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BGA | BUSINESS IMPACT
EDITORIAL
From climate awareness- raising programmes and a reforestation initiative to exploring the potential of blockchain technology as a means of offering more equitable payment methods globally, our respondents offer numerous examples of how impact is central to the activities and essence of their institutions. The world is changing, and the ways in which people place value in products and services are also changing. That’s why demonstrating positive impact can be so beneficial to Business Schools. Yes, prospective students, faculty, staff, and donors will continue to assess institutions of interest across traditional measures, such as programme reputation and the career prospects of graduates in the case of prospective students. But increasingly, many will also be keen to learn of a Business School’s role in the community, the steps it might be taking to lessen its carbon footprint, and how it strives to help its students and staff carve out futures with purpose. Business Impact is a platform for sharing ideas, practices and knowledge within management education and beyond. It’s also there to encourage and inspire change. We hope you find the topics and examples covered here both useful and insightful. Tim Banerjee Dhoul,
Content Editor Tim Banerjee Dhoul t.dhoul@businessgraduates association.com Art Editor Laura Tallon Insight and Communications Executive Ellen Buchan e.buchan@ businessgraduates association.com Editor David Woods-Hale d.woods@businessgraduates association.com
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Business Development Manager Victor Hedenberg v.hedenberg@ businessgraduatesassociation.com Senior Marketing Executive, BGA Shareen Pennington s.pennington@ businessgraduatesassociation.com BGA Account Manager Ben Maheson b.maheson@ businessgraduatesassociation.com Head of Commercial Relations Max Braithwaite m.braithwaite@ businessgraduatesassociation.com Commercial Partnerships Manager Emily Wall e.wall@ businessgraduatesassociation.com Finance and Commercial Director Catherine Walker Director of Accreditation and Director of BGA Services Mark Stoddard Chief Executive Officer Andrew Main Wilson Executive Assistant to the CEO Sharon Sidaway s.sidaway@ businessgraduatesassociation.com General Enquiries info@businessgraduates association.com
Identifying impact and sharing ideas for change
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The clue is in the name. Business Impact serves to highlight how Business Schools could and should be having a positive impact on business and, by extension, society. Three years on the formation of the Business Graduates Association (BGA) – enough time for a global membership body focused on responsible management to gather momentum and numbers – it seemed apt for BGA's quarterly magazine to look squarely at its purpose. How are Business Schools impacting on the economies and communities in which they operate? How are they widening access to their
programmes? How are they addressing environmental concerns? And how are they seeking to remain a positive influence in the lives of their alumni, once they have graduated and left the sanctity of higher education? In this special edition, we hear from BGA Business Schools based in Belgium, Canada, Egypt, France, Japan and Switzerland (page eight). ‘Business Impact is a platform for sharing ideas, practices and knowledge’
Content Editor, Business Impact
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