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In this category, the judges decided silver should go to Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), University of Pretoria (South Africa) with JP Morgan. They decided to award the bronze to UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin (Ireland) with ‘Their Lives Matter – Tumaini La Maisha (TLM)’. BEST CULTURE, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION INITIATIVE, IN ASSOCIATION WITH MCGRAW HILL EDUCATION The Best Culture, Diversity and Inclusion Initiative is a new award which has been introduced to recognise Business Schools, and the work they have been doing to create, incorporate and develop culture, diversity, and inclusion practices into their Business School, while balancing and involving fair working environments. In this category, the gold award was presented to Centrum PUCP Business School, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (Peru) for ‘Word of Women Academy (Academia Palabra de Mujer)’. In Perú, only 15% of women have access to university, but 53% of Peruvian SMEs were created by women, and Perú has 36% more women entrepreneurs than other Latin American countries. Therefore, Centrum PUCP and Financiera Confianza developed Academia Palabra de Mujer. Through eight courses, 650 women were
trained in a free programme that meant an investment of US$ 18,432. The project impacted more than 50,000 people on social networks, and had 20-plus appearances on media outlets. More than 80% of the participants commented that the programmes are changing their work and lives. In this category, the judges did not award a bronze winner, but they awarded a silver, which was presented to UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin (Ireland) for ‘Intercultural Development Programme (ICD)’. BGA BUSINESS SCHOOL IMPACT AWARD The BGA Business School Impact Award is open to BGA-member, validated, and accredited Schools which can demonstrate their impact on all stakeholders, alongside BGA’s vision and Charter. This award promotes the values of positive impact, innovation, responsible management and lifelong learning across areas such as programme design, social outreach programmes, alumni relations, careers services, and other areas where the Business School is demonstrating an impact. The gold award was presented to EGADE Business School, Tecnológico de Monterrey, (Mexico) for ‘Sustainable Wealth Creation Based on Innovation and Technology (SWIT)’. The SWIT model is a sustainable wealth-creation framework based on disruptive innovation and enabling technologies. It is an holistic approach that has been designed for sustainable wealth creation for developing regions.
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