ESCPSTAR
Centre for Sustainability Transformation & Applied Research

We envision a world in which companies can transform sustainably.

As we live in a rapidly-changing and dynamic world, where technological progress and cultural shifts present both significant opportunities and serious challenges, organisations find it difficult to keep up. Being at the spotlight of economic and political activity, businesses feel the pressure coming from all sides: complex regulatory environment, proactive social movements, expanding international competition, changing expectations of new generation of workers and consumers.

We at the ESCP STAR understand the difficulty organisations face when trying to navigate these complexities. Building on more than 200 years of leading business education, we find ourselves in a perfect position to offer support, guidance, and provide orientation in this vast and dynamic field of sustainability transformation in business. Knowing that at the core of any cultural transformation are people, we cultivate and empower individuals from a variety of backgrounds and at all levels of organisations to apply their passion, insights, skills and gifts towards solving social and environmental challenges of today. Guided by cutting-edge research, validated scientific work, innovative teaching methods and outstanding examples of initiatives from the field, we design, teach, train, immerse, inspire, connect and collaborate, continuously expanding our global sustainability transformation network.

We cordially invite you to join us in our mission if you share our values and feel the call of our commitment. Get in touch with us right now to see how we can combine our forces in co-creating sustainable business transformation side by side.

Contact

Anastasia Shevchenko
Development Director
ashevchenko@escp.eu

ESCP STAR pitch deck

Vision & Mission

Vision

A world in which companies can transform sustainably.

Mission

STAR creates an environment in which organisations and individuals get inspired, learn, and exchange about sustainable business model transformations.

Main focus areas

Research transfer

Sustainable transformation is enabled via improved sustainability literacy

By synthesizing and curating available research on sustainability mindsets, sustainability transitions, and sustainable business models, further translating it into digestible formats, the ESCP STAR aims to improve the sustainability literacy of its main target audiences (managers, entrepreneurs, policy-makers, consultants, and students).

These activities include:

Developing, funding, and sponsoring flagship studies on sustainable business model transformation, such as a study we are currently working on in partnership with the Bertelsmann Foundation
Curating and presenting top-notch sustainability research for practitioners and professionals, in the form of videos, infographics, whitepapers, one-pagers, small reports and case studies
Organising and contributing to conferences and symposiums, joining forces together with other researchers, institutions, collaborators, partners, government bodies, think-tanks and nonprofit organisations
Setting up fellow and residence programs in collaboration with partner institutions and organisations

Education formats

Sustainability transformation can only be achieved through proper education

To accelerate sustainability transformation, ESCP STAR focuses on developing holistic learning approaches that empower inspired changemakers with head, heart and hand. We aspire to close the knowledge gap and equip organisations with the right skills and mindsets by training, coaching and mentoring their change captains.

These activities include:

“Sustainability Transformation Mindsets” course that we hope to deliver by June 2024. We are currently fundraising specifically for the purpose of producing this learning program and you can find more about this topic here
Creating and continuously improving Executive Education and Training for Managers
Developing of engaging and experiential educational formats, where sustainable business ideals and practices are taught in class and in the field
Organising and contributing to workshops and immersions in which students and professionals dive deeper into highly specialized and customized topics of interest
Offering student-led Company Consultancy Projects (CCPs) to organisations dedicated to finding solutions to sustainability challenges

Community Building

Sustainability transformation is driven by people

The ESCP STAR fosters interpersonal connections through recurring events, accelerating knowledge sharing and stimulating co-creative formats with people from business, academia, government and future talent.

These activities include:

Initiating and partaking in roundtables and discussions with partnering companies and politicians contributing to exchange, dialogue, synergies, and collaborations
Creating and sponsoring thematic hackathons to solve sustainability challenges of partner companies through students’ creativity and innovative thinking
Organising annual conferences such as ESCP’s SDG conference or the New Business Models Conference

Our timeline

January 2020 ESCP STAR idea is born

Spring 2023 Received seed funding from the ESCP Foundation

March 2023 Bertelsmann Foundation cooperation secured

March 21, 2023 ESCP STAR pre-kick workshop

June 19, 2023 STARbowl #1 on ESG Reporting

July 1, 2023 Development director joins the team

September 22, 2023 ESCP STAR at the Homecoming event

November 13, 2023 STARbowl #2 on Impact Business Models & Measurement

November 2023 STARessay competition

November 25, 2023 STARessay award ceremony and panel discussion at the Christmas Brunch

December 2023 - January 2024 STAR crowdfunding campaign

January 29, 2024 STAR CCP Sustainability & Entrepreneurship event

February 29, 2024 STARbowl #3 on Regeneration

April 2024 STARstudy done together with the Bertelsmann Foundation made public

April-May-June, 2024 Young Leaders in Sustainability Program

July 2-3, 2024 Sustainability Entrepreneurship Symposium

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