International Program Sustainable Management

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Universidad El Bosque presente en el International Summer School Sustainable Management | Universidad El Bosque Universidad con programas de pregrado, especializaciones, maestrías, doctorados y posdoctorado) Bogotá Colombia. Proyectos de investigación y calidad de vida.

Interested in our Seminar 'Sustainable Transformation in Higher Education'? Take a look at the program.

How can you prepare your students for a rapidly changing world? How can you implement sustainability competencies in your university courses? How can you contribute to the SDGs in your university of applied sciences?

Do you want to support sustainable development in your university or university of applied sciences?

You are invited to our FREE seminar ‘Sustainable Transformation in Higher Education’, organized by the Odisee – Center for Sustainable Entrepreneurship on Friday 11 October at Odisee Campus Ghent.

Get inspired by Peter Wollaert’s introduction on ‘How to become SDG proof’ and discuss new insights with like-minded lecturers and researchers during our networking lunch.

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A sustainable strategy cannot do without sustainable HRM. On Thursday 7 November, we welcome Tim Gielens. Tim is senior researcher sustainable HRM at the Center for Sustainable Entrepreneurship (CenSE), Odisee University of Applied Sciences. Prior to his career at Odisee, Tim was senior researcher at Antwerp Management School where he built up expertise in the field of sustainable careers, sustainable HRM, talent mobility, employee engagement, new ways of working, industrial relations and the future of jobs. Before starting his academic career, Tim gained experience in management consultancy for national and international organizations.

The International Program Sustainable Management is organized in collaboration with CIFAL Flanders. Peter Wollaert, Managing Director of CIFAL Flanders is an Expert on how you can integrate the SDGs in your business strategy and will teach an interesting class on Friday 11 October: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterwollaert/

During the second module of our international Program Sustainable Management from Wednesday 6 to Friday 8 November, Katrien Rennemeier will be one of our business coaches. Katrien is senior CSR professional with more than 7 years’ experience in driving Corporate Social Responsibility, and closing the gap between Business -and - Human Rights. Katrien started her career in minority human rights with NGOs in developing countries, after which she lead a social-profit organisation aimed at fostering interculturality in Belgium.
In 2013 Katrien joined a CSR service provider and began working with large MNCs on CSR strategies, employee engagement, internal change management CSR communications. She then joined a global Pharma company where she developed topic experience in Public-Private- Partnerships and mastered the A-Z of GRI reporting. Hereafter Katrien became Senior Sustainability Advisor at the largest material handling & logistics company, conceptualizing, leading and driving Europe-wide projects and teams around a broad range of newly identified material topics ( circular economy, responsible purchasing, diversity & inclusion, corporate governance) Katrien was responsible for the company’s transition to comprehensive sustainability reporting in line with GRI Standards, and worked on C-suite buy in, internal change processes, internal and external communications etc.
Katrien holds a BA. International Relations & Politics, an MSc. Social & Cultural Anthropology and an MA. CSR & Responsible Management.
Today she works as an independent consultant with Companies, NGOs, Government and Academia, on a shared mission to ‘’ create a faire, more equal and human-centred future’’. Katrien follows closely the transition from ‘voluntary to legislative’ corporate responsibility in Europe, and aims one day to work in/ with developing countries and support them to hold MNCs accountable for their ESG impacts in these regions. She is Brussels based, but travels regularly and is open to interim assignments in London, SS Africa and SE Asia.

Interested in our International Program Sustainable Management? Come and visit us at the EMS Open days on Saturday 7 September from 9:30 to 12:30:

Open days - EMS Are you interested in this program and do you want to experience the atmosphere? Come and visit us during one of the open days. The open days during the academic year 2019-2020 will take place at Odisee/KULeuven Campus Brussels:• Saturday 22 June 2019 from 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.• Saturday 7 Sep...

Lucía Ceja will be one of our international coaches during the International Program Sustainable Management. Lucía, PhD in Work and Organizational Psychology, is a master trainer of the VIA Character Strengths Premier method in Spain. This training program is designed to help executives and their employees discover their character strengths and use them to improve their lives and the lives of others, while enhancing organizational performance. She is a research associate in the Family-Owned Business Chair in IESE Business School and an active happiness consultant to members of the next generation in family-owned firms in Europe and Latin America. Throughout her professional career, she has received several international awards for her research & practice at the interface between the fields of Family-Owned Businesses and Positive Organizational Psychology.
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A sustainable strategy cannot do without Responsible Marketing. Tine Faseur, researcher at KU Leuven is an expert on ‘Socially Responsible Marketing’ and ‘International Marketing’. Her research interests mainly focus on nonprofit marketing and fundraising, social marketing and sustainable consumer behavior. On November 7 she will answer the question how to communicate about your sustainable strategy to internal and external stakeholders. https://www.emsbrussel.be/EMS_Site/Opleiding-zoeken/Langlopende-programmas/International-Programme-Sustainable-Management/International-Programme-Sustainable-Management-Application-procedure.html?fbclid=IwAR0ZB97bshNRQlwPICGTSKa3rtis0CzJEEVl2aLfEUqs1Jka3A6oZUxvbo4

To become a sustainability change agent for your organization you need to develop sustainability key competencies: systems thinking, future thinking, strategic thinking, value thinking and strong interpersonal competencies. These competencies will help you to tackle sustainability issues you encounter in your organization. Interested to become a change agent? Subscribe for the first module of our International Program Sustainable Management, starting on October 9:

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According to EY, an integrated sustainability strategy can help you to stand out. https://www.ey.com/en_gl/assurance/how-an-integrated-sustainability-strategy-can-help-you-stand-out Do you want to know how to integrate sustainability in your strategy? The International Program Sustainable Management will teach you how to get your company to the next level in sustainability. Subscribe on https://www.emsbrussel.be/EMS_Site/Opleiding-zoeken/Langlopende-programmas/International-Programme-Sustainable-Management/International-Programme-Sustainable-Management-Application-procedure.html?fbclid=IwAR0ZB97bshNRQlwPICGTSKa3rtis0CzJEEVl2aLfEUqs1Jka3A6oZUxvbo4

How an integrated sustainability strategy can help you stand out Sustainability integration is important to futureproof business. Consider the global megatrends that could have an impact.

On Friday October 11, Peter Wollaert, Managing Director of CIFAL Flanders-UNITAR will answer the question how you can integrate the SDGs in your business strategy during our International Program Sustainable Management. https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterwollaert/