address:

An exploration of policy objectives in home or host countries for mining industry and in the European Union (EU) in regard to processes for companies to identify risks or actual societal harm and manage such risks or harm;
An exploration or mapping of legislative texts from selected countries and administrative guidance on risk-based due diligence related to social, environmental and wider eco-system risks and harm related to the mining industry and its green energy value chains;
An exploration of company needs and preferences for risk-based due diligence demands from governments and the private sector (including investors) for impact assessments of societal risks;
An exploration of risk-based due diligence uptake in one or more companies in the mining industry and/or green energy companies, and cascading of due diligence along the value chain;
Lessons that may be learnt or passed on from due diligence and responsible business conduct in land-based mining towards deep-sea mining.

The central objective of PhD project B is to explore and advance our understanding of how institutional investors apply risk-based due diligence for human rights and the environment in decisions on investment in companies involved in extracting minerals relevant for the energy transition and the supply chains for such minerals. As part of this, the project should explore how institutional investors seek to shape practices in the investment chain for land-based transition minerals and potential expansion into the deep seas to identify and prevent social, environmental and wider eco-system risks and harm.

Research can, for example, address:

how institutional investors apply risk-based due diligence demands to understand about risks of or actual societal harm related to their investments in the transition mining industry
how institutional investors seek to shape the investment chain’s conduct in order to prevent and manage harmful societal impacts, including through impact assessments and deployment of their influence/leverage;
how institutional investors seek to advance cascading of risk-based due diligence awareness and practices along mining value chains;
how institutional investors apply due diligence demands to ensure that affected stakeholders who host or live near transition minerals mines are meaningfully engaged in decision-making on the mining:
In regard to assessment of societal impacts and deployment of risk-based due diligence, what lessons may be learnt or passed on from institutional investors’ practices in regard to land-based mining towards deep-sea mining, including for comprehensive impact assessment.

PhD project B is expected to be undertaken in close collaboration with at least one Danish institutional investor with a leading role in risk-based due diligence and sustainable investing.

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Stanford Seed Transformation Program is Accepting Applications

Stanford Seed is looking for high-potential CEOs/founders of established companies with annual revenues between USD $300k-$15M who are motivated for growth and based in Africa, Indonesia, or South Asia to participate in the 2025 Seed Transformation Program. This 10-month program combines in-person and online learning experiences tailored for business leaders along with their management teams, to identify growth opportunities and formulate actionable plans to revolutionize their businesses. Apply by 15 May.

Details

Program Fee and Scholarships

Indonesia: US $6,000
Africa: US $9,500
South Asia: INR 8,00,000

Thanks to the generosity of founding donors Robert “Bob” King (MBA ’60) and Dorothy “Dottie” King, and many others, this program is offered to you at a fraction of its actual cost. In Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa, the cost of the program has been subsidized in part by the De Beers Group.

In addition, scholarships are available to smaller enterprises, women founders, and social entrepreneurs. Scholarship applications will be provided upon request to applicants who advance to the interview stage.

Requirements

CEO/Founder of a for-profit business with revenue between US $300K – $15M
Primary operations based in Africa, South Asia or Indonesia
Have a management team of at least two people in addition to the CEO or founder
Applicants from most industries are eligible

Program Schedule & Commitment

10 Months | January – November 2025 | Blend of in-person and online

IN-PERSON SESSIONS

2x week-long classroom sessions for CEOs/Founders

AFRICA
Week one: 19–24 January in Nairobi, Kenya
Week two: 9–13 June in Accra, Ghana

SOUTH ASIA
Week one: 19–24 January in Chennai, India
Week two: 9–13 June in Chennai, India

INDONESIA
Week one: 19–24 January in Jakarta and/or Bali, Indonesia
Week two: 9–13 June in Jakarta and/or Bali, Indonesia

2x full-day workshops held at your company with you, your Seed Business Advisor, and management team (dates tbd)

