BS4CL Forum: Leading Decarbonization

5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.: Cocktail reception at IESE with BS4CL academic researchers

9:00 – 9:15 a.m.: Welcome from BS4CL Team

• Fabrizio Ferraro, Professor and Department Chair of Strategic Management, Sustainable Leadership Initiative Academic Director, IESE Business School
• Marie-Pierre Seyfried, Project Director, Climate & Earth Center, HEC Paris
• Knut Haanaes, Professor of Strategy and Lundin Chair Professor of Sustainability, IMD

9:15 – 10:00 a.m.: Insights from Climate Research Conference

Academics from across BS4CL member schools gathered on June 1 for a climate leadership research conference. In this session, we’ll share insights from the conference and discuss their implications for business.

• Fabrizio Ferraro, Professor and Department Chair of Strategic Management, Sustainable Leadership Initiative Academic Director, IESE Business School
• Daniel Halbheer, Associate Professor of Marketing, holder of the FII Institute chair on “Business Models for the Circular Economy,” and Academic Director of the Climate and Earth Center at the Society and Organizations Institute, HEC Paris
• Jennifer Howard-Grenville, Professor of Organisation Studies, Cambridge Judge Business School
• Ioannis Ioannou, Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, London Business School
• Juliane Reinecke, Professor of Management Studies, Said Business School

10:00 – 11:00 a.m.: Leading Decarbonization Plenary

There is a growing consensus that business must play a leading role in decarbonizing the world economy…but that’s easier said than done. How
can business take the lead? What must other stakeholders (finance, policymakers, communities, etc.) do to support?

• Ester Baiget, President & CEO, Novozymes
• Andrea Baldo, CEO, GANNI
• Moderators: Concepción Galdón, Director of IE Center for Social Innovation and Sustainability, Lead of IE Sustainable Impact Teaching and Research, Co-founder of Puentes Global & Fabrizio Ferraro, Professor and Department Chair of Strategic Management, Sustainable Leadership Initiative Academic Director, IESE Business School

11:00 – 11:30 a.m.: Break

11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.: BS4CL Deans Panel

Business schools are essential in developing the leaders the world needs to overcome the climate crisis. What are we doing today? What plans do we have for the future? How can other stakeholders (business, finance, policymakers, communities, etc.) support?

• Franz Heukamp, Dean, IESE Business School
• Jean-François Manzoni, President, IMD
• François Ortalo-Magné, Dean, London Business School
• Moderators: Jennifer Howard-Grenville, Professor of Organisation Studies, Cambridge Judge Business School & Katell Le Goulven, Executive Director, Hoffman Institute for Business & Society, INSEAD

12:15 – 1:00 p.m.: Business Meets Research Breakouts

We’ve gathered here not just to share research and best practices but to forge collaborations and move forward. Let’s get started.

Moderators:

• Marie-Pierre Seyfried, Project Director, Climate & Earth Center, HEC Paris
• Knut Haanaes, Professor of Strategy and Lundin Chair Professor of Sustainability, IMD

1:00 – 2:00 p.m.: Lunch

2:00 – 2:45 p.m.: Emergence of Global Disclosure Standards

• Richard Barker, Board Member, International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)
• Moderator: Juliane Reinecke, Professor of Management Studies, Said Business School & Tiago Martinho, Executive Director, Wheeler Institute, London Business School

2:50 – 4:00 p.m.: Climate Governance Panel

• Sonia Tatar, Board Member, Chapter Zero France
• Jose Luis Blasco, Global Sustainability Director, Acciona
• Charmian Love, Global Director of Advocacy, Natura & Co
• Pierre-Francois Thaler, Co-CEO, Ecovadis
• Moderator: Peter Tufano, Baker Foundation Professor, Senior Advisor to the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, Harvard Business School

4:00 – 4:30 p.m.: Break

4:30 – 5:30 p.m.: Next Steps Workshop

We’ve gone through a lot today. You’re brimming with ideas. Now’s the time to discuss them and plan what we’re going to do next.

• Moderator: Natalia Olynec, Chief Sustainability Officer, IMD