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Sustainability

A Champion member of the global PRME network for sustainability education

Champion-level membership demonstrates that the School of Business is a leader in promoting responsibility
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Principles of Responsible Management Education was first established in 2007 at the United Nations Global Compact Leaders Summit. It was supported by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and more than 1,000 businesses, civil society, and government leaders. It derives from the United Nations Global Compact’s (UNGC) principles that urges businesses to adopt sustainable approaches. The PRME is an initiative that supports this agenda with a focus of responsible management education. 

Bringing together more than 800 academic institutions in nearly 100 countries, PRME is a global network that drives change through setting the agenda for responsible business education, knowledge exchange and sharing of best practices across committed members.

The School of Business renews its status as a Champion member of the global PRME network for sustainability education for 2026–2027

Only two other Nordic universities were awarded Champion-level membership

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Aalto University School of Business is a signatory of PRME since 2008 and during the cycles of 2024–2025 and 2026–2027, a Champion level member of the network. It is a recognition of the work we have done, and a commitment to continue advancing our efforts for sustainability.

The seven principles of PRME  

The work under the PRME is built around seven principles, which comprehensively address areas of management education and seek to secure a process of continuous improvement. The overall aim, to educate business professionals that are capable and willing to manage the complex, global sustainability challenges that societies are facing. 

The seven principles of PRME are:

  1. Purpose: We advance responsible management education to foster inclusive prosperity in a world of thriving ecosystems.
  2. Values: We place organizational responsibility and accountability to society and the planet at the core of what we do.
  3. Teach: We transform our learning environments by integrating responsible management concepts and practices into our curriculum and pedagogy.
  4. Research: We study people, organizations, institutions, and the state of the world to inspire responsible management and education practice.
  5. Partner: We engage people from business, government, civil society, and academia to advance responsible and accountable management education and practice.
  6. Practice: We adopt responsible and accountable management principles in our own governance and operations.
  7. Share: We share our successes and failures with each other to enable our collective learning and best live our common values and purpose.
     

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Progress reports

Aalto University is a PRME signatory since 2018. Sharing Information on Progress (SIP-report) is the bi-annually produced summary of our actions towards the PRME Principles. Here you can find our past SIP reports:  

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Co-developing pedagogical teacher support for enhanced sustainability integration in Higher education

As part of their commitment to advance responsible management education, PRME Champions engage in projects with outcomes that support the whole PRME community.

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Sustainability at the School of Business

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‘My entire career as a marine biologist and sustainability scientist has been extremely interesting’

Professor of Practice Eeva Furman has spent most of her career conducting interdisciplinary research in sustainability sciences
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The School of Business launches its new Bachelor’s major ‘Responsibility and Impact’

‘I’m helping to reimagine what “better business, better society” could become when curiosity leads the way,’ says Associate Professor Taija Turunen
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Dean of the School of Business has selected the recipients of the Dean's Impact Award 2025

The award recipients are Anna Chialà and Eli Saaresto, Didier van Overveld and Duc Khuat, Iris Martinelli and Anna Hakola
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