ONLINE CLASSES & WORKSHOPS

5–8 hours/week for CEOs/Founders
2–4 hours/week for management team

CEOs/Founders Receive a Stanford GSB Certificate

Company Receives a Certificate of Participation

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Global Academy – Insper

The Global Academy is an Insper’s portfolio of short-term courses designed for undergraduate students from Brazilian and international institutions with relevant topics in entrepreneurship, innovation, ESG, and technology, among others. In 2024 it will be the second edition of the program. Insper’s short-term program offers an enriching academic experience that equips you for new challenges and opportunities in Brazil and overseas.

Classes are intensive, full-time, taught in English, and with a minimum of 40 hours of contact per course. As a credit-bearing program, students can have equivalences for elective courses at Insper or as per the policies of their respective educational institutions.

During the program, students will visit companies and institutions to enhance their market knowledge and participate in extracurricular activities that foster international experience and sociocultural awareness.

Application

Students must be attending an undergraduate program. In addition, be at least 18 years old, over the age of majority in Brazil, and submit their university enrollment certificate.

To access more information on dates, fees and program details, go to the page for each course.

For further questions, please contact us through the email: globalacademy@insper.edu.br

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Human Resources and Talent Management of Korean Companies – Loyola Marymount University

The Faculty Development in International Business (FDIB) South Korea program is a joint collaboration between Loyola Marymount University and Florida International University. The program is designed for educators interested in developing a greater understanding of doing business in Korea and exploring how Korean companies such as Samsung, Hyundai, LG, SK and Lotte have emerged as global competitors.

This program focuses on learning the key factors driving talent management of Korean companies to enhance local as well as global competitiveness. Participants will gain firsthand experience about how South Korea has grown into a trillion-dollar-club economy that ranks the 10th largest in the world and has become a global innovation leader known as the “Miracle of the Han River.” Participants will visit top multinational companies, providing them with an opportunity to interact with executives and senior managers to discuss the intricacies of Korean management. In addition, participants will tour and visit historical sites for cultural experiences. Attendees will also listen to special lectures delivered by local scholars and network with other faculty to explore collaborative curriculum development and research interests.

A $4,000 program fee will cover hotel accommodations (based on single occupancy) with daily breakfast, ground transportation for activities, entry to cultural sites, business visits, and some meals. International airfare is not included.

Program Fee: $4000

Covers hotel accommodations (based on single occupancy) with daily breakfast, ground transportation for activities, entry to cultural sites, business visits, and some meals. International airfare is not included.
Scholarships available, apply below.

Deadline to Apply: March 31, 2024

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Positive Impact Rating 2024 is LIVE NOW!

What is the Positive Impact Rating?

The Positive Impact Rating (PIR) evaluates business schools based on their societal impact and commitment to continuous improvement. Unlike traditional rankings, PIR emphasizes purpose-driven education, aligning with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. By joining, schools gain a competitive edge, showcasing their commitment to sustainability and societal impact, and attracting purpose-driven students and partners.

Why Join the Positive Impact:

Showcase Your School

PIR is the only global rating that highlights business schools committed to societal impact and providing a 21st-century education that prepares students for global challenges. More Information

Strengthen Your Accreditation

Many schools utilize PIR’s data to enhance their accreditation reports for organizations like AACSB, EQUIS, and UN PRME. More Information

Support Your Change Process

The rating incorporates student feedback on your school’s societal impact, offering valuable insights for your internal change initiatives. More Information

Compare and Improve

PIR’s Dashboard features downloadable reports and visualized data, allowing you to compare your school’s performance with others and identify areas for improvement. More Information

Partners & Endorsers

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ITP Programme | Essentials of Teaching and Learning

The International Schools of Business Management (ISBM) was created more than 50 years ago to improve the teaching and learning that goes on in business schools everywhere. Through its flagship programme, the “International Teachers Programme” (ITP), it has transformed the lives and careers of thousands of business school faculty and those who learn from them.

The ITP, a multi-week, in-person programme delivered annually at ISBM member schools, trains participating faculty in “active learning” pedagogies and transforms their mindsets from focussing on teaching to creating environments in which learning comes alive. The essence of the ITP experience has now been extracted and distilled into ISBM’s newest and most scalable and accessible programme, “The Essentials of Teaching and Learning,” delivered in a remote learning format.

The Essentials

Given the wide array of teaching and learning opportunities that exists for business school faculty these days, your first question is likely to be, “What’s in it for me?” and, perhaps, what’s in it for your institution, as well.

What’s in it for me?

Proven content: The ‘essentials’ distilled from the ITP.
Your best self: There’s no single best way to teach. We’ll help you develop your own unique identity as a teacher.
An international network: You’ll get hands-on, highly interactive learning in the company of dozens of highly motivated and like-minded international faculty peers, all of whom care about excellence in teaching.
An enhanced reputation: Learn from and get to know star faculty from diverse cultural and professional backgrounds from some of the world’s top business schools.
Fun, passion, and purpose: You’ll learn how to shape your classroom culture to deliver amazing experiences for every student.
Impact: Most of us don’t teach just to make a living. We’re teachers who want to make a difference in the lives and careers of those we teach. The “Essentials of Teaching and Learning” programme will boost your impact.

Who should join?

Inspiration: The transformation of your institution’s culture from one of teaching to one of creating learning environments is inspiring to behold and to be a part of.
Credibility: Show your faculty, students, and other stakeholders that your institution values and supports excellence in teaching.
Enhanced student experience: Your students’ learning experience matters!
Faculty recruitment and retention: Attracting and retaining top faculty gets more difficult every year. Faculty appreciate working for institutions that invest in developing their skills.
Relevance: Organisations of all kinds – pretty much everywhere – need to be better managed. Your institution, drawing on the more than 50 years of learning from the ISBM consortium schools, can lead the way.

Programme structure

Interactively designed and delivered
Four half-day sessions via Zoom
On four consecutive Fridays
With small-group breakouts and other engaging activities
Conducted in English
Time zone friendly from 12:00 noon to 4 PM Central European Time
All in all, taken together and apart from its content, a demonstration of highly effective teaching that can serve as a role model for any kind of teaching and learning setting.

What the programme is not

Not a webinar you can watch with one eye, while checking your email with your other one!
Not a course about online teaching
Not about teaching with new-fangled digital tools
Not top-down, one-way content delivery
Time zone friendly from 12:00 noon to 4 PM Central European Time
All in all, taken together and apart from its content, a demonstration of highly effective teaching that can serve as a role model for any kind of teaching and learning setting.

Practical Information

2024 Programme Dates

Fridays April 5, 12, 19, and 26

Time: 12 noon to 4 PM Central European Time

Fee

Full fee: €800

Early bird discounted price: €600

Registration

Opens at 12:00 noon CET January 15, 2024

EARLY BIRD discount (limited places available)

ends at 12:00 noon CET January 31, 2024.

Payment

In full at time of registration by credit or debit card

on the “Essentials of Teaching and Learning” Eventbrite page.

Non-refundable, non-transferable.

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Applications OPEN – DHL GoTrade GBSN Fellowship Program 2024

Deutsche Post DHL Group and GBSN partner to break down barriers to global trade.

In furtherance of our mission to improve management and entrepreneurial education, GBSN has partnered with one of its corporate members DPDHL to develop the GoTrade GBSN Fellowship Program. This Fellowship Program is designed to partner selected postgraduate business students with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the developing world with the aim of fostering greater cross-border trade. This directly addresses our collective mission at GBSN –– to improve access to quality, locally relevant management and entrepreneurial education for the developing world. GoTrade is education and access.

APPLICATIONS FOR 2024 ARE NOW OPEN.

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