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warming in the past and can do so again. At WBS, our faculty is conducting a wide range of research into sustainability challenges and solutions, a small selection of which is featured in this edition. Sustainability is embedded across our programmes to equip business leaders with the tools they need to drive change. We also offer programmes for those who want to delve deeper. Our Full-time MBA is ranked second globally in the Corporate Knights Better World MBA Ranking for large schools, and offers candidates the option to specialise in Social and Environmental Sustainability. We have also launched our MSc Accounting & Sustainability and an Executive Education programme in Leading Corporate Sustainability. Alongside this, we are putting theory into practice. We played a key role in developing and delivering a plan to reduce the carbon footprint of our parent institution, the University of Warwick. Buying renewable energy and producing our own through solar power and heat pumps helped to lower emissions by 18 per cent between 2010 and 2020, despite adding more student buildings. We are now using machine learning to go even further, identifying how to cut electricity use in our heat pumps by 40 per cent and halve our peak heat demand. Finally, I’m delighted to report that Core 14 – our edition devoted entirely to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion – was crowned Best Publication at the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) Excellence Awards. It is a timely reminder that organisational objectives and progressive change can go hand in hand as we grapple with the grand challenges we face on sustainability.
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“The MBA has provided not just knowledge but a sense of purpose – a conviction that meaningful change is both necessary and achievable.” Tobias Topf Executive MBA Turn bold ideas into reality
with a Warwick MBA Tackle tomorrow’s challenges today. With sustainability woven throughout our MBA programmes, you’ll gain the skills, insight and global connections to lead with purpose. Business as usual is no longer enough. Change starts here.
T en years after the Brazil was clear. The time for words is over. We need immediate action to tackle the growing climate crisis. The scale of the challenge is clearly outlined in our first article which is by Michael Bradshaw, Professor of Global Energy at Warwick Business School (WBS) and a leading authority on future energy scenarios. As a global business community, we have a vital role to play in rising to that challenge. Our cover story shows that corporations have been instrumental in addressing issues such as global Paris Agreement, we have made insufficient progress towards its goal of limiting global warming. The message delivered at COP30 in
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