ESCPSTAR
Centre for Sustainability Transformation & Applied Research

We envision a world in which companies can transform sustainably.

At ESCP STAR, we build ecosystems and create bridges between academia and business, bringing academic work to practitioners and vice versa, resulting in a platform for knowledge transfer, continuous learning and community engagement.

Jan EhlersAnastasia Shevchenko
Development Director

With ESCP STAR, we aim at a research- and education-based transformation of purpose of organisations. Sustainability is not a tool to solve business challenges. Business is the tool to solve Sustainability challenges.
 

Florian Lüdeke-FreundProf. Dr. Florian Lüdeke-Freund
Co-Founder & Academic Director

ESCPSTAR
Centre for Sustainability Transformation & Applied Research

As we live in a rapidly changing world where technological progress and cultural shifts create both significant opportunities and serious challenges, organizations find it increasingly difficult to keep pace. Positioned at the forefront of economic and geopolitical activity, businesses face mounting pressure from a complex regulatory environment, proactive social movements, expanding international competition, and evolving expectations of new generations of workers and consumers.

At the ESCP STAR Center, we recognize the intricacies of navigating these challenges. Drawing on over 200 years of leadership in business education and a steadfast commitment to innovative developments, we are uniquely equipped to offer support, guidance, and clear orientation in the expansive field of sustainability transformation.

Get in touch today to discover how we can combine our forces to help you achieve your sustainability and innovation goals.

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STARstudy

A new study by Bertelsmann Stiftung and ESCP STAR Center looks into the sustainability orientations and business model transformations of 500 German companies. The main finding: Europe's largest economy is just beginning its sustainability transformation.

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