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Having said that, Lepere is quick to clarify that sustainability infuses every programme at the school: “Our whole principle is to try and imbue all our students, from undergraduates right through to the most senior executives, with this sense of using business to create a more sustainable future for us all,” he surmises, referencing the school’s ethos of “better business for a better world”. • Leading The Future is a collaborative project between AMBA & BGA and BlackRook Media. Watch the video in full at amba-bga.com/business-school-docuseries
develop those skills practically alongside their theoretical study.” Programmes, meanwhile, have a keen eye on industry demands and developments. The school’s executive education course aimed at the hospitality industry, for example, was put together following “a series of workshops to develop precisely what the industry needed”, according to Lepere. This encompasses full consideration of topics relating to the changing economic and environmental landscape, with Lepere describing hospitality as “a perfect microcosm of the whole sustainability challenge”.
“We’re in the heart of the City of London and our academics are working on topics like climate finance and greenhouse gas emissions; they’re geographers, oceanographers, lawyers, economists and so on,” enthuses professor of practice in sustainability at the school Marc Lepere. The school takes a decidedly practical approach to its teaching, as Tilley advises: “The materials and examples I use are built closely on real business data and we get students to play out decision‑making in real time to see how they incorporate social and environmental problems in their choices. This is a way for them to
Clockwise from top left: Catherine Tilley says King’s Business School takes a decidedly practical approach to its teaching; King’s College London boasts striking architecture; Marc Lepere outlines how every programme in the school is infused with sustainability BLACKROOK AT WORK BlackRook Media has delivered documentary video content across EMEA, APAC and LatAm since 2011. As well as its work with AMBA & BGA, BlackRook partners with industry leaders such as Pensions Europe, Sustainable Travel International and the World Bioenergy Association. The company’s event TV teams also offer global editorial and technical services, including live streaming for the financial services conference, Sibos
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