Sustainability strategy
BI’s strategy towards 2025 determines that we shall prepare people and companies for an international, digital and sustainable future. This page shows how we approach sustainability in our research, teaching and within our own organisation.
BI Norwegian Business School’s goal is to shape the labour market of the future through our research and teaching, both in our capacity as the main supplier of economic and administrative education in Norway, and as one of Europe’s leading business schools.
The key factor has always been to offer educational programmes that are up to date and relevant for the actual needs in business. This implies a responsibility to push agendas and spearhead important changes in society.
Research plays a pivotal role in providing us with the knowledge needed to change practices and bring both the private and public sectors forward. In terms of sustainability, our research should contribute to everything from greater value creation and reduced waste, better healthcare management, reduction of white-collar crime and corruption, to macroeconomic modelling and forecasting to predict and prevent crises.
Strategic focus on Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) #4 Quality Education, #5 Gender Equality and #13 Climate Action
BI is committed to realizing UN sustainability goals through offering quality education to our students. In our operations, including employment, running facilities, supply chain management and consumption, special focus will be on Goal 5: Gender equality and Goal 13: Climate Action.
Some of our target areas towards 2025 are:
Teaching
- To ensure inclusive and quality teaching for all and promote lifelong learning
- Integrate sustainability in all our courses in alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the UN Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME)
- Offer more specialized lectures, courses and study programmes within sustainability
Research
- Contribute to the sustainability agenda with relevant research-based knowledge
- Continue with research that improves our understanding of the vital role corporations, business dynamics and economics play in reaching the sustainability goals
- Create arenas for better interaction and knowledge-sharing between academics and professionals on sustainable business practices
Within our own organization
- Achieve a material recycling degree of 65% and remove all unnecessary and disposable plastics by 2022
- Have environmentally friendly and sustainable campuses, where all conferences and events are organized in accordance with the Eco-Lighthouse certification scheme
- Promote academic freedom and defend lecturers’ and researchers’ human rights globally through our membership in the «Scholars at Risk (SAR)» network
- Read more about BI's strategy of sustainability here.
"At BI we aim to educate responsible managers and develop knowledge for a sustainable society. Combined with our own contribution to reducing CO2 footprints, we aim to be part of the solution instead of the problem."
President at BI Norwegian Business School
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