Outreach

oikos International as Signatory

In 2020 oikos International became a signatory in the following initiatives:

 Signed the Economists 4 Future open letter

 Signed the open letter to global leaders: A healthy planet for healthy people from the club of

Rome

 Signatory of Econ4Future DE call for action

 Signatory of the Youth Questions for Canada's 50 Top Corporate Citizens letter

 Signed Our Future, Our Business Manifesto

Representation at international events

In 2020 oikos International was represented at numerous international conferences, forums, discussions and other online and in-person events:

 Speaker and a workshop at the sustainable innovation conference of ESCP Europe, Berlin

 Speaker at the World Economic Forum in Davos at The Positive Impact Rating launch

 Speaker at the AMBA & BGA event on 'Integrating Sustainability into Business Education' at the Imperial College in London

 Present at ‘Sustainable Development Goals in Education: From Africa to Switzerland’  Speaker at the First Goodaftercovid fishbowl

 Speaker and co-organizator of the #goodaftercovid19 | Millennials Edition Fishbowl

 Present at UN Global Compact 20th Anniversary Leaders Summit

 Present at online text-based Financial Times Q&A entitled "Is business school good value for money?"

 Speaker and moderator Virtual UN PRME Global Forum,

 Speaker at the Reboot the Future Fishbowl

 Present at the Responsible Management Education Virtual session during the 2020 EMEA

Annual Conference of AACSB

 Present at AACSB Responsible Management affinity group, Associate Deans Conference

 Moderator at the Virtual Global Climate Conference 2020 by EAUC, represented by oikos Vienna chapter member

In 2020 oikos International published or contributed to the following publications:

 oikos International was mentioned in a Financial Times article : “MBA students and employers demand ‘profitable solutions for people and planet'”, February

 oikos International participated in the writing of The SAGE Handbook of Responsible Management Learning and Education, August

 “oikos Students Transforming Economics and Management Education”, August

 Financial Times interviewed Clémentine Robert on the topic “Business schools learn to ‘do the right thing’ on sustainability”, September

 “Defining Sustainability: oikos’ understanding of sustainability & sustainable development”,

October

oikos Advisory Board

Our advisors provide tremendous support for oikos. They accompany us on a longterm basis – both on an international as well as on a local level. All of them provide a strong platform for us by sharing knowledge, establishing contacts and helping us identify effective leverage points to pursue the oikos mission. We are pleased to introduce members of the oikos Advisory Council below: