Sustainability & Organizations Institute
Climate and Earth Climate and Earth
Pioneering decarbonization and circularity to align business models with planetary boundaries.
The world is facing interrelated climate and biodiversity crises. Businesses need to be at forefront to decarbonize their value chains to become climate neutral and resilient. However, decarbonization alone is not. Circularity is much deeper and allows businesses to go beyond carbon emissions to tackle multiple environmental footprints.
At Climate & Earth Center at HEC Paris, we develop cutting-edge knowledge to transform business models and organizations around our three core pillars THINK, TEACH, AN ACT. As one of Europe's leading business schools, we acknowledge our responsibility to educate current and future leaders in navigating the complexities of the sustainable business transformation.
Doing Business with planetary boundaries
Our purpose is to develop new business models that drastically reduce resource and environmental footprints and at the same time have economic and social benefits.
NEWS
In response to the growing climate crisis and the urgent need for environmental protection, HEC Paris has published a special issue of its Knowledge@HEC review focusing on planetary boundaries. Entitled...
How is Africa building resilience to tackle the risks posed by global warming? What measures are being taken to scale up international climate finance? Why is it important to mobilize private savings to...
The keynote speech at the HEC Climate Day, organized by the Climate & Earth Center, was delivered by Ibrahima Diong. He highlighted the importance of bridging the academic world with on-the-ground efforts...
The 46th edition of the HEC Foundation Awards once again highlighted the cutting-edge excellence of the school’s research at all levels. 11 prizes in nine categories were awarded to academics and students...
Sustainability is the way to stay profitable in a world of changing priorities. Amid the growing urgency for businesses to adopt responsible practices, HEC Paris has overhauled its Sustainable Transition...
The world is going through an unprecedented change. Science has shown that the impacts of climate change are happening now. With fast escalating climate concerns, and carbon emissions becoming a major...
Students in the Sustainability and Social Innovation Master's program at HEC Paris were able to reflect - thanks to the expertise of the CMA CGM group, Official Partner in logistics solutions for Paris...
Guillaume Pitron has been regularly sharing his research and insights with HEC students ever since he published his award-winning book “The Rare Metals War” in 2018. He is currently working on his third...
How can you engage in an impact-oriented work and contribute to the ecological and social transformation of your country? To democratize impact careers around the world, HEC and Ticket for Change are...
Nexans, a global group and key player in the energy transition, HEC Paris through its Society & Organizations Institute and the HEC Foundation have jointly launched the "Orchestrating sustainable business...
Phasing out fossil fuels, challenging public policy, debating the implications for vulnerable populations of the transition to renewables – and highlighting some success stories. These were just some of...
The HEC Paris Summer Program “Business & Climate Change” takes a deep dive into the challenges facing companies as they move to incorporate national and international energy and climate policies into...
Last year has been marked by two crucial international conferences to decide the future of the planet and life on it. The U.N. climate change conference, COP27, at Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, which closed on...
HEC’s 2022-2023 academic year kicked off with talks by a host of outstanding guest speakers largely devoted to the world’s most pressing environmental and societal issues. In the context of geopolitical...
The need to tackle climate change has created massive challenges for businesses and policymakers. The Climate Days organized on the HEC campus on May 30th and 31th brought together actors from the...
On June 7, 2022, the HEC Alumni Association officially releases its most ambitious publication yet on biodiversity and business. Led by Christine Rodwell (H.92), David Vaillant (H.98) and a team of young...
Daniel Halbheer, Associate Professor of Marketing and holder of the FII Institute chair on “Business Models for the Circular Economy” at HEC Paris, has his research on Carbon Footprinting and Pricing...
HEC Paris, founding partner of the alliance Business Schools for Climate Leadership is taking the lead with 7 European business schools to address the climate crisis and support business leaders by...
“This is an historical moment.” Since he took up his post, François Collin, Director for Climate and Environmental Sustainability at HEC Paris has been emphasizing how important it is for schools to bring...
In its inaugural year, CDL-Paris hosted an Apprentice Module on Climate, featuring up-and-coming high school pupils from across Canada. The topic was in keeping with this year’s Creative Destruction Lab...
Hilary Matson, HEC MBA alumna 2020 is the founder of Yūgen Earthside that aims at shaping the future of sustainable tourism. Thanks to her new online platform, she helps us to travel better to protect and...
François Collin, Director of Climate and Environment Strategy at HEC Paris, testifies to the growing awareness of the ecological urgency, climate and biodiversity. He reacts to the call of the students of...
The second 2020 HEC Paris Earth Week brought together around 2,000 students, staff members, academics and outside visitors in virtual exchanges focusing on the environmental challenges ahead. The 12-day...
For the second time in a year, HEC Paris hosts Earth Week, a student-driven event designed both to promote social and environmental initiatives; and to debate over programs for sustainable development and...
HEC Paris has extended its commitment to the environment by expanding recycling waste operations initiated on campus in May. The 200m² Greenzone it has created is unique in France, designed to sort out...
HEC Paris and the Bouygues industrial group jointly launched the “Smart City and the Common Good” Chair. It will be headed by Professor Bertrand Quélin until 2023. In his October 12 online Masterclass...
In February 2020, the HEC Paris campus welcomed a week-long event on the topics of sustainable innovation and responsible business, organized by the student association Esp’R. The 1,500 students living on...
French economist Alain Grandjean joined HEC students and academics for a 90-minute exchange co-organized by Pour un Réveil Ecologique. The campus event with the cofounder of Carbone 4 was part of an S&O...
November 20 saw “Le Salon HEC” student association organize a conference with the journalist and film director Guillaume Pitron. The students had discovered the writer last year when they awarded him the...
HEC and Société Générale have renewed a partnership for the Energy & Finance Chair stretching back to 2005. The October 15 on-campus ceremony was followed by an evening conference focusing on the “key to...
Since 2016, Sushil Reddy, an Indian student from MSc Sustainability & Social Innovation (SASI), has been powering his custom-made bicycle in his homeland, the U.S. and France. His aim? To convince...
On March 11th, HEC Paris hosted its 5th annual edition of Energy Day. 150 HEC Paris students, alumni and keynote speakers from leading companies such as ENGIE, EDF, Deloitte, Google and SNCF were there to...
The pathway to reduce emissions and to limit global warming to 2°C will require substantial investment in clean energy technology. During the event: “The 2°C Challenge, Climate is our Business” – co...
Videos
Climate Day 2024: Navigating the path to Net-Zero [Best of]
Co-Creating Sustainability Across the Value Chain | S&O Climate Day
Mobilizing Private Savings Towards the Low-Carbon Transition | S&O Climate Day
Sponsored by CMA-CGM, the FII Institute Chair, and Nexans
S&O - Climate & Earth Center Contacts
Academic Director of the Climate & Earth Center, Holder of the "Business Models for the Circular Economy" Chair
Fernando
Díaz López
Executive Director of the Climate & Earth Center
Igor
Shishlov
Affiliate on climate change economics
Marie-Pierre
Seyfried
Project Director of the Climate & Earth Center
Laurianne
Thoury
Communications Projects Manager
HEC Faculty Affiliated to the Center
Professor of Information Systems and Operations Management, Holder of the "Sustainability and Supply Chain Analytics" Chair
Holder of the Nexans Chair on Orchestrating Sustainable Business Transformation
Jean-Michel
Gauthier
Professor of Finance, Holder of the "Energy & Finance" Chair
Scientific Director of SASI Master
Andrea
Masini
Associate Professor of Information Systems and Operations Management, HEC Paris
Augustin
Landier
Professor of Finance, HEC Paris
Laurence
Lehmann-Ortega
Professor (Education Track) in Strategy and Business Policy, HEC Paris
Associate Professor in Accounting and Management Control, HEC Paris
Stefano
Lovo
Professor of Finance, HEC Paris
Hélène
Musikas
Associate Professor of Strategy and Business Policy, HEC Paris
Associate Professor in Accounting and Management Control, HEC Paris
Arnaud
Van Waeyenberge
Associate Professor of Law & Tax, HEC Paris