Sustainable Business Leadership Starts With Education
Sustainability defined: A company’s delivery of long-term value in financial, social, environmental, and ethical terms. – Guide to Sustainable Business, UN Global Compact (2014) Sustainability—once on the fringe…
Sustainability in Retail: What’s the Future?
Sustainability is such a buzzword these days. But should it just be a buzzword or something to be embedded in our day-to-day lives? A motivation for someone to be sustainable…
Master’s in Sustainability: A New Hult & EY Degree
We’re excited to announce that Hult International Business School has teamed up with Ernst & Young (EY), to offer another unique program, the EY Master’s in Sustainability by Hult. This…
Sustainability In Finance: Can It Save The World?
Can finance be harnessed and capital be mobilized to save the world and make it a better place? How does one make a career in sustainable finance within the asset…
Earth Day: Calling all students
April 22 marks the celebration of Earth Day in many countries around the world. To many, this represents an opportunity to raise awareness about overpopulation, pollution, conservation of biodiversity and…
The necessity of sustainable practices in business
A little over a hundred years ago, there was a definite careless attitude towards industrial activities and the impact they had on the environment. Whether it was factories belching smoke…
Impacting the environment for the better: A bottom-up approach
Imagine the following scenario: You’re just about to cross the street when a car comes around the corner and is about to hit you. Most people would instinctively save themselves,…
Business and the environment: A European perspective
In response to growing concerns about climate change and environmental damages caused by industries, nations across the world have begun passing legislation regulating industrial activities and their impact on the environment.
Hult Alumni Magazine 2020: Ufolo
Ufolo features in Hult Alumni Magazine 2020: read the full publication online now. Degrees of Change Ufolo is a social enterprise determined to bring beauty back to Luanda, Angola’s…
Hult Alumni Magazine 2020: JC Seghers
JC features in Hult Alumni Magazine 2020: read the full publication online now. Degrees of Change JC Seghers Head of Climate Transparency & Pathways Masters in International Relations, Class of…
Hult Executive MBA climbs FT rankings
Hult International Business School’s part-time Executive MBA program climbs the Financial Times rankings for another year and is now ranked #70 best executive MBA program in the world. Hult’s…
Renewable energy in the battle against climate change
Energy production and use is the largest source of global greenhouse gas emissions due to the continued extraction of fossil fuels. But renewable “clean” energy sources provide little to no…
2018 Hult Prize UN Finals: The impact of a $1 million idea
You only have to turn on the news to see how urgent climate change is becoming. This month alone, we’ve seen the devastating effects of Hurricane Florence on the U.S….
The circular economy: A sustainable revolution for global business
June 5, 2018 was designated by the United Nations as World Environment Day. As more organizations and individuals are becoming aware of the damage our “throwaway” culture has on the world around us,…
How Hult is championing sustainability across the curriculum [BusinessBecause]
Over the last two decades, the need for business leaders with an ethical conscience has grown exponentially. In line with the United Nation’s (UN) Sustainable Development Goals, business schools all…
The tide is turning: Hult interns become part of the blue revolution
Building a self-sufficient floating ecosystem in the middle of the South Pacific Ocean certainly isn’t for the faint hearted, yet Blue Frontiers, with the endorsement of the French Polynesian government,…
Rise of the Undergrads: Team ENPOV at the Hult Prize
At Hult, doing well in business and doing good are not considered mutually exclusive. One of the many instances, where you’ll find Hult students championing for business to transform lives…
#FearlessFemales: Hult Professor Joanne Lawrence wins 2018 Best Case Study
Considered the “Oscars” of academic case publishing, we’re incredibly proud to announce Hult Professor Joanne Lawrence and Executive MBA graduate Kevina Kenny have been awarded the 2018 Best Case in…
Vertical farming: A tech-driven solution for food security
Average global food prices have gone up by 2.6 percent annually in the past two decades. If that trend continues, not only does it threaten a baseline quality of life…
The Hult Prize Challenge 2018: Harnessing the power of energy
Each year the Hult Prize challenges social entrepreneurs to innovate and think like no one has before. The teams that reach the final round are those that have developed wholly…
How large food retailers can help solve the food waste crisis (HBR)
If you find yourself having to purge your refrigerator’s crisper bin every few weeks, imagine what goes on at a grocery store. The Institution of Mechanical Engineers estimates that annually…
Hult joins Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus to promote social business
Hult International Business School will work with much-accomplished social entrepreneur, economist, civil society leader, and Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus to create the social business track for the school’s MBA and Masters programs. Professor…
Hult Prize regional finals inspire in Shanghai
Written by Raissa Mendes, Master of International Business student, Shanghai campus, class of 2016 Hult Prize: Change tomorrow, today In 1950, less than 1 billion people lived in crowded urban…
5 cities, 1 day and 304 entrepreneurial ideas that could change the world
Months of tireless research culminated in the Hult Prize Pitch-Offs on Saturday across 5 major cities. Hult International Business School campuses in Shanghai, Dubai, London, Boston and San Francisco welcomed…
Hult Global Business Outlook 2016
2016: The Age of Upheaval The global economy is in a greater state of flux than ever before and instability is the new norm. Developed markets have become stagnant and…
Education is the path to a better world
There are some figures that – with their thoughts, actions, and the roles that they embody – have outlined the borders of the world we live in. Men and women enlightened…
Hult Prize winners to revolutionize health care in urban slums
Six students from the Indian School of Business have won USD1 million of investment in their revolutionary idea to improve health care for India’s slum-dwellers. The winners of this year’s…
The Emergence of Social Entrepreneurship
Social entrepreneurship blends traditional capitalism with the imperative to address the planet’s most pressing problems. And even if you are already familiar with the term and concept, you may not…